Weekly Catholic Crossword #10 - Dec 4th 2011

"Patron Saints of Cities"

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Weekly Catholic Crossword #9 - Nov 27th 2011

"Saints Who Were Lawyers"

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Weekly Catholic Crossword #8 - Nov 20th 2011

Finish The Quote

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Weekly Catholic Crossword #7 - Nov 13th 2011

"Jesuit Saints"

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Weekly Catholic Crossword #6 - Nov 6th 2011

"Quotes From Mother Teresa"

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Weekly Catholic Crossword #5 - Oct 30th 2011

"Carmelite Saints"

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Weekly Crossword #4 - Oct 23rd 2011

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Weekly Crossword #3 - Oct 16th 2011

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Weekly Crossword #2 - Oct 9th 2011

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Catholic Register crossword #2

 

Across

1.   Napoleon’s exile island
5.   October birthstone
9.   Bill
12.  Bake
14.  Baseball’s ____ Ruth
15.  Coffee
16.  Slogan
17.  Aphrodite’s son
18.  Bullring shouts
19.  Doctor of the Church who was born in fourth-century Egypt
21.  Achy
22.  Farm females
23.  Occurrences
25.  Procession
29.  Snare
30.  Baseball family name
31.  Challenge
34.  Humiliate
38.  Mobs
40.  Actor ___ Chaney
41.  Wearies
42.  Follow
43.  Director ____ Preminger
45.  Robin’s home
46.  “Smooth Operator” singer
48.  1978 musical starring John Travolta
50.  Baby’s toy
53.  Skin opening
55.  Jai ____
56.  Famed theologian and Bishop of Ruspe who was born in fifth-century Tunisia
62.  Nickel or dime
63.  Israel’s airline
64.  _____ firma
65.  Feminine suffix
66.  Jochebed’s wife
67.  Obstacles
68.  Gel
69.  Sews lace
70.  Observes

 

Down

1.   Catholic humorist, ____ Bombeck
2.   Booty
3.   Tub
4.   Famed film canine
5.   Extremely overweight
6.   Capital of France
7.   ____ Ben Adhem
8.   Inferior
9.   Eagle’s claw
10.  Prevent
11.  Foundations
13.  In good shape
15.  _________ Bakhita (Saint and Canossian nun who was born in Sudan in 1864)
20.  Amazed
24.  Immense
25.  Leaf
26.  Actor ____ Alda
27.  Howard and Silver
28.  Author of “Confessions” who was born in third-century Algeria
29.  Big top
32.  Cosmetic additive
33.  Go bad
35.  Zone
36.  Muddle
37.  Villa d’____
39.  Fasten
44.  Mythical monster
47.  Beat
49.  Leases
50.  Contests
51.  Unaccompanied
52.  Pollute
53.  Factory
54.  Leers
57.  Arm bone
58.  Perfect scores
59.  Dies ____
60.  Impel
61.  Backtalk

 

 


Catholic Crossword #1 Solution

Catholic Crossword #1 solution

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Register launches a wordy new feature this week

The Catholic Register is launching a new feature this week. Here’s a clue: What’s a 15-letter term for cruciverbalist?

If you answered a person who creates crossword puzzles you are absolutely correct — and can go to Page 26 to try out our new weekly feature, a Catholic crossword puzzle.

The puzzles are designed to be fun and educational but not too difficult so they can be enjoyed by a broad cross section of readers. Each week will offer a different Church-based theme, such as Canadian saints, religious orders or holy days.

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Weekly Crossword #1 - Oct 2nd 2011

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Crossword #1

 

Across

1.   He loves, to Livy
5.   Boast
9.   Waldorf or Caesar
14.  Machete
15.  Possess
16.  Dish
17.  English prep school
18.  Kazakhstan’s ____ Sea
19.  Roof overhangs
20.  St Francis of Assisi: “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you have men who will deal likewise with ______________”
23.  Suffix for musket
24.  Classic car
25.  Hobbles
28.  Peruse
30.  Bill
33.  Weird
34.  Anthracite
35.  Tend
36.  John Paul II: “Animals possess a soul, and men must love and feel solidarity for our _______________”
39.  Lug
40.  Adolescent
41.  Warms up
42.  Chemical suffix
43.  Lean-to
44.  Handbag
45.  Mimic
46.  Total
47.  Mother Teresa: “They, too, are created by the same loving hand of God which created us ... it is our duty to protect them and promote ______________”
55.  Essence
56.  Time periods
57.  Birch, for one
58.  Golfer Palmer, familiarly
59.  Location
60.  Marsh bird
61.  Currents
62.  Golf ball holders
63.  Morays

 

Down

1.   Help a felon
2.   Butterfly’s cousin
3.   Lotion additive
4.   Novelist ____ Morrison
5.   Irritates
6.   More unusual
7.   Egg-shaped
8.   Healthy
9.   Gushed
10.  Site of an 1836 battle
11.  Wash
12.  Two fives for _ ___
13.  ___ Moines, Iowa
21.  Drive off
22.  Papal vestment
25.  Used car, perhaps
26.  Angry
27.  Unit of distance
28.  Garbed
29.  Merit
30.  Skater Lipinski, et al
31.  Mountain crest
32.  Stein and Affleck
33.  Villa d’____
34.  Manitoba native
35.  “Moonstruck” actress
37.  Early anaesthetic
38.  _____ a ride (hitchhike)
43.  Acts maliciously
44.  Heartbeats
45.  Eagle’s nest
46.  Tablet
47.  Actress ____ Hatcher
48.  Lend a ____ (help out)
49.  Bridge seat
50.  A great lake
51.  French 101 verb
52.  Dies ____
53.  Astronaut ____ Armstrong
54.  Sets
55.  Cap

 


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