Across

1 Incense said to set off festival period (13)

8 Religious symbol starts off trend in Kashmiri antiques (4)

9 Male in charge at a hospital is author of brief book (5)

10 Reduce length of jetty (4)

11 Kindly person adopting measure responsible for monastic provisions (8)

12 Particular place and time for Biblical destroyer (6)

13 Hung onto military hat—one to be replaced by beret, finally (4)

15 Splendid publicity for older men (8)

19 Torch with which female has hit boyfriend (8)

22 Surplus amount left in stomach (4)

23 End of prayer, with extremes of distress, for atonement (6)

25 See throne here (8)

27 Net provided by my French husband (4)

28 Iron pedestal found in Syrian village (5)

29 The Parisian church fabric (4)

30 Very good pub gets zero money from feast in December (4,9)

Down

1 Linen strip worn in the morning chill (5)

2 String of beads is hindrance to fellow (7)

3 Enable rum to be drunk within countable limit (9)

4 Since having outposts destroyed, Biblical city is to suffer (5)

5 Nothing from Rome please! (5)

6 Prevailed upon to chew cud—dine outside otherwise! (7)

7 Pardoned old flame swore having run away (7)

13 King provided substance to provoke drowsiness (3)

14 Vegetable appears, having been shelled (3)

15 Antelope hung up, lacking tip of horn (3)

16 Like early Christian having a prop with artistic coil (9)

17 Tool everyone’s heard (3)

18 Conventional group (3)

20 One of the flock has upset the home of church leader (7)

21 People getting temperature on short break—analgesic required (7)

22 Good Merlin banished mischief-maker (7)

24 Religious instructor visited the pool before lunchtime? (5)

25 Fearsome women gathering around source of heat (5)

26 More than one like Peter isn’t steady (5)

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