CROSSWORDS

March 2021 Crossword – Compiled by Jeannie Holland

Across

1 ‘At the -- -- --, every knee shall bow’, (hymn) (4,2,5)

9 Amphitheatre (5)

10 Trickery (9)

12 Heaven (8)

13 Call on the blower (5,2)

15 Opening passage (abbrev.) (5)

16 By the grace of God (3,6)

17 Young horse (4)

18 Apex (4)

19 Hustle a person forward (9)

20 Greek isle (5)

21 Aden inn (anag.), palm civet (7)

24 ‘-- -- the Cross’, (hymn) (4,4)

26 Seasonal chocolate (6,3)

27 Italian composer (5)

28 ‘-- -- -- -- God is founded’, (hymn) (3,2,4,2)

Down

2 Belonging to a strict US sect (5)

3 ‘O come, O come --’, (hymn) (8)

4 Three-cornered cape (5)

5 Wyatt --, US lawman and gunfighter (4)

6 Region of ancient Palestine (7)

7 Half a line of verse (9)

8 Hostility (11)

11 Sailor (9)

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

14 Rectory (9)

16 Agricultural establishment producing milk

(5,4)

18 Boiled sweet (4,4)

19 Drooping flower (7)

22 H (5)

23 Rio --, river joining Amazon at Manáus (5)

25 Maim (4)

March 2021 Cryptic Crossword – Compiled by Peter Chamberlain

Across

1 Lady appearing in a smart hat (6)

4 Jack took Elizabeth to mother superior (6)

7 Own up now Frenchman has sex appeal (5)

9 Drink fizzy pop in Syria (6)

10 One wing of the church? (8)

11 Shrub’s fruit taking senior position (9)

13 Edible organs from a llama initially (5)

16 Moving along with universal part of church (5-8)

18 Place to sit or stand in the market (5)

19 Soul music (9)

23 Unusually I jam coal into earthenware (8)

24 Ancient dialect is racy, surprisingly (6)

25 Some item perhaps from a place of choice beauty (5)

26 Recently made time for cultural trend that emerged in late 1980s (3,3)

27 She is not the only child in the convent (6)

Down

1 Ethical drug gives confidence (6)

2 Former archbishop’s place of worship (6)

3 Moses’ brother and Roderick held second plant (6,3)

4 Book where these mountains can be found (5)

5 Fuss Bill created despite being completely contented (8)

6 Having partitions during less than half the month Albert concluded (6)

8 Templar claims Dicky had song (8,5)

12 Let one gently enter who had jumped (5)

14 Bill crashed car in the city (5)

15 Ancient Jews see parish rearranged (9)

17 Halt go-go dancing at place littered with bones (8)

18 One biblical character or another retaining energy (6)

20 Tartar suspiciously entered ancient city (6)

21 College reader, one voting to start late (6)

22 Is entering private trail (5)

There is no prize draw this month and the Crosswords are just for fun.

Solution to February 2021 Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Rainbow; 5 Stopgap; 9 Safe in the shadow; 10 Shrine; 11 Erode; 14 Prayer; 15 ‘King Lear’, 18 Creation; 19 Indigo; 21 Yemen; 23 Nearer; 26 Hills of the North; 27 Lentigo; 28 Retable. DOWN: 1 Rose; 2 Iffy; 3 Brightest; 4 With-it; 5 She-devil; 6 Ochre; 7 God moves in; 8 Powder room; 12 Apocryphal; 13 Watermelon; 16 Ginger nut; 17 To and fro; 20 Father; 22 Nisei; 24 Arab; 25 Thee.

Solution to February 2021 Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Jacob’s ladder; 8 Owlet; 9 Terrorism; 11 Ezekiel; 12 Chasten; 13 Occur; 14 Hierarchy; 17 Baptismal; 19 Myrrh; 20 Blossom; 23 Malison; 24 Limericks; 25 Raise; 26 Churchwarden. DOWN: 1 Juliet cap; 2 Cattier; 3 Bethlehem; 4 Lyric; 5 Diorama; 6 Exist; 7 Tower of Babel; 10 Moneychanger; 15 Eclampsia; 16 Christian; 18 Insurer; 19 Mildred; 21 Oomph; 22 Micah.

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