Possible Clues:

• It may have a cross to bear
• Index fingers, in a kids' rhyme
• A jumper gets the point of this with 9 across
• Index fingers, in a children's hand game
• What's the point of church?
• Peak in the skyline
• You can't get higher than this in the Church
• The way to soak the French over the Church?
• The point of this is that it's High Church
• It's very much inclined to get to the French to see 25 across