Herald

[dave1948]

8a Judges situation when installing host initially in a chat show (6)
??H?A?

3dJapanese girl getting over a bit of swine leaving port (4)
?O??

9a Christian in Egypt captured list (4)
?O??

There are more but these would help greatly

[scorpiojo]

9 Copt?

[bibblebub]

9a: copt - sounds like "copped"

[scorpiojo]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copts

[dave1948]

Thank to the usual suspects Scorpiojo and Bibblebud

8a is now T?H?A?

[dave1948]

Could 8a be Tehran ?

[bibblebub]

8a: Ophrah ?? if the T is wrong

biblical city mentioned in Judges http://bibleatlas.org/ophrah.htm

[dave1948]

Thank you again Bibblebub.

I like Oprah. Sadly the t was from Copt so that cannot be correct
3d is ?O?O
Yoko ?

[scorpiojo]

3 Yoko (ham a)

[dave1948]

Thank Jo

[scorpiojo]

You're welcome, Dave.

Is 9a now ?O?O

[bibblebub]

how can the T in 8a come from 9a 'copt' ?

[shoota]

so is 9a now also ?o?o ?

[scorpiojo]

I'm confused...

[dave1948]

Copt is also right (my mistake)

Two left

10d Paul sent him with letters to trendy American after a house in Wales or Brittany (8)
T?C???U?

15a What's left when heart is gone from religious fanatics (6)
?E???S

[dave1948]

Sorry for confusion the last entry is correct now Many thanks for your patience

[scorpiojo]

Tychicus

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tychicus

[Captain2]

15a Relics - take centre out out REigious fanatICS

[scorpiojo]

Ty - house
Chic - trendy
US

https://glosbe.com/cy/en/ty

[Captain2]

... RELigious

[scorpiojo]

..here's an L ;o)