| ASCENSIONDAY | Maverick canonised, say, in religious festival (9,3) |
| DIWALI | Artist capturing female group on rise in religious festival (6) |
| PASSOVER | Elements of football and cricket used in religious festival (8) |
| EYELID | Cry endlessly in religious festival - one dropped to sleep? |
| DIVALI | Singer and boxer linked in religious festival (6) |
| ASCENSIONTIDE | India's sect, one involved in religious festival |
| PETERSBURG | City in America canonised in Russia (10) |
| TERESA | Mother ___ of Calcutta, Roman Catholic nun awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and canonised in 2016 (6) |
| CONDENSATION | In summarisation, replacement not canonised (12) |
| DUSTJACKET | Novel cover canonised ripper in song (4,6) |
| STAIR | Melody canonised in flight? (5) |
| PIO | Stigmata sufferer canonised in 2002. (3) |
| THOMASABECKET | Archbishop of Canterbury canonised after his murder in 1170 |
| BERNADETTE | Saint, French peasant girl canonised in 1933 (10) |
| DUNSTAN | Early Archbishop of Canterbury and royal adviser canonised in 1029 |
| BEDE | English historian (c 673 - 735), canonised in 1899 (4) |
| OGILVIE | St. John, Scottish Jesuit priest and martyr canonised in 1976 (7) |
| STRONGER | Better recognition finally in canonised Federer? (8) |
| DELASALLE | Jean-Baptiste ___, canonised French priest proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers of youth in 1950 |
| JOANOFARC | French national heroine also known as the Maid of Orleans (c. 1412-31),canonised in 1920 (4,2,3) |