July 2019 Crossword – Compiled by Jeannie Hollands

Across

1 Canticle based on Psalm 100 (8)

5 ‘Will your -- hold in the storms of

life?’ (hymn) (6)

9 Synthetic polymer (8)

10 Jewish greeting (6)

11 Deprived of a home (8)

14 Symbol (6)

15 Japanese warrior (7)

16 Sandwich (informal) (6)

19 -- -day Adventist (7)

20 Word of God (6)

21 Cathedral in Germany (7)

26 Very wicked (6)

27 Slippage of soft wet earth (8)

28 Deceive (6)

29 Immodest (8)

30 Interior (6)

31 Vestry (8)

Down

1 6th OT book (6)

2 Stroppy (alt.spelling) (6)

3 Brutus’ page (Julius Caesar) (6)

4 Bicycle for two (6)

6 OT book following Ezra (8)

7 Palestine (4,4)

8 Recall (8)

12 Smoked sausage (7)

13 Duchy (7)

14 Part of church near the altar (4,3)

17 Chant in Communion service (5,3)

18 Tarmacs (8)

19 Isolated (8)

22 21 shillings (6)

23 OT book following 6 down (6)

24 Wife (6)

25 Unorthodox belief (6)

July 2019 Cryptic Crossword – Compiled by Peter Chamberlain

Across

1 Greek character left determined traveller (7)

5 Father takes Sarah round Church of the Passover (7)

9 According to key weight, a learner concluded (5)

10 So topical maybe about followers of Jesus (9)

11 Was there not any running water during this hard time? (3,3)

12 New model, one accordion (8)

14 Ronald to perform musical work (5)

15 Type of car working by itself (9)

18 How everything had been included even at the end, end of October (9)

20 In good health with regard to leading repair (5)

22 Identical game at home before midnight (8)

24 One in dish for procurator (6)

26 One of two stories in the Good Book (9)

27 One producing goods for another market endlessly (5)

28 I swayed over border (7)

29 Quinquennial of the ceremony of purification (7)

Down

1 Founder developing a rich part (9)

2 Travelling light (7)

3 Pious, non-U, nothing more, to be played in a devotional way (9)

4 Short time Jack had in ancient kingdom (4)

5 Transept to be redesigned by churchgoer (10)

6 Ready to fight (3-2)

7 Most sacred to praise in the height (7)

8 Roman poet of the third Gospel (5)

13 A celebrant substituted place of worship (10)

16 Man at church service endlessly in mid- November (9)

17 Long seat for bishop first in large church (9)

19 Italian gripped by fictitious disease in regular ritual (7)

21 Female with thinner rugby player (7)

22 Many a bird call from this bird (5)

23 It might be spoken by some north Indians (5)

25 The man went over two lakes in the underworld (4)

Solution to June 2019 Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Be bold; 4 Pillar; 7 Ideal; 9 Darius; 10 Epiphany; 11 According; 13 Grace; 16 Channel Tunnel;

18 Vicar; 19 Bathsheba; 23 Shadrach; 24 Russia; 25 Cyrus; 26 Niggle; 27 Tippet.

DOWN: 1 Buddha; 2 Orsino; 3 Dissident; 4 Plain; 5 Lutheran; 6 Retype; 8 Eternal Father; 12 Cacti; 14 Caleb; 15 Eucharist; 17 Awarding; 18 Vision; 20 Hush up; 21 Ararat; 22 Sauce.

Winners of May 2019 Cryptic Crossword – Evelyn Foote, East Kilbride; Jean McDonald, Milton of Campsie and Henry Weir, Stow.

Solution to June 2019 Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Good Shepherd; 8 Podge; 9 Phenomena; 11 Reactor; 12 Drive-in; 13 Tie-up; 14 Eiderdown; 17 Antiphony; 19 Sushi; 20 Introit; 23 Evident; 24 Take heart; 25 Taboo; 26 Most reverend.

DOWN: 1 Godparent, 2 Overtop; 3 Superhero; 4 Emend; 5 Hoosier; 6 Reeve; 7 Spiritualist; 10 Annunciation; 15 Day centre; 16 Oyster-bed; 18 Prophet; 19 Skittle; 21 Tokyo; 22 Trace.

Winners of May 2019 Cryptic Crossword – M Harrison, Newport-on-Tay, Fife and Mrs M Wallace, Cumnock, Ayrshire.