A Catholic Monthly Magazine

September Crossword

Across

1 Passageway around a church or cloister (10)
8 Maybe (7)
9 Ottoman title of high rank (5)
10 A covert operation and yet blatantly obvious! (5)
11 “It is not beauty that ___, it’s love that makes us see beauty” - Leo Tolstoy (7)
12 Birthplace of St. Francis (6)
14 A circular opening at the apex of a dome (6)
18 Outstanding (7)
20 Put off cleaning the stable? (5)
22 Father of Jacob and Esau (5)
23 One of the Twelve (7)
24 “My soul glorifies the Lord” (10)

Down

1 An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck (7)
2 “Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow ___ willingly”, George Eliot (5)
3 Confused, Noel sat in rough shelters! (4-3)
4 Jesus slates contrived decoration! (6)
5 A drip leads to a turbulent section of the river! (5)
6 Better to eat them than be given them unless you’re full of them! (5)
7 Descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob (6)
13 A plank for fun (6)
15 Captain calls for ship to leave as he finishes his knitting? (4-3)
16 Important point (7)
17 Airman changes to stay behind! (6)
18 An edible bulb (5)
19 Russian country house (5)
21 The original empire of Mexico (5)

The winner of the July Crossword was Fr John O’Neill sm one of the 10 correct entries that we received.

The Solution to the August puzzle is:

Across: 1 Aggiornamento, 8 Anagram, 9 Motif, 10 Sodom, 11 Unction, 12 Advent, 14 Tangle, 17 Caribou, 19 Shrub, 22 Prior, 23 Parable, 24 Protestantism.

Down: 1 Amass, 2 Guard, 3 Oarsman, 4 Nimbus, 5 Mimic, 6 Nothing, 7 Offence, 12 Alcopop, 13 Vertigo, 15 Also-ran, 16 Pulpit, 18 Burse, 20 Rabbi, 21 Bream.

 


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