1 A pair of bishops reported Scot, being derogatory about an OT river (6)
4 In New York, waistcoat is adopted by Americans for aspects of Zoroastrianism (6)
9 At the sound of a bell they fire guns at something monstrous (7)
10 Doctor’s eaten by big cat almost, at a dance in the Caribbean (5)
11 US-Japanese religion is either/or, essentially (5)
12 Swiss theologian’s among saints you French discovered after a time (7)
13 She’s enchanting in Camelot being of angry male, Rocky (6,2,3)
18 Futile to employ not so many (7)
20 Standard of living? (5)
22 Romantic, the last to book the opera best seats (5)
23 Off tee? Pure poetry: she helped put 22 on the right lines! (7)
24 Voice of a boy of three (6)
25 Devout men’s time spent among cricket’s lower order (6)
Cryptic down
1 Merry duo back integrated in Cajun fashion after carved up gold is all gone (6)
2 Euphoria on ship with captain setting adrift a couple of characters (5)
3 Rupture operation English have at home (7)
5 Football team’s second leg is home in Rome (5)
6 A write up for art gets result all over the island (7)
7 Stir up across the river core of Alamo’s resistance (6)
8 When portents are confused, the need is for prayer (5,6)
14 Macbeth, perhaps, is superior to Lawrence’s work (7)
15 Choose an artist to bring out the complex Greek girl (7)
16 Free trip by boat in the Orient and in France (6)
17 Check out in choppy seas vessel that’s gone under… (6)
19 …treacherous thing shipping water: primarily one puts a chart up on these legs (5)
21 Lead, for instance, in an ordinary pencil is found in Sinai (5)
Quick across
1 Off the mark (6)
4 Social surroundings (6)
9 Biblical oasis town in Palestine near the Dead Sea (7)
10 Philosophical anxiety about the world or personal freedom (5)
11 Greek sylvan deity (5)
12 French philosopher and theologian; lover of Héloïse (1079-1142) (7)
13 Alternative name of the Order of Friars Minor (11)
18 6th century Bishop of Confert, saint and navigator (7)
20 Large serving spoon (5)
22 English town known for a type of van and its millinery (5)
23 Capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (7)
24 Not giving off moisture on exposure to the atmosphere (3-3)
25 Cluck (6)
Quick down
1 Fiddle with (6)
2 Divination deck (5)
3 Early, now semi-obsolete, anglicized name for the Quran (7)
5 Nonsensical (5)
6 Go deep (7)
7 Cluttered (6)
8 Follower of a third century antipope martyred for the rigour of his sect (11)
14 Go back in (2-5)
15 Irish apostle who founded the first monastery in what today is Scotland (7)
16 Pathological inability to make decisions (6)
17 1980s movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture (3,3)
19 Ancient currency still in use in Serbia and Macedonia (5)
21 Sir —– Jacobi, primarily a stage actor but best remembered for his leading role in BBC TV’s I Claudius (5)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0515: Across: 5 Caesareans, 7 Albion, 8 Sappho, 9 Esse, 11 Barbados, 13 Dionysus, 14 Ezel, 15 Snitch, 17 Let rip, 19 Tabernacle. Down: 1 Jedi, 2 Cannabis, 3 Zeus, 4 On a plate, 5 Colossians, 6 Shrovetide, 10 Elnathan, 12 Rosalind, 16 Heed, 18 Toc H.
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