April Crossword
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the February Crossword was
J. Wall of Palmerston North.
Across
1 Other PP randomly predicts the future! (7)
5 Assemble near a stadium! (5)
8 Say butterier brie removed! (5)
9 Rewrite tradition without ad for opening antiphon! (7)
10 Final step toward canonisation of a saint (13)
11 A contesting group dies in confusion! (4)
12 Happy Xavier found Eucharist vessel! (3)
13 Car I arranged for catechetical group! (4)
17 Exclusion from church, encourages old flame to get in touch! (13)
20 Ah dodge disguised divinity! (7)
21 Tax department fronted by short article worthy of a bronze! (5)
22 A shark which looks after you when you are ill? (5)
23 Army Dan re-assigned to outdoor labourer! (7)
Down
1 I hear fruit is used to measure water depth! (5)
2 "O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the ___ side!": Measure for Measure, W Shakespeare (7)
3 Damaged reshipment loses pens for solitary figure! (6)
4 A tiny industry disrupted for a Christian Solemnity! (7,6)
5 Remove your ego from revised catalogue to discover a grace from God! (6)
6 O lice decomposed but gut bacteria remains! (1,4)
7 Social insect and girl reversed aerial! (7)
11 Nuns get distressed, produce firearm! (4,3)
14 March is arranged for a spiritual gift! (7)
15 Camper eventually discovers a current unit! (6)
16 Resist disfigured nun! (6)
18 "The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a ___ of Lebanon", Psalm 92 (5)
19 Donne finished facing towards you! (3,2)
Solution for March
Across: 1 Pope, 3 Umbrages, 9 Regular, 10 Telex, 11 Canon, 12 Yes-man, 14 Priest, 16 Asthma, 19 Efface, 21 Havoc, 24 Herod, 25 Pelagic, 26 Cloister, 27 Cede.
Down: 1 Pericope, 2 Pagan, 4 Martyr, 5 Rites, 6 Goliath, 7 Sext, 8 Slinks, 13 Fascicle, 15 Inferno, 17 Schola, 18 Temple, 20 Aides, 22 Vogue, 23 Chic.