| ZACHARIAH | Bible: John the Baptist's father (9) |
| ZACHARIAS | John the Baptist's father |
| TWO | Number of words in the shortest verse in the Bible (John 11:35) |
| NEON | "The ___ Bible" (John Kennedy Toole novel) |
| ELIZABETH | Mother of John the Baptist (9) |
| AGNUS | ____ Dei, John the Baptist's description of Jesus, John 1.29 |
| SALOME | The daughter of Herod who demanded John the Baptist's head (6) |
| REPENT | Heed John the Baptist's advice |
| PHARISEES | Group attacked by John the Baptist |
| LAMBOFGOD | Jesus, to John the Baptist |
| BAPTISMAL | Baptists leave poet Eliot and Mal concerned with christening (9) |
| HERODIAS | In the New Testament, the mother of Salome who asked for the head of John the Baptist (8) |
| HEROD | He ordered the execution of John the Baptist |
| MIDSUMMERDAY | Feast of St John the Baptist (9,3) |
| MIDSUMMERSDAY | June 24, the feast of St John the Baptist |
| ONAPLATTER | Is this where John the Baptist lost the head? That should come easy to you! (2,1,7) |
| BRONZINO | Agnolo, 16th Century painter whose works include The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist (8) |
| TINTORETTO | 16th Century Venetian painter whose works include The Birth of John the Baptist (10) |
| HERODANTIPAS | 1st Century ruler of Galilee and Perea, known for his purported role in the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus (5,7) |
| ANTIPAS | Herod -------, tetrarch of Galilee, who ordered the execution of John the Baptist (7) |
