| PETERSBURG | City in America canonised in Russia (10) |
| BERNADETTE | Saint, French peasant girl canonised in 1933 (10) |
| SACRAMENTO | Actor means to break city in America (10) |
| PITTSBURGH | Reward for waiting up for Eliot coming from old Scottish borough to industrial city in America (10) |
| SALMONELLA | Swimmer from the Spanish city in America with stomach-turning bug (10) |
| GNASHVILLE | Angriest city in America? |
| LOSANGELES | Genoa sells out to city in America (3,7) |
| TERESA | Mother ___ of Calcutta, Roman Catholic nun awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and canonised in 2016 (6) |
| OGILVIE | St. John ---, Jesuit priest who died in 1615 and was canonised in 1976 (7) |
| STAIR | Melody canonised in flight? (5) |
| PIO | Stigmata sufferer canonised in 2002. (3) |
| DUNSTAN | Early Archbishop of Canterbury and royal adviser canonised in 1029 |
| BEDE | English historian (c 673 - 735), canonised in 1899 (4) |
| STANDSTILL | Stop two canonised people in a bad way? (10) |
| JOANOFARC | French national heroine also known as the Maid of Orleans (c. 1412-31),canonised in 1920 (4,2,3) |
| FRANCIS | Italian monk, originally Giovanni Francesco Bemardone, canonised in 1228 (5,7,2,6) |
| SAINT | Italian monk, originally Giovanni Francesco Bemardone, canonised in 1228 (5,7,2,6) |
| OFASSISI | Italian monk, originally Giovanni Francesco Bemardone, canonised in 1228 (5,7,2,6) |
| DUSTJACKET | Novel cover canonised ripper in song (4,6) |
| GROZNY | Greek lightweight going to city in America or city in Chechnya |
