| RINGOSTARR | Musician-actor who played The Pope in 1975 biopic Lisztomania |
| RINGO | Musician-actor who played The Pope in 1975 biopic Lisztomania (5,5) |
| STARR | Ringo ___, musician-actor who played The Pope in 1975 film Lisztomania (5) |
| PAULNICHOLAS | Singer and actor who portrayed Richard Wagner in 1975 biopic Lisztomania (4,8) |
| KEITH | Across Musician-actor who played Uncle Ernie in 1975 film musical Tommy (5,4) |
| MOON | Across Musician-actor who played Uncle Ernie in 1975 film musical Tommy (5,4) |
| CLIFF | Jimmy ?, musician-actor who starred in 1972 crime film The Harder They Come |
| HIRT | Trumpeter Al who played "Ave Maria" for the Pope in '87 |
| SISTINE | The chapel of the pope in the Vatican (7) |
| NICHOLAS | Paul, singer-actor whose film roles include Richard Wagner in Lisztomania (8) |
| NEWSTYLE | Solar dating system, introduced by the Pope in 1582, using the Gregorian rather than the Julian calendar |
| RAMSEY | Archbishop of Canterbury whose meeting with the pope in 1966 was the first such event in 400 years (6) |
| PAPAL | And 13 The temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 until the unification of Italy in 1870 (5) |
| STATES | The temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 until the unification of Italy in 1870 (6) |
| UNIAT | Recognises the Pope in eastern Europe in third-level college at last (5) |
| VATICAN | The palace of the Pope in Rome (7) |
| SEE | Holy ?, diocese of the Pope in the Vatican (3) |
| BULLRING | Items associated with the Pope in the public arena |
| NUNCIO | Official who represents the Pope in a foreign country (6) |
| HOLYSEE | Diocese of the Pope in the Vatican |
