Across
1 Democrats are holding this great potentate (4)
3 Priest against college, including education, like a schoolmaster (8)
9 About one in cloth possibly (8)
10 A little bear, say, embracing the woman’s sweet child (6)
11 Variety of most rich baptismal robe (8)
12 Naturist discarding a suit and frolicking? (6)
13 A marriage poem, mostly impressive and about a Greek chamber with Greek character retiring (12)
17 Churchgoers — one hundred are not going unfortunately (12)
20 Enumeration of people, North and South, in Church of England and America (6)
22 A clergyman’s home, renovated yard once (8)
24 Almost everyone mentored originally in university? (6)
25 One in an assembly of canons is the head of a column (8)
26 An abbey church, say, one enters as a member of the clergy (8)
27 Wander? That’s not right. Don’t go anywhere (4)
Down
1 Eats out on short trips — in these places? (8)
2 One English Church that is perversely not believing in God (9)
4 Praises redesign of income tax’s core (7)
5 Like Christ primarily on dying, going up to Heaven (9)
6 To understand written words follows toddler’s first step (5)
7 A circle round which dogs race ultimately (6)
8 Opening line in session (4)
14 Those who don’t believe a god is creator supreme, primarily (no saint is included) (9)
15 A Wesleyan: one with the way to follow procedure (9)
16 Respectful behaviour where a trial is held, simple when one is discharged (8)
18 Lad with rice transplanted a little root (7)
19 Be raving mad to get left inside here? (6)
21 Among apostles, I’m one (5)
23 Early man needing a woman, not the last (4)
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