The Church of England

PRIZE CROSSWORD No. 834

- By Axe

Across

1 'He guides the humble...and ------- them

his way' [Ps/NIV] (7) 5 '-----, whose hospitalit­y I and the whole

church here enjoy...' [Rom/NIV] (5) 8 'In days to come...Israel will bud and --

----...' [Isa/NIV] (7) 9 'These are the regulation­s concerning defiling moulds in woollen or ----- clothing...' [Lev/NIV] (5) 10 Book of the NT attributed to a companion and fellow missionary of Paul (5) 11 '...the row on the side ------- the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long...' [Ezek/NIV] (7) 13 NT metaphor for an affliction that

causes great suffering (5,2,6) 15 'But Jonah --- ---- from the Lord and headed for Tarshish' [NIV] (3,4) 16 Essex village named after a female saint of legend, one being shy to work out? (5) 18 'But ----- sent messengers to him, saying "What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me?"' [2 Chr/NIV] (5) 20 'Peter said, "------- the parable to

us"' [Matt/NIV] (7) 21 Composer of the oratorio, ' The Creation', between 1796 and 1798 (5) 22 Recipient city of a letter from Paul

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Down

1 Book of the Apocrypha (5) 2 Parable [Luke] (1,4,4) 3 'The king ordered Hilkiah...to remove...all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starr y -----' [2 Kgs/NIV] (5) 4 Cross-bearer aid to Jesus [Matt;

Mark; Luke] (5,2,6) 5 Champion from Gath [1 Sam] (7) 6 'Then he...brought him to an --and took care of him' [Luke/NIV] (3) 7 Hymn of praise which begins,

'Holy, Holy, Holy' (7) 12 'Then Jesus went back...to the place where John had been baptizing in the ----- ----' [John/NIV] (5,4) 13 Recipient city of two letters from

Paul (7) 14 'Like ------- babies, crave pure spiritual milk...' [1 Pet/NIV] (7) 16 Naomi's other daughter-in-law

[Ruth] (5) 17 'Because ----- were lifted up...the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites...' [Exod/NIV] (5) 19 'They caused the --- of the poor to come before him...' [Job/NIV] (3)

Solutions to last week’s crossword

Across: 7 Gadara, 8 If only, 9 Archbishop­ric, 10 Sadducee, 13 Lots, 14 Mind, 16 Sycamore, 19 Stand in the way, 21 Talent, 22 Lilies. Down: 1 Fair, 2 Washed, 3 Maniac, 4 Tishbe, 5 Gospel, 6 Cloister, 11 Abiathar, 12 Ely, 15 Daniel, 16 Saints, 17 Cattle, 18 Meekly, 20 Amen.

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