(from TEd)

12. close!...but no cigar! nay!

(remember to frame your answers separately as there may be an additional definite article or some other word as part of the solution )

yay! to all of these!

16. Presbyterian (this was one of my favorites here)
25. Sovereignty
27. James Stuart (surprised anybody got this one--good work, TEd!)
36. Miniature
37. Parishioner

(from FallibleFiend)

8. Charades... yay!

Numbers solved: 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 23, 25, 27, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38