Cryptic across
1 Somehow sat out Advent for the Maundy Mass (6)
4 God, sort of, is king of Ammon (6)
9 Pure tee-off: poetry, she said (7)
10 Heading off to ramble like one in a Tolkien novel (5)
11 Nonconformist’s doctrine is to demonstrate wicked sin at Mass! (13)
12 He drove the revolutionary support for an Assyrian king (11)
16 Jurassic toad I shattered, and a rat? (5,8)
18 Town in Lazio, primarily Roman in etiquette – typically Italian (5)
19 Warm parable opens with a note (7)
20 Female concealing craft gets cross with old authority (6)
21 Insult’s not on when hitting target (6)
Cryptic down
1 Pyramid builder, Egyptian, tucked into piece of meat with chips, ultimately (6)
2 Balance of food supply is light (5)
3 More ‘seventies’ contrive to pass through a term of office (5,4,4)
5 Represent affable hot con – staggering! (3,2,6,2)
6 Pope number twelve is embraced by a great one (3,4)
7 Healthy food, not quite motorway food (6)
8 Write to detective – lost a criminal follower of 11 (11)
13 Fewer follow goal that’s
tedious (7)
14 Defiles cars Jack hijacked (6)
15 Be there for final hearing (6)
17 One university award packaged to inspire (5)
Quick across
1 Opportunity; luck (6)
4 Periods: incantations (6)
9 Son of Jair who killed Goliath’s brother (7)
10 More pleasant (5)
11 Promises; expectations (13)
12 Surplus to requirements (11)
16 Highly unusual or notable (13)
18 Garlic mayonnaise (5)
19 Most local; most close (7)
20 Growing; ascendant (6)
21 Rarely; infrequent (6)
Quick down
1 Heebie-jeebies (6)
2 England v Australia cricket test series (5)
3 Deliberation; kindness (13)
5 Roman procurator of Judea c 26-36 AD (7,6)
6 More fortunate (7)
7 Pressure: underline (6)
8 Practical application of science to commerce or industry (11)
13 Conceptions; assumptions (7)
14 Overhaul: retire (6)
15 Classification; set-up (6)
17 More advanced: in the future (5)
Entries to Crossword 0622, The Catholic Herald, Herald House, Lamb’s Passage, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TQ or email editorial@ch.rd0.co.uk (Answers in by December 11)
Cryptic answers to No 0621
Across: 5 Bartholomew, 7 Fino, 8 Ethiopia, 9 Hecabe, 11 Moiety, 12 Apphia, 15 Huelva, 17 Potiphar, 18 Arch, 19 Deuteronomy.
Down: 1 Argo, 2 Phoebe, 3 Oldham, 4 Ammonite, 5 Bribe, 6 Wrist, 10 Achaicus, 13 Proud, 14 Ashbel, 15 Hermon, 16 Vichy, 18 Amos.
Quick answers to No 0621
Across: 5 Passion Week, 7 Etna, 9/8 Marcus Aurelius, 11 Warble, 12 Naples, 15 Stoker, 17 Dies Irae, 18 Nebo, 19 Shalmaneser.
Down: 1 Asia, 2 Titans, 3 Andrew, 4 Key Largo, 5 Petra, 6 Knurl, 10 Colossae, 13 Aries, 14 Shrimp, 15 Shebna, 16 Ember, 18 Ness.
Winners (0620 Cryptic) Margaret MacMillan, Millport Isle of Cumbrae; Fr A Dearman, Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
Winners (0620 Quick) Margaret Moyes, Darlington, Co Durham; Terry Browning, Bristol
