| Clues across |
| 1 | Giant’s mother preceding his brother? (5) |
| 4 | Old Ben’s turned out what gentlemen prefer (7) |
| 8 | Happy to have first of properties let (7) |
| 12 | Coins thrown round article as act of contrition (7) |
| 13 | Pies found in a street? No, the other way round! (7) |
| 14 | Weird eastern lake (5) |
| 15 | Play featuring friend upset at a party before a boxing match – then zilch (4,3,5,7) |
| 18 | Upper-class sailors in vessel (3) |
| 19 | TV, newspapers etc providing me with aid of a sort (5) |
| 21 | Muck festering in last terrace house, initially (5) |
| 23 | Woman’s returning, I complain (5) |
| 24 | Found in the chair Edison used, and brought into the open (5) |
| 26 | Plough up acre around end of April – is that understood? (5) |
| 27 | Being placid isn’t difficult before travelling (4-5) |
| 28 | Unfortunate sad suitors? It’s worse than unfortunate! (10) |
| 31 | One holding leash shows some reserve about what follows (10) |
| 33 | A phony dateline’s cut off (9) |
| 34 | Take part in noisy revel – wild stir about nothing (5) |
| 36 | Animal’s track’s faint (5) |
| 38 | Otherwise holding one for woman (5) |
| 39 | Gone up in Paris enclave (5) |
| 40 | Fish in ship’s hold – both port and starboard, say (5) |
| 42 | Venerable centre in historical period (3) |
| 43 | Motoring policy adopted by Liberal Democrats? (5,5,9) |
| 48 | Broken plate for tuck (5) |
| 49 | School subject – sense of moral correctness, doing away with fraud (7) |
| 50 | Got round boss for tough footwear (7) |
| 51 | Pedal silly boy’s hiding in tree (7) |
| 52 | Animals burrowing in GPO, perhaps – belonging to this woman? (7) |
| 53 | Crest cut short when sailor’s left (5) |
