CROSSWORDS

April 2019 Crossword – Compiled by Jeannie Hollands

Across

1 Sermonise (6)

4 Awesome (8)

10 ‘I the Lord of ___ ___ ___’ (hymn) (3,3,3)

11 Saint ___, first Christian martyr in Britain (5)

12 Uncultivated region (10)

13 Port in Israel known as Accho in

Judges 1:31AV (4)

15 Daydream (7)

17 ‘__ ___ angels bright’ (hymn) (2,4)

19 Joined (6)

21 Whip (7)

23 OT priest (4)

24 Gospel writer (10)

27 Scriptures (5)

28 Act of nourishing (9)

29 To the end of time (8)

30 Poseidon eg (3,3)

Down

1 Secret phrase (8)

2 Electronic post (5)

3 Render holy (10)

5 Wandering tale (7)

6 Head of cathedral chapter (4)

7 Approximately spherical (9)

8 Off ender (6)

9 Old custom (6)

14 Three days preceding Ash Wednesday (10)

16 Archdeacon’s honorific prefix (9)

18 Fated (8)

20 Soothsayer (7)

21 Good sense (6)

22 Extra run in cricket (3,3)

25 Cake covering (5)

26 Ray of light (4)

April 2019 Cryptic Crossword – Compiled by Peter Chamberlain

Across

1 All the believers from Richmond set off (11)

9 Churchman born earlier (5)

10 Simple basic constituent a learner has (9)

12 Scottish king who was an influential Jew! (8)

13 Passage from former broadsheet (7)

15 Poet turns tail producing fermenting agent (5)

16 Hat Ernest with a word of hesitation had in old town (9)

17 More elementary part of dance (4)

18 A songbird for the most part having wings (4)

19 Joseph’s home in a temple (4,5)

20 Lincoln accepted the Spanish tree (5)

21 Blue fellow in one of the services? (4,3)

24 Follower of theologian who could turn and heal (8)

26 Friar may have same small car first (9)

27 Female prepared meal for old lover (5)

28 One cannot refuse this cash off er (5,6)

Down

2 One cross after endless suffering at curve (5)

3 Evil short time inside for a very long time! (8)

4 New cut in clothing (5)

5 No expression of joy from shipbuilder (4)

6 Yours truly Anthony started mentioning something used in referring to the whole thing (7)

7 Amid confusion, baler turned out to be wonderful (9)

8 Irritant bothered one, a new believer (11)

11 Have Latin translation for ‘sea monster’ (9)

13 Everlasting conscious existence hereafter (7,4)

14 Ornamental knot that’s topping for Ottoman? (5,4)

16 Celia lets out it’s heavenly (9)

18 A southern dialect, an old language (8)

19 About to leave Jerez expedition leader with Bella, not the Spanish scheming woman (7)

22 I left during a race on the slope (5)

23 Open-mouthed at feast celebrating Christian love (5)

25 Part of sudden ovation for star (4)