CROSSWORD

April 2018 Crossword – Compiled by Jeannie Hollands

Across

1 Son of David (2 Samuel 5:14) (6)

4 Temple tower (6)

7 Lectern bird (5)

9 First of the major prophets (6)

10 Roofed churchyard entrance (8)

11 Belief in all deities (9)

13 Buddhist shrine (5)

16 London residence of Archbishop of Canterbury (7,6)

18 Metrical song (5)

19 Ten days before Pentecost (9)

23 Author of ‘In the bleak midwinter’ (8)

24 City north of Hermon (Amos 6:14) (6)

25 Donkeys (5)

26 Hungarian (6)

27 Daughter of Haran (Genesis 11:29) (6)

Down

1 Edible crustacean (6)

2 Surrounded (archaic or poetic) (6)

3 Biblical birthplace (9)

4 Type of OT of ering (5)

5 Calvary (8)

6 Greek goddess of wisdom (6)

8 ‘When morning ___ ___ ___, my heart awaking cries’ (hymn) (5,3,5)

12 Muslim name for God (5)

14 Prei x denoting pressure (5)

15 Summary of principles of religion (9)

17 Clerical profession (8)

18 Holy oil (6)

20 Two OT books (6)

21 Ammonite king (1 Samuel 11:1) (6)

22 Essential oil (5)

April 2018 Cryptic Crossword – Compiled by Peter Chamberlain

Across

1 Reveals another sound that goes on and on (11)

9 After having breather I obtained loincloth (5)

10 How motorcyclist prepared his eggs (9)

12 Herod Agrippa’s daughter reportedly drew a window ledge first (8)

13 Forward-looking person’s gain reported (7)

15 Scatterbrained Amelia lost a message (5)

16 Chips or fish to go in (9)

17 Gaze endlessly at one in the lead (4)

18 You and I record leak (4)

19 Unable to continue as a minister as dress was taken in the act (9)

20 Not the same alternative (5)

21 Get lady over to this bay in Fife (7)

24 Cosmetics applied before hostilities (3,5)

26 Said wrongdoer, before biblical king, say, went to place of worship (9)

27 Banished person cannot feel at home in it (5)

28 To informer a remarkable religious revolution (11)

Down

2 Serviceman uses vehicle after six (5)

3 Harvest fruit to be seen again (8)

4 Lady’s large church can be heard (5)

5 We are bound to be this (4)

6 Gristle’s unusual sparkle (7)

7 Sam, a revolutionary was not acquitted (9)

8 Wonderful old entertainment? (7,4)

11 Snow on top of timber washed up by the sea (9)

13 Strong emotion for seven days before Easter (7,4)

14 Seabirds circling coral found more than one woody bracken (4,5)

16 Little Catherine on lorry had purgative medicine (9)

18 Ascertain heaviness of a measured quantity at exit, we hear (5,3)

19 Impractical person who has lost consciousness? (7)

22 In general, armies warn of danger (5)

23 See, in Cornwall, tour has been organised, little resistance within (5)

25 Pretty rough section for novice (4)

Solution to March 2018 Crossword

Across: 1 Scrum; 4 Nucleus; 9 New every morning; 10 Raiment; 11 Electro; 12 Hur; 13 Malachi; 15 Snidest; 16 Delilah; 19 Wheelie; 21 Ego; 22 Toolbar; 23 Officer; 25 Thy faithfulness; 26 Doubter; 27 Thorn

Down: 1 Sawmill; 2 Revue; 3 Marathi; 4 Numbers; 5 Carmelite; 6 Epistle; 7 Sign of the cross; 8 Unpremeditated; 14 Celebrant; 17 Look you; 18 Heritor; 19 Woolfat; 20 Lectern; 24 Folio

Winners: February Crossword: J Moore North Berwick, S Johnston Banchory, H Macgregor Birmingham

Solution to March 2018 Cryptic Crossword

Across: 1 Pepper pot; 6 Resin; 9 Littler; 10 Autocar; 11 Religious belief; 12 Mass; 14 Navigation; 16 Skittle out; 17 Pews; 20 Odour of sanctity; 22 Sun disc; 23 Intense; 24 Rerun; 25 Sanhedrin.

Down: 1 Pilgrim; 2 Petal; 3 Eulogy; 4 Personal ef ects; 5 Transi guration; 6 Rothesay; 7 Sacrfice; 8 Nurofen; 13 Shipowner; 15 Star sign; 16 Sponsor; 18 Soy bean; 19 Scythe; 21 Inner

Winners: February 2018 Cryptic Crossword: D Burt Glasgow, E Piggot Dunning

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