PUZZLES CROSSWORD No. 240 1 7 8 9


10 11


10 9 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 8 4


Compiled by Axe 5


5 6 6 Across


7 Soldier who became a general in the Society of Jesus (6)


8 Son of Jeroboam, predicted to die (6) 9 Prophetess at the Temple who told about Jesus the Messiah (4)


12 14 15 19 19 16 20 20 21 22 23 23


Crossword competition Please send your answers to: Crossword Competition 1 January, 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 14 January.


●The answers to this week’s puzzles and the crossword winner’s name will appear in the 22 January issue.


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10 Opening of the central affirmation of the unity of God, from Deuteronomy (3,5) 11 Belief in and reverence for the devil (8) 14 English composer who wrote the oratorio Judith, but is better remembered for “Rule Britannia” (4) 15 Church section (4)


17 Sicilian city where Paul rested after being shipwrecked (8) 19 Missionary of Paul, cousin to John Mark (8)


21 The Ancient Mariner? (4)


22 Saints of Avila and Lisieux sharing the same (anglicised) name (6) 23 Canonised Abbot of Rievaulx from 1147 (6)


Down


1 Wife of a Herod Antipas official who found the empty tomb of Jesus (6) 2 Scottish island where Columba landed in 563 (4)


3 Twelfth apostle, chosen to replace Judas Iscariot (8)


4 Church section (4)


5 Of a Persian religion popular in the Roman Empire in the first three centuries AD (8)


6 Member of a Church but not clergy (6) 12 Girolamo -------- envoy of Leo X who presented the Exurge Domine bull to Luther (8)


13 Town south of Jerusalem where Asa destroyed a great army from Sudan (8) 16 Reverent petition to a deity (6) 18 Member of one Christian group practising celibacy and communal living (6) 20 Husband of Ruth (4)


21 River, in the reeds of which Moses was hidden in a basket (4)


Congratulations to Paul Granger, of Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, winner of the 4 December 2010 crossword competition. His was the first correct entry drawn at random. He will be receiving a copy of the hardback Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (second edition, RRP £30).


Solution to the 4 December crossword


Across: 7 Sleigh; 8 Exults; 9 Esau; 10 Maintain; 11 Red squirrel; 14 Tennis elbow; 18 Heathrow; 20 Birr; 21 Octave; 22 Unwell. Down: 1 Glass; 2 Misuse; 3 Chemists; 4 Levi; 5 Butter; 6 Stained; 12 Unlawful; 13 Beseech; 15 Nathan; 16 Oxbows; 17 Frill; 19 Rues.


SUDOKU Level: Beginner


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


Solution to the 4 December puzzle


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