CROSSWORDS

August 2019 Crossword – Compiled by Jeannie Hollands

Across

1 ‘-- -- ever singing’, (hymn) (5,6)

9 Fourth month (5)

10 Encroaching (9)

12 Saxifrage (4-4)

13 Promote product before it is launched (3-4)

15 Big (5)

16 ‘There is a -- -- far away’, (hymn) (5,4)

17 Rage (4)

18 Musical piece for one (4)

19 Not drinking alcohol (9)

20 ‘Thou shalt not -- thy neighbour’s house’, (Exodus 20;17AV) (5)

21 Mottled like a horse perhaps (7)

24 Singer in cathedral choir (3,5)

26 80th (9)

27 Cause of infection (5)

28 ‘Come and see the -- -- that Christ’s apostle saw’, (hymn) (7,4)

Down

2 Town in southern Belgium (5)

3 One sent on a mission (8)

4 ‘Faithful -- ended’, (hymn) (5)

5 Abbey in Inner Hebrides (4)

6 Place where timber is cut (7)

7 Edible starch (9)

8 ‘Let -- -- -- in every corner sing’, (hymn) (3,3,5)

11 Worshipped (9)

13 ‘O -- --, all human thought transcending’, (hymn) (7,4)

14 Existing along the coast (9)

16 Cemetery (9)

18 Inclined to bite (8)

19 Resulting in deficit (2,1,4)

22 Pale (5)

23 Devour completely (3,2)

25 Furnace (4)

August 2019 Cryptic Crossword – Compiled by Peter Chamberlain

Across

1 Leave a religious feast (7)

5 Man about to pinch church vestment (7)

9 Anglican building, flag no end going round (6,2,7)

10 West Bromwich, a team of Rovers in Scotland! (6)

11 It’s inflexible at the back (5)

14 Some of whom a generation show respect (6)

15 See lambs frolicking get together (8)

18 Large rather fast cheerful man from Italy (1’7)

19 Bill produced another note at start of performance (3,3)

21 Half of them encountered tourist in Cornwall (5)

23 Song of praise the man composed (6)

26 Being maternal during half of weekend in Lent (9,6)

27 Drawing in tunic so sloppily (7)

28 Moses’ brother’s ocarina retuned (7)

Down

1 Horse had only been partly shackled (4)

2 Praise double turn (4)

3 Age-old clue not left about a set of rules (9)

4 You of old take nothing on 6.50 in Somerset (6)

5 Broke knee in dining room with humility (8)

6 Info turned up on American drink (5)

7 Common missal? (6,4)

8 Risked having come to a conclusion full of wrath (10)

12 Rich damsel performed on December 28th (10)

13 Typical symbol placed on a contract (10)

16 Old game piece found in Treasury (9)

17 Garment described in Genesis (8)

20 Brand Greek character going round Thailand (6)

22 Inside centre visited fountain (5)

24 Flower in paradise (4)

25 Occurring in unison in Seychelles and North Carolina (4)

A £15 book token will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions to Crossword (August). The first two winners of Cryptic Crossword (August) will receive a £20 book token. Entries should be addressed to Life and Work (Crossword), 121 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN and should arrive by August 14. The solution will be published in September and the prizewinners in October.

Solution to July 2019 Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Jubilate; 5 Anchor; 9 Silicone; 10 Shalom; 11 Unhoused; 14 Emblem; 15 Samurai; 16 Sarnie; 19 Seventh; 20 Gospel; 21 Cologne; 26 Unholy; 27 Mudslide; 28 Delude; 29 Unchaste; 30 Inside; 31 Sacristy.

DOWN: 1 Joshua; 2 Bolshy; 3 Lucius; 4 Tandem; 6 Nehemiah; 7 Holy Land; 8 Remember; 12 Saveloy; 13 Dukedom; 14 East end; 17 Agnus Dei; 18 Asphalts; 19 Secluded; 22 Guinea; 23 Esther; 24 Missis or Missus; 25 Heresy.

Winners of June 2019 Quick Crossword – Ms M F McLeman, Fraserburgh; Susan Riddell, Black Isle;

Morag Macdonald, North Uist.

Solution to July 2019 Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Pilgrim; 5 Paschal; 9 Tonal; 10 Apostolic; 11 Ice Age; 12 Melodeon; 14 Rondo; 15 Automatic; 18 Hallowe’en; 20 Refit; 22 Matching; 24 Pilate; 26 Chronicle; 27 Maker; 28 Wayside; 29 Lustral.

DOWN: 1 Patriarch; 2 Lantern; 3 Religioso; 4 Moab; 5 Protestant; 6 Set-to; 7 Holiest; 8 Lucan; 1 3 Tabernacle; 16 Martinmas; 17 Cathedral; 19 Liturgy; 21 Flanker; 22 Macaw; 23 Hindi; 25 Hell.

Winner of June 2019 Cryptic Crossword – W Henderson, High Blantyre; Peter Smith, Insch, Aberdeenshire.