1 Angel, one in Britain to rile violently against (7)
5 Ecuadorean cash that was spent to make the Spanish sweet… (5)
8 …large amount a heavyweight takes in part (4,3)
9 Group of acrobats with little regard for safety? (5)
10 Ring area code Zero Three? (5)
11 He predicted priest’s unfinished pilgrimage to the west (6)
13 The goat herder that becomes a king in the Bible (5,3,5)
16 Peg’s victim is Ares convert… (6)
18 …he was close to Bacchus’ inner deliberations (5)
21 Kind of daily routine a monk gets into? (5)
22 Crimean War battle’s a tad never-ending, requiring old Asian capital (4-3)
23 Robin Hood’s shady place? (5)
24 NT city where drug pushers get disciplined and run out (7)
Cryptic down
1 Felled wood goat’s jumping around high hill (8)
2 Floozy hobbit left, abandoned, to get married (5)
3 As a preferred alternative, after this month, eat Atkins Diet for starters (7)
4 Capable hamlet in reformation for clerical lodgings (7,6)
5 Muslim star’s in decline (5)
6 Writhing dance clubs in east Africa put before the Queen (7)
7 Tolkien creatures raised primarily among speaking trees not elves (4)
12 Films a series of asphalt battles in streets (4,4)
14 Most, 23, follow 60% of 5 Dn, and much of this, in the spectrum (7)
15 Bound to be southern lass going over uniform speed (7)
17 Worm in gastroenteritis case? (5)
19 Support on second southern front (5)
20 Fish centre about to open up (4)
Quick across
1 Former name of the holy Hindu city, Varanasi, on the Ganges (either spelling)(7)
5 Unit of inductance (5)
8 Group of East African languages (7)
9 Award-winning movie of 1976 (5)
10 Award-winning actors: see 5 Ac; 17 Dn; 20 Dn (5)
11 Warm ocean current that flows south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time (2,4)
13 Each of the times of daily prayer appointed in the Breviary (9,4)
16 The teaching or revelation of Christ (6)
18 Cutting, peeling tool (5)
21 Someone who discriminates against the elderly (variant spelling) (5)
22 Raise to the aristocracy (7)
23 Surrey town (5)
24 Conceited and self-centred person (7)
Quick down
1 English-born ’Apostle of Germany’: name of nine popes between 418 and 1404 (8)
2 Fibre of polymeric amides (5)
3 Teach new skills (7)
4 Body of cardinals which elects new popes (6,7)
5 One of America’s Great Lakes (5)
6 It’s not possible! (2,3,2)
7 — – — Ma, American cellist of Chinese/French origins (2-2)
12 Salacious, obscene (8)
14 Stone tool or other artefact/structure from the New Stone Age (7)
15 Last great sea battle (1571) involving oar-power (7)
17 Major character of the NT, also called Cephas (5)
19 Jewish religious master (5)
20 St —- Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641 (4)
Winners (0438 Cryptic): Mrs R Grafftey-Smith, Malmesbury; Liam Ó Briain, Manchester Winners (0438 Quick): Mr and Mrs A Firth, Snettisham; Peter Iveson, London NW2
Sudoku 0440
Solution 0439
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