July Crossword
Clues
Across
7 Jesus distractedly thinks "Get rich"! (6,3,4)
8 Fat Elvis reconsidered for holy day! (8)
9 Narcotised lose credit inside temple! (4)
10 His mate disintegrates with no belief! (7)
12 Slav leaves Valkyries with a Greek Lord! (5)
14 A harmful condition invokes an expletive? (5)
16 Oedipus destroyed a mainly lay Catholic group! (4,3)
19 Bad habit which keeps you in its grip? (4)
20 Yemen orc wrecked ritual! (8)
22 A gift of the Holy Spirit converted old forefather! (4,2,3,4)
Down
1 Injured horse, disheartened, may lose this! (4)
2 Rut I've stumbled into with
good behaviour! (6)
3 Reversion to type puts Mavis at variance! (7)
4 Dip removed from helipad's construction on sedimentary rock! (5)
5 Creative inks New York style, a little too thin! (6)
6 Form labour group with complicated enunciations but without cant! (8)
11 I further organised an altar boy carrying a censer! (8)
13 A cypher discovered in an Eastern church diocese! (7)
15 Cutting devices may cause rashes! (6)
17 "We shall never know all the good that a __ smile can do." Mother Theresa (6)
18 Futuristic stories written with sacrifice but without care! (3-2)
21 A student lacking social skills found in crumbling Russian den! (4)
The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the May Crossword was Paul Gilroy of Christchurch
Solution for June
Across: 1 Algebra, 5 Dazed,
8 Apocrypha, 9 Pro, 10 Exist, 12 Ice cave, 13 Pre-Raphaelite, 15 Kerygma,
17 Aphid, 19 Hen,
20 Scripture, 22 Styes,
23 Shekels.
Down: 1 Agape, 2 Goo,
3 Biretta, 4 Amphitheatres,
5 Drape, 6 Zephaniah,
7 Diocese, 11 Inerrancy,
13 Pakehas, 14 Example,
16 Gases, 18 Dress, 21 Use.