April Crossword
Across
1 A spotty dog partly dressed in a Deacon's vestment! (8)
5 Word before and after "against" (4)
9 Marc had rearranged his old currency! (7)
10 A dwelling for a TV doctor? (5)
11 Once bracelet is repaired, jointly officiate at Mass! (12)
13 Sienna chaos is mad! (6)
15 I hear that two eyes are better than one when following the captain's orders! (3-3)
17 Edo's oilcloth ripped and worn to show traditional loyalty to college! (3,6,3)
20 Watch Cuban dance in Burma! (5)
21 Noisy talk controlled by manipulating ratchet ! (7)
22 Advanced after 3 Down? (4)
23 Candlepin taken from chaotic Dominican Republic used as a Eucharistic vessel! (8)
Down
1 Lecturing style made most of the North Pole region! (8)
2 Addle Arnold to discover something hidden and new! (5)
3 Washdays need reorganising after Mardis Gras! (3,9)
4 Ageism disguises such graven items! (6)
6 Prickly pear is a Utopian variety! (7)
7 Heaven on earth. In Hebrew, "Delight" (4)
8 I hear on the vine it's almost a happy fruit! (6,6)
12 Rubber cement out of shape but not bent, forms much of the brain! (8)
14 A Biblical king alone briefly on Monday! (7)
16 A famous London panda who may have been overly stylish? (3,3)
18 Rwandan people (5)
19 A type of test of a type of history? (4)
Solution for March
Across: 1 Time, 3 Viaticum,
9 Arrears, 10 Apron, 11 Salsa, 12 Deacon, 14 Pastor,
16 Octavo, 19 Advent,
21 Unity, 24 Idler, 25 Incense, 26 Anathema, 27 Trek.
Down: 1 Transept, 2 Moral, 4 Inside, 5 Tiara, 6 Cordoba, 7 Monk, 8 Lavabo, 13 Holy Week, 15 Sedilia, 17 Church, 18 Atrium, 20 Earth, 22 Inner, 23 Pita.
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the February Crossword was Judith Wall of Palmerston North