1 Battle site excavation’s rejected when surrounding dome collapsed (7)
5 Expand second dramatic piece (5)
9 King of Judah’s knowing sound as a lacking priest forgot integral book (8)
10 Articles, written side-by-side, looking at different ways to make bread (4)
11 Times, with a quantity that’s variable (only 60% citrus fruit), to plant stuff (5)
12 Steward to 9, and priest, now restored by king halfway through the morning (7)
14 Dance energetically – to look good in the mirror, that is (6)
16 Period, primarily early, of chalk exposed near Epsom (6)
18 Shrine where Cnut’s murdered uncle’s buried (7)
20 New church is developed on firm shell (5)
23 Line of incursion relative to hot spot (4)
24 Dodgy Thai in a pub, he knew Zadok the Priest (8)
25 Tower of boats, at the front finds one dispatched (5)
26 Rover’s Return is, with Milliband backing, a vessel that’s something divine (7)
Cryptic down
2 ‘Urdler (‘e dropped an aitch in front of Dick)! (5)
3 Chilly split at the result of Titanic trial? (7)
4 Enda illegally featured in Parliament (4)
6 Mercian ruler today’s a throwback – prefers to fence (5)
7 Cajun is a knave and a Scotsman combined (7)
8 Place Caleb almost had in the OT? (7)
13 Abraham’s wife’s animosity over 8’s capital interfering, putting king on top (7)
15 Award Sondheim initially ignored in a musical piece (7)
17 Shop’s lad is taken on immediately (2-5)
19 Rapid transit? (5)
21 Unsophisticated Cromer, not a classic site to sit on a donkey (5)
22 Launch site for sailor without a run (4)
Quick across
1 Sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years (7)
5 Concerning the lowest point (5)
9 Camelot knight first associated with the Grail (8)
10 Exactly (2,1,1)
11 Representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus (5)
12 Land of Medea and the Golden Fleece in Greek myth (7)
14 Display (6)
16 1979 biopic with Vanessa Redgrave in the title role (6)
18 Prayer said three times a day in memory of the Annunciation (7)
20 Pacific nation [1], familiarly the Friendly Is (5)
23 Green gem (4)
24 NW Scottish fishing and ferry port, on Loch Broom (8)
25 Hotel offering: musical piece (5)
26 Cost (7)
Quick down
2 Particular Caucasian, in short (5)
3 Mexican peninsula (7)
4 Capital of Fiji (4)
6 Ancient Mexican Nahuatl speaker (5)
7 Levite son of Hebron; cousin to Moses (7)
8 Disciple and saint, Feast Day 25 September (7)
13 One of Jacob’s 12 sons (7)
15 Pacific nation [2], formerly the New Hebrides (7)
17 Adolphe — (1814-94), Belgian inventor of musical instruments (7)
19 Apply, as pressure (5)
21 144 (5)
22 Plant fibre made into thread and woven into linen fabric (4)
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