PUZZLES CROSSWORD No. 234


1 7 7 9


1 6 9 10 2 3 4 4


Compiled by Axe 5


7 9 8


Across


6 Descendants of Canaanites, great traders of the Mediterranean in ancient times (11) 9 In Luke, Lysanias’ region, north-west of Damascus (7)


10 Town south of Bethlehem, home of Amos (5)


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12 14


15 12 13


11 Aramaic word for “Father”, as used by Christ (4)


16 18 19 20 21 17 12 Ordained (2,6)


15 Nationality by birth of Moses (8) 17 Alternative name for the ancient town of Tanis (4)


22 23 24


Crossword competition Please send your answers to: Crossword Competition 6 November, The Tablet, 1 King Street Cloisters, Clifton Walk, London W6 0GY. Please include your full name, telephone number and email address, and a mailing address. A copy of the hardback Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (second edition, RRP £30) will go to the sender of the first correct entry drawn at random on Friday 19 November.


●The answers to this week’s puzzles and the crossword winner’s name will appear in the 27 November issue.


19 Place near Mt Tabor where Saul consulted a necromancer (5) 21 Curer of Paul’s blindness in Damascus (7)


22 Apostle sometimes identified as Nathaniel (11)


Down


1 Church singer, the result of Paul’s dictum that “women should be silent in churches” (8)


2 Persian peoples, descendants of Japheth (5)


3 Second son of Jacob and Leah (6) 4 Women 12 (7)


5 Ancestor of a race of giants, as mentioned in Exodus and elsewhere (4) 7 Inhabitants of a city of the Decapolis, where Jesus performed a miracle (9) 8 Catholic doctrine where salvation is for those subject to supernatural determinism; the rest are assigned to perdition (9) 13 Bible people from southern Dead Sea area (8)


14 Town east of the River Jordan, given to Reuben’s people (7)


16 Sixth-century Roman poet known for his hexametric De actibus apostolorum and its symbolic take on the biblical narrative (6) 18 Priest who anointed Solomon king (5) 20 Title given to the head of the Sacred College (4)


Congratulations to Helen Granger, of Wanstead, north-east London, winner of our 16 October crossword competition. Hers was the first correct entry drawn at random. She will be receiving a copy of the hardback Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (second edition, RRP £30).


Solution to the 16 October crossword


Across: 6 Iona; 7 Chorazin; 8 Leo the Second; 9 Syrian; 11 Hindu; 13 Shema; 15 Helena; 18 Rest of Esther; 20 Covenant; 21 Elah. Down:1 Motets; 2 Fast; 3 Horeb; 4 Maronite; 5 Bildad; 7 Caesar; 10 Ramesses; 12 Repent; 14 Hermon; 16 Azekah; 17 Jonah; 19 Tref.


SUDOKU Level: Beginner


Each 3 x 3 box, each row and each column must contain all the numbers 1 to 9.


Solution to the 16 October puzzle


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