| DIPPER | Nickname for a Baptist; or, a water ouzel (6) |
| MARTYR | John the Baptist or Joan of Arc, e.g. |
| MERLOT | From French patois for "little blackbird", a Bordeaux grape variety, named for its resemblance to the blue-black colour of said ouzel (6) |
| HOOPOE | Bird having ring ouzel's head and eagle's tail (6) |
| MULL | Device such as a hand-worked quern or a water- or wind-powered buhr/grindstone; a snuffbox; or, an old slang word for a boxing match (4) |
| MILL | Device such as a hand-worked quern or a water- or wind-powered buhr/grindstone; a snuffbox; or, an old slang word for a boxing match |
| CANTEEN | Box for cutlery; cafeteria within a workplace; or, a water bottle for a soldier or camper (7) |
| CHARGER | Holds the head of a Baptist on the end of a phone (7) |
| DIPPERS | Ladles; snacks such as goujons for dunking in a sauce; water ouzels, the world's only aquatic songbirds; or, assistants historically employed to help bathers in and out of the sea |
| PADDLES | Dabbles or barefooted saunters in shallow waters; a turtle's flippers; utensils for mixing; or, a water wheel's blades/floats (7) |
| ALABAMA | A priest held a Baptist's head in a southern river (7) |
| PIET | Water ouzel |
| LOVAT | Rising in the Chiltern Hills, another name for the River Ouzel; or, a muted green colour used for Scottish tweed, moleskins, kilt socks and country knits (5) |
| BLACKBIRD | An ouzel or merle esteemed for its mellow song; or, the title of a 1968 song by the "Fab Four" (9) |
| BETHEL | Methodist or Baptist church; church for seamen (6) |
| SALOME | In the Bible, who is given the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing? (6) |
| PASTOR | Martin Luther King, Jr., for Dexter Avenue Baptist Church |
| BUNYAN | Baptist preacher, 1628-1688, who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress (6) |
| BAYLOR | World's largest Baptist university |
| ATODDS | Baptist regularly drinking rum in conflict (2,4) |
