Across
1 Section of church covered in decoration, a vestry (4)
3 Actor Paul namely getting round actress Sally (8)
9 Artist at home by river in waterproof, say (8)
10 Volunteers beginning to loathe and slander code of law (6)
11 Coffee from East in this way seen around papers (8)
12 At college, work showing understanding (6)
13 Priest and English bishop complete sign for vicars (12)
17 Cite case less complicated in sacred book (12)
20 Daughter taken with Latin church recess as an ex-believer? (6)
22 Cajole like a holy sister embracing good start to evensong (8)
24 Saintly figure leans awkwardly before mass (6)
25 Criminal gang protecting revolutionary racket in island (8)
26 A guide's altered to incorporate new holy anthem (5,3)
27 Former dean in dark heading off (4)

Down
1 Number on a hot island getting biblical refuge? (8)
2 Ecclesiastic title in monogram accepted by former England manager shortly (9)
4 Firm with board destabilised in Spanish city (7)
5 Pasta? Cut it fine for cooking (9)
6 Israeli resort in part thought alien when promoted (5)
7 Those overly possessed by spirits? (6)
8 Disordered state in dining area (4)
14 Province with system of rules raised problem for Pharisee (9)
15 Just a bit of doubt in Hitchcock's film? (9)
16 Swiss hero with dog we hear a source of stories? (8)
18 Letter from holy man occupying European building (7)
19 Chronicled land's name in a country to the north (6)
21 Report of author being unyielding (5)
23 One in the lead seen to be ostentatious (4)

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