| EMBERDAYS | Any of four groups of three days of prayer and fasting in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Church (5, |
| QUADRILLE | A square dance for four or more couples; a four-handed game played with 40 cards; or, historically, one of four groups of horsemen taking part in a carousel or tournament (9) |
| ASH | ___ Wednesday (holy day of prayer and fasting) |
| BELTBUCKLE | Clothing accessory, perhaps ... or what you can see in each of four groups of circles? |
| SPACE | Room in resort supported by the Anglican church (5) |
| RECCE | Preliminary inspection in park by Anglican church (5) |
| ESSEN | German city being without Anglican church (5) |
| EMBERDAY | Part of a quarterly Christian occasion of special prayer and fasting, e.g. the Wednesday, Friday or Saturday following the Feast of Saint Lucy (13 December) (5,3) |
| JOACHIM | The father of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions (7) |
| SEPTUAGESIMA | Name given to the third from last Sunday before Lent in the Catholic and Anglican churches |
| FORTY | Number of days and nights that Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness (5) |
| LENT | Time of prayer and fasting |
| BUCCANEERARCHIPELAGO | Four groups of islands situated in Western Australia near the entrance to King Sound and Collier Bay |
| ARMAGH | Ecclesiastical capital of Ireland, seat of its Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland archbishoprics (6) |
| SUIT | Complete set of armour; or, any one of the four groups into which packs of playing cards are divided (4) |
| DEACON | In the Roman Catholic and other Episcopal churches, an ordained minister ranking immediately below a priest (6) |
| RAMADAN | Period of strict fasting in the ninth month of the Muslim year (7) |
| EPISCOPACY | Government by bishops, as in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches (10) |
| MISSAL | Book of prayers and other texts used in Catholic services over the course of a year |
| CONNECT | Never miss quiz show which inspired four groups of four in this grid |
