CROSSWORDS

September 2021 Crossword – Compiled by Jeannie Holland

Across

1 ‘O for a --tongues to sing’, (hymn) (8) 5 OT prophet (6) 9 Asian animal (3,5) 10 --cake, rich fruitcake (6) 11 Cosmos (8) 14 Slum area (6) 15 Quiet place (7) 16 Pinpoint (6) 19 St. --, c909-c988, Anglo-Saxon prelate (7) 20 Island state (6) 21 Not religious (7) 26 County in Northern Ireland (6) 27 Subsidiary activity (8) 28 Scottish meat plates (6) 29 Of clergy (8) 30 Tureen (anag) (6) 31 Gas (8)

Down

1 Paul’s birthplace (6) 2 Confer holy orders (6) 3 One in an American religious sect (6) 4 Naturist (6) 6 --Buzzard, town in Bedfordshire (8) 7 Friend of David (OT) (8) 8 Holy (8) 12 --mass (7) 13 Dutch philosopher (7) 14 Round Table knight (7) 17 Ant heaps (anag) (8) 18 Cause to operate (6,2) 19 Dig up (8) 22 Prayer (6) 23 Vicar (6) 24 Platform in North Sea eg (3,3) 25 Small falcon (6)

September 2021 Cryptic Crossword – Compiled by Peter Chamberlain

Across

9 Full pint? Very much so (3,4)

3 Hundreds on planet suffering famine (6)

10 Locks up behind the head (7) 11 Detailed source of information from two 5 Tourist attraction coming from lake, parts of the Bible (7,3,5) 12 After word of hesitation, proceed like this (4,4,7)

(4) 6 Give grin by mistake although feeling

14 Laws rewritten in middle of night by actor at Norfolk village with shrines (10) 7 Legal right we have to have (9)

24 Do not start drawing boat (5)

Down

1 Earlier convicts took steps to make it work (9) 1 Line cut around ecclesiastical vestment (7)

6 Sort of pay that is obscene (5) 2 Run more than usual (5)

4 Wickedly hot areas? (8,7)

headland and Belgian town three times

intense sorrow (8)

16 Study instruments about one in France, 8 Ray’s bun, same sort (7) they are puzzling (10)

13 Feet clung awkwardly during curtsey (9) 17 Feature of perhaps, each church (4) 15 Impinge upon fish under enclosure (8) 20 See senior person’s assistant (9,6)

16 Accountant’s foot covering robe (7) 22 Not a no-go area cultivating herb (7) 18 Old sanctimonious goddess to atone (7) 23 Lady took item into queen (7)

19 Just touch peak that’s of the highest excellence (6)

25 Bible writing you heard about to finish (9) 21 Some British industrialists are Indian (5)

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

Solution to August 2021 Crossword ACROSS: 1 Dorcas; 4 Supper; 7 Allay; 9 Dearer; 10 Rood loft; 11 Methodist; 13 Spume; 16 One foundation; 18 Choir; 19 High altar; 23 Cuthbert; 24 Devout; 25 Lydda; 26 Prayed; 27 Lentil DOWN: 1 Diadem; 2 Church; 3 Sacred cow; 4 Synod; 5 Philippi; 6 Rustle; 8 Lord’s anointed; 12 Enoch; 14 Manna; 15 Cathedral; 17 Epiphany; 18 Cock-up; 20 Live-in; 21 Ritual; 22 Weald

Solution to August 2021 Cryptic Crossword ACROSS: 1 Galore; 4 Blessing; 10 Orthodoxy; 11 Kitty; 12 Whitsunday; 13 Wren; 15 Lazarus; 17 Exodus; 19 Appear; 21 Devotee; 23 Ahab; 24 High priest; 27 Quire; 28 Spiritual; 29 Ethelred; 30 Unless DOWN: 1 Goodwill; 2 Lathi; 3 Rood screen; 5 Lay bare; 6 Sikh; 7 Interrupt; 8 Guyana; 9 Joints; 14 Conversion; 16 Zephaniah; 18 Gentiles; 20 Reissue; 21 Dahlia; 22 Masque; 25 Elude; 26 Feel