| NICODEMUS | In the New Testament, a Pharisee who supported Jesus against the other Pharisees |
| ARIMATHEA | Joseph of ---, in the New Testament, a wealthy man who laid the body of Jesus in his own tomb (9) |
| TIMOTHY | In the New Testament, a disciple of Paul who became leader of the Christian community at Ephesus (7) |
| BETHESDA | In the New Testament, a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers (8) |
| APOSTLES | In the New Testament, a series of books originally written as letters to the early Christians (8) |
| ANANIAS | In the New Testament, a Jewish Christian of Jerusalem who was struck dead for lying |
| DORCAS | In the New Testament, a charitable woman of Joppa (6) |
| TRIPLECROWN | In rugby union, a victory by Scotland, England, Wales or Ireland in all three games against the others in the annual Six Nations Championship (6,5) |
| ARRESTING | Taking police action against the others in a cartel (9) |
| TURNIP | "_" Townshend, nickname of the 18th-century politician who supported the use of a certain vegetable in crop rotation (6) |
| DOUGHFACE | Any Northerner who supported the South in the Civil War |
| ATLAS | In Greek mythology, the Titan who supported the heavens on his shoulders |
| TSARIST | One who supported the rulers of the Russian empire before the 1917 revolution (7) |
| ISABELLA | Spanish queen who supported the 1492 expedition of Christopher Columbus to find 'the new world' (8) |
| BORED | Was pushing against the other riders but got tired of it (5) |
| POLARISE | Heartless rival deviously putting on act set one against the other (8) |
| BYCOMPARISON | It's said to be odious - after examination of one against the other (2-10) |
| NONSENSE | Only one bridge player perhaps against the other three cobblers (8) |
| COMPARISON | Stirring up minor capos, setting one against the other (10) |
| OPPO | Political research against the other side, slangily (Anagram of POOP) |
