....SHREDS AND PATCHES....
This word puzzle (I hesitate to call it a crossword) is dedicated to the many
people at Fulwood Methodist Church who do so much to keep everything in great
order. All these practical people leave me standing with their skills and
ingenuity. Thanks to them for all they do.
The title comes to me because so often they make better use of what I would
simply discard. Our world needs that and we all benefit from it. But the phrase
itself comes from another source which figures prominently in the puzzle itself.
Hope that makes sense.
Clues marked with an * indicate the answers are linked with the source just
mentioned.
Happy puzzling.
Ken Wales
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ACROSS
1 Country setting for 12 across (5)
6 * Character who held too many offices at one time (7)
9 Acceptable answer (2)
11 Footwear for the perfect beach, Jolson. (6)
12 * Crunchy biscuit, ninth of fourteen separate works (6)
14 * Imaginary place of perfection; next to their last (6)
15 Technology which helps us to see each other in isolation (4)
16 Played by Kathy Staff and famed for her wrinkled stockings (4)
17 The sort of car to be inherited (6)
18 * Character in Iolanthe - not Mr Hunt and several more in 2022 (10)
19 * Hotel, theatre (5)
22 * They provide an expensive boat trip... (10)
26 Quercus robur is the scientific name for one of two species of these trees in
this country (3)
27 * Opera carrying the same name as the Violet flower in Greek (8)
28 Vaughan Williams' seems to be ascending for a laugh (4)
30 ....where 22 across ply their trade (6)
32 Sounds like Hammerstein's musical partner; actually two or more jolly ones
might be seen flying in 2 across (6)
34 The colour in classical art used to denote the mother of Jesus. (4)
35 Singer or detective? Could be either! (4)
36 Don't start to change something make it better (4)
37 * The job of 3 down and 5 down in Titipu (11)
DOWN
1 * Name of the captain's daughter in one of the operas - and Napoloeon's close
friend. (9)
2 * Where the Pirates came from (8)
3 * See 5 down (2)
4 Listen, when Wesley (and Whitfield) tell you - t'angels are bawling!! (4)
5 * (with 3 down) Sounds like comforting bedtime drink; fearful figure from 12
across (2)
7 Lyrical partner of 32 across (11)
8 * Men of substance, wealth, land and character who formed the Guard. (6)
10 * Obsessed noblewoman, the villain of 12 across (7)
13 Do you get deliveries from this forest? (6)
20 In full, it sounds like he delivers the fuel. Surname of American musician
for whom almost 'anything goes'. (6)
21 Is king tumbling on a slippy slope? (6)
22 * Partner of 24 down - the lyrical one. (7)
23 * Tax burden? - underlying theme of several of the works (4)
24 * Partner of 22 down - the noted one (8)
25 * Dukas' one was an apprentice - 22 down and 24 down's was based on a
Christmas story. (8)
29 Saw first woman before last section of Bible - that's something to write home
about (5)
31 Current form for dating events after birth of Jesus previously AD (2)
33 Typically, a verse in praise of someone or something (3)
34 A short farewell or an extra on the pitch. (3)