| Clues across |
| 11 | Pain in side from repair following surgery? (6) |
| 12 | One herb or, for example, a number (7) |
| 13 | Cried, so first of babies is put in bed (6) |
| 14 | Short prayer said before I have to haggle (getting gin cocktail!) in discussion between union and management (10,10) |
| 15 | Smile, even though hard work doesn’t finish (4) |
| 17 | He was spared from being killed by his father – is Alcoholics Anonymous credited initially? (5) |
| 19 | Stuttering: “I – I ain’t into admission ceremony” (10) |
| 21 | Polar cap? Cheese it! (That’s not right!) (3,5) |
| 24 | Vessel’s lost weight (7) |
| 26 | Choose tool (4) |
| 27 | Empties car after accident, finding waxy matter from whale’s head (10) |
| 29 | Notice Lynn, playing In a guileless manner (10) |
| 30 | Shake the sea bed? You can’t go any lower! (4,6) |
| 31 | Celtic earl gets upset, concerned with current affairs (10) |
| 32 | Joker, perhaps? (4) |
| 33 | Man upset about rent? Just the opposite – a bit left over (7) |
| 34 | Having a reaction to substances making Grace ill (8) |
| 35 | A source of help and information for owners of canine pets – or an association for those in the doghouse? (6,4) |
| 38 | Corrodes, displaying onset of staining in furrows (5) |
| 40 | Drunk In outskirts of Newcastle? Certainly one over the eight! (4) |
| 41 | Yearly publication placed before army officer having an encounter in important assembly of members (6,7,7) |
| 44 | Nuisance, the French grinder! (6) |
| 45 | Arranges a display and starts on a journey (4,3) |
| 46 | Moved in small increments, pulled by cable wound on drum, but ignoring workmen’s leader (6) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | German running up and down (4) |
| 2 | Pinched German fruit loaf with centre removed (6) |
| 3 | Pretentious Greek character appears twice (6) |
| 4 | Don’t set about parrot – it’s in a commanding position! (8) |
| 5 | A lake, nothing more (4) |
| 6 | Chap getting on in years is placed over a member of the board – now he’s the boss! (8,8) |
| 7 | Sort of phone call which could come to nostalgic end (4,8) |
| 8 | Stupid fellow is leader of insurrection in Italian town (6) |
| 9 | Leading characters from Othello run round French wood to find instrumentalist (6) |
| 10 | Hill held by Berber guardsmen (4) |
| 16 | Go to and fro and return compliment, say (11) |
| 18 | Car – I’m accountable – crashed into limestone (7,9) |
| 20 | Colonialist prepared to make a repeated swing from one side to the other (11) |
| 22 | Shovelled in coal around middle of afternoon and set pace in boat (7) |
| 23 | Charm changes our name (7) |
| 25 | Claret I spilled in musical performance (7) |
| 26 | Basket from girl with gun grabbed by public relations (7) |
| 28 | Perhaps not gloomiest bug-man (12) |
| 34 | Sailor has dissolved substance – that’s certain (8) |
| 36 | Musical compositions for foolhardy tightrope walkers? (6) |
| 37 | Drink upset over the German principal violinist (6) |
| 39 | Most of science could be picturesque (6) |
| 40 | Sign near hole in otherwise frozen pond? (6) |
| 41 | Declare: “It’s a wild rave!” (4) |
| 42 | Australian native, in short, has leader of firemen as cover (4) |
| 43 | Want to work dough, we hear (4) |
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