| EVENSONG | A service held towards the end of the day in an Anglican church (8) |
| ANCESTRESS | Woman from the past in an Anglican church leading to tension (10) |
| AIRILY | Institute in old capital set up at the end of day in an easy way (6) |
| BLACK | _ Narcissus, BBC miniseries set in an Anglican convent in the Himalayas, starring 13 Across, 1 Down & 17 Down (5) |
| QID | Four times a day, in an Rx |
| IRONIC | Like "rain on your wedding day" in an Alanis Morissette hit |
| KNIGHTED | At the end of the day in Kildare, director gets honoured by the neighbours (8) |
| FUNEREAL | Having a mournful, sombre character that typifies a service held after a person's death (8) |
| MASSACRE | A service held on a stretch of ground could lead to wholesale slaughter (8) |
| PECULIAR | Royal ___ , an Anglican church or parish that belongs directly to the monarch (8) |
| KOLNIDRE | Opening prayer of the Jewish service held on the eve of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement); Aramaic, 'all vows' (3,5) |
| FINANCED | Discover pens an Anglican church paid for (8) |
| ELEGANCE | Note on an Anglican church shows style (8) |
| GOSSAMER | Very fine service held in turn by energetic type (8) |
| MIDNIGHT | - - - Mass, church service held late on 24 December (8) |
| TENEBRAE | Christian services held during the three days preceding Easter (8) |
| FRAULEIN | Miss funeral service held on island (8) |
| NAP | Raised surface fibres of a textile such as velvet; short name of a whist-like game; or, a tipster's chief fancy of the day in horse-racing (3) |
| CHAPELRY | Fellow's right to enter diocese - an Anglican district |
| SCORPION | Geniuses save the day in this |
