i Cryptic Crossword 1052 Virgilius

A tricky one this, with the answers coming very slowly, and loads of question marks at the end. I spotted the theme, but it didn’t help much as the state names were so overlapped.

COD? 10ac – ‘Religious faith is embodied in the mass (6)’.

The 2009 blog is complete.

http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/07/14/independent-7096-by-virgilius/