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Church Times 23 January 2015 solution

Dante notes that the journey described in his Divine Comedy started on Good Friday in the year 1300.

ACROSS

1              LIMPID; limp I’d

5              SIDECAR; is (rev.) + raced (rev.)

10           OFFERTORY; (c)offer Tory

11           VERGE; verge(r)

12           DARED; cf. dread

13           SIREN; re in sn

14           NIP; pin (rev.)

16           ROOTS FOR; roots + of (rev.) + r

17           CHAR; Ch. ar.

20           DEAN; a in den

22           PENUMBRA; pen Umbr(I)a

26           YAM; a in my! (rev.)

27           OVERT; over t

28           PATIO; hidden

29,30     DANTE ALIGHIERI; anag.

31           MARTYRS; arty in Mrs.

32           EXPAND; ex Pan d

DOWN

2              INFERNO; infer no.

3              PARADISO; radis(h) in OAP (rev.)

4              DOORSTOP; rood (rev.) + stop

5              SAYERS; 2 mngs.

6,24        DIVINE COMEDY;

7              CORINTH; anag.

8              RUE; ru(l)e

9              GOOD FRIDAY; d in goof + anag.

15           PURGATORIO; anag.

18           BEATRICE; be a trice

19           JUMP SHIP;

21           ALMONER; anag.

23           BITTERN; bit tern

25           PEDALS; d in peals

29           DOM; mod(ern) (rev.)

 
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