| FLECHE | Slender spire placed over the intersection of a church's nave and transept; French, 'arrow' (6) |
| PARABOLA | Symmetrical curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side |
| SCREEN | An ornamental partition separating a church's choir from its nave and surmounted by a rood; a sheltering row of pleached trees; or, a large riddle or sieve (6) |
| BELFRY | Part of a church's steeple (6) |
| MERGER | Business combination, and what's spelled out by the intersections of this puzzle's circled businesses |
| ANGLES | Figures formed by the intersection of two lines |
| STALLS | A church's choir seats, often with misericords; cowsheds or stables; or, booths for the sale of fruit and vegetables in street markets (6) |
| CROSSING | A voyage across a body of water; or, the intersection of the transepts and nave in a church (8) |
| CUBA | Largest and westernmost island of the West Indies, located at the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea (4) |
| MEET | The congregation of riders and hounds before a hunt; a competitive event in track-and-field athletics or swimming; or, in mathematics, the intersection of two lines (4) |
| ASPIRE | Hope: a church's loftiest attribute? (6) |
| NUANCE | Religious woman grasping a church's subtlety (6) |
| PULPIT | Command to destroy a church's structure? (6) |
| HERESY | Belief against a church's beliefs |
| STARCROSSEDLOVERS | Description for Romeo and Juliet, and a description of the intersections of this puzzle's power couples |
| DIAGRAM | Venn ---, a representation of sets of information, showing common elements within the intersections of the circles (7) |
| LEVELCROSSING | Point of intersection of a road and a railway (5,8) |
| TRIFORIUM | Gallery or arcade above the arches of a nave and choir, as in Gothic and Romanesque churches (9) |
| BOSS | In medieval architecture, an ornamental stone or timber carving at the intersection of the ribs in a vault (4) |
| OGIVE | Diagonal rib or groin of a Gothic vault, formed by the intersection of two S-curves (5) |
