Answer:

OBLATE

Answer	Crossword Clue
OBLATE	Flattened at the poles
OBLATE	Like Earth's shape
OBLATE	Like a flattened O

OBLATE	Monastery resident
OBLATE	Flattened
OBLATE	Layperson
OBLATE	Flattened at the poles.
OBLATE	Flattened at the poles, as the earth is.
OBLATE	Secular member of a monastery.
OBLATE	Monastic.
OBLATE	Person dedicated to religious life.

OBLATE	Flattened at the poles, as a spheroid.
OBLATE	Flattened at the poles, as Earth.
OBLATE	One devoted to monastic life.
OBLATE	Devoted to a religious life.
OBLATE	Dweller in a monastery.
OBLATE	Monastery dweller.
OBLATE	... spheroid (football, to sports writers)
OBLATE	Leaf shape

OBLATE	Shaped like a football
OBLATE	Child dedicated to religious life
OBLATE	Like a flattened ball
OBLATE	Layman in a monastery
OBLATE	Depressed, in a way
OBLATE	Secular person
OBLATE	Like the Earth's shape
OBLATE	One dedicated to the religious life

OBLATE	Earth-shaped
OBLATE	Not quite spherical
OBLATE	Layperson in a monastery
OBLATE	Squeezed at the ends, as leaves
OBLATE	Depressed at the poles
OBLATE	Shaped like Skittles
OBLATE	Shaped like Saturn
OBLATE	Spheroidal

OBLATE	Certain monastery resident
OBLATE	Monastic auxiliary
OBLATE	Pumpkin-shaped
OBLATE	Squished at the poles
OBLATE	Flat at the poles