Cryptic across

5 Order for those coming off the rails in London? (11)
7 Incline in Scotland to be British at each turn (4)
8 Name one that’s into root beer, for instance (8)
9 Single out preacher in cathedral (7)
11 Quietly articulated the pain felt in a marsupial feature (5)
13 The magi learned little from this fleet (5)
14 Teammate or opposite number? (7)
16 One chews the cud with
a worker after a drink at home (8)
17 Veronica or Victoria? (4)
18 Herds spread after being manoeuvred in a corner (4-7)

Cryptic down

1 He’s exporting dodgy vids from an Indian Ocean paradise (4)
2 Captain’s on a type of herring course (7)
3 Legal process over drugs in pen (5)
4 This call maybe means Royal Mail’s final collection? (4,4)
5 Making a DVD with this president would be a mir-acle (7,4)
6 Without prior warning, pet dog gets done (4-7)
10 Extremely sorry about one in a more venerable profession (8)
12 Rook died when moved on board? (7)
15 Marx has lost his love after giving years to a grasping woman (5)
17 When haltingly articulating sin, is the example thin? (4)

Quick across

5 Drunken orgy (11)
7 Section of chimney (4)
8 Strangle (8)
9 Overdue (7)
11 Male voice between baritone and alto (5)
13 Animal footprint (5)
14 Flowing with milk and honey (7)
16 Lidos, yah? (Anag) (8)
17 Soap bubbles (4)
18 Tacit sympathy and understanding (11)

Quick down

1 Nagging pain (4)
2 Hinged door protecting a window (7)
3 Show teeth in a threatening manner (5)
4 Fallen arches (4,4)
5 Without flaws or loop-holes (11)
6 It follows Hallowe’en (3,5,3)
10 Early Biblical people living west of the Euphrates River (8)
12 Stand firm (7)
15 Mild and pleasant (5)
17 Of sound mind (4)

Crossword answers

Cryptic answers to No 0450: Across: 5 Maacah, 7 Update, 9 Common Prayer, 10 Set apart, 12 Fops, 13 Arad, 15 Easterly, 17 Dressing down, 19 Martha, 20 Adytum. Down: Salome, 2 Whin, 3 Burritos, 4 Stir up, 6 Commandment, 8 Day after Day, 11 Amersham, 14 Red rag, 16 Low-cut, 18 Noah.

Quick answers to No 0450: Across: 5 Huldah, 7 Adjoin, 9 Annunciation, 10 Careless, 12 Tome, 13 Nebo, 15 Ashkelon, 17 Promised land, 19 Enzyme, 20 Debate. Down: 1 Guinea, 2 Chic, 3 Hadassah, 4 Hinnom, 6 Deuteronomy, 8 Join the club, 11 Elamites, 14 Expend, 16 Ornate, 18 Edda.

Crossword winners

Winners (0449 Cryptic): David Moyes, Darlington; Mrs Grafftey-Smith, Malmesbury
Winners (0449 Quick): PM Cates, Asfordby; Fr Nicholas Paxton, Manchester

Sudoku 0450

Solution 0449

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