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Crossword No. 1743

by
17 October 2025

by the Revd Michael Callaghan

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Across

1 Nice fee arranged by bishop for living (8)

5 Old PM adopts Liberal constitution (6)

9 Locum using speech that’s profane (8)

10 Man the French returned for 23 down (6)

12 Follow guarantee after rector leaves (5)

14 Trump in rapture about South and North Dakota (9)

15 Exchanging words shout in protest (6)

17 Dog removed from workplace 23 down (7)

20 A follower, say, happy to be delayed (7)

22 Long for a Latin prayer book (6)

24 Class member dissected brainstem (9)

26 Beer and where it’s served for Hebrew character (5)

27 European fighter from Russia about to become a refugee (6)

28 Squatter with objections about foreign lager (8)

30 Former archbishop’s 23 down (6)

31 Lobster pot, broken, taken from abandoned factory ship (8)

 

Down

1 Maybe Thelma protects 23 down (6)

2 This may be played in films regularly (3)

3 Fellow Catholics in part of Somerset (5)

4 Sing lines in 23 down (7)

6 A ship seen drifting in book (9)

7 Failure in circuit oddly seen (5)

8 Maybe Epiphany and Pentecost completely bewilder we hear (4,4)

11 Gloria’s computer game franchise? (4)

13 Crew’s leader leaving boat, taking in King’s Head (5)

16 Had claret distributed for 23 down (9)

18 Lecture soldiers attending opening of evensong (5)

19 An objection intended to withhold a means of support (8)

21 Invocation to sea rising in March? (4)

22 23 down’s Parliament lacking direction? (7)

23 Can briefly champion service provider (6)

25 Misquoted vow assuming one married in a manner of speaking (5)

26 Sailor and Turkish governor meet in 23 down (5)

29 Antipodean people held in bailiwick (3)

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