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Date: 31 Oct 2013 Title: Tilford Teaser #56 Feb2013
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1. The eight days following an important Christian festival. (6)
5. This was granted to criminals and refugees when the touched the high altar of a church. (6)
8. 'Sacre ----' an old French profanity meant as a cry of surprise or anger. (4)
9. Saint Peter asked this of the risen Christ, when fleeing from Rome.. (3,5)
10. Father of the Indian independence movement. (6)
11. Old unit of currency of Spain. (6)
12. 'So foul and ---- a day I have not seen.' Macbeth (4)
14. 'Keep far our foes, give peace at home; where Thou art Guide, no --- can come.' Hymn (3)
15. 'Let the water and the blood, from Thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double ----.' Hymn (4)
16. It was given to Jesus dipped in vinegar, when he was on the cross. (6)
18. The sound made by something striking or falling into liquid. (6)
19. One of the main personalities in the Book of Esther. He was the son of Jair. (8)
21. '---- Dieu' ; A desklike kneeling bench with space above for a book, for private prayer. (4)
22. An ancient burial mound. (6)
23. 'Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene; one step ------ for me.' Hymn (6)
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2. 'Mea -----' ; Latin phrase used at confession, meaning 'my mistake'. (5)
3. 'What God has joined together let no man put -------.' Marriage service (7)
4. Of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence. (9)
5. 'And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long --- most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know.' Hymn (3)
6. 'For lo! the days are hastening on, by prophet-bards foretold, when with the ever circling ----- comes round the age of gold.' Hymn (5)
7. Arousing no attention or curiosity or excitement. (13)
11. A former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948. (9)
13. A two-handled jar with a narrow neck used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to carry wine or oil. (7)
15. Famous ship of the marine explorer Jacques Cousteau. (7)
17. The point on the celestial sphere directly below the observer, diametrically opposite the zenith. (5)
20. The mature female of a bovine animal. (3)