May Crossword
Across
1 Lame, out of sorts for dinner! (4)
3 Small cars attempt pastoral service to the community! (8)
9 Act in a jovial fashion or haphazardly kill orc! (7)
10 Teach how to chop up trout! (5)
11 We met tenants changing a part of the Bible! (3,9)
14 Sal left stalag, with only a label! (3)
16 Author of The Divine Comedy (5)
17 An Episcopal seat - "Comprende?" (3)
18 An Inuit canon arranged for Marian feast! (12)
21 A charge for a coral ringed lagoon? (5)
22 Strange act by ruler changing course! (7)
23 Irregular patterns for part of a church! (8)
24 Some of the best artists take lead quietly! (4)
Down
1 A Syrian Catholic wears an untidy Roman tie! (8)
2 Give permission for 50 involved in disorderly AWOL! (5)
4 Not nice in ice rink, just to annoy! (3)
5 Lack of moderation creates cretin ape-men! (12)
6 Eats nut by mistake resulting in serious infection of the central nervous system! (7)
7 Back the dray into an enclosure! (4)
8 A gender balanced tennis game (5,7)
12 Fix cut in garment! (5)
13 A young person who will generate chaos! (8)
15 Gold on a rebuilt Venetian transport! (7)
19 I do it dreadfully. Stupid person! (5)
20 Paint without one; breath heavily! (4)
22 Apex reached by upending pot! (3)
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Solution for April
Across: 1/9 Ride go-karts,
3 Adlimina, 10 Votes,
11 Crosscurrent, 13 Decoys,
15 Yemeni, 17 Undemocratic, 20 Obeli, 21 Pit stop,
22 Entangle, 23 Fete.
Down: 1 Regicide, 2 Dekko,
4 Discus, 5 Invertebrate,
6 Intense, 7 Apse, 8 Presbyterian, 12 Disciple,
14 Convert, 16 Gospel,
18 Tithe, 19 Pope.
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the March Crossword was Betty Fitzmaurice of Orakei, Auckland