| RECESSIONAL | In Christianity, a hymn sung as the clergy and choir withdraw from a church after a service (11) |
| ESTATE | Component of the medieval social order, such as the clergy or nobility (6) |
| INTROIT | A short prayer said or sung as the celebrant is entering the sanctuary to celebrate Mass |
| NATTERS | They are sung as the worker sews down the edges (7) |
| SYNE | Word sung as the year changes |
| RETURN | Shot after a service |
| ERASER | Some time after a service one gets rid of data (6) |
| HONEYMOON | Break after a service (9) |
| ABIDEWITHME | Hymn sung before the kick-off of the FA Cup Final (5,4,2) |
| CHANCEL | Opening large part of a church reserved for the clergy and choir (7) |
| BEMAS | Church areas, usually for the clergy and choir |
| CHIAROSCURO | Caruso and choir destroyed subtle use of light and shade |
| PREHISTORIC | Arrangement by priest and choir before written records (11) |
| ASSUMEDNAME | Rock Me Amadeus regularly sung as Falco, for instance |
| BEMA | Place for the clergy and choir |
| ANTIPHON | A short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service |
| KINGSLEY | Priestly polymath who was a champion of "muscular Christianity", a chaplain to Queen Victoria and also John Henry Newman's theological foe, but is perhaps best known as the author of The Water-Babies |
| TEXT | A "H0 H0 H0, C U @ Xmas" SMS from a phone; or, a scriptural message from a church or a king's throne (4) |
| WAFER | In Christianity, a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist (5) |
| LITANY | In Christianity, a form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations, each followed by an unvarying response (6) |
