| LAODICEAN | Lukewarm and indifferent in religious matters -as in a title of a Thomas Hardy novel (9) |
| DUST | Fine, dry particles of matter, as in the hemerocallis cultivar 'Diamond ___' (4) |
| BED | Word after Four In A - title of a Channel 4 show running since 2010 (3) |
| ADO | Bother, in a title of the bard |
| RECITE | Declaim it in church after instruction in religious matters |
| LATITUDINARIAN | Person who is tolerant, esp. in religious matters (14) |
| SCHINDLER | Hero of a Thomas Keneally novel (9) |
| APATHETIC | Indifferent in a way, having heartless set of values (9) |
| TESS | Nastassja Kinski played the title role in this 1979 adaptation of a Thomas Hardy novel. (4) |
| COUNTLESS | Very many don't matter as much (9) |
| FAR | First word of a Thomas Hardy title |
| JUDE | 1996 period drama film based on a Thomas Hardy novel starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston |
| OFCASTERBRIDGE | Michael Henchard's position in a Thomas Hardy novel (5,2,12) |
| MAYOR | Michael Henchard's position in a Thomas Hardy novel (5,2,12) |
| EMINENCE | Word for a piece of rising ground; a protuberance; height; distinction or fame; or, a title of a cardinal (8) |
| LOOK | Start of a Thomas Wolfe title |
| TIS | "___ the last rose of summer" (start of a Thomas Moore poem) |
| CLUE | Word after Give Us A - title of a show on ITV from 1979-92 (4) |
| SIN | It's A - title of a 2021 Russell T Davies drama series (3) |
| EGERIA | Nymph believed to have advised Numa Pompilius, a king of Rome, on religious matters (6) |
