| FROWNS | Confesses to the priest, who looks disapproving (6) |
| ADMITS | Confesses to finding millions in mine entrance at the beginning of September (6) |
| CLOWNS | Cowell, gutted, confesses to creating figures of fun (6) |
| OWNSUP | Confesses to being part of a town's uprising (4,2) |
| LAOCOON | In Greek mythology, the priest who warned the Trojans against accepting the Greeks' wooden horse (7) |
| JETHRO | In the Old Testament, a Midianite priest who became father-in-law to Moses (6) |
| UNIONMAN | The priest who married father and mother of Jim Larkin? (5,3) |
| JEHOIADA | The priest who strengthened himself (2 Chron. 23 |
| RELIED | Trusted old priest who was in the red |
| SHAMAN | High priest who heals the sick |
| PRISON | Nick priest who's working (6) |
| COLES | Surname of Richard, the priest who took part in Strictly in 2017 (5) |
| PARSON | Priest who's soft on crime |
| DRUIDS | Celtic priests who traditionally hold ceremonies at Stonehenge (6) |
| LAMA | The French go to mother - we go to the priest (4) |
| BIRETTA | Thanks to the tribe it is restricted to the priest's head |
| CHAPLAIN | The fellow had been lying to the priest (8) |
| AMEN | Parishioners' response to the priest, often |
| TOPIC | Theme for sermon given to the priest in charge (5) |
| TAKESTHEBLAME | Confesses to father perhaps, the vampire slayers lost the head with most of them getting criticism (5,3,5) |
