Cryptic across

7 Utter ape-like tribe (6)
8 Syrian city drink, sickly pop (6)
9 Left leading Athenian church? (5,8)
10 Where Esau’s people go, style makes a comeback (4)
11 Girl holding a snake scattered people (8)
13 A month in France or a month in exile in Babylon’s relative (8)
15 Pen first letter – going to be something symbolic (4)
17 Various seasonal hints found in letters from Paul (13)
20 Course’s current reeds block… (6)
21 …current in the Pacific and on Nile when stormy (2,4)

Cryptic down

1 He hunted for a little time, upsetting staff (6)
2 Mobile connection from sea to sea paid off (8)
3 Pull strings at peacekeepers’ party? (4)
4 Appropriate Henry turned up in boxing one of Jacob’s boys (8)
5 Exhort Benjamin to look over the Promised Land here (4)
6 Row with this London train Royal gets on reaches pandemonium (6)
11 Vacated square on one’s own terms, it’s announced (8)
12 Esther marries into them; somehow aspires to impress with name (8)
14 Present position, digitally? (2,4)
16 Jupiter, the thunderer, rips out the guts of islanders… (6)
18 …jeering, almost, their home in the Channel (4)
19 Sporting event with links to doing business (4)

Quick across

7 Basque or Spanish racket-and-ball game played on a partly-walled court (6)
8 English cathedral city (6)
9 Form of religion springing from the Reformation (13)
10 Son of Jacob and Leah (4)
11 High Priest and persecutor
of the first Christians (8)
13 Israelite prophet and one of the longest books of the OT (8)
15 Gaelic name for Scotland: Romanian region in Transylvania (4)
17 Of or relating to or characteristic of a branch of 9 or its adherents (13)
20 Beliefs (6)
21 Ancient capital of Upper Egypt (6)

Quick down

1 Name shared by a national
patron saint and the 7th century ‘Bishop of the Arabs’ (6)
2 Philosophical system; religious 20 (8)
3 Roman counterpart of the Greek god, Ares (4)
4 Governor in Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar (8)
5 The ‘Garden of England’ (4)
6 Waterway in the OT which applied to the marshy area around today’s Suez Canal (3,3)
11 Elegance by virtue of being fashionable (8)
12 Member of an ancient Jewish sect (8)
14 Implement used to correct pencil errors (6)
16 Nickname of Sheffield Utd FC (6)
18 Swerve (4)
19 Member of the first family? (4)

Crossword answers

Cryptic answers to No 0438: Across: 1 Amen-Ra, 4 Achaia, 9 Malachi, 10 Fosse, 11 Doric, 12 Giselle, 13 Paternoster, 18 Tripoli, 20 Rabbi, 22 Plaza, 23 Topheth, 24 Rizpah, 25 Ishtar. Down: 1 Armada, 2 Euler, 3 Recycle, 5 Cuffs, 6 Absolve, 7 Apexes, 8 Virgin Birth, 14 Ahimaaz, 15 Seraphs, 16 Stupor, 17 Hither, 19 Obama, 21 Bleat.

Quick answers to No 0438: Across: 1 Dampen, 4 Opiate, 9 Gershon, 10 Skate, 11 Easel, 12 Edomite, 13 Burning bush, 18 Muezzin, 20 Nacre, 22 Sheol, 23 Ithamar, 24 Dressy, 25 Helots. Down: 1 Dogged, 2 Mores, 3 Echelon, 5 Pesto, 6 Ananias, 7 Eyelet, 8 Internuncio, 14 Ukelele, 15 Banshee, 16 Amused, 17 Debris, 19 Zulus, 21 Combo

Crossword winners

Winners (0437 Cryptic): PR Dunne, Clackmannanshire; David Moyes, Darlington
Winners (0437 Quick): Terry Kirvy, Leicester; Francis Beswick, Stretford

Sudoku 0439

Solution 0438

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