| SISTINE | The _ Chapel, chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, tamed for its painted ceiling (7) |
| EPISTLE | In the New Testament, any of the apostolic letters of Saints Paul, Peter, James, Jude or John (7) |
| CHAPEL | see 8ac, Room in the Apostolic Palace whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512 (7,6) |
| NAILTIP | It's painted white in a French manicure |
| TOENAIL | It's painted in a pedicure |
| TIMOTHY | John Chapel in Death Valley (7,5) |
| EPOCHAL | Historic old chapel in ruins |
| GEORGES | ROYAL WEDDING! St. ___ Chapel (Vows-exchanging venue) |
| MICHELANGELO | Who decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the sixteenth century? (12) |
| AISLE | "How I'd love to hear the organ; In the chapel in the moonlight; While we're strolling down the ...; |
| MOONLIGHT | "How I love to hear the organ; In the chapel in the ...; While we're strolling down the aisle; Where |
| SIXTUS | Name of five Popes, the fourth of whom, born Francesco della Rovere, is noted for a well-known chapel in the Vatican |
| STEPHENS | St -, ancient chapel in the old Palace of Westminster that served as the House of Commons (8) |
| LYNDA | _ Carter, actress tamed for playing the title role in the 1970's TV series Wonder Woman (5) |
| ORATOR | Chapel in the end excluding Yankee speaker |
| ALDA | Alan _, tamed for playing Hawkeye in M'A'S'H (4) |
| MISCHA | _ Barton, tamed for playing The OCs Marissa (6) |
| ACTS | Word for "things done, deeds", from Christmas carol performances, Nativity pageant segments, pantomime parts and Shakespearean episodes to the apostolic narratives a good Christian perhaps reads (4) |
| MARGARETS | Stereogram returned, giving occasional cover for a chapel in 18Dn stronghold (8'1) |
| RIDEABLE | Tamed, for a cowpoke |
