| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CHURCHMAN | Deacon | |
| DEACONESS | A female deacon | |
| DIACONAL | Of or pertaining to a deacon. | |
| CONES | Deacon escaped, taking some ice cream cornets | |
| DECONTAMINATE | Remove radiation from deacon, Tammy Nate ordered | |
| DECONGESTED | Deacon jested out loud but freed the passages | |
| DEACONSHIP | The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess. | |
| DEACONHOOD | The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship. | |
| DIACONATE | The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons. | |
| GOSPELER | A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service. | |
| GRADUAL | An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. | |
| PRIEST | A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation. | |
| ORDER | An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to tak... | |