| IGNATIUS | St. Peter's successor as bishop of Antioch (8) |
| PAPAL | Of St. Peter's successors |
| THALIARD | A lord of Antioch, ordered to kill Pericles, in Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre |
| ENTHRONE | Word meaning place on a ceremonial chair; coronate; exalt to the seat of royalty; install as bishop; or, dignify, honour or invest generally (8) |
| DIOCESAN | Deacon is transformed as bishop (8) |
| AVIATION | Flight of birds around central Antioch (8) |
| BLESSYOU | React to one preparing to blow, as bishop may do? |
| GOTOSEED | Lose power, where one goes as bishop with divine protection |
| HOACTZIN | Last character in Antioch disturbed exotic creature (8) |
| HOLYSEE | The see of the pope as bishop of Rome (4,3) |
| LATERAN | Pope's cathedral as bishop of Rome |
| CASEY | Who resigned as Bishop of Galway in 1992? (5) |
| DAHLIA | Tender tuberous-rooted perennial such as 'Bishop of Llandaff' (6) |
| PATRIARCH | Title of bishops, eg of Antioch, in the Eastern Orthodox church |
| BARLEY | Village with 12th century Norman tower dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch (6) |
| MELOS | Greek Aegean island noted for a statue of Aphrodite, attributed to Alexandros of Antioch, discovered there in 1820 (5) |
| HANOVER | Constituents of Antioch, an overseas principality once (7) |
| KEENE | Home of Antioch University New England |
| AFRESH | Slave from east held in outskirts of Antioch again |
| KINGARTHUR | He threw the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" |
