Complete Clue List
Across
1. Term for people of mixed racial descent like Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen 41:50-52) (derogatory, 4-6)
6. Biblical fruits in Jeremiah 24 that were good and bad (4)
9. Ceremonial, relating to public worship (10)
10. One having second thoughts (4)
12. CATHOLIC EGOS surprisingly relating to the theology of the end of the world (anag., 12)
15. Anonymous, like Lot's wife (Gen 19:26) (8)
16. 16A + 23A: "This is my ____: Love ____ other" (John 15:17) (1st word, decree, 7)
17. BIENS, NO? Translated, a spoken blessing (anag., arch., 7)
19. Belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, like good and evil (7)
20. Annual Christian feast for canonised people, celebrated November 1 (3,6',3)
23. 16A + 23A: "This is my ____: Love ____ other" (John 15:17) (2nd word, every, 4)
24. Trustworthy (10)
25. Some apocryphal sources say the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary were Joachim and ____ (var., 4)
26. Time just before Easter, commemorating of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ (4,6)
Down
1. Hindu festival of colours, marking the coming of spring; sounds sacred (4)
2. "She [the ostrich] lays her eggs on the ground and ____ them warm in the sand" (Job 39:14) (4)
3. December 25 celebration of Jesus's birth (Luke 2) (9,3)
4. Moved, as a horse's tail (7)
5. Adaptable (7)
7. AL-DRUGI HID Shia-Muslim celebration of Prophet Mohammed's final message to mankind (anag., 2,2-6)
8. Overawed (6,4)
11. Ascend a stairway, like the angels of God in Jacob's dream (Gen 28:12) (5,1,6)
13. KAMA HUMBLE about festival: Hindu pilgrims bathe in the River Ganges at Allahbad (anag., var., 6,4)
14. Not relating to the Church of England (2-8)
18. Ordinary guy (3-4)
19. Go down; another action of the angels of God in 11D (7)
21. BODE well for this son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:17) (anag., 4)
22. Say no to; "Whoever wants to be my disciple must ____ themselves..." (Matt 16:24) (4)