| ENSOR | Belgian painter James of Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 |
| PALMSUNDAY | Day commemorating Christ's entry into Jerusalem (4,6) |
| EDITHCAVELL | British nurse, executed in Brussels in 1915 |
| HOLLY | Once used by boys and men of Tenby, Wales, to whip unsuspecting girls on Boxing Day in a courting ritual of "holming", a plant with prickly leaves evocative of Christ's crown of thorns at the Crucifix |
| ENLACED | Intertwined with Brussels, in the end! (7) |
| STATIONS | ___ of the Cross, a series of 14 crosses arranged around the walls of a church to commemorate the stages of Christ's journey to Calvary (8) |
| ENACUPIP | Belgian surrealist painter James |
| KILIMANJARO | Dormant volcano in Africa which is one of the Seven Summits of the world and which was first climbed in 1889 |
| CHAPLIN | A legend of screen comedy, born in London in 1889 (7) |
| ARMAGH | In part of LMR 45739 province in 1889, Ireland's worst rail disaster (6) |
| REDOUTE | Belgian painter and botanist recognised as one of the greatest botanical illustrators of all time (7) |
| HENRYVANDEVELDE | Belgian painter (1863-1957) considered to be one of the founders of Art Nouveau there |
| HEROD | Who was king of Judea at the time of Christ's birth? (5) |
| GOSPEL | The record of Christ's life and teachings in the new testament |
| GALILEE | A northern region of Israel, scene of Christ's early ministry (7) |
| DIEGO | Spanish forename derived from the name of one of Christ's 12 apostles |
| TRANSFIGURATION | Glorification of Christ's appearance before three of his disciples (15) |
| SAMARITAN | The Good --, compassionate figure in one of Christ's parables (9) |
| ILIAD | Story in film uncovered the first year of Christ's life? (5) |
| STIGMA | Sign of disgrace or public disapproval; originally the marks of Christ's wounds (6) |
