1 Large return each harvest early on made Saul’s capital (6)
4 Confused, dipped toes in the water, not head (6)
9 Milk has turned identified Vishnu’s consort (7)
10 Rent due after interval (5)
11 That’s a bishop oddly combing and clothing horse (5)
12 Rented property the previous fall, one of three (7)
13 London terminus needs order (11)
18 Ruby perhaps retreating affected Dido in battle (7)
20 Underground site, starting with Crossrail, links railway to port (5)
22 Track a North British race? (5)
23 Commonplace seeing chap from Aberdare and Viking together (7)
24 Pay for ingredients of masala – ryals proffered (6)
25 Court game one from place in Co Clare after date number three (6)
Cryptic down
1 Southern lass detains the Italian by force in OT shrine (6)
2 Hell’s Angel Isaac’s commonly found in a deserted pub (5)
3 This morning Chair translated modern Ethiopian (7)
5 Sounds like heavy metal’s back-fired at welcome to the city (5)
6 Minor resistance becomes more insignificant (7)
7 Calling record in that reaches Number Two (6)
8 Regular fare Luther couldn’t stomach? (4,2,5)
14 Gallico’s novel is well thought out (7)
15 Anger across the home counties concerning church’s name (7)
16 Maidens witnessed in eastern and much of western Austria close to where Jesus was seen (6)
17 Emphasize rest – unwind on board (6)
19 Put off over Edward returning (5)
21 Over north it’s time to see pine (5)
Quick across
1 Pretence (6)
4 Dedicated in religion: flattened at the poles (6)
9 Daughter of King Minos of the 18 (7)
10 Alone (on stage) (5)
11 Confines or restrains with manacles (5)
12 Bernstein-Sondheim standard from West Side Story: title of a 1984 David Bowie album (7)
13 King of Assyria who defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh (11)
18 Inhabitants of the largest of Greece’s islands (7)
20 Accustom (5)
22 Open up (a banana?) (5)
23 Nephew and warrior of David who unsuccessfully urged him to kill Saul (7)
24 Tank top (6)
25 Lively intelligence (6)
Quick down
1 Man engaged to be married (6)
2 Tribal leader (5)
3 Rev Charles ——-, better known for his alias as a fantasy writer (7)
5 Range rover? (5)
6 Italian priest/composer: his Miserere performed in the Sistine Chapel was popularized by Mozart (7)
7 Synthetic; imitation (6)
8 Of a Christian movement reinforced in the UK by W Indian immigration in the 1950s (11)
14 Third son of Aaron (7)
15 Patron saint of goldsmiths and other metalworkers (7)
16 Supernatural: originally, hidden and difficult to see (6)
17 Fight against something (6)
19 Forbidden fruit? (5)
21The Fall of the House of —–, Edgar Allan Poe (5)
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