Complete Clue List
Across
1. Religious term denoting the Gospel (4,4)
5. Thorny tree (6); "Have them make an ark of ____ wood" (Ex. 25:10 [NIV])
9. Wedded couples (8)
10. Not alert to danger (6); "The Lord protects the ____" (Ps. 116:6 [NIV])
12. ____ : Judaism :: Quran : Islam (5)
13. Arabic for "God willing" (9)
14. A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship (12)
18. A prayer to God on behalf of another person (12)
21. EVEN NOAH'S out: "My goodness, absolutely not!" (anag., 7,2)
23. South African playwright ____ Fugard (5) wrote "The Road to Mecca" (1984)
24. "Salve ____" Marian hymn "Hail Holy Queen" (Latin, 6)
25. Nicholas Breakspear, first pope from an English-speaking country; Pope ____ (6,2; incl. Roman num.)
26. Particular (6); "But we cannot discuss these things in ____ now." (Hebrews 9:5 [NIV])
27. Singer's volume? (8 or 4,4)
Down
1. These go from alpha to omega (6)
2. Solar system model (6); also see Genesis 1:1
3. Person next door (UK sp., 9); "Love your ____ as yourself." (Matt. 22:39 [NIV])
4. "When someone invites you to a ____, do not take the place of honor" (7,5; Luke 14:8 [NIV])
6. Flowering tropical plant (5); NOT where Jesus performed his first miracle (John 2:1-12 [NIV])
7. A clergyman ministering to some institution (8)
8. Object, event, action, etc, whatever (8); "Is ____ too hard for the Lord?" (Gen. 18:14 [NIV])
11. Thursday, forty days after Easter, passing of Jesus from earth into heaven (9,3; Acts 1:9 [NIV])
15. Da Vinci's "____ of the Magi" (9)
16. Shriveled up (8); "The vine is dried up and the fig tree is ____" (Joel 1:12 [NIV])
17. Direct (8); "The crooked roads shall become ____, the rough ways smooth." (Luke 3:5 [NIV])
19. Japanese religion whose name means "way of the gods" (6)
20. Bratislava resident (6); the country is predominantly Christian
22. World-weariness (5)