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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