December Crossword
Across
1 Jonah's mission begins with a number plus five, what?! (7)
5 Am hidden from Abraham; arranged to help Israelites take Jericho! (5)
8 Disorder in musings creates a negative symbol! (5,4)
9 Recycle bin contains old writing technology! (3)
10 Verdi rewrites automatic transmission setting! (5)
12 Clients' lettering! Cut it out! (7)
13 Athenians loss upset a Pauline community! (13)
15 Layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream are perfect in France! (7)
17 A drip progresses to a fast body of water! (5)
19 A fault found in a saint! (3)
20 A belief that human beings lack a spiritual nature (9)
22 Muffled yelps from the covered passage in the monastery! (5)
23 Informs on fellow criminal (7)
Down
1 A Bedouin for example (5)
2 A religious woman with no Eros in her neurons! (3)
3 Evening prayer (7)
4 Nitpicking (13)
5 Dentist's instruction (5)
6 A touch of comfort, respect, greeting and farewell (9)
7 When a baby does it, happiness is revealed, when an adult does it secrets are revealed. (7)
11 The doctrine that the Bible is without fault in its teaching (9)
13 Keyboard operators (7)
14 The transcendent state strived for in Buddhist spirituality. (7)
16 Obviously surprised by selfless love! (5)
18 Small value American coins (5)
21 Abbreviation for Jesus (3)
Solution for November
Across: 1 Armageddon,
7 Émigré, 8 Octavo, 10 Evil,
11 Libretto, 13 Aorta,
14 Nerds, 15 Ill-timed,
17 Tsar, 20 Noggin, 21 Fatima, 22 Psalmodist.
Down: 1 Alibi, 2 Mary, 3 Doctrine, 4 Op art,
5 Revelations, 6 Zoroastrian,
9 Minster, 12 Familial, 16 Logos, 18 Saint, 19 Magi.
The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the October Crossword was Evelyn Leech of Ellerslie, Auckland..