| BELIEVERS | The faithful priest in the case of Beebe v HM Customs, removing habit |
| CALLOW | Simon, actor whose film roles include the Reverend Mr Beebe in A Room With A View (6) |
| KNOCK | ITV HM Customs and Excise crime drama, The ----- (5) |
| INLANDREVENUE | British government department which merged with HM Customs and Excise in 2005 (6,7) |
| REDBOOK | The ___ (in the case of Jung) and Little ___ in the case of Chairman Mao (3,4) |
| WEDDED | Married English priest in the middle of the week, perhaps (6) |
| CAIAPHAS | Jewish high priest in the New Testament; son-in-law of Annas |
| WARDBOND | US actor who played the priest in the 1952 film The Quiet American (4,4) |
| ABSOLUTION | A formal remission of sin pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance (10) |
| PAGODA | Priest in the past put up poster in temple (6) |
| REIN | A means to control the heartless old priest in the Royal Navy (4) |
| PARSON | A parish priest in the Church of England (6) |
| ORDER | Heath Ledger was a priest in the ho-hum 2003 thriller, The _____. |
| LAODICEA | 8/9 - in the case of this ancient city of Asia Minor, the Lycus (8) |
| OMSK | 8/9 - in the case of this Siberian centre of learning, the Irtysh (4) |
| GRAZ | 8/9 - in the case of this Austrian centre of learning, the Mur (4) |
| SAMMYDAVISJR | "The Candy Man" singer who played a con man disguised as a priest in "The Cannonball Run": 3 wds. |
| ELIAN | Article by priest in the manner of essayist |
| ELI | High priest in the Book of Samuel |
| VICAR | Senior priest in the Church of England (5) |
