December 2021 Crossword

Across

1 Communion plate (5)

4 Chemical (7)

9 ‘From the squalor of ------’, (hymn) (1,8,6)

10 Win (7)

11 Upstart (7)

12 Flightless bird (3)

13 First Christian martyr (7)

15 Royal mace (7)

16 Limped (7)

19 Design (7)

21 Samuel’s teacher (3)

22 Eight-sided figure (7)

23 Recreation (7)

25 Outside usual academic course (5-10)

26 Misty appearances in heavens (7)

27 Wed (5)

Down

1 Give one’s word (7)

2 Play a guitar (5)

3 Interjection expressing rebuke (3,4)

4 Opus Dei (anag) (7)

5 Burial (9)

6 Surrounding (7)

7 ‘Blessed are --------’,(hymn) (3,4,2,5)

8 ‘Here is love --------, (hymn) (4,2,3,5)

14 Platter used at Last Supper (4,5)

17 Washing vessel (7)

18 Set of false teeth (7)

19 Wayfarer (7)

20 Evenly (7) 

24 Bring on oneself (5)