7 One who may have supported Livingstone discover a biblical clan (6)
8 God, that chap provides backing for a 70s band! (6)
9 Where Peppa Pig was penned, say? (4)
10 Shoot a leading sailor during welcome here in the Gulf (3,5)
11 Diana’s equivalent in record company’s promotion of culture (7)
13 Native American’s going home, getting nothing out of Indonesia (5)
15 Press seen in a part of old Iran (5)
17 Lobby an extraordinarily extravagant city (7)
20 He composed ‘Conquering hero’; top-notch round (8)
21 Finished deliveries by six? (4)
22 Ignite if boy in Rome totally backslides (4,2)
23 Variant doctrine is inadmissible in court, one made out (6)
Cryptic down
1 Pet almost makes sailor drink (6)
2 River found up in the tree-line (4)
3 They’re in a dire pickle financially? (7)
4 Puzzle concerning transport (5)
5 Well-stacked? No, it’s overloaded above (3-5)
6 Biblical mountain where serpent held up Gilead halfway in (6)
12 Record and list changes to directions they were sent in the KJV (8)
14 Book a church in an African country (7)
16 Exact quote, finally lost in the end, that’s associated with a priest (6)
18 Not all bypass Edom when returning to port (6)
19 In the final athletic endeavour they jump, shoot and vault (5)
21 They are concerned with taxing matters, brought up initially after an order by the king (4)
Quick across
7 Pardonable; trifling (6)
8 Handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone (6)
9 Scottish council area: administrative centre, Glenrothes (4)
10 Early Biblical people living west of the Euphrates River (8)
11 Windlass (7)
13 Escapade: hors d’oeuvre (5)
15 Animal life (5)
17 Matriarch: Hitchcock 1940 classic (7)
20 One of Jacob’s twelve sons (8)
21 Sea bird: Ulster lough (4)
22 Basket material (6)
23 Alternative name for Tabitha, a woman famous for her good works (6)
Quick down
1 Second most holy city of Islam (6)
2 Greek goddess of victory (4)
3 Third son of 4 (7)
4 Composer Copland; footballer Ramsey (5)
5 English-born ‘Apostle of Germany’ (8)
6 Relating to the site where in 325AD the first ecumenical council took place (6)
12 Render holy (8)
14 Armageddon: The hill of ——- (7)
16 Hindu god’s incarnation: James Cameron blockbuster, 2009 (6)
18 Joseph ——, upon whose novel, Heart of Darkness (1897), Apocalypse Now was largely based (6)
19 Source of chocolate (5)
21 Old Testament book: poet Pound (4)
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