A Catholic Monthly Magazine

July Crossword by Max

MM049

Across

1 A rough plan produces line-out shambles! (7)

5__ and burn (5)

8 Abate (5)

9 William Tell loses mate, which causes bad-blood! (3,4)

10 Motors powered by heavy oil (6,7)

11 Birthplace of Pope's patron is as is after a fashion! (6)

12 Slender (6)

15 Non racial game upsets USA citizen born in Britain! (5-8)

18 Re-cycled Caviare indicates desire for wealth! (7)

19 Incompetent (5)

20 The elite can trounce the opposition! (5)

21 A spiritual being with American connection gives prayer recalling the Annunciation! (7)

Down

1 Look laddy! - it appears this metal covering hides an icon! (5)

2 People who give 10%. (7)

3 French artistic movement from the 1860's (13)

4 "All writers are __ wherever they live and their work is a lifelong journey towards the lost land", Janet Frame (6)

5 Autonomous control (4-9)

6 A line crossed creates a foreign life-form! (5)

7 Smallest sovereign state in the world (4,3)

11 The language of Jesus (7)

13 Milky (7)

14 Single-celled creature (6)

16 The free and unmerited favour of God (5)

17 Musical jottings? (5)

The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the May Crossword is  Mrs J O’Neill of Brightwater

Solution for June

Across: 1 Immersion - Anagram "in  memoirs" indicated by "confused"

8 Ripe - pun

10 Medicinally - Anagram "Cyanide mill" indicated by "upsets"

11 Teen, 13 Germ - Pun

14 Art,

15 Fist - Anagram "fits" indicated by "when loosened"

16 Lieu - "Quibble" with BBQ removed gives UILE which "could result" as "LIEU"

19 Hose - Pun

22 Combination - "one" = "i"; "country" = "nation"; "Hair utensil" = "comb"

23 Earl, 24 Alar, 26 Apse, 28 Ore, 29 Burp, 31 Aged,

32 Emotionally - Anagram "Moonlit Yale" indicated by "expressed"

33 USSR, 34 Marana tha.

Down: 1 Instal - Anagram "Stalin" - Spelling of "instal" with one "l" is an alternative spelling

2 Even "A-S-H" "falls from" = is removed from "H-E-A-V-E-N-S" leaving "EVEN"

3 Ship, 4 Original, 5 Nines, 6 Helm, 7 Psyche, 9 Parthia,

10 Meteor - Anagram "Remote" indicated by "becoming"

12 Erica "Not in the morning" i.e. remove A-M from America, to leave "ERICA"

17 Umlauts, 18 Diaspora,

20 Oology - Remove "Date of Birth initially" i.e. DOB from"Good ol' boy" leaving GOOLOY

21 Snare, 23 Eureka, 25 Red Sea, 27 Prism, 29 Bout, 30 Kava, 31 Alma.

 

 

 


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