CROSSWORDS

March 2022 Crossword – Compiled by Jeannie Hollands

Across

1 Tyre and --, Phoenician cities (5)

4 Speak irreverently (9)

9 Softens (7)

10 Alternative spelling for a Greek or Turkish dish (7)

11 ‘O for a closer -- -- --’, (hymn) (4,4,3)

13 Jacob’s seventh son (3)

14 Hindu hermitage (6)

15 Spires (8)

18 Tincture of opium (8)

20 Incites (4,2)

23 Legendary bird (3)

24 Rebuild (11)

25 French castle (7)

26 Alternative spelling for the Passover ritual (7)

28 Vain hope (4,5)

29 Foe (5)

Down

1 Crazy person (9)

2 Samson’s mistress (7)

3 Father of Joshua (3)

4 A Bantu from Lesotho (6)

5 ‘Praise to the Lord, the --’, (hymn) (8)

6 Pug done with (anag.) (5,6)

7 Christian Gospel (7)

8 South African antelope (5)

12 ‘-- -- -- we have in Jesus’, (hymn) (4,1,6)

16 Holy place (9)

17 Point of time (8)

19 Release one’s grip (7)

21 Not Esau (anag.), cassock (7)

22 Hymn (6)

23 Summarise (5)

27 G (3)

March 2022 Cryptic Crossword – Compiled by Peter Chamberlain

Across

1 Plant with bright red autumn foliage on fire? (7,4)

9 I had one to replace dolt (5)

10 These characters are often brought to book (9)

12 Reprimand Rex, university instructor (8)

13 Making her kindly include pickled cucumber (7)

15 Make a mistake in army land (5)

16 Theatre guide (9)

17 Archdeacon tried first outlet (4)

18 Said to take up all the space in New Testament book shortly (4)

19 Tracery he removed, it’s betrayal (9)

20 Cockney wife’s courage (5)

21 Start of court proceedings in church? (7)

24 It can be ugly, wild orgy during storm (8)

26 Mormon recently a saint? (6-3)

27 Dodge lady about now (5)

28 Pip’s pungent condiment first is subject of a parable (7,4)

Down

2 Biblical character from Manchuria held! (5)

3 Scientist, not Alan, finds one who is barely visible (8)

4 I’m on a bender with her (5)

5 In Cuba, allured to false god (4)

6 Syrian hit drunk, we hear (7)

7 Heir chary about pecking order (9)

8 Everything in Tenerife arranged hereafter (7,4)

11 Matthew accepted it, copper’s found in the book (9)

13 Solemn Australian sexton (5-6)

14 Never modifying room for neuron (5,4)

16 Believer, one with one under the first sign (9)

18 Biblical sayings? (8)

19 Proposition from article covering raw material mined initially (7)

22 Chemical one left during festival (5)

23 Large number ruin fashion (5)

25 Point to the right (4)

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

Solution to February 2022 Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Worship; 5 Unction; 9 Naira; 10 Green hill; 11 Evicts; 12 Spun yarn; 14 Lager; 15 Incumbent; 18 Synagogue; 20 Deism; 22 Monastic; 24 Primus; 26 Re-educate; 27 Taino; 28 Haywire; 29 Service

DOWN: 1 Wenceslas; 2 Railing; 3 Hearth rug; 4 Page; 5 Unexpected; 6 Canon; 7 Imitate; 8 Nylon; 13 Pilgrimage; 16 Moderator; 17 Tombstone; 19 Nunnery; 21 Ismaili; 22 Myrrh; 23 Saudi; 25 Pews

Solution to February 2022 Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Christening; 9 Aleph; 10 Communion; 12 Narrator; 13 Whirred; 15 Enoch; 16 Dare-devil; 17 Teal; 18 Cato; 19 Local call; 20 Uncle; 21 Eremite; 24 Tintagel; 26 Dalmatian; 27 Dirge; 28 Eternal City

DOWN: 2 Hooch; 3 Immortal; 4 Tonne; 5 Noon; 6 Gabriel; 7 Sectional; 8 Church mouse; 11 Nashville; 13 Whitsuntide; 14 Dedicated; 16 Day centre; 18 Climatic; 19 Legatee; 22 Rumba; 23 Tract; 25 Lair