| STALBAN | Christian martyr, supposedly executed after switching clothes with a hunted priest; a Herts town is named after him (2,5) |
| TRAMPING | A politician visiting Herts town is going on a walking tour (8) |
| AWARE | Knowing What's Going On in a Herts town (5) |
| ALBAN | First British martyr, supposedly born in Verulamium |
| LLAMA | A one-Llama is a priest; a two-L ___ is a beast (5) |
| BAR | Setting for many a joke with a priest, a pastor and a rabbi |
| WARDROBE | Collection of clothes with a frayed border (8) |
| IRONED | Took creases out of clothes with a hot appliance (6) |
| GUYFAWKES | Man puts on clothes with a conspirator... |
| ALIVE | Denim clothes with a portmanteau name |
| JORTS | Denim clothes with a portmanteau name |
| QUARRY | From Latin for "to square", a deep open-cast pit where stone is mined away; or, from "a hide", a hunted animal or prey (6) |
| JOKE | "A priest, a rabbi and an imam walk into a bar..." story |
| THRILLERS | Murderers executed after throttling first three characters in "Tales of Adventure" (9) |
| MESSALINA | Third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, executed after an apparent attempt to seize power in Rome (9) |
| NAGY | Who was the Hungarian leader executed after the 1956 uprising? (4) |
| BYNG | John, English admiral executed after failing to relieve Minorca (4) |
| REVEL | It's fun giving a priest a bit of help (5) |
| SPOOR | A track or trail, especially of a hunted animal (5) |
| GAMY | Having a strong flavour of a hunted wild animal (4) |
