| MOSTREVEREND | In Britain, a courtesy title applied to Anglican and Roman Catholic archbishops (4,8) |
| ARMAGH | Seat of Protestant and Catholic archbishops in Northern Ireland (6) |
| CORNISHPASTY | In Britain, a pastry case with a filling of meat and vegetables (7,5) |
| DIOCESAN | ____ bishop, senior cleric in the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches (8) |
| LORD | A master of a feudal manor; a courtesy title given to the son or heir apparent of a duke, earl or marquess; or, a manner of address for a bishop or a judge (4) |
| KINGSCOUNSEL | In the UK, a senior trial lawyer appointed by the monarch (5,7) |
| REGINALDPOLE | The last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, who held the office during the Counter Reformation (8,4) |
| WALSINGHAM | Norfolk village with Anglican and Roman Catholic shrines (10) |
| CATHEDRALS | Suspect death is within recall of heads of some leading Anglican and Roman Catholic churches |
| KITEMARK | In Britain, a symbol attached to products that have met certain standards of safety and quality (8) |
| BEY | Formerly used in Turkey and Egypt as a courtesy title (3) |
| ABBE | A courtesy title for a priest in France (4) |
| BUDDHA | A title applied to Siddhartha Gautama, nobleman and religious teacher (6) |
| SUPERINTENDENT | In Britain, a senior police officer higher in rank than an inspector (14) |
| SILVERDISC | In Britain, a record album certified to have sold 60,000 copies (6,4) |
| ELVENKING | Title applied to Thranduil in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit (9) |
| ROYAL | Title applied to a London park such as Kensington Gardens (5) |
| GRADE | In the UK, a music exam on a scale from 1 to 8; or, a category given to a listed building, I, II* or IIA (5) |
| HEENAN | John ?, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster who died in 1975 (6) |
| CHRISM | A mixture of olive oil and balsam used for sacramental anointing in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches |
