February Crossword
Across
1 A long sentence (4)
3 Saint and patroness of travellers (8)
9 The traditional responsorial chant which can be sung after the Epistle (7)
10 Prepare an explosive device for firing at the traditional time for early morning prayer? (5)
11 Schematic revision gives summary of Catholic faith! (9)
12 Pirate loses Pat and is left with resentment! (3)
13 A small container for water or wine used at Mass (5)
15 Where the descendants of Noah built a great tower (5)
19 Latinized abbreviation of the Greek word for Jesus (3)
20 In a disturbance, Ron clouts Bishop’s advisor! (9)
22 Secret tape terrifies Apostle! (5)
23 Pelter a reforming Bishop! (7)
24 “Whichever party is in office, the ___ is in power.” Harold Wilson (8)
25 Gloomy atmosphere (4)
Down
1 Quality or asset inherited from a predecessor (6)
2 A day dedicated to particular saint (5)
4 A cream puff (6)
5 Separate Emus by untangling lengths of material with graded intervals! (4,8)
6 Almost sounds like you fib when you make use of something for a particular purpose! (7)
7 Place for a lace (6)
8 Old input media for computers (7,5)
14 Ill removed from reorganised title roles to gain ribboned award! (7)
16 A naval mine named after a shellfish (6)
17 A cynic who shoots from a concealed place? (6)
18 Do Lear badly - a trying experience! (6)
21 Papal headware no longer worn (5)
Solution for December
Across: 1 Psalter,
5 Asset - Anagram of "seats" indicated by "become"
8 Catacombs - "a feline" = a cat "fur straightener" = comb
9 Ore,
10 Sushi, 12 Numbers,
13 The Assumption - Anagram of "humanist poets" indicated by "confuse"
15 Miracle - Anagram of "I'm clear" indicated by "confused"
17 Niece,
19 Too, "A shortened implement" - Too-l
20 Anamnesis - Anagram of "Insane Sam" indicated by "upset"
22 Yodel,
23 Scenery.
Down: 1 Picas, 2 Ant,
3 Tactics,
4 Roman numerals - Anagram of "Norseman mural" indicated by "abstract"
5 Assam,
6 Shoreline - anagram of "herons lie" indicated by "dishevelled"
7 Treason - Anagram of "senator" indicated by "undoes"
11 Swearword - Anagram of "Seward row" indicated by "erupts from"
13 Timothy, 14 Penance,
16 Crawl,
18 Essay - Pun - Essay - to try; and a short written composition
21 Sue.
The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the November Crossword is M G Simms of Upper Hutt
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