| NERTAMID | Lamp that burns in synagogues near the ark of the Law dreamt in novel (3,5) |
| ETERNAL | Kind of flame that burns in memory of the Unknown Soldier |
| LOG | Item that burns in a campfire |
| NOTREDAME | European landmark one dreamt in need of reconstruction (5,4) |
| COVENANT | Biblical chest holding the Ten Commandment tablets, the Ark of the ... |
| TABERNACLE | The portable sanctuary in the form of a tent in which the ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant in the Old Testament |
| DIFFUSER | A photography device that scatters light; a blow-dryer's nozzle that spreads heat over one's hair; or, an aroma lamp that disperses essential oils into the air (8) |
| INHEARSE | Deposit in a coffin here in a ground around back of synagogues (8) |
| SANCTUMSANCTORUM | Innermost chamber of the Jemsalem temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept (7,9) |
| MERCYSEAT | Hebrew Bible: the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant (5,4) |
| STIGMATA | M arks of holiness borne by, eg, St Francis of Assisi |
| RELIC | The Ark of the Covenant, e.g. |
| SACRED | Like the Ark of the Covenant, Biblically |
| CHURCHES | Synagogues |
| ICHABOD | In the Old Testament, the son of Phinehas, born on the day that the Israelites' Ark of God was taken into Philistine captivity |
| SHAMMASH | Synagogue's salaried sexton (Hebrew/Yiddish) (8) |
| BULB | The part of a lamp that the light comes from (4) |
| ARKS | Cupboards in synagogues for law scrolls (4) |
| ALTAR | Temple structure represented by the bimah in synagogues |
| GLOBE | The part of a lamp that lights up when you switch it on (5) |
