| Meeting of the rite people? | 27 |
| Assembly of the clergy | 22 |
| PArticular ___ (council) | 24 |
| Gathering of the cloth | 22 |
| Ecclesiastics' assembly | 27 |
| Ecclesiastical gathering | 24 |
| Council of ecclesiastics | 24 |
| Clerical governing body | 23 |
| Church-governing council | 24 |
| Assembly of church officials | 28 |
| Assembly of church leaders | 26 |
| Related to a church council | 27 |
| Ecclesiastical councils | 23 |
| Ecclesiastical districts | 24 |
| Ecclesiastical gatherings | 25 |
| Ecclesiastical assemblies | 25 |
| Win for victory e.g. | 22 |
| Potential crossword clue | 24 |
| Illustration, for example | 25 |
| Abbreviated, for short | 22 |
| They mean the same thing | 24 |
| Some dictionary listings | 24 |
| Presenting a general view | 25 |
| Thesaurus listings (abbr.) | 26 |
| Thesaurus entries: Abbr. | 24 |
| Thesaurus entries, briefly | 26 |
| Roget's entries: Abbr. | 26 |
| Roget offerings: Abbr. | 22 |
| Roget entries, briefly | 22 |
| Wds. with similar meanings | 26 |
| Wds. of similar meaning | 23 |
| Thesaurus offerings: Abbr. | 26 |
| Thesaurus entries (Abbr.) | 25 |
| Thesaurus contents: Abbr. | 25 |
| Roget's listings: Abbr. | 27 |
| Roget's entries (abbr.) | 27 |
| Prim and proper, e.g.: Abbr. | 28 |
| Opposites of opposites: Abbr. | 29 |
| First and foremost: Abbr. | 25 |
| Equivalent words: Abbr. | 23 |
| Bits and pieces, e.g.: Abbr. | 28 |
| Word-for-word account? | 22 |
| Twisted this clue's is | 26 |
| Subject involving subjects | 26 |
| Rules of sentence structure | 27 |
| Relating to symbolic behavior | 29 |
| Versatile instrument, briefly | 29 |
| Instrument in 1980s pop music | 29 |
| Techno instrument, for short | 28 |
| Moog-made machine, for short | 28 |
| Korg product, casually | 22 |
| Artificial copy of nature | 25 |
| Electronica gear, casually | 26 |
| Electric pianos, for short | 26 |
| Damascus's place: abbr. | 27 |
| Damascus' land: Abbr. | 25 |
| Damascus's land: Abbr. | 26 |
| Damascus's land (Abbr.) | 27 |
| Aleppo's land: Abbr. | 24 |
| Damascus' land (Abbr.) | 26 |
| Turkey neighbor: abbr. | 22 |
| Pres. Assad's nation | 24 |
| Neighbor of Iraq: Abbr. | 23 |
| Damascus's country: abbr. | 29 |
| Six-Day War land: Abbr. | 23 |
| Six-Day War country: Abbr. | 26 |
| Setting of the Druze Mts. | 25 |
| Part of the Holy Land: Abbr. | 28 |
| Palmyra's locale: Abbr. | 27 |
| Onetime U.A.R. member: Abbr. | 28 |
| Nation on the Med. Sea | 22 |
| Mt. Hermon locale: Abbr. | 24 |
| Land of Damascus, briefly | 25 |
| Land of Damascus (abbr.) | 24 |
| Jordan neighbor: Abbr. | 22 |
| Euphrates setting: Abbr. | 24 |
| Damascus locale (abbr.) | 23 |
| Country south of Turk. | 22 |
| Assad's land: Abbr. | 23 |
| Assad's land (Abbr.) | 24 |
| Arab League member: Abbr. | 25 |
| Aleppo's land (Abbr.) | 25 |
| ___ Darya, U.S.S.R. river | 25 |
| ___ Darya, Soviet river | 23 |
| ___ Darya, Aral feeder | 22 |
| ___ Darya (Soviet river) | 24 |
| Tom Cruise's birthplace | 27 |
| Where Joe Biden got his J.D. | 28 |
| Port on the Barge Canal | 23 |
| Big Orange of college sports | 28 |
| ''Salt City'' | 29 |
| Dark-skinned wine grape | 23 |
| You might be stuck with them | 28 |
| Damascus is its capital | 23 |
| Part of the Fertile Crescent | 28 |
| Lebanon's neighbor | 22 |
| Fertile Crescent country | 24 |
| Where Damascus is capital | 25 |
| Nation abutting Jordan | 22 |
| Middle Eastern republic | 23 |