Across
1 The French start to grab city's borders - what's left? (6)
4 Escaped: it's bad, and organised in advance (3,3)
8 Adult, being intially guilty, right to confess (5-2)
9 Mythic first lady, progeny of god and woman (7)
11, 13A, 6D, 15D ot a bad day for this hymn? (7,3,5,2,5,3,6)
12 Fortune-teller starts to use really impressive methods (4)
13 See 11
14 Pete and I lost at sea - it makes little difference there? (4,4)
16 I see the ground - it's biting cold - there's a frozen expanse (3,5)
18 March with knight - a wicked type (5)
20 God of love accompanied by noise (4)
21 Popular magazine: Rhythm (6,4)
23 Feeling Eastern poet offers (7)
24 Sporty types in radio family (7)
25 Mass taken in wrong robes? That's serious! (6)
26 Like some roads - gosh! - flooded by river (3-3)

Down
1 Lily's first to vault tree (5)
2 Slip up in row about wearing medal (2,5)
3 Seb harbours desire, wanting dry vegetable (9)
5 Starter of any fruit not right at religious feast (5)
6 See 11A
7 Like some fruit in Bedford going bad (9)
10 Pay for bird once (2,3,4)
13 Students drinking one wine, having turned up - not one coming before dark! (9)
15 See 11A
17 Holy place reportedly ruined corporation (7)
19 What met false disciple? (7)
21 Singers from Church of Iran (5)
22 Grace and David here, Catholic and holy at last (5)

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