| ASSUMPTION | In Christianity, the bodily ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven at the end of her earthly life (10) |
| RAPTURE | To fundamentalist Christians, the transporting of the faithful to heaven at the Second Coming (7) |
| TEMPORAL | Of earthly life |
| ASSASSINS | Eventual winner Octave Lapize's description of the 30A's organisers as murderers, shouted at them as he led its first ascent of the Col d'Aubisque in 1910 |
| ARMY | Force Mary into going out (4) |
| ITWAS | With 12-Across: Alex Honnold's comment to a reporter yesterday when they asked him what music he listened to during his 91-minute ascent of the Taipei 101 skyscraper |
| CANDLEMAS | In Christianity, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple (9) |
| ANNUNCIATION | In Christianity, the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God (12) |
| MAGNIFICAT | In Christianity, the hymn of the Virgin Mary used as a canticle (10) |
| OBLATION | In Christianity, the offering of the bread and wine of the Eucharist to God (8) |
| LANDMINES | Cause that Princess Diana was involved in towards the end of her life |
| OCTAVE | In Christianity, the period of eight days commencing with a feast day, or the final day of this period (6) |
| TRANNACK | Last week, my nan was hit by a car at the end of her street about one mile from Helston (8) |
| STANZA | On the end of her last letter, I hear Ellie from Laneast composed a few lines of poetry (6) |
| AGNUSDEI | In Christianity, the figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ (5,3) |
| DINAHSHORE | She said "Mmmmmwah" at the end of her shows |
| RELATION | Daughter, perhaps, at the end of her Ecstasy (8) |
| SHIP | Ahoy!: The "poop deck" is a high perch on the stern of a ___ (and is unrelated to the bodily function) |
| PLASTICINE | Modelling material notably used in claymation as the bodily "clay" of Wallace, Gromit or Morph (10) |
| HOLYGHOST | In Christianity, the third person of the trinity (4,5) |
