December Crossword
Across
1 Gun ideas disturbed Latin prayer for mercy! (5,3)
5 Filthy but almost part of a rugby game! (4)
9 Lose aim in rigged automotive plebiscite defeat! (3,4)
10 World record for Titan forced to bear the sky on his shoulders? (5)
12 No ad in new deal for stair post! (5)
14 'Tis the season (8)
15 "Those who look only to the past or present are certain to ___ the future." John F. Kennedy (4)
16 Agitated yelps heard in the Cathedal's covered way! (5)
18 Israelites escaping Egypt used ox arrangement! (6)
22 South African snare captures a Persian govenor! (6)
24 Solemn ceremonies which may come last (5)
26 Secret British agriculture discovers diving seabird! (4)
27 A place of light refreshment. O Esau the shambles! (3,5)
29 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you ___ mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God." Luke 11:42 (5)
31 "___ means awakening with nothing to do and then doing nothing about it." Tim Proust (5)
32 Belt him freely to find my sewing aid! (7)
33 I hear a pastoral poem is lacking action! (4)
34 There's a slight advantage in this rice dish! (8)
Down
1 Locate Y to become an altar server! (7)
2 Birthing unit once found in South Africa? (5)
3 Owl's call heard in middle of gunfight! (8)
4 Corrects printer space before conclusions! (6)
6 Coal miner demolished Rio cell! (7)
7 Leader of 18 Across (5)
8 7 Down received it from God (3)
11 Beguile (5)
13 Deformed else slippery creatures! (4)
17 Decode cagy hint while pleasure boating! (8)
19 A moving speech in a small chapel! (7)
20 A number excavate with Information Technology! (5)
21 Sounds as if the son of Adam and Eve could get angry with more ease in 25 Across! (4)
23 "Intelligence must follow faith, never ___ it, and never destroy it." Thomas à Kempis (7)
25 See 21 Across (6)
26 Bar food (5)
28 Free jammed door in urban setting! (5)
30 Your Old English expression (3)
Crossword Solution for November
Across: 1 Abba, 3 Exorcism, 9 Tel Aviv, 10 Hacks, 11 Odour, 12 Ebbing, 14 Greeks, 16 Joseph, 19 Mystic, 21 Unity, 24 Orion, 25 Opus Dei, 26 Temporal, 27 Dean.
Down: 1 Although, 2 Bilbo, 4 Xavier, 5 Rehab, 6 Incense, 7 Mass, 8 Dvorak, 13 Phrygian, 15 Elysium, 17 Oculus, 18 Schola, 20 Tango, 22 Indie, 23 Font.
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the October Crossword was Joyce Taylor of Wigram, Christchurch.
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