PUZZLES CROSSWORD No. 239 1 2 3 7 8


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Crossword competition Please send your answers to: Crossword Competition 11 December, 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 24 December.


●The answers to this week’s puzzles and the crossword winner’s name will appear in the 1 January issue.


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Compiled by Alanus 5


5 6 6 Across


1 One who copies the speech and mannerisms of another (5)


7 He succeeded his father Herod as ruler of Judaea; why Jesus brought up in Nazareth (9) 8 “-----Tuus Maria”, motto and dedication of Pope John Paul II (5) 9 André, author of La Condition Humaine and long-term minister in de Gaulle’s governments (7) 10 See 22 Across


11 Means of fund-raising (11) 14 One who prays on behalf of another or others (11) 18 --- to the Church in Need, charity founded by Fr Werenfried (3) 19 & 21 Acr: Archbishop of New York recently elected president of the American Bishops’ Conference (7,5) 21 See 19 Acr:


22 & 10 Acr: “The Scourge of God” whom Pope Leo I dissuaded from attacking Rome in AD 452 (6,3,3)


23 The occasion, or prison slang for a sexual offender (5)


Down


1 Somewhat eponymous female executed as a German spy in First World War (4,4) 2 Earliest of the Divine Offices (6) 3 Jesuit-educated leader of Caribbean republic for nearly 50 years (6) 4 A branch of Islam (4)


5 In painting, on fresh or wet plaster (8) 6 Burial mounds (6)


9 Something hidden from our ability to fully understand in this life (7) 12 City, administrative capital of South Africa (8)


13 The first of the Cardinal Virtues (8) 15 Where in Ramah, David hid from Saul, I Samuel 19:19 (6) 16 “Have no fear of ------ terror” Proverbs 3:25 (6)


17 Overcoat or its sleeve named after British general in Crimean War (6) 20 Jesus demonstrated it was lawful to do this on the Sabbath, Luke 14:3-4 (4)


Congratulations to Anne Crosby, of Harrow, Middlesex, winner of the 20 November 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 20 November crossword


Across: 7 Alcuin; 8 Ursula; 10 Marshal; 11 Burke; 12 Nana; 13 Ashes; 17 Felix; 18 Pope; 22 Negev; 23 Twelfth; 24 Impact; 25 Secret.Down: 1 Raymond; 2 Ocarina; 3 Night; 4 Cribbed; 5 Quire; 6 Races; 9 All Saints; 14 Service; 15 Coffers; 16 Red Hats; 19 Unlit; 20 Agape; 21 Fever.


SUDOKU Level: Challenging


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


A long-established Catholic family firm of wine merchants specialising in the supply of Altar Wines to the Clergy and Convents


“SANCTANA” & “SANCTIFEX” Brands


J. CHANDLER & CO. LTD New Abbey House Fyfield Road, Weyhill Andover, Hants, SP11 8DN Tel: 01264 774700 Fax: 01264 774747


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Solution to the 20 November puzzle


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