| BENEFICE | A church living (8) |
| BENEFIC | Almost all church living is benign (7) |
| GETRICHQUICK | One right, say, to retire, with church living no longer very profitable |
| SACRISTY | A room in a church where a priest prepares for a service (8) |
| PANTHEON | It was built as a temple in the Campus Martius, Rome, by Marcus Agrippa, 27 BCE. It is now used as a church. The body of the building is an immense circular space lit solely a 27-foot (8-metre) "eye," |
| CROSSING | A voyage across a body of water; or, the intersection of the transepts and nave in a church (8) |
| CRUCIFER | From the Latin for "cross", a person carrying a small rood in a church procession; or, a brassica with four-petalled cross-shaped flowers, such as broccoli, cabbage, collard, kale, mustard or turnip ( |
| BASILICA | What is a large Roman building used as a public meeting place, or one converted to a church? (8) |
| GAZPACHO | Name, linked to "treasure-chest in a church" and "remnants", for a cold Spanish soup comprising a wealth of salad vegetables/fruits (8) |
| MINISTER | A priest ___ one in a church (8) |
| OFFERING | A gift; or, a church collection (8) |
| BETJEMAN | UK Poet Laureate 1972-84 who wrote A Few Late Chrysanthemums, Summoned by Bells, Diary of a Church Mouse, Trains and Buttered Toast: Selected Radio Talks and Tennis Whites and Teacakes (8) |
| ADVOWSON | The right of appointing a clergyman to a church benefice. (8) |
| APPROACH | Speak to a priest on behalf of a church (8) |
| DIOCESAN | Relating to a church district under a bishop (8) |
| MASSAGES | Matures at a church service? Needs spell a new change? (8) |
| VICARAGE | An official residence provided by a church; in Holmes Chapel, near Crewe, The ___ is a refurbished 17th-century Grade II listed country pub with rooms (8) |
| CHOIRBOY | A young male who sings in an organised group of singers in a church or cathedral (8) |
| THURIBLE | Metal container swung on a chain during a church service to release the fumes of burning incense (8) |
| LUTHERAN | Any member of a church founded on the doctrines of a German Protestant theologian, 1483-1546 (8) |
