July Crossword
Across
1/1 Down Site’s solemnity shattered by ancient Catholic pole sitter! (6,8)
4 Removes oyster with expresssion of disappointment and surprise? (6)
9 New York baseball team based in the Bronx (7)
10 Non-clerical participants found in Italy! (5)
11 Small errors I found in short account of dog races! (12)
13 Spread (6)
15 Single-celled creature (6)
17 Miserable run produces unique sequential code! (6,6)
20 Circumvent (5)
21 Odds and ends soaked with sherry? (7)
22 Score this number and you’ll be all right! (6)
23 Kenya’s underhanded ploy discovered! (6)
Down
1 See 1 Across
2 A high IQ required for entry to this group (5)
3 I’ve confronted misplaced excessive self-belief! (13)
5 Eucharist (4,9)
6 He’s nice muddling in a foreign language! (7)
7 ___ bean (4)
8 Furiously undo and remove foil when charged with excessive interest! (5)
12 A church’s preparation room (8)
14 A Bishop before overtime? (7)
16 A sin which you can’t be bothered committing? (5)
18 A light wood (5)
19 Advanced (4)
Solution for June
Across: 1 Hot-spot,
5 Samba, 8 Richelieu,
9 Sir, 10 Bulla, 12 English, 13 Easter Tridium,
15 Ampulla, 17 Gamma,
19 Can, 20 Pentecost,
22 Yo-yos, 23 Despair.
Down: 1 Horeb, 2 Tic,
3 Preface, 4 Twice-attained, 5 Stung, 6 Mysticism,
7 Abraham, 11 Last penny, 13 Eparchy, 14 Ingress,
16 Lapps, 18 Altar, 21 Ova.
The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the May Crossword . Judith Wall of Palmerston North.