| Clues down |
| 1 | Spy organisation holds rotter providing insect (6) |
| 2 | Nude lump could be a swinger! (8) |
| 3 | Afterthought about aquatic animal placed over disc on which bowls are made (7,5) |
| 4 | Boss over hospital department is still a learner (7) |
| 5 | One maltreating a public service vehicle going to the queen (6) |
| 6 | Press surgeon to get rid of boy (4) |
| 7 | Hate her speckled woollen fabric (7-7) |
| 8 | Al Capone, perhaps, chopping head off crustacean and replacing it with head of monkey (7) |
| 9 | No, a rupee’s not right for this continental (8) |
| 10 | Revise comic strip, so one sees things a lot larger than life-size (12) |
| 11 | One of seven little men having a cold (6) |
| 19 | Finding Titania dull, perhaps, where breadth in interpretation is concerned (11) |
| 21 | Treat in a supercilious manner in Aug, Sept? (7) |
| 23 | Like a balloon, halting Harriet in confusion (7-4-3) |
| 25 | Turn up read-only memory holding data for El Cordobes, say (7) |
| 26 | A traitor returns holding one head ornament (5) |
| 27 | Here’s a clue: I dare to hold back word of farewell (5) |
| 29 | Style of building produced by designer on river (12) |
| 31 | Ride this without going anywhere, and it could make hiker’s corn go (7-5) |
| 35 | Poorly? One number is in a state! (8) |
| 38 | Erect pen wrongly, making false claim (8) |
| 39 | Shy cops could be oddballs (7) |
| 40 | Tack-maker left in more dismal state (7) |
| 41 | Implants in groups (6) |
| 43 | Ring again to annul (6) |
| 45 | Went into outskirts of Tenby to get score (6) |
| 48 | Rang a bell, it’s said, and informed (4) |
