Tilford Teaser  11

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Across
1. A high-ranking Christian cleric, usually in charge of a diocese.(6)
5. Archbishop of Canterbury, assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral. (6)
8. King of Israel, husband of the infamous Jezebel. (4)
9. “The -------- firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky” hymn (8)
10. A quarter note equal to two quavers. (8) 
11.  “Seven for a secret never to be ----” children's rhyme (4)
12. “------ around the grounds until you feel at home, And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know.” (6) 
14. “And the ------ answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?”  (6)
16. One of the minor prophets of the Old Testament who prophesied while Uzziah was king of Judah. (4)
18. “Hail to the Lord's --------, great David's greater Son!” hymn.(8)
20.  To free from or relieve of a load or a trouble. (8)
21. “For He is our childhood's pattern; Day by day, like us, He ----;” hymn (4) 
22. “And as they came out, they found a man of ------, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.” (6)
23. “The sun was shining on the sea Shining with all his might He did his very best to make the billows ------ and bright”  Carroll - Walrus and the Carpenter (6)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Down
2. “The meek shall ------ the earth”. (7)  
3. Monk or nun's clothing. (5)
4. Lit during the Easter vigil as a sign of Christ's resurrection. (7,6) 
5. To walk the boundaries of the parish and to pray for protection and blessing of the land at Rogationtide. (4,3,6) 
6. Site of Bristol's Roman Catholic cathedral, consecrated in 1973. (7) 
7. “Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heaven.....where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one ----- light;” Donne (5)
13. Deficient in light; indistinct. (7)
15. There have been fourteen Popes of this name, the last one died in 1774. (7)
17. The love of it is said to be the root of all evil. (5)
19. Meaning black in Spanish and Portuguese, a number of rivers have this name. (5)

Answers
Across 1. Bishop 5. Becket 8. Ahab 9. Spacious 10. Crotchet 11. Told 12. Stroll 14. Eunuch 16. Amos 18. Anointed 20. Unburden 21. Grew 22. Cyrene 23. Smooth
Down 2. Inherit 3. Habit 4. Paschal Candle 5. Beat The Bounds 6. Clifton 7. Equal 13. Obscure 15. Clement 17. Money 19. Negro