14 Across 6 Letters

[PetPieEater]

Religious education needed by man who has big shoes to fill.
-e-e-t. Last one - just stumped! Help from cleverer ones, please!

[fiction-factory]

regent?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes

[1581960]

gerent

[1581960]

RE in gent

[fiction-factory]

Regent is better I think as it fits the definition of someone who stands in

[Mamyalynne]

Regent is what I put.

[1581960]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gerent

Looks as though it could be either, but I still fancy 'gerent'

[Captain2]

I'd say a 'gerent' is a ruler/manager by his own doing.

A regent stands in for a, usually, monarch, so has big shoes to fill on someone ellse's behalf.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/regent

[Mamyalynne]

Exactly as I see it Cap'n.

[1581960]

Thanks all, your wisdom is accepted.