A Catholic Monthly Magazine

December Crossword

Across
1 Yeas erupt when the task is simple! (4)
3 Take me from lampshades’ jumble with a sloppy approach! (8)
9 A popular Marian title (3,4)
10 Fools begin it and ANZAC’s almost end it! (5)
11 Process of declaring a saint (12)
14 Found in a tree, could it weaken your energy? (3)
16 Abstract style of the 1960’s (2,3)
17 A talking tree found in Tolkien’s Middle Earth (3)
18 A woman who acts as a child’s guardian (6-6)
21 Once regarded as the destination of unbaptized souls (5)
22 “Oh! Sometimes it causes me to ___, ___. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” (7)
23 Enclose one in canvas shelter, who confesses sins! (8)
24 Captain Kirk’s favourite phaser setting (4)
Down
1 Ritual act of driving out an evil spirit (8)
2 A mythological sea nymph who lures sailors to destruction (5)
4 A ballad by a non-professional person? (3)
5 Someone actively engaged in a profession such as medicine or law (12)
6 Halo (7)
7 “If you’re going through ___, keep going”, Winston Churchill (4)
8 Popular fresh water game fish (7,5)
12 I hear that if you look intensly you’ll see a way up! (5)
13 A fish used as the source of caviar (8)
15 He looks after stage equipment (7)
19 Religious attire (5)
20 “There’s many a ___ twixt cup and lip”, Proverb (4)
22 2,240 lbs (3)

November Solution

Across: 1 Attack, 4 Dragon, 9 Sabbath, 10 Bylaw, 11 Rural,
12 Yule log, 13 Bartholomew,
18 So-and-so, 20 Angel, 22 Isaac, 23 Utopian, 24 Incite, 25 Mystic.

Down: 1 Absurd, 2 Tabor,
3 Chaplet, 5 Rebel, 6 Galilee, 7 New Age, 8 Chrysologus,
14 Aramaic, 15 Oratory, 16 Assisi, 17 Clinic, 19 Ducat,
21 Grist.

The winner of the October Crossword was:
Mrs C A Atkinson, Papatoetoe, from 6 correct entries



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