7 Revelations they are written by John, the banquet quartet included? (6)
8 Morecambe, caught Duke, at home, by old cricketer (6)
9 Implement the taking of regular notes, going through the alphabet (4)
10 Twice deceives? (3-5)
11 Folk song that encapsulates the country (7)
13 Native American turned round, leaving one in Indonesia… (5)
15 …left one supporter in the balance (5)
17 Graduate via London, just to get half way to another extravagant place (7)
20 French royal is a hip nude model (8)
21 Stow’s cutting edge is irrevocably blunted (4)
22 Welcome articles investing Jerusalem’s governor (6)
23 Dylan, before detaining order has circulated, is tense (6)
Cryptic down
1 Old Fulham keeper runs away; without a spark it’s no use (6)
2 Dwell and live without a roof (4)
3 Flipping family firstly made mincemeat for cat (7)
4 Way to treat drug users – on times (unfairly) – outed’s not acceptable (5)
5 Finally, finally, gold and money is raised to obtain certain shares (8)
6 Disorder in eastern Czech Republic to a degree… (6)
12 …madly pro-EU, near, almost completely, continental (8)
14 Complaints against woeful books leading in sales (7)
16 One gets return to ring road to find a book (6)
18 Venerable male actor, when in Union… (3,3)
19 …Confederates side come to the end around here (5)
21 Kind of hole to get out of in comeback game? (4)
Quick across
7 La belle province of Canada (6)
8 Subgenus of Rhododendron known for its showy blooms (6)
9 1995 Japanese earthquake site (4)
10 Town founded by Herod Antipas in honour of the then Roman emperor (8)
11 12th century English anchorite famous for his prophesies and miracles (7)
13 Greek heroic poet, author of The Iliad and The Odyssey (5)
15 Sharp; stinging (5)
17 Husband of Hannah (7)
20 Musical phrase repeated over and over (8)
21 Check and sort carefully (4)
22 Gracefully slim (6)
23 Slowly, to a conductor (6)
Quick down
1 Japanese puzzle phenomenon (6)
2 Instrument in a wind quintet (4)
3 Ancient country, part of modern Ukraine, whose natives are mentioned in Colossians (7)
4 Parking space at the side of a road (3,2)
5 Novel (1893) written by Robert Louis Stevenson as a sequel to Kidnapped (8)
6 Desecrate (6)
12 Scottish island south west of Shetland (4,4)
14 Horse, candidate, making up the numbers (4-3)
16 Plant of the genus Manihot (manioc) with fleshy roots that yield a nutritious starch (6)
18 Expert in French? (2,4)
19 New England setting of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (5)
21 Hitch (4)
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