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Quick 13x13 Standard Crossword - Compiled By itavero
Date: 17 Feb 2018 Title: tilford Teaser #112 Dec 2017
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Across
1. A tip given to tradesmen at this time of year. (9,3)
7. Aqua ----; strong alcoholic spirit, especially brandy. (4)
8. The saints days of St. Francis Xavier and St. Ambrose fall in this month. (8)
9. A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli. (6)
10. A horse-drawn four-wheeled enclosed carriage. (6)
11. Make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally. (3)
12. A 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim based on the career of a burlesque artiste. (5)
14. Having or showing no skill; clumsy. (5)
16. ‘The strife is o’er the battle ---.’ Hymn (3)
18. A group of lines of verse. (6)
20. Child with no parents. (6)
22. A lot of this goes on, when preparing Christmas cards for posting. (8)
23. ‘For ---- with the Lord!, Amen, so let it be!’ Hymn (4)
24. A Christmas Eve liturgical tradition in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. (8,4)
Down
1. Santa’s normal means of entry ? (7)
2. 'Were the whole ----- of nature mine, that were a present far too small.’ Hymn (5)
3. ‘Where I climb up to my ------, gonna take Him to my heart! There'll be a new world beginnin' from tonight!’ Cowboy Carol (6)
4. ‘Many a ------ makes a muckle.’ English proverb. (6)
5. Maigret author. (7)
6. ‘Benedicite, omnia -----Domini’; Canticle. Sometime sung at Mattins. (5)
13. A fictional man supposed to make children sleep by sprinkling dust in their eyes. (7)
15. Sportsmen or women. (7)
16. ‘Guide us ------, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ,’ Prayer used at Compline (6)
17. ‘Thine I am, O spotless Lamb, I will suffer ------ to hide Thee, ask for ------ beside Thee.’ Hymn (6)
19. Musical marking meaning ‘all sing’ after a solo line. (5)
21. Sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus. (5)