Clockwise round the perimeter, from bottom right, runs a quotation from a Psalm

Across

8 Priest leaves to deliver sermon on remote community work (8)

9 Italian city’s motorway network (5)

10 Patriarch’s denial leads to ancient heresy (4)

11 Fancy bedroom with girl shortly for him? (10)

12 Longed to be like Cockney 11 after match (6)

14 Prime time broadcast in there (8)

15 Sound of man, Gladstone possibly, getting the sack? (7)

17 Be involved in Scripture set, say, after return (3,2,2)

20 Abridged proposal’s binding for men not seen by house (8)

22 Son left in Ukrainian capital for a month (6)

23 Cruel Rome, indeed, behaved imperiously (10)

24 Wronged brother going into epistle’s authorship (4)

25 Current document showing 11’s promise (1,4)

26 Expert to call for herald (8)

Down

1 Face up to fizzy drink (3,2,3)

2 Sly tramp avoiding Mass (4)

3 Bishops blocking rise of senior cleric apprehended (6)

4 Showing prudence as your clothing split? (7)

5 Brainless setter’s rancour about church mounted (8)

6 Trace of alcohol removed from spectacular mixed drinks (6,4)

7 A French peasant briefly free from work (6)

13 Devious British ploy to dismiss black church counsellor? (4,6)

16 Unaccompanied adult on headland totally uplifted (1,7)

18 Our opponents from Athens losing heart about the matter (8)

19 Crack ultimately weakened stone vault (7)

21 Base that is required for our national sport (6)

22 Josh overlooking centre of wrong valley near Jerusalem (6)

24 Girl of 16 lacking a piece of headgear (4)

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