Cryptic across
5 Concerning, relationship of a bishop – foolish, if platonic (10)
7 Gothic writer’s suppressing pressure to become a Catholic leader (4)
8 Picasso or Dali, for instance, are not commonly seen in a Sierra (8)
9 Buddhism for some followers finding it hard to get to the highest point (6)
10 Stable place to eat in France (6)
11 Boys terrified to grasp the opportunity offered by this world? (6)
14 Pretentiousness getting degree backed by part of Oxbridge (6)
16 Church support for Orkney site (8)
17 Here the Greeks primarily tested resolve over years (4)
18 Is dim Canon busted to the ranks in order? (10)
Cryptic down
1 Desert place princess visited in South London, having no parking (6)
2 Left code about Jacob’s daughter’s alarm going off with Leah’s servant (6)
3 Je suis following un homme en France sur une rivière in relation to Moses (6)
4 Chinese city’s little bit of Switzerland (6)
5 Lyric poet’s work is evangelic (10)
6 Liberates construction worker detained in secret set-up (10)
12 Note order about a knight for hire (4,2)
13 Route that’s obvious for band’s tour driver (6)
14 Theologian’s odd love killer embraced (6)
15 Decent fish, heavy weight, served up (3,3)
Quick across
5 King of Persia (465-424 BC) who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (10)
7 Animal pen: filthy abode (4)
8 Commentator; perceiver: British newspaper (8)
9 Choux pastry cream cake (6)
10 ------ Churchill, French war heroine (6)
11 Roman Emperor, 98-117 AD – one of the ‘Five Good Emperors’ (6)
14 Town on the Orontes River where Nebuchadnezzar had his headquarters (6)
16 Israeli Mediterranean resort in its alternative, biblical name (8)
17 Forget; overlook (4)
18 First word from the canticle of the Virgin Mary (10)
Quick down
1 Greek goddess of wisdom (6)
2 Devon National Park (6)
3 Californian city at the centre of oil and gas fields (6)
4 Formal announcement: court judgement (6)
5 Satanic counter to Jesus (10)
6 Oldest Greek version of the Old Testament (10)
12 Son of Eber, descendant of Shem (6)
13 Ladies’ stockings of man-made material (6)
14 Discharge of water after the breaking of a river’s banks (3-3)
15 Decorative pin (6)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0552: Across: 5 Bar charts, 8 Joel, 9 Alan Ladd, 10 Tee-shot, 11 Asher, 13 Calah, 15 Dynasty, 18 Doornail, 19 Also, 20 Martinmas. Down: 1 Tallis, 2 Octagon, 3 Javan, 4 Stylus, 6 Moderator, 7 Adventist, 12 Cyclone, 14 Adrian, 16 Ararat, 17 Haiti.
Quick answers to No 0552: Across: 5 Galatians, 8 Asti, 9 Astraeus, 10 Beatnik, 11 Balak, 13 Assam, 15 Preface, 18 Jonathan, 19 Odin, 20 Beatitude. Down: 1 Sadist, 2 Samaria, 3 Pieta, 4 Ankara, 6 Ascension, 7 Tubalcain, 12 Trinity, 14 Amalek, 16 Fronds, 17 Shute.
Crossword winners
Winners (0551 Cryptic): Donald MacMillan, Millport, Isle of Cambrae; Marie Drake, Chorley, Lancashire.
Winners (0551 Quick): Ian Kelly, Harrow, London; John E Robertson, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Sudoku 0553
Solution 0552
Our address
The Catholic Herald
Herald House,
Lamb’s Passage,
Bunhill Row, London
EC1Y 8TQ
Answers in by August 8
