It is worth knowing that this was Church Times puzzle No. 1300, though you’ll have to read a long way through the clues before the relevance becomes apparent. I don’t know that I’ve ever had a thematic puzzle with so little thematic material in the across entries
ACROSS
1 Clear evidence of injury I had (6)
5 Attachment to motorcycle is knocked over and dashed backwards (7)
10 Money-box not opened by politician making collection (9)
11 Church official not quite the limit (5)
12 Took a chance, seeing a shift in fear (5)
13 Seductress about to participate in lust, say (5)
14 Move suddenly, giving leg a twist (3)
16 Supports cultural origins with backing of vicar, ultimately (5,3)
17 Cleaner arrives after church (4)
20 Study offering refuge to a clergyman (4)
22 Writer going to part of Italy, one escaping shadow (8)
26 Recalled surprised comment about a vegetable (3)
27 Clear deliveries will take a little time (5)
28 Paved area used in occupation (5)
29,30 Author of 6,24 represented i.e. in a light read (5,9)
31 Married woman importing imaginative religious figures (7)
32 Former pagan deity beginning to develop and grow (6)
DOWN
2 Conclude number will appear in part of 6,24 (7)
3 Old person turning up clutching cut salad vegetable in part of 6 24 (8)
4 Cross raised over part of organ? It keeps something open (8)
5 People affirming 6 24’s translator (6)
6,24 Story of journey beginning on 9 in 1300 (6,6)
7 Biblical city, not rich, crumbling (7)
8 Regret line not being adopted by government (3)
9 Mistake about day – diary shifted religious holiday (4,6)
15 Poor guitar playing in part of 6 24 (10)
18 29a’s guide to appear momentarily (8)
19 Desert with water around? (4,4)
21 Social worker – man with role sorted out (7)
23 Bird, a little seabird (7)
24 See 6 down
25 Features of organ finally enshrined in carillon? (6)
29 Monastic title – the reverse of modern? Not half (3)
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