December Crossword
Across
1 Perth op failed Daniel for example! (7)
5 Freed apparently to yield to another's opinion! (5)
8 Speak dogmatically about period of office? (11)
9 Slack airport in California? (3)
10 Surprising tips recur for Bible! (9)
12 Nitrogen added to image to form an elementary particle! (6)
13 Incorrectly up ante for edible seed in a pod! (6)
15 Men's tv set displayed religious garments! (9)
16 Ram broke limb! (3)
18 Deification brought about uplifting enlightenment! (11)
20 Many affirmatives for varied eyeshades without head! (5)
21 Red spy protected by old lady (7)
Down
1 Terribly appal Pontiff type! (5)
2 No-no Sussex bio deemed to have extremely unpleasant quality! (13)
3 Icy weather phenomenon unusually atmospherical lacking pace! (9)
4 Struggling but successful rugby players? (6)
5 And strangely carries genetic information! (3)
6 Apparently often quainter with regular visitation! (13)
7 "Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled ____ than in his own soul." Marcus Aurelius (7)
11 Compel newspaper staff to work? (5,4)
12 Careless typo Rev, constitutes a vow! (7)
14 Seal removed from new form of aluminised metal! (6)
17 Guy finds sodium a gift from heaven! (5)
19 His strange abbreviation for Jesus! (3)
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the October Crossword was Joyce Taylor of Christchurch
Solution for November
Across: 1 Stamina, 5 Ridel,
8 Oratory, 9 Lyric, 10 Pieta,
11 Unclean, 12 Reader,
14 Virtue, 17 Diptych,
19 Feria, 22 Aglow,
23 Kerygma, 24 Stash,
25 Apostle.
Down: 1 Stoup, 2 Agape,
3 Iron Age, 4 Asylum, 5 Relic, 6 Derwent, 7 Licence,
12 Radians, 13 Ampulla,
15 Inferno,
16 Chukka, 18 Yaweh,
20 Right, 21 Amaze.