The Parish Magazine December 2024

PUZZLE PAGE — 2
CROSSWORD
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answers in the next issue
November
Solutions
CROSSWORD
11 12
13
14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
Across
1 ACROSS
- Spaces or intervals (4)
31 -- Wonderful
Spaces
(8)
or intervals (4)
9 - Burdensome (7)
3 - Wonderful (8)
10 Heavy iron tool (5)
9 - Burdensome (7)
11 Frozen water (3)
12 10 - Out - Heavy of fashion iron (5) tool (5)
13 11 - Should Frozen (5) water (3)
15 - Eg Pacific or Atlantic 12 - Out of fashion (5)
17 - Use to one's advantage (5)
13 - Should (5)
18 - Research place (abbrev.) (3)
15 - Eg Pacific or Atlantic (5)
19 - Gold block (5)
20 17 -- Herb Use related to one's to parsley advantage (7) (5)
21 18 -- Propose Research a candidate place for (abbrev.) office (8) (3)
22 - Spur on (4)
19 - Gold block (5)
20 - Herb related to parsley (7)
21 - Propose a candidate for office (8)
22 - Spur on (4)
CODEWORD
Down
DOWN 1 - Exaltation (13)
1 - Exaltation
2 - Part of
(13)
(5)
4 - Pondering (6)
2 - Part of (5)
5 - Having an acrid wit (5-7)
4 - Pondering (6)
5 - Having an acrid wit (5-7)
6 - Puts money into a venture (7)
7 - 50th anniversary of a major event (6,7)
6 - Puts 8 money - Worldly (12) into a venture (7)
14 - Mercury alloy (7)
7 - 50th anniversary of a
16 - Evoke (6)
major event (6,7)
18 - Intimate companion (5)
8 - Worldly (12)
14 - Mercury alloy (7)
16 - Evoke (6)
18 - Intimate companion (5)
9 12 8 23 12 4 4 5 17 23 9 8
23 15 9 18 7 26 13
8 11 3 23 23 2 23 17 18 23 13 9
5 9 25 23 12 9 5
22 23 7 12 3 7 17 23 16 23 7 26
5 20 23 15 13 6
7 23 9 20 23 8 14 23 13 18 26 14
10 3 7 16 26 5
13 24 9 13 8 5 20 23 7 23 8 8
15 24 26 17 7 19 26
13 18 5 24 5 9 23 17 5 26 13 18
18 8 7 12 1 12 23
16 13 14 12 10 13 7 1 23 18 21 8
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
U I A
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Each of the nine blocks has to contain all the
numbers 1-9 within its squares. Each number
can only appear once in a row, column or box.
WORDSEARCH
Father Christmas is based on St Nicholas,
who was born in the 3rd Century in the Greek
village of Patara, on what is today the southern
coast of Turkey. His family were both devout
and wealthy, and when his parents died in an
epidemic, Nicholas decided to help people. He
gave to the needy, the sick, the suffering, and
was made Bishop of Myra while still a young
man. As a bishop, he suffered in prison with
other bishops under the emperor Diocletian’s
persecution of Christians.
One story of his generosity explains
why we hang Christmas stockings over
our mantelpieces today. There was a poor
family with three daughters who needed
dowries if they were to marry, and not be
sold into slavery. Nicholas heard of their
plight, and tossed three bags of gold into
their home through an open window – thus
saving the girls from a life of misery. The
bags of gold landed in stockings or shoes
left before the fire to dry. Hence the custom
of children hanging out stockings – in the
hope of attracting presents of their own from
St Nicholas - on Christmas Eve. That is why
three gold balls, sometimes represented as
oranges, are one of the symbols of St Nicholas.
FATHER
CHRISTMAS
NICHOLAS
CENTURY
STOCKINGS
DAUGHTERS
VILLAGE
DEVOUT
WEALTHY
NEEDY
PRISON
EMPEROR
FAMILY
SUFFERING
THREE
MONEY
BORN
THIRD
GREEK
POOR
SICK
CODEWORD
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