April Crossword by Max
Across
1 The journey to Calvary (3,2,3,5)
8 Upset, I ranted until he took my old equipment as a partial-payment! (5-2)
9 No cur I assume will be found in the administration of the Church! (5)
10 Wed star mixed up with the ship’s attendant! (7)
11 Rice wine (4)
14 Italian saint, Father of scholasticism, and Archbishop of Canterbury (6)
16 A fig tree and the national tree of India (6)
18 Source of nitrogen in fertilizers (4)
19 Regular transport between two points. (7)
23 Plankton crustaceans similar to 17 down (5)
24 No finer conflagration than written by Dante! (7)
25 The tomb of Jesus (4,9)
Down
1 Unit of power named after a Scottish engineer (4)
2 Leaven (5)
3 The gift of choice (4,4)
4 “There are people in the world so ___, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” Mahatma Gandhi (6)
5 Leaves chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect (4)
6 Your lad upset the mother of Jesus! (3,4)
7 Stops along 1 across (8)
12 Jewish festival of lights (8)
13 Loyal and true (8)
15 Places I arrange are highly valued! (7)
17 A scrawny crustacean found in a cocktail? (6)
20 A scholar chose this tree which Monty Python fans recognise! (5)
21 Take cut from talcums and give money to the poor! (4)
22 Clinton’s birthplace is a theological virtue. (4)
The February Crossword was won by Michelle Ness of Paraparaumu, NZ drawn from
6 correct entries.
March Solution:
Across: 1 Hype, 3 Charades, 9 Learner, 10 Caber, 11 Evens, 12 Impeach, 13 Chrism,
15 Wisdom, 18 Ampulla, 20 Focus, 22 Ivory, 23 Torpedo, 24/25 The black Pope.
Down: 1 Holy Eucharist,
2 Place, 4 Hermit, 5 Recap, 6 Dab hand, 7 Sir Thomas More, 8 Gnosis, 14 Reprove, 16 Infirm, 17 Lactic, 19 Loyal, 21 Credo.