Across

1 Monk Luther finally in trouble (7)

5 Person grabbing me, about to leave service (5)

8 Hail in short tree-lined street (3)

9 Cheat in clubs, maybe a music-maker (4,5)

10 A paper presented by doctor — not the final version? (5)

11 Page at front of biblical book shows agreements (5)

12 One scribe, a learner briefly put out, quick- tempered (9)

13 Laity began to get excited about line from one of our contributors (6,5)

17 Pleasant grass surrounds exhibition complex, it’s believed (6,5)

22 Former first lady receiving snub given by one official (9)

23 Study, having yen to make money (5)

24 Chinese sceptic being heard (5)

25 A side’s fit for playing — happy? (9)

26 Italian author in old church looking west (3)

27 Sage entertains 500, offering religious meal (5)

28 Nymphs? I’d sneer uncontrollably (7)

Down

1 Apocryphal scribe and composer embracing sport (6)

2 Haven offering love to a little girl (5)

3 Getting better in hospital somewhere in London (7)

4 Spaniard who painted an archangel (7)

5 ‘Devout’ theologian admitting deceit, a criminal (9)

6 What sounds like suitable social event for a bit of food (8)

7 Times has article — a cricket feature, in point of fact (2,3,3)

9 African Christian in helicopter (4)

13 Woman having some weight, right to be a proclaimer (9)

14 Sin from English bishop (3)

15 Enrages with phony niceness (8)

16 Like extra holy area maybe shown in cinema? (8)

18 One maiden beset by scorn, awfully embarrassed- looking? (7)

19 The Spanish minister losing head — one laying down cross? (7)

20 What sounds like former archbishop’s dental problem (6)

21 Composer providing sound of robin? (4)

23 Wise man from India — in seminar I shine (5)

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