5 Like Eden there is, alas, rapid fall (9)
8 Register a hill to the west (4)
9 Bachelor style chap pursues, being one from Birmingham, perhaps (8)
10 Excavate ore to the west, close to city for respectability (7)
11 Queen’s extraction is from, says he, Bantu (5)
13 Part of London has clubs that meet about witchcraft (5)
15 It doesn’t seem possible for Clare, I’m sorry (7)
18 In retrospect, over all, a Welshman’s right, young man, for an Irish-Scottish settlement (8)
19 State bureau West Virginia detach ultimately (4)
20 Solid pace of construction in a place south of Lake Galilee (9)
Cryptic down
1 Ham issue in California with bread (6)
2 List picture, at last a painting that’s capital (7)
3 A hard thing to get voice heard when promoting a prophet (5)
4 Ammonite king’s on drugs article sent up (6)
6 Brother is able to subordinate to the Lord in Rome (9)
7 Baal slant is abominable to an opponent of Nehemiah (9)
12 Acts apostle is taking about blocking return of Japanese warriors (7)
14 Brooks vehicle crosses over to reach the mount (6)
16 Bring on a sub in order to create some spirit (6)
17 Dad’s horse runs the wrong way – obviously not Christian (5)
Quick across
5 Book of a minor prophet (9)
8 Parliament of the Republic of Ireland (4)
9 Joseph’s first master in Egypt (8)
10 Principle concerning the proportional strength of electric current and electromotive force (4,3)
11 English romantic poet, 1795-1821 (5)
13 Greek letter (5)
15 Alternative name for Simone Memmi, Italian medieval painter: vermouth (7)
18 Eurasian caribou (8)
19 Jacob’s first wife (4)
20 Group of Jews who during the early history of the Christian Church accepted Jesus as the Messiah (9)
Quick down
1 Orson ——, 1940s tyro auteur (6)
2 Father of Elisha (7)
3 Island where Minos ruled (5)
4 Jane ——, Agatha Christie sleuth (6)
6 German composer (1653-1706), most famous for his Canon and Gigue in D (9)
7 Scottish Quarter Day originating from one of France’s patron saints (9)
12 Archangel, the messenger of God (7)
14 Richard ——, John Buchan’s hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps (6)
16 Cashier (6)
17 Son of Ishmael (5)
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