7 Midian’s boy is from the Imelda Aherne marriage… (6)
8 …Manasseh’s lad is from Israel, perhaps (6)
9 One with little relation to the spirit of Egypt (4)
10 He received a letter: German mercenary initially selling out is on record (8)
11 Poor slowcoaches badly lose out in money-making enterprise (4,3)
13 Straight sound road after workforce has been? (5)
15 Cancel sailor’s leave, cut off at harbour mouth (5)
17 Man’s quiet aura makes a king, a pharaoh (7)
20 Dress up Leah as (in Levi’s) Dad (8)
21 Drag getting round a Frenchman, a really old one (4)
22 Never cry over a tea party here (6)
23 Order shortly a vintage car (6)
Cryptic down
1 Relish applause, getting some when he succeeded Elijah (6)
2 Deep-sounding instrument finds under the strait, fish, defining four! (4)
3 Pet Noah trained was one killed by a bolt of thunder (7)
4 North and central Honduran oatcakes, originally a Mexican snack (5)
5 Islamic symbol nearly gets saint hooked, and a missionary (8)
6 Monarchs in the style of India’s south (6)
12 Dubious, Ohio right not to allow in Gulf potentate… (8)
14 …and revolutionary? Con man with ties to a Home Counties town (7)
16 Rocky monetary unit of Panama? (6)
18 Nubia’s diabolical god of the dead (6)
19 Singer Bobby’s navy in science fiction he wrote (5)
21 Have a sudden inspiration? (4)
Quick across
7 Activities; behaviour (6)
8 North German city and port (6)
9 Large collection or amount: river craft (4)
10 Nonconformist chapel (8)
11 Grandson of Esau (7)
13 Femme fatale (5)
15 Predator (5)
17 Leader of the good against the dragon, when in Revelation, war broke out in heaven (7)
20 Daughter of Herod Agrippa I (8)
21 Northern stream or brook (4)
22 Take off (6)
23 Delphic shrine (6)
Quick down
1 Potassium compound used in agriculture and industry (6)
2 Danish King of England, 1016-35 (4)
3 Saul’s fourth son (7)
4 Decrease (5)
5 Last king of Judah (8)
6 Irritate (6)
12 Town where Asa
destroyed a great Cushite army (8)
14 Bullfighter on horseback (7)
16 Large wasp (6)
18 In a strangely frightening way (6)
19 Sparkle (5)
21 Boast; show-off (4)
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