| THETEMPTATIONOF | Come-on: devil knows it didn't succeed as it did with Eve... and that's gospel! (3,10,2,6) |
| CHRIST | Come-on: devil knows it didn't succeed as it did with Eve... and that's gospel! (3,10,2,6) |
| PURE | Unadulterated misery - sure the devil knows it intimately. (4,4) |
| HELL | Unadulterated misery - sure the devil knows it intimately. (4,4) |
| DEVELOP | Plod around with Eve and something may come up (7) |
| IMPACTED | Had an influence on devil in play approaching writer (8) |
| DISLOCATION | Bad movement on devil's site |
| CHINESETAIPEI | Taiwan has won the LLWS 17 times; due to disputes with Beijing it plays under this name, as it did in the recent Tokyo Olympics |
| SOR | Little brother, say, with guitarist overlooking 17's mount (as it did 2) (6) |
| REPEATED | Again said how one had an aftertaste as it did (8) |
| PROVERBS | They're said to be as true as hell - and that's gospel! (8) |
| MATT | It's dull and lustreless - and that's gospel! |
| STJOHN | Julia played long-suffering Laura in old BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire - and that's gospel! (2,4) |
| TRUTH | "Quid est veritas? "asked Pilate of Jesus - and that's gospel! (5) |
| THEANNUNCIATION | First coming of Christ - Leonardo had a hand in it and that's gospel. (3,12) |
| MATTHEW | Mr Wolfenden starred as David Metcalfe in Emmerdale - that's gospel! (7) |
| THEPROMISEDLAND | Moses proposed it - as one well knows it - but didn't, alas, live up to it! (3,8,4) |
| ENVELOPE | It's left with Eve to open but what's in it for her? (8) |
| CREATION | Big Bang boffins bow to bishops' alternative reaction - and that's gospel (8) |
| OURMISSBROOKS | Hit 1950s sitcom with Eve Arden that began as a radio show: 3 wds. |
