| A bishop and saint contrived to avoid vice, maybe |
ABSTAIN |
| Absolve old man in former sect heading east |
EXCULPATE |
| Animals banding together is what leads to destruction |
PRIDE |
| Bad errors among today's clues and answers |
SEVENDEADLYSINS |
| Church's including former students in defamatory statements |
CALUMNIES |
| College named after sinner — that sounds sentimental |
MAGDALEN |
| Concentrates on removing head of church in sect |
ESSENES |
| Epic, not totally true, perhaps, such as 1 |
PICTURE |
| Finished with school, say, showed gluttony by having done this |
OVEREATEN |
| He led his race, but fell in sight of the finish |
MOSES |
| Holy man given cover, protected by mother |
MAHATMA |
| Imperfect, perhaps — with a couple of 8, following part of 1 |
TENSE |
| In demo, tersely, they dramatically express anger etc |
EMOTERS |
| Locating envy, say, in begrudging guy, primarily |
BASING |
