| SPEOS | Temple in the form of a grotto |
| PAGODA | Eastern sacred temple in the form of a many-tiered tower (6) |
| CAVERN | Did I hear Alec aver needlessly it was part of a grotto (6) |
| PANTHEON | It was built as a temple in the Campus Martius, Rome, by Marcus Agrippa, 27 BCE. It is now used as a church. The body of the building is an immense circular space lit solely a 27-foot (8-metre) "eye," |
| SOLOMON | Builder of a temple in the Book of Kings |
| DIMPLES | 1936 family film starring Shirley Temple in the title role (7) |
| CHILDACTOR | Temple, in the '30s |
| SARAH | Betsy Temple in The Hardacres (5,4) |
| AGHA | Betsy Temple in The Hardacres (5,4) |
| PAGODAS | Temples in the Far East |
| INCAVO | Italian word used in art to refer to the part of an intagliated gem or stone that is "hollowed" out, like a grotto (6) |
| CAPTIVE | Prisoner in an awful pit in a grotto (7) |
| CARFIN | Village in Lanarkshire (pop 2,000), with a grotto which is a major pilgrimage site (6) |
| CLUE | A grotto or hollow; or, pronounced "kah-vay", a schoolchild's holla meaning "beware!"/"look out" to warn chums of an approaching teacher (4) |
| ORGANIC | Natural magic in a grotto, somewhat uplifting (7) |
| CAVE | A grotto is a small ---- (4) |
| CARVE | Cut right into a grotto (5) |
| CANDLEMAS | Christian holiday commemorating the presentation of Christ at the temple in Jerusalem, which according to St Luke included the sacrifice of two turtledoves |
| HANUKKAH | The Jewish festival of lights commemorating the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 BC (8) |
| ARK | Wooden chest which contained the tables of Jewish law in the First Temple in Jerusalem (3) |
