| RURALDEAN | Man of the church, of the country, and the East perhaps (5,4) |
| WHARTON | Author of novels including The Custom of the Country and The Age of Innocence and the nonfiction The Decoration of Houses (7) |
| SLANDERS | Speaks ill of the country and the Queen on board (8) |
| TEASET | China hard to be isolated from the East, perhaps (3,3) |
| DEERSKIN | Leather used by American Indian around the East perhaps (8) |
| EQUATES | Reduces to an average a quest around the East perhaps (7) |
| YELLOWSEA | Shallow arm of the western Pacific between the Korean peninsula and the east coast of China; Chinese name, Hwang Hai (6,3) |
| CONCORDAT | Written agreement between a country and the Vatican (9) |
| CATHEDRAL | Kitty meeting herald by arrangement in the principal church of the diocese (9) |
| HIGHPOINT | The best bit on a trip east, perhaps |
| BONNARD | Founding member of Les Nabis who painted Two Dogs in a Deserted Street, Cats on the Railing, The Dining Room in the Country and The Open Window (7) |
| FIRTH | Actor in A Month in the Country and The King's Speech whose more recent films include 1917 and the forthcoming The Secret Garden (5) |
| ASHTON | British dancer who choreographed Facade, The Dream, A Month in the Country and the 1971 ballet film The Tales of Beatrix Potter (6) |
| STCLEMENT | Central church of the RAF situated on an island site in the Strand in London (2,7,5) |
| TAIWANESE | I lose power in East, perhaps, as an Oriental type |
| TOMB | The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Thetford, is the only surviving remains in England of a priory who aided pilgrims to Christ's ... (4) |
| COLANDER | A chinois-like kitchen strainer, adopted by "Pastafarians" as the symbolic headgear of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (8) |
| YETIS | What members of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion claim to be descended from |
| GAUDI | Antonio ___, Spanish architect famous for his designs for the church of the Holy Family in Barcelona |
| BESEECH | Request to be the church of the diocese (7) |
