| JACKDAW | Black bird 'of Rheims' which was canonised as Saint Jem Crow (7) |
| INASECOND | Pervert canonised as soon as possible (2,1,6) |
| ENNUI | Nun drunk in centre of Rheims, displaying dissatisfaction there (5) |
| RUTHLESS | Organised hustle in outskirts of Rheims, stopping at nothing (8) |
| JOHNHENRYNEWMAN | English theologian who was canonised last month (4,5,6) |
| PIO | Italian stigmata sufferer who was canonised in 2002. (3) |
| WALPURGA | English missionary to the Frankish Empire who was canonised on 1 May 870 by Pope Adrian II |
| SNIVELS | Whines as Saint Bernard's sent back? (7) |
| SHIMMER | Tremulously gleam as Monsieur is in Rheims, touring (7) |
| ATTICUS | Father of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird (7,5) |
| PATRICK | Deception to hold up old man as saint |
| TOKILLA | 1960 novel by Harper Lee featuring Atticus Finch and his children Jem and Scout (2,4,1,11) |
| EPISTLE | Such as St Paul wrote |
| RAVEN | Poe's lustrous, black bird of the crow family |
| BEAGLE | Black bird of prey and breed of dog (6) |
| CHOUGH | Large black bird of the crow family (6) |
| FINCH | Father of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird (7,5) |
| MANOFLETTERS | Erudite fellow,as St Paul was (3,2,7) |
| PORBEAGLE | Shark left tailless by black bird of prey |
| FINGERBOWL | Identify black bird of prey that's seen on seafood bar? (10) |
