Tablet

[dave1948]

14a Horse or pig meat is served in a Canaan town (6)
H???A?

4d Pilate for example is one to control the pace (8)
?O???N??

8a Saint, priest I set next to little boy (8)
P?A???E?

[dave1948]

My goodness has this defeated all the experts ??

[iminoz]

4 governor

[shaneystar2]

14a Hamath ...possibly

Tablet is the name of the crossword methyl. It's a magazine .

[dave1948]

It is from "The Tablet" 4 January 2014

Assuming governor is 4d
14a is now H?R?A?
8a is now P?A?E?E?

[shaneystar2]

8a Praxedes ?

[dave1948]

Thank you Shaneystar 2
If Hamath were right 4d would be
?O???N?M

[iminoz]

Horham?

[dave1948]

Thank you Shameystar I have seen praxedes which does fit but I cannot see how it goes with the clue

[dave1948]

Thank you Iminoz

Horham would fit again

[bibblebub]

i've spent some time trying to find a connection between Horham and Canaan without success

is the crossword setter called Axe?
if so then 8a is priest = PR, i = AXE, little boy = DES

[shaneystar2]

There's a town called Harman in West Virginia in the Canaan Valley.
But that's not the biblical Canaan :)

[dave1948]

What a genius Bibblebub

You are right compiler is AXe

[dave1948]

Thank you Shaneystar
Though Tablet is catholic and biblical in parts. I think Harman could be right

[dave1948]

It is a weekly catholic magazine published in London. If you google "the Tablet" you will find its website

[bibblebub]

and make sure you include your inside leg measurement 'cos that'll probably be crucial sometime