Crossword 12

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Across

1. Writer of “cautionary tales” e.g  “Matilda who told lies”.(6)

5. Major feast of the Christian calendar. (6)

8. “---- Dei”;   Roman Catholic organisation. (4)

9. Footwear worn by native Americans. (8)

10. Italian musical term meaning “hold back”. (8)

11.  Emblem of St David and Wales. (4)

12. “O come, O come, -------, Who in thy glorious majesty, From that high mountain clothed in awe, Gavest thy folk the elder Law.” hymn (6)

14. Martyr whose relics are kept at Brookwood cemetery near Woking.  (6)

16. “Is there no ---- in Gilead; is there no physician there?” Jeremiah (4)

18. The middle of the day. (8)

20.  “And Mary said, Behold the -------- of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.” (8)

21.  “Cast me not ---- from thy Presence” Church Anthem by SS Wesley. (4)

22. “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to ------ half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it”  Edward Fitzgerald (6)

23. Bridge in Venice over the Grand Canal. (6)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Down

2. Having been made devoid of contents. (7)  

3.  A fine, smooth, tightly twisted thread spun cotton, used especially for hosiery.(5)

4. The partition which separates the sanctuary from the body of the church where the Holy Sacrament is administered.  (9,4)

5. A self-contained Christian community: a Christian religious community whose members remain physically within it (8,5)

6. “Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the ------- a nest for herself, where she may lay her young” Psalms  (7)

7. Enforced removal from one's native country (5)

13. Leading the life of a person without a fixed domicile; moving from place to place. (7)

15. Beaming; emitting light or heat. (7)

17. Seaport of Jordan.  (5)

19. Another name for the triple crown worn by the Pope. (5)

 

 

Answers

Across 1. Belloc 5. Easter 8. Opus 9. Moccasin 10. Ritenuto 11. Leek 12. Adonai 14. Edward 16. Balm 18. Noontide 20. Handmaid 21. Away 22. Cancel 23. Rialto

Down 2. Emptied 3. Lisle 4. Communion Rail 5. Enclosed Order 6. Swallow 7. Exile 13. Nomadic 15. Radiant 17. Aqaba 19. Tiara