Cryptic across
3 With student getting kicked out, the moral blow upset Nathanael, maybe, said John (11)
7 Certain churches require pretty good A levels, yes? Perhaps (6)
8 God’s way to embody soul is close to flawless (6)
9 Latitude of east London watercourse (6)
10 Spring deity required to wade through Lethe bends? (4)
11 Kind of line, lifeline, of Egyptian civilization (4)
13 Precentor is, in hearing, able to get corruption reversed (6)
17 Simon with a baton gets officer back into rank (6)
18 Job, mate, is to take a bit off invoice to give to Pop (6)
19 Solomon’s greatest hit, this book? (4,2,5)
Cryptic down
1 European Research Group seen backing Common Market entry for EU member (6)
2 Big dash to opt out, abandoning petroleum refining (2,4)
3 Peoples of old Mesopotamia Bosnian ably compiled (11)
4 Book a little house overlooking the ocean... (5)
5 ...Dinah’s mum’s home, below some grazing land (4)
6 Order monk to infiltrate London club (11)
12 Service that’s new in Italy after compromise (6)
14 Doctor that regularly looked into muscles read a lot from them? (5)
15 Following a line to get into campsite building facility (6)
16 Where in Nebraska you get
to smell and see the Promised Land? (4)
Quick across
3 Philippians, as nationals (11)
7 Kind of mystical Islam (6)
8 Legendary Anglo-Saxon saint, maybe a Mercian king of the early 9th century (6)
9 Saints of Avila and Lisieux sharing the same (anglicized) name (6)
10 Phoenician trading centre featured in OT and NT (4)
11 Test Match ground, home of Surrey CCC (4)
13 Greek city of Libya, home to one featuring in the Crucifixion (6)
17 Capital and largest city of Niger (6)
18 Thick sweet and pungent Chinese sauce (6)
19 Built in the 6th century, the world’s largest cathedral for a millennium (5,6)
Quick down
1 Ammonite general who spoke up for the Israelites in front of Holofernes (6)
2 ------ Thursday, originally a Christian ceremony of washing the feet of the poor (6)
3 Site of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem (5,6)
4 Alexandre -----, author of The Three Musketeers (5)
5 Goddess of Greek myth personifying victory (4)
6 Hymn or prayer after compline, and after the Divine Office from Trinity Sunday to Advent (5,6)
12 One of Ulster’s traditional six counties (6)
14 Human-looking beast in
Gulliver’s Travels: search engine conglomerate (5)
15 Biblical prophet, Elijah’s pupil (6)
16 Bird of south Asia often caged for its vocalizing skills (variant spelling) (4)
Entries to Crossword 0589, The Catholic Herald, Herald House, Lamb’s Passage, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TQ or email editorial@catholicherald.co.uk
(Answers in by April 24)
Cryptic answers to No 0588
Across: 5 Andronicus, 7 Athene, 8 Emblem, 9 Scots, 10 Jericho, 12 Crispus, 14 Shrek, 17 Isaiah, 18 Harran, 19 Philistine.
Down: 1 Advent, 2 Horeb, 3 Nineveh, 4 Mumbai, 5 Antichrist, 6 Gethsemane, 11 Out-half, 13 Smithy, 15 Hermit, 16 Chusa.
Quick answers to No 0588
Across: 5 Beatitudes, 7 Hamath, 8 Look on, 9 Obeah, 10 Judaism, 12 Artemas, 14 Circe, 17 Stance, 18 Elijah, 19 Eccles cake.
Down: 1 Patara, 2 Sikhs, 3 Publius, 4 Beroea, 5 Baal-Berith, 6 Consecrate, 11 Pale ale, 13 Eunuch, 15 Ibizan, 16 Jesse.
Winners (0587 Cryptic)
Dr Gregory Porilo, London SW17; Sue Marsh, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Winners (0587 Quick)
TJ Monaghan, Johnstone, Renfrewshire; Mrs M Boardman, Chippenham, Wiltshire
