| Clues across |
| 11 | Heart of computer condensed into broken cup (7,10,4) |
| 12 | Falsely accused of crime and farmed out (6) |
| 13 | Angry, setting off flare gun endlessly (7) |
| 14 | Show preferential treatment after losing sex appeal in religious establishment (6) |
| 15 | Seclude her, perhaps, and set new timetable (10) |
| 17 | Playing with Bengal hoop, he wouldn’t like the language in this crossword! (10) |
| 19 | Gem is nothing to a friend (4) |
| 21 | Tailor’s aid often goes to waste, we hear; does it show how much has been recorded? (4,7) |
| 24 | Back to the old island (4) |
| 25 | Nicest characters get confused if in charge, based on observation and experiment (10) |
| 27 | Flood making Nina undo it (10) |
| 28 | Won illegally to possess (3) |
| 29 | One from down south reveals gold on a trail meandering between two poles (10) |
| 30 | Fruit + fruit = fruit (10) |
| 31 | Listen to her, seizing advantage initially (4) |
| 32 | Serious intent of man running round a promontory (11) |
| 34 | Appears on stage, inebriated, in Cats (4) |
| 35 | Anoint a son causing disturbance in city (3,7) |
| 38 | Bill (copper) takes on one at a time in a defamatory manner (10) |
| 41 | Unusually, I moult in the last month (6) |
| 43 | Graduates filling rolled-up Mexican pancake – hot sauce needed (7) |
| 44 | That woman in health resort is a porter (6) |
| 45 | Fake Renoir is apt to get switched round? It won’t take your breath away – quite the opposite! (10,11) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Edict of French Canadian people (6) |
| 2 | Impress on hoarder – he needs an album! (5,9) |
| 3 | Cart backs into enclosed area (4) |
| 4 | Race up, distraught, to get brief outline (6) |
| 5 | Extending over a considerable period, as a schoolboy views the time between holidays (4-4) |
| 6 | Sing about sprite, mother and silver, describing a cutter? (4-8) |
| 7 | Fallen limb from a specific tree, and the residue after burning placed on record (3,3) |
| 8 | Cooking utensils, when inverted, break in two (4) |
| 9 | Shin up awkwardly to hand out retribution (6) |
| 10 | Igor climbs – I, too, in a way. He studies life on a small scale (14) |
| 16 | A man placed over property? No, quite the reverse – he’s keen to sell it (6,5) |
| 18 | Wears too many clothes – or ones too ostentatious for the occasion (11) |
| 20 | Try peculiar gel, spread where hangings take place (7,7) |
| 22 | I get into child’s steam engine, more out of breath than ever (7) |
| 23 | Greek character and Lulu turn up to hoot (7) |
| 24 | “Come in” isn’t meant, perhaps, for these diversions (14) |
| 26 | Colt running round confused boy? Never! Henry Ford introduced it to speed production (8,4) |
| 33 | Move footballer to another club? Ref rants, getting upset (8) |
| 36 | A section of the police in charge – that’s sharp! (6) |
| 37 | Fool is Northern Ireland fool (6) |
| 39 | Sea state indicated: current has overturned pedalo, panicking yachtsmen initially(6) |
| 40 | Friend turning up on track – a docile person (6) |
| 42 | State: “Ooh! I get confused!” (4) |
| 44 | Airs wafting dress (4) |
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