| ACUTELY | A reduction applied to diocese with severity |
| GUILLOTINING | Such a reduction applied to (s)quires? (12) |
| AVAILABLE | A bishop housed in a villa, in resort close to diocese, for free (9) |
| BESEECH | Beg to live, going to diocese supported by church (7) |
| OVERSEE | Supervise deliveries to diocese (7) |
| RIGOUR | Tackle occasional roguery with severity (6) |
| CRITIC | What do we call one who judges with severity (6) |
| UNSPARINGLY | with severity |
| STERNLY | with severity |
| PARISH | Subdivision of a diocese with its own church and priest (6) |
| SEERED | Grow furious in diocese with religious education beginning to decline (3,3) |
| UNSEEN | Nun wanders around diocese with unprepared translation (6) |
| BLITHELY | Bishop came down hard on diocese with casual attitude? (8) |
| INSECURE | Vulnerable in diocese with dog locked in? (8) |
| SEESREASON | Diocese, with rector nabbed in time, acts appropriately in the end (4,6) |
| DENT | A depression, ding or dip in a surface caused by a blow; or, any negative effect, such as a reduction in money or resources (4) |
| OFFCUT | Get away with a reduction for a remnant (3,3) |
| NOCLAIMSBONUS | A reduction often applied to insurance policies after one year |
| RUNDOWN | A summary; a reduction in activity, number, size etc; or, a Jamaican stew of seafood cooked in coconut milk (7) |
| CUT | A canal; an edit; an incision; a power outage; or, a reduction (3) |
