| CHARTRES | Cathedral city where church converted Sartre (8) |
| CHESSMAN | Church converted manses for bishop, say (8) |
| SACRISTY | Room where church vestments are kept |
| RIPON | Yorkshire cathedral city where Angela loses piano (5) |
| CHESTER | Cathedral city where box given to queen |
| ROUEN | 1431: Cathedral city where Joan of Arc was executed |
| ARAMAIC | Language in extremely old church converted into American |
| ARCHDUCHY | Day church converted Austrian prince’s estate |
| EASTEND | A number seated round where church altar is situated (4,3) |
| INSPIRE | Where church reveals its purpose to provide vision (7) |
| CRINGE | Wince in embarrassment where church welcomes cartel (6) |
| APSE | This may be the end where church-builders are concerned (4) |
| BELFRY | Where church bells hang (6) |
| BIBLEBELT | Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia etc, where church attendance is high (5,4) |
| NUNSMOKINGAREAS | Churchyard areas where church ladies can have a quick drag but no one else can? |
| CHILD | Temple say, where church dignitary originally involved in criminal trials (5,4) |
| STAR | Temple say, where church dignitary originally involved in criminal trials (5,4) |
| TRAINERS | Surprisingly, Sartre in with those looking after the horses (8) |
| APOSTATE | He no longer believes in a position Sartre oddly rejected (8) |
| REARMOST | Army doctor in Sartre novel appears at the very end (8) |
