| MARTHE | Saint of housewives, in France |
| JESSE | First name of Mr Metcalfe who played John Rowland in Desperate Housewives in the 2000s and performed as Astronaut on The Masked Dancer in 2022 (5) |
| NENE | Ms. Leakes of 'Housewives' TV |
| MONDAYS | They're a washout for a lot of housewives! (7) |
| DESPERATE | Sort of Housewives that Lynette Scavo and Susan Mayer were (9) |
| BARTHOLOMEW | One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament; patron saint of tanners (11) |
| ELMO | Name by which Saint Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, is also known (4) |
| JOANOFARC | National heroine and patron saint of France who was burned at the stake in 1431 (4,2,3) |
| ASSISI | Town in Perugia, Umbria, birthplace of St Francis, patron saint of animals (6) |
| STDAVIDS | Village-sized cathedral city in Pembrokeshire that was built on the site of a monastery founded by the patron saint of Wales (2,6) |
| BARBARA | In the reign of Henry VI, it is said that a chapel was founded at Norwich Guildhall and dedicated to St ..., the patron saint of prisoners (7) |
| GEORGE | Patron saint of England, reputed in legend to have slain a dragon in ancient Libya (6) |
| DELASALLE | Jean-Baptiste ___, canonised French priest proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers of youth in 1950 |
| THOMAS | Patron Saint of people in doubt |
| ANTHONY | Patron saint of lost things, ..... ....... of Padua (5,7) |
| SAINT | Patron saint of lost things, ..... ....... of Padua (5,7) |
| DENIS | Patron saint of France: St. ___ |
| AGNES | -- of Rome, the patron saint of chastity (5) |
| SANDMARTIN | Bird originally seen with a patron saint of France |
| AUGUSTINE | Saint of noble birth in the east (9) |
