| LIERNES | Architectural elements forming rib vaults such as those in Wells Cathedral (7) |
| ESTOQUODES | Be what you are, motto of eg Wells Cathedral School |
| FLEURONS | Glyphs also called printers' flowers; architectural element forming some Corinthian abaci; or, puff-pastry crescents used to garnish soups and starters (8) |
| GOTHIC | What early style of architecture is characterised by pointed arches and rib vaults? (6) |
| EPISTLE | Writing in the form of a letter, such as those in the New Testament from Apostles to Christians (7) |
| SIGNALS | Gestures, signs and cues conveying messages such as those in semaphore (7) |
| TAILORS | "Knights of the shears", such as those in practice on Savile Row (7) |
| PRAYERS | Religious devotions, such as those in a book by Katherine Parr (7) |
| ECLOGUE | Short poem, especially a pastoral dialogue such as those in Virgil's Bucolica (7) |
| WELLIES | They keep you feet dry (in wells, that is) (7) |
| SILICON | Nonmetallic element forming in coils (7) |
| GUSHERS | Leader of Girl Guides in Wells (7) |
| DIOCESE | Does ice melt in Wells, say (7) |
| FARGONE | Very drunk in Wells Fargo, Nebraska (3,4) |
| RHODIUM | Metallic element forming rose-coloured salts (7) |
| SPARTAN | Austere as those in ancient Greek city |
| ALPHABET | A set of graphemes, such as those in a Latin system forming English or those replicated in pasta for soup (8) |
| HELDENTENOR | Singer capable of 'heavy' dramatic roles in opera, such as those in Wagner (11) |
| PANTHEON | A building serving as a burial place of great people, such as those in Paris and Rome (8) |
| CONIFERS | With woody fruits or strobili formerly called pineapples, trees such as those in the genus Araucaria araucana, dubbed "monkey puzzles" by barrister Charles Austin during a planting ceremony in 1834 (8 |
