Inquisitor 1537

[Ripper]

Nearly there (amazingly!) Just need some help with four (There may be a clash in some of them)
12 across: Temple housing Buddhists briefly welcome guiding light for God (8) ??HIG?R? 6 down: (would love the wordplay for this!) Psycho, perhaps, murdered dolly heartlessly (4) OL?Y 27 down: Poor German piece of writing (5) ?HO?? 22 down: South American trees more or less grow around lake - about 79 periodically (6) RAU?IS
Thanks in advance.

[Captain2]

22 Raulis? - beech tree

[Captain2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophozonia_alpina

[Gill55]

6d oldy as in old film??

[Gill55]

12a Ishiguro?

[Ripper]

I thought Ishiguro but at 1 down I have seA owl? which clashes with the S in Ishiguro
Captain2 how do you get the word play for raulis (gosh, I'm being dim tonight!)

[Gill55]

I can see the l for lake and au gold (79 on periodic table)

[Gill55]

Maybe the ris (rise but shorter)

[ProfessorMaisie]

12ac WAHIGURU

[Gill55]

Maybe ghost as in ghost writing??

[ProfessorMaisie]

wordplay -
'Temple housing Buddhists' = WA(t) [briefly]
'welcome' =HI
'guiding light' = GURU

[ProfessorMaisie]

37 THING

[ProfessorMaisie]

'poor = THIN + G(erman)
def = 'piece of writing'

[Gill55]

Where is 37?

[ProfessorMaisie]

sorry, I meant 27dn (Poor German....)

[Ripper]

Thank you everyone - lets hope the weather becomes sunny now!