April Crossword
Across
2 Monterey duo adapted an Old Testament book! (11)
7 Lie manufactured to hide Island decoration! (3)
8 Furniture for cavorting oafs to lie on! (4)
11 A lever in an engine which opens a valve (6)
14 A French snail which odd looking cat gores! (8)
16 Can with a sharp instrument? (3)
17 Upset Austria loses U.S. over Papal crown! (5)
18 There's strangely a book before Job! (6)
20 A little bird tells me there's a cat involved (6)
22 MBA lad destroyed a Greek letter! (6)
25 An old car in a gentle breeze? (6)
28 A bird which makes a biting remark? (5)
30 A boy who was initially loud and discourteous! (3)
32 I sign on with one engineer processing electron removal! (8)
34 Exchange a coupon to save someone from sin? (6)
35 Catches on (4)
36 The letters on Pope Francis' coat of arms are sort of his! (3)
37 Act of mercy if governess collapses! (11)
Down
1 Arm covering found in levees! (6)
2 Remove tint from distinct record! (4)
3 Fired nun resolved to remove someone from Facebook! (8)
4 Stressed toastmaster lost Moses at the sound of rapid gunfire! (3-3)
5 Mother's involved with crazy plan for making flamethrower fuel! (6)
6 Almost but not quite, a short abominable snowman! (3)
9 Solemn promise to add hydrogen to a grain! (4)
10 A rag mixed into a food thickener! (4)
12 Chi Rho as a Christian symbol (2)
13 E Riley danced in a strange and frightening manner! (6)
15 Either __ (2)
19 Upturned tables found in Jesus' birth place! (6)
21 Garment in which to escape without injury? (3-5)
23 Bag about 500, for example, for a worthless person! (3,3)
24 Scientist and science fiction writer, banned crew from broken microwaves! (6)
25 Animation, energy, enthusiasm! Amazingly lacking Malay!! (4)
26 Pets become an annoyance! (4)
27 Wrinkled odd looking rogues! (6)
29 Dr __ (2)
31 A short commercial for the Christian era! (2)
33 Egyptian fertility goddess (4)
34 Churchill's "so few": Abbr. (3)
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the February Crossword was Robert Thomson, North Sydney
Solution for March
Across: 1 Steeple, 5 Sharp, 8 Local, 9 Maniple, 10 Sum, 11 Sanctuary, 13 Cousin, 14 Attend, 16 Universal, 17 Tag, 19 Czarina, 21 Acute, 22 Lie-in, 23 Lee side.
Down: 1 Silos, 2 Excommunicate,
3 Palestine, 4 Ermine, 5 Sin, 6 Alpha Centauri, 7 Pie-eyed, 12 Titillate,
13 Council, 15 Israel, 18 Geese, 20 Ion.