April Crossword
Across
1/9 Strangely regards it OK to drive tiny racing cars! (4,2-5)
3 Bishops' visit to Rome devastated Milan aid! (8)
9 See 1
10 Stove destroyed lots! (5)
11 An angry electrical charge? (12)
13 In hide, coy shooters will secretly attract ducks with them (6) (6)
15 By arrangement, ceremonially remove collar of dweller on the Red Sea (6)
17 Strangely introduce Mac to unfair voting procedure! (12)
20 A secret dagger mark refers to slob Elijah! (5)
21 Pots tip upside down during brief stop on journey! (3,4)
22 Become involved among ardent anglers! (8)
23 This fair sounds like your destiny! (4)
Down
1 Organised crime loses ransom concealing king's murderer! (8)
2 Quick look, (Eng slang) (5)
4 Shortly talk about athletic discipline! (6)
5 Ever a Britten unusually lacking a backbone! (12)
6 Heard you were living under canvas. That's seriously earnest! (7)
7 Crazy apes take over the domed area of the church! (4)
8 A Christian denomination scrambled to be best in prayer! (12)
12 Follower forms a record random heap! (8)
14 Change a criminal going green! (7)
16 Goods appeal regularly - Good News, they say! (6)
18 Article follows it returning Church donation! (5)
19 Catholic leader proposes Ross leave! (4)
Solution for March
Across: 1 Shrive, 4 Bishop, 9 Holy See, 10 Basso, 11 Lucre, 12 Eremite, 13 Cross bearer, 18 Integer, 20 Halve, 22 Pieta, 23 Triduum, 24 Tithes, 25 Stases.
Down: 1 Schola, 2 Relic, 3 Vespers, 5 Imbue, 6 Hospice, 7 Proper, 8 Reverberate, 14 Retreat, 15 Atheist, 16 Tippet, 17 Hermes, 19 Grace, 21 Louts.
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the February Crossword was Raewyn Murray of Woodville