| MERCIFUL | Compassionate? Lucifer, surprisingly, after mass! (8) |
| THEE | You matter, forget the mass! |
| HORDE | Reportedly amass a mass! (5) |
| RESTRAIN | Hold back tears surprisingly after Rex gets home (8) |
| CHEMICAL | One may react with malice surprisingly after church |
| VENDETTA | Close 'Tate', surprisingly, after start of vicious feud |
| HYSTERIA | Uncontrolled emotion affects everyone after Mass (8) |
| AMBROSIA | Delicious food from continent - after mass, brother tucks in (8) |
| GIMCRACK | Shoddy soldier on break after Mass (8) |
| MINISTER | Clergyman is coming in to carry out part of funeral after mass |
| MONASTIC | Brother's caught after mass taking wine |
| MALINGER | After mass, dally around area and feign illness |
| AGNUSDEI | After mass, mad genius composed music for it |
| STEPHANIE | Woman in shape, surprisingly, after consuming most of meal |
| ROADMETAL | Gravel on the way, tailormade surprisingly after I went missing (4,5) |
| BENUMB | Make insensitive men blub surprisingly after losing pounds (6) |
| GUNBOAT | Military vessel got a snub surprisingly after leaving Sweden (7) |
| DEAFAID | Electronic device died surprisingly after displaying a note (4-3) |
| RELAPSE | Fall back asleep surprisingly after run (7) |
| MEAGRE | Agree surprisingly after earliest of manuscripts is poor in quality (6) |
