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Crossword No. 1777

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19 June 2026

by Patricia Cerrone

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Across

1 Audible signs given to sons of Asaph according to Ezra (7)

5 Unsettled man sold hard fruit (7)

9 Girl going around performing work on errors (9)

10 Concerned with community having one hundred and four, mostly in bad health (5)

11 Promotional material getting suitable change (5)

12 Disorderly din about position taken and cited as example (9)

13 Conger eels primarily swimming with shoals in tidal inlets (3,5)

15 Superior type going to rectory without its incumbent? (6)

18 District Attorney to conceal stuff originating in the Middle East (6)

20 Partially-dried fish left in summer headgear? (8)

24 Cleric returned and has rebuilt sheltered areas (9)

25 Comparatively worse, filling medical man with fury (5)

26 Emblem of papal authority — upon reflection, first class in design (5)

27 Travelling into Chile, covering a pre-Christian era (9)

28 Neglected daughter is manipulated (7)

29 Expressions of positive sound in chants (7)

 

Down

1 Struggles against unruly mob beset by felines (7)

2 Start to make a mark with a beauty product (7)

3 Impossibly long time could lead to very frequent church-going! (1,5,2,7)

4 Posted outside almost once a week (8)

5 Donkey is first to inhabit hilly location in Italy (6)

6 Bishop Curry, say, taking short service with girl bearing floral tribute (10,5)

7 Apparently flawless beginners (7)

8 Stoutly and passively sitting under the Spanish sun (7)

14 Number of years in another abbey (3)

16 Man in prison, time not served (3)

17 Flourishes and thrives offering sanctuary to saints (8)

18 Particularly attached to document containing verse (Old Testament) (7)

19 People with principles centred around source of theology (7)

21 Acoustic organ formerly rendered in fired clay (7)

22 Trims certain Christmas trees (7)

23 Opened mouth wide, surprisingly awed with New York? (6)

 

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