Crossword help please

Is your M in the right position? 'Omega' (the end) would seem to fit the clue.

Hi Cafta


My suggestion is "stela".

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the replies. I did think of stela. The M comes from my answer MITRE to the clue "The liturgical head-dress and part of the insignia of a bishop"(5). Otherwise I would need another answer S?T?E.
The A I"m sure is correct as it comes from OBSERVATORE ROMANO which is the vatican newspaper. Any other ideas?

Hi Cafta

How are you getting on with that word? I have found 823 words that fit your combination but haven't got the time to check them individually? Have you?

Wow! So many words. Have checked quite a few through the dictionary website www.onelook.com . The closest I've come to is MENSA - (ecclesiastical) The top surface of an altar. This doesn't quite fit the clue though. So am still stumped!! I hate being beaten especially with only one word to find!

Yes, I'm like you I'll keep searching till I find the answer. The 823 words I found are from the site you mentioned, I suppose if you systematically checked them all you must strike pay dirt sooner or later.

Will keep looking for you whenever I have a spare minute.

Is it possible to approach this from another angle? What are the clues for the missing letters? Maybe we can fill in a letter or two and narrow it further.

The clue seems to me to be asking for a word that was commonly inscribed on gravestones, but that could be open for interpretation also.

Unfortunately there are no intersecting clues for the other letters, so am stuck with M???A. What if the M were an S. Any word for "The liturgical headdress and part of the insignia of a bishop"(5) that would fit S?T?E. As stated before I have MITRE for this.

Mitre in my view is the correct answer for the question you have. I have tried the combination s?t?e but can't find any word to fit the the question. On with the search.

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I've just found a site that state that originally altars were erected to celebrate the deaths of martyrs and where possible erected directly above thir tombs so I think 'mensa' must be the correct word

Hi cafta & podplay

Good to know that more people are looking for this elusive answer. I don't know wether "mensa" is the word though when looking at the following definition:
men•sa

Pronunciation: (men'su),
1. Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
2. (cap.) Astron.the Table, a southern constellation near Octans.

Thanks for the help. Looks like I might be stumped by this one. Competition closes soon, so will probably go with MENSA even though this doesn't really fit the clue. Will still keep looking till the last minute, then will have to await the solution when it gets published!

I'm intrigued, please print answer when it becomes known, good one for the black book. Incidently in which publication did it appear?

Will certainly post the answer when it is published. Thank you all again for the help. This clue was from a competition crossword sent out to Crossword Club members for July. To join The Crossword Club you pay a couple of dollars a month and are sent a newsletter and a set of competition crosswords each month. I'm addicted to these competitions and the Lovatt crosswords. If you're interested in joining their address is:
The Crossword Club, PO Box 203, Mona Vale, NSW, 1660.
ph: (02)99860888

Hi Cafta

Thank you for that information, have applied for an information packet.

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I am stumped on this one too. I can only think that the answer in MENSA