| NUNCDIMITTIS | Christian canticle, setting of the song of Simeon |
| LIMOUSINE | Setting of the song "Partition" |
| ANDORRAN | Latin name for the Song of Simeon (4,8) |
| NUNC | ___ Dimittis, the Latin name for the Canticle of Simeon |
| NUN | Religious woman starts the Canticle of Simeon (3) |
| MAHLER | Gustav, composer of The Song of the Earth (6) |
| ANN | Middle name of Lee Womack, whose '00 inspirational hit "I Hope You Dance" was named one of the Songs of the Century |
| LONGFELLOW | US poet, author of 'The Song of Hiawatha' (10) |
| PSALM | One of the songs of David (5) |
| ALED | _ Jones, one of the Songs of Praise presenting team (4) |
| DIMITTIS | Prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32), often in a musical setting (8) |
| LEVI | A brother of Simeon |
| OHAD | A son of Simeon (Gen 46:10) |
| ICTUS | Stress the second half of the canticle of Zacharias (5) |
| APRILCOMESHEWILL | Simon & Garfunkel song that was the B-side of the hit single Scarborough Fair Canticle (3,5.3,4) |
| SITWELL | "The Canticle of the Rose" poet |
| MAGNIFICAT | The hymn of the Virgin Mary, used as a canticle (10) |
| BENEDICITE | Archaic word meaning "Bless ye", and a canticle starting "O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord" |
| BENEDICTUS | Canticle found in the Gospel of Luke (10) |
| RICE | Anne, author of the novels Blood Canticle and Merrick (4) |
