| CHIEFRABBI | Fabric he altered with large cut for religious leader (5,5) |
| BUDDHA | Holly, maybe, had always to be cut for religious statue |
| SEVERAL | A large cut for the few (7) |
| RELAXED | Unruffled, dealing with large cut (7) |
| ABI | A big cut for TV personality Ms Titmuss (3) |
| HIGHPRIEST | He is right to be disturbed about power for religious leader (4,6) |
| ESCALATING | Cage's altered with Hispanic person inside hitting the roof? |
| EMERALDCUT | Shape of diamond irregularly altered with introduction of many copper inclusions (7,3) |
| SACERDOTAL | Art deco’s altered with a line of priests |
| AYATOLLAHS | Mayan peeled onion sent over for religious leaders (10) |
| GREYAREA | Ill-defined situation with big cut covering awful year (4,4) |
| THEELEVENTHHOUR | Novel hut there he altered for the last possible time (3,8,4) |
| DELEGATE | As our representative, he altered the date with glee (8) |
| RABBI | Animal with no tail for religious leader |
| WHOLEHEARTED | Zealous and sincere -- how he altered in a riot (12) |
| TELEPHONETAG | A series of missed calls related to elegant top he altered |
| PENSIONSCHEME | Author comes in ? he's altered retirement plan (7,6) |
| ECHELON | Look out, Colonel - he's altered the formation |
| ALLFINGERSAND | Alters with fumbling hands; altered with fumbling hands (3,7,3,6) |
| GOOGLE | Search engine with a logo often altered with special "doodles" (6) |