| DEFENSOR | Latin term for Defender of the Faith, abbreviated to F.D. on British coins (5,8) |
| FIDEI | Latin term for Defender of the Faith, abbreviated to F.D. on British coins (5,8) |
| REGINA | The Queen is Latin, as shortly appears on British coins (6) |
| LEOX | Pope who bestowed the title of Defender of the Faith on Henry VIII |
| GODFATHER | ... animal tender almost taking Defender of the Faith for another (9) |
| FIDEIDEFENSOR | Protector of the faith, inspice nummos Britannicorum |
| LORDPROTECTOR | Oliver Cromwell, defender of the aristocracy? |
| DEFENDER | Of the Faith, a title held by Charles III as head of the Church of England (8) |
| RELIGIOUSLEADERS | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| VIACRUCIS | Latin term for the Way of the Cross, in Christianity (3,6) |
| RUSINURBE | Latin term for the recreation of the countryside within a city (3,2,4) |
| QED | Initials standing for the Latin term for "which was to be shown or proved" (1,1,1) |
| VIA | Which term meaning "by means of" is derived from the Latin term for "way"? (3) |
| FGH | Trio to the right of the D on a keyboard |
| RONDDEJANBE | In ballet, half-circles made by the pointed foot, creating the letter 'D' on the floor (4,2,5) |
| PATRONS | Word, from Latin for "defenders, fathers, protectors", hence its use in a spell for conjuring protecting animals in the Harry Potter books, for advocates, benefactors, guardian saints, regular custome |
| JIHAD | One of the Ancillaries of the Faith |
| AGNOSTIC | One who doubts the validity of the faith is acting so strangely (8) |
| AUTODAFE | Judicial sentence, or its execution, by the Spanish Inquisition; Portuguese, 'act of the faith' (4-2-2) |
| CATHOLIC | Elizabeth was, at first, tolerant of those of the faith (8) |
