Thanks, m'dear!

Pursue arrest - connected with the church (3,6)

Hint time (note clue has been tweaked a bit...)

Direct on the right
Wordplay (as expected) 3+6
cvc cvccvc, sometimes hyphenated

Hmm...

123 425567
Only vowels a & o (2 of one, 1 of the other)
Slang-ish

...think apparel rather than building

Beginning to fear this is mostly a Britphrase

-o- -o--a-

...and the first word is not "God"

dog collar

I've never heard it referred to as such.

Looked it up, it's an informal name for a clerical collar. Who knew?

Ah well - makes up for all those strange baseball terms Denis used to come uo with!

Good detective work, Cheryl!

Sorry, but I'm fresh out of collars - will a belt do? ===[**CDM**]===

Interesting: I would not have twigged that as term not used across the pond.

Thanks, Rog! I'm not really into collars, anyway!

"Cash and Carry" stocks vehicle with no motor (7)

Direct on the right. Two vowels, both the same.

Ah - a Cheryl special!

casH AND CARry

Here's your special reward, Rog! ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks, Cheryl!

Encourage to go round for a snack (3,4)

Egg roll = a snack - egg (encourage) + roll (go round)

A tasty solve, Lex! ===[**CDM**]===

I thank you!

Hot hunks in check (8) - three es

Direct on the left cvcvcvcc

All the consonants are different and the hunks are human

Wordplay 2-3 inside 3

T and M are two of the consonants, T being placed at one end of the answer and separated from M by 2 other letters

I wasn't expecting this one to prove so stubborn: the answer is vehement (hot), being vet (check) containing he-men (hunks). He-men is probably now a banned expression!

Here's something seasonal instead:

Star witnesses not entirely marvellous (4)

Direct on the left, cvcv, all letters different

magi(c)