| DEVOTION | Ardour for one of several prayers, perhaps (8) |
| ARMOUR | Mum replaces Dad in ardour for protection (6) |
| ZEAL | Ardour for a cause |
| TOME | Word, from "cut, shear, piece, roll of papyrus", for one of several volumes of a literary work originally, later any large weighty usually scholarly book (4) |
| GROUSE | Game birds finally heading for one of several rivers |
| KNEELS | Prepares for prayers, perhaps |
| KNEEDRILL | Miss Right inside still making genuflected prayers, perhaps |
| ATYOURSERVICE | . . . listening to your prayers, perhaps, and ready to help (2,4,7) |
| AMEN | Closing word of a prayer, perhaps for forgiveness for the Machiavellian cruelty of one's garden maintenance practices |
| STANDARD | Flag, out of lust and ardour (8) |
| ARMOURED | Protected me with ardour when agitated (8) |
| APSE | Projection for prayer, perhaps |
| KNELT | Prepared for prayer, perhaps |
| FERVENCY | Ardour (8) |
| KEENNESS | Ardour (8) |
| HEATHERY | Ardour unknown by a woman like Erica |
| LAYMEN | Line, last in prayer, perhaps, enthralling unknown fellows in congregation (6) |
| PRESBYTERIAN | Churchman best in prayer perhaps (12) |
| RAIN | Farmer's prayer, perhaps |
| FIRE | A principle/state of combustion requiring the interaction of a "triangle" of elements comprising fuel, heat and oxygen; or, ardour, fervour or other "burning" emotion (4) |
