Across
1 Dreamy sort beginning to jettison false hopes (6)
5 Biblical king, one getting firm hold of things reportedly (7)
9 Film about crime relating to a minister (8)
10 Extend adjustable pole within confines of deanery (6)
11 Religious authority bringing numbers with it (12)
13 Eastern monk, a fellow shortly due for retirement (4)
14 Curled lip curate with no end of resentment showed - odd! (8)
17 Colossal Spanish gentleman spending second month with American (8)
18 Show lacking Religious Education - or something fit for consumption? (4)
20 Silly fool squandering pounds? He got agitated about house and innermost sanctum (4,2,6)
23 Attack rector amid unconventional feast (6)
24 A defence alliance facing revolutionary trouble in Asian region (8)
25 One who's completed work on Scottish island (7)
26 Order new-fangled kit amid a lot of information (6)

Down
2 Precious material embedded in top altarpiece (4)
3 Cushy number for professor - or place to relax? (4,5)
4 Wanting sustenance in country that's not advanced? (6)
5 Priest, a CE chap I represented around old senior province (15)
6 Nation embraces former princess expressing a brilliant quality (8)
7 Looks furtively in audience for diarist (5)
8 Esau's wife, Noah's son and sailor turned up after a spring festival (10)
12 Neurosurgeon ignoring bishop, one plotting a downfall? (4-6)
15 Team members, those under pastoral care? (9)
16 A locks specialist? (8)
19 Coarse element found in tribal district (6)
21 Baking material still outside a shop principally (5)
22 Performing type upset Jewish leader losing head (4)

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