December Crossword
Across
1 Book of psalms (7)
5 Seats become a valuable commodity! (5)
8 Contain a feline fur straightener in ancient burial sites! (9)
9 A mineable mineral or metal (3)
10 Popular Japanese dish (5)
12 Biblical book favoured by accountants? (7)
13 Marian feastday confuses humanist poets! (3,10)
15 I'm clear confused. It's an inexplicable event! (7)
17 As Bridget Fonda is to Jane (5)
19 Also a shortened implement! (3)
20 Insane Sam upset prayer in the Mass recalling the death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus! (9)
22 Alpine call (5)
23 New Zealand is famous for it (7)
Down
1 Units of type size used in printing (5)
2 Member of a colony (3)
3 Strategies found mostly in tic-tac-toe! (7)
4 Abstract Norseman mural depicts ancient counting system! (5,8)
5 State in NE India (5)
6 Herons lie dishevelled on coastal beach! (9)
7 Betrayal of country undoes senator! (7)
11 Expletive erupts from Seward row! (9)
13 The young recipient of two of St Paul's letters (7)
14 "I don't know what heavy ___ I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer", Saint Teresa of Avila (7)
16 Move slowly in traffic (5)
18 Attempt a short composition? (5)
21 Litigate (3)
Solution for -November-
Across: 7 Acedia - Anagram - "I aced" indicated by "rewritten clue"
8 Reason, 9 Rome,
10 Superior - Anagram - "Prior Sue" indicated by "organised"
11 Sausage - Anagram - "Usage as" indicated by "minced"
13 Cause, 15 Agape, 17 Gehenna,
20 Son of God, 21 Myth,
22 Virtue, 23 Rosary.
Down: 1 Schola - Anagram "O Clash" indicated by "rework forms"
2 Adze,
3 Passage - Anagram "as pages" indicated by "reformatted"
4 Tripe - pun
5 Marriage, 6 Motors,
12 Supports,
14 Readers - Anagram "Read ears" indicated by "sort out"
16 Gnosis, 18 Nature,
19 Agree,
21 Mass - pun
The winner of the Marist Messenger pen for the October Crossword is Sister Mary Scanlon LCM.
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