| VERITABLE | It's true, I"ll join vicar over by altar, for example (9) |
| HOMICIDAL | I"ll join detectives in house with male interrupted in connection with murder (9) |
| LIVERWORT | Start of long argument with vicar over filling it with a plant (9) |
| ATLARGE | Altar, for example, could be newly set free (2,5) |
| WESTWARD | We"ll join crew member leaving European capital, bound for America? (8) |
| IRRITABLE | Bishop among pair in Rome by altar, say, and cross (9) |
| REALISING | Cashing in? It's true, I confess |
| ALBATROSS | Bird by altar sobs uncontrollably (9) |
| FRUITTREE | True, I fret about what's in the orchard (5,4) |
| IDOLISE | It's true, I tell tales to keep son in worship (7) |
| TAKEITFROMME | It's true, I don't want it |
| SINCERE | It's true I moved the screen around (7) |
| REALTY | It's true I got rid of property abroad (6) |
| POLICECONSTABLE | Bobby cut round symbols covering church altar for one (6,9) |
| NOLIE | "It's true, I swear!": 2 wds. |
| VOW | "I do" at the altar, for one |
| MILIEU | True, I limp over part of my surroundings (6) |
| ERUDITE | Learned it's true I"d gone out East (7) |
| LITERATURE | It's true I alter a variety of printed matter (10) |
| CHANCEL | Part of church by altar |