| Clues across |
| 1 | He designs machinery to provide elegance in chairmen, perhaps (10,8) |
| 12 | Strengthened two before start of day (6) |
| 13 | Put topping on chops carried by mountaineers (3-4) |
| 14 | Alter my Fido? (6) |
| 15 | Girl looks the same coming or going (4) |
| 16 | Greek character? Nothing huge (5) |
| 17 | Church vessel seen in dairy (5) |
| 18 | Platform, it could be said (4) |
| 19 | Generosity could provide less gear! (8) |
| 20 | Happy to have landed round centre (5-7) |
| 22 | American agents, clutching tabloid newspaper, return to get mushroom (6) |
| 25 | God could make varnish after sinking navy (5) |
| 27 | Have Paul in turmoil (8) |
| 29 | We turn lads off, displaying desire to roam (10) |
| 32 | Holding back, he has a non-U situation (10) |
| 33 | Commercial man (Scot) is hard to tell off (8) |
| 34 | Tend to be found in three points around ancient city (5) |
| 36 | Crazy dope’s got Ecstasy – remove from office! (6) |
| 38 | Political party accumulating funds and reducing workload (6-6) |
| 41 | Daisy planted in cathedral town shows direction of cold wind (8) |
| 44 | Russian prince in rigorous training (4) |
| 46 | Erin’s come back (about time!) to make fertiliser (5) |
| 47 | Heavenly being seen in strange location (5) |
| 48 | Lifting device fails to start – it won’t budge even this short distance! (4) |
| 49 | Di’s out, altering atelier (6) |
| 50 | Russian cultivator featured in Scott’s novel (7) |
| 51 | Peninsular region in which one has to exist with unusual bearing (6) |
| 52 | Controller compelled to study island producing building material (10,8) |
