| COLUMBA | Irish saint credited with spreading Christianity in Scotland (7) |
| IONA | Island in the Inner Hebrides, the 'birthplace of Christianity in Scotland' (4) |
| OMISSIONS | Nothing is given to organisations for spreading Christianity ___ they"re not included (9) |
| PATRICK | Hoax used by old man on Irish saint (7) |
| BRENDAN | Early Irish saint and voyager (7) |
| LEVEL | Fair conditions, even with spreading net widely? (5,7,5) |
| GESU | Central figure of Christianity, in Florence |
| EDESSA | Early center of Christianity in Mesopotamia |
| CEDAR | Coniferous tree with spreading branches, needlelike evergreen leaves and barrel-shaped cones (5) |
| OLIVEOIL | Soap ingredient from supplier with spreading branches (5-3) |
| DUTCHELM | Hybrid tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches (5,3) |
| COLU | Which Irish saint founded a famous monastery on Iona in the Sixth Century? (7) |
| DRUID | A follower of a Celtic religion, supplanted by Christianity, in Gaul and British Isles (5) |
| PATRIOTIC | Irish saint shortly filled with love raised appeal for his country |
| ELMS | Trees with spreading branches |
| SOURWEED | Alternative name for sheep's sorrel (Rumex acetosella), a plant with spreading rhizomes (8) |
| AIDEN | Irish saint who founded the monastery at Lindisfarne (5) |
| FIRST | Following Irish saint at the outset (5) |
| BRIDGE | Game Irish saint can't finish |
| DECLAN | Dismiss from family an Irish saint? |
