A to Z - with hint

Words, 5-6 letters long, where the letters are all in ascending order (A->Z). Note the answers may well have double letters.

-1. Religious building
-2. Minus _____, the temperature at which the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales are the same
-3. Nickname of English cricketer Sir Ian Botham
-4. In a particular detective fiction, what the game is
-5. Load roar
-6. Appearance of an unrolled stone?
-7. Investigative procedure - think medical
-8. Protection, support, sponsorship
-9. Member of the species pan troglodytes
-10. Hanging loosely
-11. Printed, patterned cotton fabric
-12. 1990 Patrick Swayze film

Oh, by the way,

Happy Birthday Pandora!!!

Hope your day is filled with fun and wishing you a blessed adventure on your next trip around the sun!

12. ghost

Have a great birthday Sue. Save some cake for the grandkids.

9 - chimp

2. forty

Remi and ladies - all tickety-boo!

5. bellow

4. afoot

Good solves, both!

3. Beefy

1. abbey

6. mossy

And, Happy Birthday, Sue!

Oh, thank you all! I did share my cake with my grands.

I was sure you would Sue.

1. abbey

3. beefy

11. chintz

6 - mossy

A perfect set of answers, folks!

8. aegis

10. floppy

The dynamic duo strike again!

7. biopsy

Nice finish, michele!