5 Graphic details portrayed on local maps (3,6)
8 In Jordan on every level, primarily, there’s a prophet (4)
9 Old actor: in the style of noir, initially; finally Carry On’s lady leads (4,4)
10 Driver maybe boiling over, is following the water across Durham (3-4)
11 One in 7 is more hasty after losing leadership (5)
13 Ancient city Henry V retreats to after scam is exposed (5)
15 Yard backs on to loathsome family (7)
18 Lifeless object is one Orlando murdered (8)
19 Characters are found wearing informal socks to boot! (4)
20 Mr Stamina’s ready for saint’s day (9)
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1 Soaring above is the liturgical music he composed (6)
2 After a month with excruciating pain, nearly in shape (7)
3 Native American turned round, abandoning Gomer’s brother (5)
4 Custom detailed with American needle… (6)
6 …fashion speaker, ignoring leadership, makes representative of the Church of Scotland (9)
7 Most of December it’s about the church-goer (9)
12 Riding bike on very low pressure here (7)
14 Even with a painter’s intrusive racket see the Pope (6)
16 An artist’s exterior painting is a biblical high point (6)
17 Intensely dislike the old state, the Caribbean state (5)
Quick across
5 One of Paul’s letters to Asia Minor inhabitants (9)
8 Italian area of the Piedmont known for its sparkling wine (4)
9 Greek Titan, father of the stars (8)
10 Bohemian in art, poetry and jazz at the turn of the 1960s (7)
11 Moabite king, the son of Zippor (5)
13 Indian state in the Himalayas, capital Dispur (5)
15 Short introductory essay at the start of a book: introduce (7)
18 Name shared by a son of Saul and a brother of Judas Maccabaeus (8)
19 Norse god, husband of Frigg, father of Balder (4)
20 Supreme blessedness: title given to a patriarch of the Orthodox Church (9)
Quick down
1 Inflicter of pain on others, for pleasure; tormentor (6)
2 Capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (7)
3 Artistic portrayal of the Virgin holding Jesus’ body in her arms (5)
4 Capital of Turkey (6)
6 S Atlantic island named after the Holy Day it on which it was discovered in 1503 (9)
7 Lamech’s son by Zilpah (9)
12 In Christianity the union which makes up one Godhead (7)
14 Grandson of Esau and a tribal ancestor (6)
16 Compound leaves of a fern or a palm (6)
17 Nevil —–, author of the novel A Town Like Alice (1950) (5)
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