| SANCTUARY | A holy place, consecrated building or shrine (9) |
| TEMPLE | Head's part in consecrated building |
| ANTECHAPEL | Bombing palace, then part of consecrated building |
| MINSTERS | Members of clergy -- second one's abandoned consecrated buildings (8) |
| CHURCHES | Consecrated buildings (8) |
| SYNAGOGUE | Ganges, you represent a holy place (9) |
| TOTEMPOLE | A tribal symbol to love in a holy place (5,4) |
| DESECRATE | Show lack of respect in a holy place |
| SANCTUM | A holy place or shrine in churches and temples (7) |
| QUEST | Whether a knight's crusade for the Grail, a pilgrim's progress to a holy place, a philosopher's pursuit of truth, a hound's hunt for game or a computer's scan for data, it is a word, from "ask, seek", |
| PILGRIM | A traveller to a holy place (7) |
| MECCA | Get me and two hundred more to a holy place |
| SHRINE | Her sin destroyed a holy place (6) |
| PILGRIMAGE | Journey to a holy place (10) |
| MISSION | Errand to a holy place? (7) |
| TABERNACLE | Table inlaid with nacre design for a holy place |
| TEMPLATE | At entering a holy place, cut round it (8) |
| PERIDOT | Ornamenting the Grand Reliquary of the Magi or Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne, a semiprecious gem or mineral with an emerald- or jade-coloured hue (7) |
| SHRINKING | Withdrawing from holy place after sacrificing the last monarch (9) |
| PAGODA | From "idol house, divine", a many-tiered Eastern tower or shrine, depicted in Western chinoiserie design (6) |
