July Crossword by Max
Across
1 A rough plan produces line-out shambles! (7)
5__ and burn (5)
8 Abate (5)
9 William Tell loses mate, which causes bad-blood! (3,4)
10 Motors powered by heavy oil (6,7)
11 Birthplace of Pope's patron is as is after a fashion! (6)
12 Slender (6)
15 Non racial game upsets USA citizen born in Britain! (5-8)
18 Re-cycled Caviare indicates desire for wealth! (7)
19 Incompetent (5)
20 The elite can trounce the opposition! (5)
21 A spiritual being with American connection gives prayer recalling the Annunciation! (7)
Down
1 Look laddy! - it appears this metal covering hides an icon! (5)
2 People who give 10%. (7)
3 French artistic movement from the 1860's (13)
4 "All writers are __ wherever they live and their work is a lifelong journey towards the lost land", Janet Frame (6)
5 Autonomous control (4-9)
6 A line crossed creates a foreign life-form! (5)
7 Smallest sovereign state in the world (4,3)
11 The language of Jesus (7)
13 Milky (7)
14 Single-celled creature (6)
16 The free and unmerited favour of God (5)
17 Musical jottings? (5)
The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the May Crossword is Mrs J O’Neill of Brightwater
Solution for June
Across: 1 Immersion - Anagram "in memoirs" indicated by "confused"
8 Ripe - pun
10 Medicinally - Anagram "Cyanide mill" indicated by "upsets"
11 Teen, 13 Germ - Pun
14 Art,
15 Fist - Anagram "fits" indicated by "when loosened"
16 Lieu - "Quibble" with BBQ removed gives UILE which "could result" as "LIEU"
19 Hose - Pun
22 Combination - "one" = "i"; "country" = "nation"; "Hair utensil" = "comb"
23 Earl, 24 Alar, 26 Apse, 28 Ore, 29 Burp, 31 Aged,
32 Emotionally - Anagram "Moonlit Yale" indicated by "expressed"
33 USSR, 34 Marana tha.
Down: 1 Instal - Anagram "Stalin" - Spelling of "instal" with one "l" is an alternative spelling
2 Even "A-S-H" "falls from" = is removed from "H-E-A-V-E-N-S" leaving "EVEN"
3 Ship, 4 Original, 5 Nines, 6 Helm, 7 Psyche, 9 Parthia,
10 Meteor - Anagram "Remote" indicated by "becoming"
12 Erica "Not in the morning" i.e. remove A-M from America, to leave "ERICA"
17 Umlauts, 18 Diaspora,
20 Oology - Remove "Date of Birth initially" i.e. DOB from"Good ol' boy" leaving GOOLOY
21 Snare, 23 Eureka, 25 Red Sea, 27 Prism, 29 Bout, 30 Kava, 31 Alma.