| Clues across |
| 12 | Find oneself involved in strange goings-on (3) |
| 13 | Translation of “Marionette trips in”? Wrong translation! (17) |
| 14 | Have gin cocktail by the French fireplace (5) |
| 15 | Spear thrown in crevasse, gaining victory (7) |
| 16 | Hinted when retreating: “It’s dull being surrounded by deaf, mostly” (7) |
| 17 | Dance when Georgia gets ballot – about time! (7) |
| 18 | Condescends to accept first of startling plans (7) |
| 20 | Force on unit area fails to open lock (5) |
| 21 | Valuable pottery placed around fashionable excavation (6) |
| 22 | Almost leave guy confused in an uncertain sort of way (7) |
| 24 | Rash London district taking on crazy labyrinth (6) |
| 28 | Temple, club and library (9) |
| 30 | Deal to change art sanction (11) |
| 32 | Peacekeepers’ tiny incomplete tent gets 34 somewhat sour (11) |
| 33 | Poorly – having left the straight and narrow? (2,1,3,3) |
| 34 | Newspaperman tried in vain to grab leader of opposition (6) |
| 36 | Sprinkle snake with green mixture (not new) (7) |
| 37 | A woman in the USA is 38 (6) |
| 41 | Trademark’s a flaming piece of wood (5) |
| 42 | Lose oar carelessly, causing spray (7) |
| 44 | Cockney’s bald and stuffy (7) |
| 46 | Hate wicked kid’s lie (7) |
| 47 | Start transferring payment to hostage-takers for crossbeam (7) |
| 49 | Alien following donkey for something worth having (5) |
| 50 | Nice lion warned lad to change story about adventures of a little girl (5,2,10) |
| 51 | Cut most of figure-skating jump with spin (3) |
