1 He directed one way to follow the Lord (6)
4 Notice at the back of where fissure may lead (6)
8 Some opera’s music agrees with the Renaissance man (7)
10 Stretch at first for shoplifting, taking items not ticked (5)
11 Discovered in church hard wood detailed in the Aramaic language (7)
12 Part of Canada that, they say in Scotland, British invaded (5)
13 Variety of pi anthems suggest a belief in many gods (9)
17 Patriarch’s dad from North Carolina hid in odd parts of Plymouth on return (5)
19 Jazz schedule seen on the back of a tabloid (7)
21 Ducks bank statement (5)
22 Main bird is of primary importance to Welsh site (7)
23 With Brown running back and forth, hospital’s in profit, we hear… (6)
24 …and what Ladan, looking back, was good at? (6)
Cryptic down
1 Musical sounding place, Arcadia… (6)
2 …a help turning up, to meet a deity from there (5)
3 Hit a karate expert fast (7)
5 Assess the quality of battle in India where English lost (5)
6 Hezekiah’s official priest’s goal is to protect the king (7)
7 Poles get at it, upsetting giants (6)
9 Bucolic types, these vicars (9)
13 Principal faction of the IRA over time (7)
14 One’s not appreciative at home with kitchen range (7)
15 Clergyman’s study is behind, almost late (6)
16 They have branches in Lebanon? (6)
18 Something from the Old Testament socks American (5)
20 English ISBN invention confirms the author (5)
Quick across
1 Musical sounding place, Arcadia… (6)
2 …a help turning up, to meet a deity from there (5)
3 Hit a karate expert fast (7)
5 Assess the quality of battle in India where English lost (5)
6 Hezekiah’s official priest’s goal is to protect the king (7)
7 Poles get at it, upsetting giants (6)
9 Bucolic types, these vicars (9)
13 Principal faction of the IRA over time (7)
14 One’s not appreciative at home with kitchen range (7)
15 Clergyman’s study is behind, almost late (6)
16 They have branches in Lebanon? (6)
18 Something from the Old Testament socks American (5)
20 English ISBN invention confirms the author (5)
Quick down
1 Thick hair (6)
2 Ski trail (5)
3 Capital of Madeira (7)
5 Accumulate (5)
6 Prayer said three times a day in memory of the Annunciation (7)
7 Revulsion (6)
9 Book of the Pentateuch (9)
13 Head of one of the three Levitical families (7)
14 US city, host to the 1996 summer Olympic Games (7)
15 Mountain range where
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal (6)
16 Ural-Altaic people
predominating in Hungary (6)
18 Japanese martial arts
mercenary (5)
20 (Indian) corn (5)
Winners (0426 Cryptic): Mrs R Grafftey-Smith, Malmesbury; Donald MacMillan, Isle of Cumbrae Winners (0426 Quick): Sister Brenda Murphy, Birmingham; Tom Cooper, Worksop
Sudoku 0427
Solution 0426
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