7 Everyone in northern town upset with Wigan banks moved here (13)
8 Fire one set off in wood all over again (6)
9 Camel I take going across Malta in the old days (6)
10 Informer wearing glasses turned a short time later to speaking in public (7)
11 His putting Paul in gaol makes one happy in Rome (5)
12 Spring for Gideon is difficult without love (5)
14 Needles, for example, across Republican line – in darts a disheartened constituent (7)
18 Imagine current river needs to swamp the centre of Bath (6)
19 Gomorrah’s king’s a terribly brash individual to take on board (6)
20 Notes here some change, perhaps, in facility to attract income to the church (10,3)
Cryptic down
1 Merry gentlemen’s jot of dormancy explained? (7,3,3)
2 Road maybe Paul is going on, right up north (6)
3 Albigensian’s pet rabbit’s cross, having tail docked (6)
4 Bowie’s swan song is a big hit on disc (5)
5 Rose’s place in Kerry’s heart? (6)
6 About ovation the dog gets? Couldn’t care less! (4,4,1,4)
13 Pundit’s craft is initially lacking (6)
15 Guiding rule embraced by the old police, the first in Ireland after the railway (6)
16 Simon’s location on Tyneside during the church year (6)
17 Thanks given in poorly-accented French for compassion (5)
Quick across
7 Clergyman mentor to Romeo in Shakespeare’s play (5,8)
8 Member of a US Christian sect known for its hymn ‘Simple Gifts’ (6)
9 Lethargy (6)
10 Son of Hezekiah; great-grandfather of Zephaniah, according to the book (7)
11 Kind of fund raised to finance political corruption (5)
12 Accord (5)
14 Co-worker with Paul at Philippi (7)
18 In a punctual manner – now! (6)
19 Harangue (6)
20 Exclamation of surprise or shock (5,3,5)
Quick down
1 Senior abbot of the Greek Orthodox Church (13)
2 Covet, crave (6)
3 Section of the RC (and Anglican High Church) liturgical service (6)
4 Mining city in Montana, named after the geological term for a nearby steep-sided rocky outcrop (5)
5 Stormy ——, diminutive cousin of the albatross (6)
6 Directions for this puzzle? (6,3,4)
13 Letter (6)
15 Refuse (6)
16 Son of Levi who formed one of the three Levite groups (6)
17 Daft (5)
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