Herald

[dave1948]

8a God, that chap provides backing for a 70's band (6)
E?o???
Exodus

19d In the final athletic endeavour they jump,shoot and vault (5)
?r?p?

15a Press seen in a part of Old Iran (5)
???I?

6d Biblical mountain where serpent held up Gilead halfway in (6)
???b??

[elliemay1]

crypt (last letters)

[dave1948]

thank you ellie may

[dave1948]

Thank you Murdoch. 6d is Gilboa

[donny48]

6 Gilboa ?

[scorpiojo]

15 Media

Media (Old Persian: Māda, Middle Persian: Mād) is a region of north-western Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Medes. During the Achaemenid period, it comprised present-day Azarbaijan, Iranian Kurdistan and western Tabaristan.
Media (region) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[dave1948]

Typing error should have been Murdo

[dave1948]

Thank you Scorpiojo

Two left
16d Exact quote final lost in the end that's associated with a priest (6)
E?I?I?

13a Native American's going home getting nothing out of Indonesia (5)
?a?a?

[scorpiojo]

Eli cit(e) (quote)

[dave1948]

Thank you Donny48

[dave1948]

Thanks again No Just 13a now

[scorpiojo]

I would like to say Mayan, but can't parse :(

[donny48]

The only other North American i can find is Makah but again no parse.

[dave1948]

Thank you yet again Jo. I think you are right but similarly I can't work out the Indonesia bit

[dave1948]

Thanks Donny48 I can't parse either

[dannyk13]

13a.Masai?

[donny48]

I find it hard to reconcile North American with Mayan which was in the South.

[dannyk13]

Donny not North- native.