| CERECLOTH | Church reluctant to store half of priest's old shroud (9) |
| IMAGERY | One has permission to store half of German 28 (7) |
| LAMMAS | First of month welcomed by priests, old feast day (6) |
| APOCRYPHA | A priest, old chap moved when digesting extremes of religiosity in unorthodox books (9) |
| ENFOLD | Examination ends with fine old shroud |
| RELIC | Catholic holds priest's old bone (5) |
| ELIOT | Priest (Old Testament), composer of four quartets (5) |
| ADAPTED | A priest, old-fashioned, got around, moved with the times (7) |
| ISLAMABAD | Question of morality of priest in Asian city |
| ELIMINATE | Get rid of priest, minister and goddess (9) |
| PHOTOSHOP | Improve image of priest at sexy big dance (9) |
| PETERING | In the 11th century, an adherent of a popular party in Milan opposed to marriage of priests (8) |
| ORDINAL | Book containing the forms of services for the ordination of priests, consecration of bishops, etc. in Anglicanism (7) |
| JESUIT | Member of a Roman Catholic order of priests founded in 1534 to do missionary work (6) |
| DRUID | Member of a celtic order of priests |
| CHUTNEY | In pickle, church replaces first of priests in SW London area |
| HIEROCRATIC | Relating to the rule of priests |
| PREACH | Foremost of priests come to deliver a sermon (6) |
| PEW | Leaders of priests equipped with seat in church |
| CLERICAL | Relating to administrative work of priests (8) |