June Crossword
Across
1 Marc get organised! Study all night for the test! (4)
3 I hear there is a specialised minister called Charlie! (8)
9 There is a member of the Conservative Party in a small chapel! (7)
10 Mistake sees restorer lose set! (5)
11 A notepad for physical education? (8,4)
14 An abbreviation of a name’s title is a bit picturesque! (3)
16 Most unimportant strange tales! (5)
17 Barely make, with “out” (3)
18 True! A bat’s rib produces sleep inducing drugs! (12)
21 Earn a transformed stadium! (5)
22 A CIA arm translates the language of Jesus! (7)
23 Many did, except the good Samaritan (6,2)
24 Peas scattered in basilica! (4)
Down
1 Celts’ ode deviously hidden away! (8)
2 Obviously surprised by Greek unconditional love? (5)
4 It’s cut and dried in the country (3)
5 Scottish church reformed by tin reapers! (12)
6 Euro ale spilled on halo! (7)
7 Italy removed from normality as a rule! (4)
8 Once bracelet remodelled, join in Eucharistic celebration! (12)
12 Halts disrupt Old Testament word of determination! (5)
13 Nickel silver loses link to short liturgical text! (8)
15 Name applied to the Religious Society of Friends (7)
19 A vagabond on a hike in the bush? (5)
20 Carries a nasty sting which disfigures paws! (4)
22 Priest’s white robe is partly black when returned! (3)
Solution for May
Across: 1 Dean, 3 Corporal,
9 Aureole, 10 Olden, 11 Rerum Novarum, 14 Boa, 16 North, 17 DNA, 18 Promised Land, 21 Ashen, 22 Sea lion, 2
3 Semester, 24 Veal.
Down: 1 Diatribe, 2 Airer,
4 Ore, 5 Procathedral,
6 Redound, 7 Lent,
8 Commandments, 12 Ogres, 13 Cardinal, 15 Abraham,
19 Amice, 20 Mass, 22 See.
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the April Crossword was Sid McCann of Napier.