Answer: APSES
APSES is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 106 times.
Referring Clues:
- Church recesses
 - Church niches
 - Recesses
 - Semicircular recesses
 - Chevets
 - Places for religious statues
 - Crucifix spots
 - Half-domed projections
 - Parts of chapels
 - Basilica parts
 - Polygonal projections
 - Church areas
 - Areas connected to an ambulatory
 - Cathedral features
 - Places for altars
 - Semidome sites
 - Church nooks
 - Areas usually decorated with stained glass
 - Vaulted areas
 - Notre Dame has several of these
 - They may be vaulted
 - Architectural projections
 - Places for many stained-glass windows
 - Areas next to a great hall
 - Choirs' neighbors
 - Some recesses
 - Basilica recesses
 - Sites of some religious statues
 - Cathedral recesses
 - Altar locales
 - Oratory recesses
 - Vaulted recesses
 - Areas near altars
 - Cathedral areas
 - Altar areas
 - Basilica rooms
 - Choir neighbors
 - Altar settings
 - Where to find altars
 - Niches in churches
 - Basilica spots
 - Conic sections
 - Church sections
 - Basilica areas
 - Cathedral parts
 - Places for 19-Across
 - Areas often decorated with stained glass
 - Church parts, perhaps
 - Basilica sections
 - Vaulted alcoves
 - Vaulted church areas
 - Areas connected to an ambulatory, sometimes
 - Places for some icons
 - Vaulted church recesses
 - Church aisle finishers
 - Architectural recesses
 - Vaulted settings
 - Church alcoves
 - Church wings
 - Domed-roof structures
 - Basilicas' sections
 - Spots in churches for some vaulting
 - Church spots for vaulting
 - Altar recesses
 - Cathedral sections
 - Church altar areas
 - Sanctuary sections
 - Stained-glass window locations
 - Church parts
 - Settings of some vaults
 - Some places to pray
 - Areas for some kneelers
 - Cathedral niches
 - Basillica parts
 - Vault settings
 - Vaulted recesses of churches
 - Where vaults can be seen
 - Places for prayer leaders
 - Quartet in a cathedral, maybe
 - Altar locations
 - Certain parts of churches
 - Nave endings
 - Choir ends
 - Niches with crucifixes
 - Quiet corners that are passi
 - Semidomed structures
 - Domed spaces
 - Work sites for stained-glass installers
 - Areas where clerics are seated
 - Altar sites, often
 - Spots for religious statues
 - Altar sites
 - Recesses with stained glass windows
 - Places for stained-glass windows
 - Where altars are anchored
 - They may have stained-glass windows
 - Altar holders
 - Notre Dame nooks
 - Stained glass settings
 - Areas for religious statues
 - Sites for stained glass
 - Alcoves that may have shrines
 - Places people speak in whispers
 - Features in some houses of worship
 - Areas for altars
 - Sites for mosaics in cathedrals, often
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 07, 2025
 - New York Times - June 19, 2025
 - LA Times - June 08, 2025
 - New York Times - August 20, 2024
 - LA Times - August 05, 2024
 - LA Times - May 23, 2024
 - LA Times - January 28, 2024
 - LA Times - September 17, 2023
 - LA Times - August 30, 2023
 - LA Times - March 15, 2023
 - LA Times - February 17, 2023
 - New York Times - December 25, 2022
 - LA Times - November 27, 2022
 - New York Times - June 16, 2022
 - New York Times - February 03, 2022
 - New York Times - December 30, 2021
 - LA Times - March 01, 2021
 - LA Times - February 03, 2021
 - LA Times - December 24, 2020
 - New York Times - November 12, 2020
 
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