June Crossword
Across
1 Potshot rebounds in place of political and violent unrest! (3-4)
5 Flambeaus prepared without fuel inspire Brazilian dance! (5)
8 French Cardinal and appointed King Louis XIII's Chief Minister in 1624 (9)
9 The address for a knight (3)
10 The round leaden seal affixed to a papal edict (5)
12 Display shingle in a common language! (7)
13 The three central days of the Church's year (6,7)
15 Two handled Roman flask (7)
17 Magma erupts and forms a Greek letter! (5)
19 Aluminium recepticle (3)
20 Christian feast based on the Jewish Festival which commemorated the giving of the Commandments to Moses (9)
22 Fluctuating toys (2-3)
23 "You must never ___ of human nature", Mahatma Gandhi (7)
Down
1 Cask falls from horseback on way to sacred Hebrew mountain! (5)
2 Blatant iciness hides facial twitch! (3)
3 Introduction to the “Sanctus” (7)
4 New Attica diet adjusted for doubly achieved goal! (5-8)
5 Aroused to anger by a bee? (5)
6 The seeking of union with the divine through contemplation (9)
7 Beginning with a short magical incantation the showman produces a Hebrew patriarch! (7)
11 Muddled tennis player, loses ire, and is down to his .....! (4,5)
13 A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church begins in the East where it is kind of arid! (7)
14 Entrance (7)
16 An indigenous people associated with reindeer herding (5)
18 A sacred table (5)
21 Egg (3)
Solution for May
Across: 1 Retreat, 5 Shrug, 8 Parish Council, 9 Eye,
10 Episcopal, 12 Anoint,
13 Praise, 15 Venerable, 16 Nun, 18 Surreptitious, 20 Ridge,
21 Scrumpy.
Down: 1 Rupee, 2 Three-cornered, 3 Easterner, 4 Tactic,
5 Sou, 6 Reception room,
7 Galilee, 11 Carpenter,
12 Advisor, 14 Abatis, 17 Nasty, 19 Eve.
The winner of the Marist messenger pen for the April Crossword was John O’Neill of Thorndon, Wellington