May Crossword
Across
1 God’s act of declaring a sinner righteous through Christ’s sacrifice (13)
8 Famous rock group from Liverpool (7)
9 Conceal a regular variety grub! (5)
10 Reasoned and reasonable judgement (5)
11 Resist to become a nun! (6)
13 Large Pacific island and French colony (6)
15 Sound of silence and sound of European river leads to pilgrimage centre! (6)
18 Hebrew prophet (6)
20 Self-propelled traveller (5)
23 A sacred table (5)
24 An antiphon recited as the priest approaches the altar at the beginning of Mass (7)
25 Spout sinister scrambled beliefs that future events can be influenced in some magical way! (13)
Down
1 Name often used for the 100th Psalm (8)
2 Loose talk? (5)
3 Unlawful activity (7)
4 Sit-ins organised to demand persistently! (6)
5 A Titan forced by Zeus to bear the world on his shoulders (5)
6 Beheaded 19th Century English writer and Prime Minister a Jewish citizen! (7)
7 Biblical sailor denied exclamation! (4)
12 Painful inflammation of the nerves (8)
14 Pilot whale loses awe when decomposed on summit! (7)
16 The natural environment of a plant or animal (7)
17 The Annointed One (6)
19 Magician reveals Court figure! (5)
21 Former capital of Japan (5)
22 Crowd together in worship? (4)
Solution for April
Across: 1 Seraphim - Anagram of "Has prime" indicated by "design"
4 Lent
8 Readers - Anagram of "Red ears" indicated by "upset"
10 Upper - pun
11 Unto,
12 Features - Anagram of "Faust e'er" indicated by deformed [sorry about the misprint with the extra e in the magazine]
15 Odour - Hidden word "food our mother" indicated by "conceal"
16 Credo, 17 Tribunal,
18 RCIA, 20 Raise, 21 Opus Dei, 22 Nest, 23 Criteria.
Down: 1 Shroud of Turin,
2 Peep - "Penelope" with "noel" removed ("separated"), leaves "peep"
3 IHS, 5 Experienced, 6 Teresa of Avila, 7 Justice,
9 Authorities - Anagram of "Our atheist I" indicated by "disclose"
13 Extra, 14 Trouser, 19 Lust,
21 Oar
The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the March Crossword was Tess Barry of Otaki, drawn from 7 correct entries.
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