7 Special rite for Horace and Molly, the two, first and last at wedding (4,9)
8 Desert, being second to Ben in an epic (4)
9 Tributary to Russian river in the paper… (8)
10 …one’s repeatedly referred to as part of the Thames (4)
12 Like Marcus, after a complex re-evaluation, sadly vote to leave (8)
14 Car in the foreground’s the first to arrive in the city (8)
16 Appealing after square shot hits Emburey on the head (4)
17 Tirade at needing help when falling over putting on Levi’s, is one perhaps? (8)
19 Novice is embraced by shunned religious sect (4)
21 Mega jeers that horribly point to apostle (5,3,5)
Cryptic down
1 Passage to India, for the better-off, initially, becomes elegant and luxurious (4)
2 Barnabas’ place is amongst fancy Prussians (6)
3 US place beetle once found in Ireland, the little blighter! (8)
4 Book following the end of Joshua I’m to précis (4)
5 In renovating altar see number referring to a cavity (6)
6 Something that binds the Israelite worker after a diabolical meeting (8)
11 Haggard woman reaching low point, is on the upturn, he wrote (8)
13 Easterlies route between two biblical seas paid off (8)
15 Job follows this breaking up of three sinecures in the end (6)
16 Pompey supporter gets 3 – about puts the topping on the cake, he does (6)
18 Greek item on the alphabet, primarily? (4)
20 Regan’s dad left the organ (4)
Quick across
7 Collection of Dickens’ short pieces which feature his pseudonym (8,2,3)
8 Qualm (4)
9 Greek soldier loyal to Achilles (8)
10 One of the OT Deuteronomic History books (4)
12 Those who disagree with something and attempt to prevent it happening (8)
14 Affluent; of ‘high-end’ commodities (8)
16 Dull pain (4)
17 Barricaded part of a city in conflict (2-2,4)
19 Jet black variety of quartz (4)
21 Leading female character in The Importance of Being Earnest (4,9)
Quick down
1 Gull-like seabird (4)
2 Mark of infamy (6)
3 Irish national emblem (8)
4 Northern European leader’s title adapted from ‘Caesar’ (4)
5 Song words (6)
6 Town given throughout the Bible as a warning of God’s judgment (8)
11 Wife of Moses (8)
13 Medieval Italian poet (1304-74), remembered for his Canzoniere sonnets (8)
15 Fictitious name or stage name (6)
16 Circa (6)
18 Choice (4)
20 US Ivy League university (4)
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