| HOLYSEE | The Vatican |
| SWISSGUARDS | Soldiers who guard the Vatican and are responsible for the safety of the Pope (5,6) |
| SISTINE | _ Chapel, the chapel of the Pope in the Vatican at Rome, famous for its Renaissance frescoes by Michelangelo and others (7) |
| ARTCOLLECTION | The knack to taking the offertory that's destined for the Vatican museum, for one (3,10) |
| TREATY | see 24ac, 1929 agreement by which the papacy recognised the state of Italy, with Rome as its capital, and Italy in return recognised papal sovereignty over the Vatican City |
| PETER | Saint to whom the vast basilica at the heart of the Vatican City is dedicated (5) |
| SEE | The Holy ___ (the Vatican) |
| STPETERS | Basilica in the Vatican city, the work of architects including Raphael, Michelangelo and Bernini (2, |
| FATHERFIGURE | It looks big on that woman with one of the symbols from the Vatican perhaps (6,6) |
| SISTINECHAPEL | What is the private chapel of the Vatican in Rome that was built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated by |
| LUCREZIABORGIA | Italian noblewoman and the daughter of Pope Alexander VI attended an orgy held at the Vatican? (8,6) |
| LATIN | One of the official languages of the Vatican |
| RAPHAEL | Italian Renaissance master painter whose work includes The School Of Athens in the Vatican City |
| ROMANS | One of the good books found around The Vatican (6) |
| LEGATE | The man from the Vatican is to get given an ale (6) |
| POPE | Dad makes a point about the man in the Vatican (4) |
| SIXTUS | Name of five Popes, the fourth of whom, born Francesco della Rovere, is noted for a well-known chapel in the Vatican |
| CURIA | Papal court at the Vatican that administers the Roman Catholic Church, comprising various Congregations, Tribunals etc. (5) |
| PIO | Padre ____ was banned by the Vatican from celebrating mass in public in the 1920s, but made a saint by John Paul II in 2002 |
| PAPAL | Relating to the leader of the Vatican |
