| Clues down |
| 1 | The French, turning up on wrecked boat, display manipulation of unknown quantities (7) |
| 2 | Country held by Stalin, diametrically opposed to capitalism (5) |
| 4 | Otherwise, hugging one woman (5) |
| 5 | Spoil month, missing church (3) |
| 6 | A nun with a cigar turns out to be a Central American native (10) |
| 7 | Glowing screenful to confuse (11) |
| 8 | Shot elephant in an inn? No, quite the reverse! (5) |
| 9 | Educational establishment where the science of language is taught? (7,6) |
| 10 | Prize for a protected child (5) |
| 11 | Disarms elite I stirred up, and gets rid of army (13) |
| 12 | More eager to be one wailing (6) |
| 17 | Decipher only about five (5) |
| 20 | Carts Stan off and negotiates (9) |
| 21 | Parcel Pip opened, revealing something useful for the office (5-4) |
| 22 | Accelerated provision of drug to stupid dupe (7,2) |
| 24 | Aide is put here to help insect (9) |
| 25 | Queen’s attendant – one hanging around? (4-2-7) |
| 26 | Reinstated dig, perhaps, but fell apart (13) |
| 30 | Throw red gun spinning into low vegetation (11) |
| 32 | Use bad language about Dover and Liverpool, for example, providing kit (10) |
| 35 | Sort of music to accompany a trapeze-artist? (5) |
| 39 | I get over first stage of disease due to vitamin deficiency on a Spanish peninsula (6) |
| 40 | Screen could be rose-red (7) |
| 42 | Henry with mother’s board game (5) |
| 43 | Pacific kingdom not overthrown by Georgia (5) |
| 45 | Subject is Greek character in overturned bed (5) |
| 46 | Old-fashioned, but went out with boys (5) |
| 49 | Peel head off fish (3) |
