| MATTHIAS | Apostle who was chosen to replace Judas after the latter's betrayal of Jesus (8) |
| LIONELSACKVILLE | The first Duke of Dorset who was chosen to inform George I of his accession to the throne in 1714 (6,9) |
| JUDAS | Apostle who was a betrayer |
| GETHSEMANE | Garden near the foot of the Mount of Olives; scene of the betrayal of Jesus (10) |
| BARABBAS | Prisoner who was chosen by the crowd to be set free by Pontius Pilate (8) |
| DENMARK | 1992 Euro winner; this country played only because Yugoslavia was disqualified after the latter's breakup |
| SEYMOUR | Succeeding Anne Boleyn as queen consort 11 days after the latter's execution, Henry VIII's third and favourite wife, Edward VI's mother (7) |
| BRAN | Game of Thrones character who was chosen for the Iron Throne in the final episode |
| NEHI | Brand whose name was chosen to remind people of its bottles' height |
| DISCOVERY | It was chosen to make NASA's 100th shuttle voyage |
| CURACAO | Drink a round, chosen to replace unknown in junior minister's officer |
| ASISCSCUTELLA | Blocks chosen to replace anxiety in scares |
| SELECTS | Blocks chosen to replace anxiety in scares |
| DOUGHNUT | A deep-fried ball or ring of batter; or, reminiscent of the latter's shape, an annulus or torus (8) |
| PORTLAND | Peninsula on Dorset's Jurassic Coast whose limestone was chosen by Sir Christopher Wren to rebuild St Paul's Cathedral following its destruction by fire in 1666 (8) |
| ISEULT | One of the spellings of the wife of Mark of Cornwall who was in love with the latter's knight, Tristan (6) |
| HUYGENS | Dutch scientist who invented the pendulum clock, founded the wave theory of light, first recognised the true shape of Satum's rings and discovered the latter's moon. Titan (7) |
| JUDASISCARIOT | In the New Testament, the apostle who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver (5,8) |
| ADULTERY | Betrayal of a partner |
| SHELLOUT | Pay hospital in betrayal of principles (5,3) |
