Crossword
Clues
Across
1 Fellow! Allow prayer beads! (7)
5 Headmen lose ad because they are too macho! (2-3)
8 Again show on tv about the race! (5)
9 Begins with a sad feeling, then I hesitate, such is the symbol of the archbishop's authority! (7)
10 Faith statement declares poets defective! (8,5)
11 Say gidday to the short repairman for advanced equipment! (2-4)
12 Hire without this Polytheism arrangement! (6)
15 Hiccups in oral disturbance of church committee! (6,7)
18 Let fall and permit a bead of water! (7)
19 "Many are saved from sin by being so ____ at it." Mignon McLaughlin (5)
20 Sacred song damaged lamps! (5)
21 Vandalising ANC sign results in corporal punishment! (7)
Down
1 Russia briefly backed CIA alliance in the Papal court! (5)
2 A complex where the down to earth may be found. (7)
3 I mutually scan abnormal psychiatric hospital! (7,6)
4 See pet. In other words tents! (6)
5 "We do not go to __ __ because we are good; we go to become good." John Bosco (4,9)
6 You can get lost in this cereal I hear! (5)
7 Dean may upset my saint's festal commemoration! (4,3)
11 Initially, his youthful passion excited David, until practice! (5,2)
13 Quietly genuflect Ernie, by the book stand! (7)
14 Ascetically without Sally, leaves a sour taste in your mouth! (6)
16 There's a bit of Brazil in this Spanish wine! (5)
17 A flower which takes a yoga position? (5)
Solution for May
Across: 1 Meal, 3 Ministry, 9 Rollick, 10 Tutor, 11 New Testament, 14 Tag, 16 Dante, 17 See, 18 Annunciation,
21 Atoll, 22 Tacking,
23 Transept, 24 Star.
Down: 1 Maronite, 2 Allow,
4 Irk, 5 Intemperance,
6 Tetanus, 7 Yard, 8 Mixed doubles, 12 Tunic, 13 Teenager, 15 Gondola,
19 Idiot, 20 Pant, 22 Top.
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the April Crossword was Joyce Taylor of Wigram, Christchurch.