February Crossword
Clues
Across
1 Rain or shine, sounds almost undecided? (7)
5 Scrounger returns river fish to church! (5)
8 What’s needed for mass change, reportedly! (5)
9 Ecclesiastical assembly made strange conclusion without son! (7)
10 Initially a charitable group! (3)
11 Burial site for a feline with hair utensils! (9)
13 Confess, I've hrs, apparently! (6)
14 "Everything in excess is opposed to ___." Hippocrates (6)
16 Damaged typographical gilt removed from disputed scripture! (9)
17 Removed 50 pot covers for drivers licences! (3)
19 Monastery church short of one pastor! (7)
21 Sway lamps for poetic scriptures! (5)
22 Force pub from republic, to find a holy memento! (5)
23 Neither formulated in that place or document! (7)
Down
1 Entwines and almost warps! (5)
2 A mine that is dangerous to your wellbeing (13)
3 An American book bound to last (9)
4 Terce I randomly pray out loud! (6)
5 Monetary unit of Moldova and Romania (3)
6 In disguise, cut exam & come in to exclude from Church! (13)
7 Matt taken from chaotic stately home runs the Diocese of Rome! (4,3)
12 Capable PR reinvented sour fruit! (4,5)
13 Prison for secret Islam mercenaries! (7)
15 Trip is rearranged for ghost! (6)
18 Son I'm off to Cyrene! (5)
20 Facial twitch (3)
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the November Crossword was Carole Brajkovich of Bucklands Beach.
Solution for December
Across: 1 Pickled, 5 Cocoa,
8 Paraclete, 9 Nag, 10 Lupin,
12 Ishmael, 13 Surreptitious,
15 Chalice, 17 Caper, 19 Leo,
20 Adoration, 22 Rhyme,
23 Liaison.
Down: 1 Papal, 2 Car, 3 Licence,
4 Dyed-in-the-wool, 5 Czech,
6 Cantaloup, 7 Angelus,
11 Purgatory, 13 Secular,
14 Toccata, 16 Irate, 18 Run-in,
21 IHS.
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