| THEOSOPHY | Phooey! This I rejected, possibly, as a religious system |
| DEMUR | Hesitate? Get into the mud! This I take exception to! |
| CULTIC | Relating to a religious system (6) |
| ISLAM | Unheaded emails about a religious system (5) |
| INSULATINGTAPE | Putting in a seal possibly as a safety measure in equipment (10,4) |
| CASTE | See a set, possibly as a social group (5) |
| BEARHUG | A powerful embrace, possibly as a wrestling hold |
| FIBROUS | Possibly, as a root system lies around our ground (7) |
| POPE | Innocent, possibly, as a satirist (4) |
| RACONTEUR | English actor run possibly as a storyteller (9) |
| SILICONE | Oil's nice possibly as a sort of lubricant (8) |
| REPUTABLE | Esteemed, possibly as a true pleb (9) |
| NUMERAL | Hesitation to enter 20, possibly, as a figure |
| TYPED | Classified, possibly, as a non-U deputy? |
| PARTYPOOPER | Portray pope, possibly, as a killjoy (5-6) |
| UNCTION | Action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch |
| PONTIFEX | ____ Maximus, High Priest, as much a political title for Caesar as a religious role |
| RASTA | A celebrity's last to come to the fore as a religious believer |
| MORMON | Jolly consumed by religious sect founder as a religious group member (6) |
| ACROSS | A transverse piece on an upright as a religious symbol (1,5) |
