26D. Make hole in missing church pillar(4) I have _I_R. could this be pier as in Spire(pillar) with S missing perhaps.Last one and am not too confident in my answer.Help appreciated.
Er... except your 'way' was total nonsense! A spire is not a pillar; church cannot indicate S; there is no anagram indicator; indirect anagrams are taboo in cryptic clues...