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July 2021 Cryptic Crossword
Across
1 Some significant earnings expected from stake (4)
3 Job for mountaineers? (6,4)
9 Man might omit your old version (7)
11 Falls back in with commander and artist (7)
12 Icon honestly reproduced about noon on this day three days after Christmas (4,9)
14 Number said to have made an offer for study that’s been outlawed (9)
16 Reminder that is touching (5)
17 Not a politically correct expression of enthusiasm (2,3)
19 Dealers arranged to include company’s reef material (4,5)
21 Building has set of dishes for mass perhaps(6,7)
24 Song about bounder entering Greek department (7) 25 Plant work whistle-blower included (7) 26 Very small rhyme (5-5) 27 Fellow expected back during vendetta (4)
Down
1 Be reckless damaging cattle hoof (3,3,4)
2 After knight he became member of a
Christian military order (7)
4 Deposit made by youth leader in agony
(3,2) 5 Clear conscience those guilty do not have (9)
6 Educational graph? (8,5) 7 Gathered in great number at 21 across, press chief concluded (7)
8 Break stones into pieces on crest of hill(4)
10 A tiny industry trading after Pentecost(7,6)
13 Walking tall? That’s rich (4-6)
15 Profane Dee reacts violently (9)
18 Ride by said vehicle (7)
20 Root, his reportedly was found in city (7)
22 Enemy for Salvation Army to beat (5)
23 Secure during Lent (4)
There is no prize draw this month and the Crosswords are just for fun.
Solution to June 2021 Crossword
ACROSS: 1O love divine; 9 Rhino; 10 Apostolic; 12 Laudable; 13 Primate; 15 Turin; 16 Intricate; 17 Font; 18 Burn; 19 Jacking up; 20 Cause; 21 Edition; 24 Liberian; 26 Low-minded; 27 Venue; 28 Love abiding.
DOWN: 2 Leper; 3 Vestment; 4 Droit; 5 Veil; 6 Erudite; 7 Limbers up; 8 Love unknown; 11 Canaanite; 13 Perfect love; 14 Episcopal; 16 Incumbent; 18 Buttoned; 19 Jezreel; 22 Demob; 23 Ocean; 25 Nose.
Solution to June 2021 Cryptic Crossword
ACROSS: 1 Grace; 4 Communion; 9 Surgeon; 10 Sabbath; 11 Evangelical; 13 Gem; 14 Losing; 15 Name-drop; 18 Reviving; 20 Sinner; 23 Ass; 24 Burning bush; 25 Tremble; 26 Toughie; 28 Dissenter; 29 Egypt.
DOWN: 1 Gospeller; 2 Arrears; 3 Eve; 4 Candle; 5 Musician; 6 Unbelieving; 7 In anger; 8 Nahum; 12 Geneva Bible; 16 Parchment; 17 Angriest; 19 Vespers; 21 Naughty; 22 Sister; 23 Acted; 27 Use.
This article appears in the July 2021 Issue of Life and Work
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This article appears in the July 2021 Issue of Life and Work