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mra1 | 20:28 Sat 01st Dec 2012 | Crosswords
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1D Brought up as an Anglican perhaps I am making infintesimal progress M?C??? and 16A He passed on belt just before unsheathing dagger ??E?U (I can oly get eiither Obelus or Erebus but cannot get the wordplay)

Can anyone assist? I can usually do this particular weekly unaided but not today!
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obelus is a dagger
1 Down is MICRON

An Anglican is "NO R(oman) C(atholic), I am is I'M, brought up is MICRON
1d: Something like 'Micron' ?
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Many thanks!
Obelus is a dagger, but what is the wordplay? "us" is "just" after unsheathing, but I can't explain the rest of it
he passed on = O.B., belt just before unsheathing = (b)EL(t) (j)US(t)
thanks bibblebub
you were probably just about to get it anyway

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