Across

1 A support gets to bash mom so badly in resting place (8,5)

8 Turkish commander holds the last list of things to be done (6)

9 Black amphibian losing tail back in the country (6)

10 Ministers and peers facing good person returning (7)

11 Sign a letter to start with (7)

13 Someone averse to change had ride proving tricky (3-4)

14 Make improvements to beginning of Episcopal novels, by chance not getting caught once (7)

15 Two young chaps of similar appearance wanting a type of food (7)

19 Friend outside a school dealing with festival (7)

22 Medicine-men living in bogus manse after departure of yours truly (7)

23 Gather for prayer (7)

24 Tool in church lies broken (6)

25 A tendency to become unsettled (6)

26 Fussy matron pushing in ostentatiously (13)

Down

2 Lady leading nun-like existence in dance (7)

3 Again so baffled, being unable to recognise anything (7)

4 Gathered from report of a flagpole up north (7)

5 Vehicle heading north with team to break down (7)

6 Prophet dealt with wicked Arab, I do fancy (7)

7 Work, in middle of seminar, on assessment (7)

10 People going around selling fruit crossing bits of diocesan land (7)

12 Go to ground with story on accommodation (3,4)

16 Worry about the trifling thing (7)

17 Affair left one with excellent child (7)

18 ‘Behold I saw ________ hanged in an oak’ (2 Samuel 18:10, AV) (7)

19 To kiss worker, it’s said, is sinning (7)

20 After what’s offered by bookmaker, is left with desire to spend a lot of money (7)

21 The fellour starting awful feud with learner should be cautious (7)

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