Exchange Clue

[hankir]

Help appreciated.

Religious discourse is delivered to opponents - they will be saved (6)

?L?C?S

Thanks.

[dr b]

LIFE PEER is correct; 'peer' = "Of an inanimate thing: to appear to be peeping or looking out; to be just visible, esp. from behind something; to protrude a short distance into view."

[dr b]

"elects" is also correct, by the way.

[dr b]

lect for lecture = "An expository and discursive religious discourse"

[factor-fiction]

Thanks DrB- yes I got the ELECTS one.
I wasn't aware that PEER could mean "to be just visible"

[hankir]

The across clue for F is
Seize upon old admirer’s goodwill at the outset (4)

Fan +g = Fang = Seize

fang
2    [fang] Show IPA
verb (used with object) British Dialect .
to seize; grab.

[dr b]

The OED gives as a usage "Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 1, How bloudily the sunne begins to peere Aboue yon bulky hill." I plan to use that line tomorrow morning.

[dr b]

hankir, give up and declare victory - LIFE PEER and FANG are OK.

[hankir]

Forgot to mention on look.

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'appear' Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) look, appear, seem
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Synonyms: count, await, come out, search, appear, seem, front, reckon, look, depend, bet, attend, take care, come along, expect, face, wait, calculate, see
Antonyms: vanish, disappear, go away

[hankir]

Look = appear.
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'appear' Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) look, appear, seem
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Synonyms: count, await, come out, search, appear, seem, front, reckon, look, depend, bet, attend, take care, come along, expect, face, wait, calculate, see
Antonyms: vanish, disappear, go away

[hankir]

dr b, you are right. I am going with elects, life peer and fang.
I may be back because I am not yet done.

Thank you all for a great deal of help.