Crossword by Max
Clues
Across
1 Succeed in wearing vestment? (4)
3 Vinca too somehow had a sense of God's call! (8)
9 Trader I dealt with dillydallied! (7)
10 Ogres entangled in spiny bush! (5)
11 Truce is broken for liturgical container! (5)
12 "__ __ to the Lord in my distress", Psalm 120:1 (1,5)
14 A sweet child cleans up cat! (6)
16 An evil becomes a small infraction! (6)
19 Block of wood? (6)
21 Where the bridal train stops. (5)
24 Pub removed from republic for sacred memento! (5)
25 An uncle becomes dirty! (7)
26 Gospel stories about Abel's rap! (8)
27 Advanced in time of repentance? (4)
Down
1 Pet with a shearing blade discovered in tomb! (8)
2 A rural settlement on Banks Peninsula. (5)
4 Secretly consecrate priest for dainty duties! (6)
5 "____ is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured," Mark Twain (5)
6 A middle-easterner who lost his head as British Prime Minister! (7)
7 Leon broke Christmas! (4)
8 Doctor furtively removed fly - it's the right thing to do! (6)
13 "Rhapsody in Blue" opening instrument (8)
15 A stealthy mover, kea leaves ropewalker in pieces! (7)
17 A Patriarch's assistant bishop used to be overall! (6)
18 Umpire turns out to be immoral! (6)
20 Son of Isaac, father of Joseph (5)
22 A pervasive idea in Goethe methodology! (5)
23 Excursion for turnips without sun! (4)
The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the October Crossword was Paul Gilroy of Christchurch
Solution for November
Across: 1 Baal, 3 Judgment,
9 Aureole, 10 Noble, 11 Kingdom of God, 14 Sin, 16 Terce, 17 Lot,
18 Translatable, 21 Tiara,
22 Penance, 23 Granddad, 24 Soul.
Down: 1 Brackish, 2 Aaron, 4 Ute,
5 Genuflecting, 6 Embroil, 7 Trek,
8 Gold standard, 12 Moral,
13 Ethereal, 15 Nirvana, 19 Bingo, 20 Stag, 22 Pea.
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