Cryptic across
1 Taiwan China’s only half accepted for exercises (3,3)
4 In some capacity bordering Georgia there’s an OT shrine (6) 8 Pined for a pair of wheels (5)
9 Thomas’ name is involved with a quasi-Reformation (7)
10 Like fans sometimes are at a party, getting a kind of buzz (7)
11 Boxing ring, for example, is somewhat square, naturally (5)
12 State Liza and Dawn’s problem (9)
17 Took exam again, returning something stunning (5)
19 Extrapolate number to give one hell of a solution! (7)
21 Couplet used a group of eight notes (7)
22 French and German OKs needed for the board? (5)
23 Go out, heading off to retreat (6)
24 Cricketer’s wrong one to surf the net after English lost at last in Sydney (6)
Cryptic down
1 Two NT books reduced hang-ups in a Judah town (6)
2 Rogue with debts is iniquitous (7)
3 Record, Revolver, put into top-quality sleeve after hearing the first from adherents on the road (5)
5 Adieu! Am off to Edom later (7)
6 He makes a surprise appearance, putting the bottle behind him? (5)
7 See in Phrygia Salutaris poor Silas took years to get around (6)
9 Abridged Ford model’s range, they say, to make familiar to Brits (9)
13 Fit rugby player needs a very large jersey (7)
14 Honey from an Australian flower (7)
15 Flickering light’s never-ending in street decoration (6)
16 Group of prayers from the Sally Army boy brought round (6)
18 Year and a day before we see the old goat (5)
20 He bore the ring of Father and Archbishop (5)
Quick across
1 1980s movement concerned about mind, body and spirit (3,3)
4 One of the seven churches in receipt of a letter from John in Revelation (6)
8 Sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine (5)
9 Feeler: booster (7)
10 African people, mainly in Ghana (7)
11 Boreal (5)
12 Seventh Sunday after Easter commemorating the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles (9)
17 Fit out (5)
19 Augustinian canon (1466-1536), the first teacher of Greek at Cambridge (7)
21 Son of Joash and servant of Saul (7)
22 Put into the earth (5)
23 Show contempt for (6)
24 Tube-nosed pelagic bird with long wings (6)
Quick down
1 Heavenly drink (6)
2 Adoration paid to a deity (7)
3 Accumulate; find out (5)
5 The Merchant of Venice (7)
6 Person who makes a gift of money or property (or body parts!) (5)
7 Enshroud (6)
9 One of several kings of Gerar in Genesis and later (9)
13 Of or relating to a wedding (7)
14 The devil, being the term used in the KJV; the TJB’s ‘tester’ (7)
15 Elisha’s servant, who in seeking a reward, developed leprosy (6)
16 Of the stars (6)
18 Mountain range, the physical border between Europe and Asia (5)
20 Bear: reside (arch) (5)
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