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Across
8 Checked Esher nursing home for Barak (6)
9 ‘My father was a wandering ___’ (Deuteronomy 26:5, Jerusalem Bible) (8)
10 A garment for the masses? (8)
11 A British pilgrim returning, a Biblical son (6)
12 Almost 24 hours of celebration in Europe for Hindu books (4)
13 His tantric deviating suggests an enemy of the gospel (10)
15 Dean’s habit perhaps to be male strutter — fool within (7)
17 Is one after post member of Muslim sect? (7)
20 Guest panel possibly engendering a lot of trouble in Egypt (3,7)
23 First to come from ancient see in another part of the world (4)
24 Old Testament spirit leads Simon, maybe (6)
26 Pi oath that is upsetting country with Orthodox church (8)
27 Ring artist to go to Rio for Bible musical? (8)
28 Roman officer not allowing bishop’s description of God (6)
Down
1 Garden gates he-men demolished (10)
2 Esther marries into them — somehow aspires to gain name (8)
3 Scribe pops note into the female secretary (6)
4 A traveller in street, having come to a place between Tyre and Sidon (7)
5 Paul had vision, but could not see the way here? (8)
6 King upset about version of Bible, one shown by Francis (6)
7 Container needed by a place with lots of wine (4)
14 American put up fifty pictures — man in that community of priests (10)
16 There are that many in 1 Corinthians! (8)
18 Among others in Rome, allies from Asia Minor (8)
19 One’s burnt out by the end of Christmas (4,3)
21 NT character sanctimonious and dead (6)
22 He wrote sacred music, some of less chutzpah (6)
25 Time to get hold of unknown book (4)
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