A Catholic Monthly Magazine

March Crossword

Clues

Across

1 Author documents secret calendar of
liturgical days! (4)

3 Goodly ox wanders at concluding prayer of praise! (8)

9 Tip eels carelessly over Scripture passage! (7)

10 Spirit of darkness lived dreadfully! (5)

11 Mouth area finds bit of strudel tasty! (5)

12 An ascending lion call causes loud noise and confusion! (6)

14 Scholastic removes tics for church choir! (6)

16 Clergyman builds esprit! (6)

19 American Indian tribe relocated on Java! (6)

21 Combining 51 and 101 before tea is authorised! (5)

24 Can’t be bothered? Hopelessly sanguine without gas! (5)

25 Damaged cool pic of a little flute! (7)

26 A Christian follower adds computer storage medium to messy heap! (8)

27 “I will give you the ___ of the kingdom of heaven”; Mt 16:19 (4)

Down

1 Chopped up hors d’oeuvres lose rush when excessive drug imbibed! (8)

2 Boring practice? (5)

4 Let us pray in Latin? (6)

5 Request food from religious institution? (5)

6 Prevent the occurrence of something? I’ve a bot constructed! (7)

7 Start with a light colour and shout! (4)

8 Apparently last up Apostle! (2,4)

13 Violent to saints praying the Way of the Cross! (8)

15 African scavengers mauled easy Han! (7)

17 50 cries recombined saints’ remains! (6)

18 ESP log reveals the teachings of Christ! (6)

20 Excuse for bail to be arranged, I conclude! (5)

22 Tie a hitch with a spice? (5)

23 A piece of a necklace can exist after
Christ! (4)

Solution for February

Across: 1 Rake, 3 Ad limina,
9 Acronym, 10 Canoe,
11 Spellbinding, 14 She,
16 Canon, 17 Ski, 18 Christian era, 21 Pylon, 22 Holdall,
23 Conclave, 24 Jews.

Down: 1 Reassess, 2 Kyrie,
4 Dim, 5 Incidentally,
6 Innings, 7 Amen,
8 Inflectional, 12 If not,
13 Miracles, 15 Echelon,
19 Erase, 20 OPEC, 22 HIV.

The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the December Crossword were Sisters Mariam and Francis from the Carmelite Monastery in Auckland.


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