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Crossword No. 1769

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24 April 2026

by the Rt Revd David Thomson

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Solvers are invited to exchange two words to depict a 1769 event involving the 21a which was observed on 3d by 31d, 32a and 33a who voyaged there on 9a.

Solvers are invited to exchange two words to depict a 1769 event involving the 21a which was observed on 3d by 31d, 32a and 33a who voyaged there on 9...

Across

9 Attempt Morse’s first name? (9)

10 Heavenly bread provided by mum and nan in a tizzy (5)

11 The Greatest Book I used as part of court case (5)

12 Dane muddled dispatches for church offices (9)

13 Mournful Earl leads revival of Gaelic (7)

16 Absent God switching last letters for patriarch (7)

18 New arrivals without equal value at first for goddess (5)

21 Star is briefly focus of disunity (3)

22 Sales volume and targets? (5)

24 Second attempt reassembling trailer (7)

25 Worried curé’s keeping note for cleric (not a monk) (7)

29 Carbon-free popular computer chip encompassing church instrument? (9)

32 Financial institutions take back returned Slovak koruna (5)

33 Inexperienced Greek nurse swallowing Ecstasy (5)

34 Support railway by edge of beach? (9)

 

Down

1 Papal ambassador detained by noble gatekeeper (6)

2 Have a high opinion of navy chief with energy for Albania (6)

3 Polynesian island thanks institute after chart success (6)

4 Christ-child’s gift: divinity welcoming love in first place (4)

5 Entrust Aga in disrepair for Gran’s sisters (5-5)

6 Arcana mostly concealing prophetic book (4)

7 Pub discovered in nation playing church music for two parties (8)

8 Mandarins test total weight in Rome (8)

14 To be incumbent starts to look incredibly exhausting (3)

15 Great expense when beginning of November included in solstice’s organisation (10)

17 Increase speed of vicar? (3)

18 Excess of words when part of speech institute takes long time (8)

19 Intro confused info for N (8)

20 Spend kid’s inheritance at first and go downhill fast? (3)

23 Molecular basis of life found in wild Nature (3)

26 Horse found on internet for trap (6)

27 Pulse 49 after fast (6)

28 Bacon making you less wary (6)

30 Group of criminals go for Glasgow (4)

31 Chief Operating Officer with a thousand to falsify (4)

 

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