| AGOOD | Must be an admirable motive if it's for faith, hope or charity. (1,4,5) |
| CAUSE | Must be an admirable motive if it's for faith, hope or charity. (1,4,5) |
| VIRTUE | Faith, Hope or Charity |
| ABERRATION | Planning a near orbit must be an anomaly (10) |
| EURYTHMICS | Duo whose only UK No. 1 single was There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) in 1985 (10) |
| OPERAHOUSE | Sydney landmark creating hope or a form of employment? (5,5) |
| ASPIRATION | Hope or ambition of achieving something (10) |
| PIPEDREAMS | Unrealistic hopes or plans (4,6) |
| FORTHELOVEOFGOD | How desperately we express why faith, hope and charity must prevail? (3,3,4,2,3) |
| AXE | 'A book must be an ___ for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka (3) |
| FUNRUN | Long-distance race for amusement or charity (3,3) |
| TELETHON | Long TV broadcast usually to raise money for a cause or charity (8) |
| OPEC | Oil producers' part of faith, hope, charity (1,1,1,1) |
| SOCIALSTUDIES | 'I hang out with my friends all the time, so I must be an expert in ___' |
| NOVEMBER | Oven-cooked to order: then there must be an R in the month (8) |
| MISPRINT | I'm about to run? Must be an error |
| LASTSEENWEARING | Novel Ales 'n' Wagnerites must be an Inspector Morse book |
| PROXY | Must be an agent that would snoop around the characters of noughts and crosses! (5) |
| HEARTEN | Feel like there must be an extra instrument in that nonet recording? |
| CHERUB | Singer gets you blubbering initially. Must be an angel (6) |
