| ISTIC | Suffix with ritual or spiritual |
| TOTEM | Native American object with ritual or symbolic meaning |
| OBSERVANCE | The practice of watching, paying attention to or keeping in view the requirements of a custom, law, rite or ritual; or, noticing generally (10) |
| TANTRIC | Mostly, John Brown leads with ritual and meditation? (7) |
| CENSE | Fill the air with ritual perfume |
| TRADITION | Custom, ritual or ceremony such as decorating a Christmas tree or hanging mistletoe (9) |
| SAGE | From the Latin meaning "save" and "heal", a potager herb with velvety leaves used in smudging rituals or to flavour Derby cheese, gnocchi or stuffing (4) |
| MUMBOJUMBO | Meaningless ritual or incantation (5,5) |
| ISM | Suffix for "skeptic" or "spiritual" |
| INSPIRATIONAL | Providing or showing creative or spiritual inspiration (13) |
| OCD | Condition with rituals, briefly |
| RAINMAKER | Person who attempts to induce precipitation, either by ritual or a scientific technique such as cloud seeding (9) |
| TOSSACOIN | Perform a pregame NFL ritual ... or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers |
| CUTTINGTHECARDS | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual ... or what this answer is doing vis-a-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| ALLEGORY | A poem, play or picture in which the apparent meaning is used to symbolise a deeper moral or spiritual meaning (8) |
| LAMP | Lighting device symbolic of Florence Nightingale; or, any source of intellectual or spiritual illumination (4) |
| AFFINITY | Relationship by marriage; or, a natural attraction/tendency to bond, be it chemical, physical or spiritual (8) |
| NUMINOUS | Having deeply religious or spiritual qualities (8) |
| SINECURE | Church position without pastoral or spiritual duties |
| TRANSFIGURE | Change into something more beautiful or spiritual |
