| Clues across |
| 1 | Sat still and put a question? (5) |
| 4 | Cor! Obit is re-written in the style of an automaton (7) |
| 8 | Seafarer and artist held back by gold-digger, for instance (7) |
| 12 | Starlet, when shaken, makes a noise (7) |
| 13 | Super sort of cast returning in autocrat’s Llandudno production (3-4) |
| 14 | Gets rid of bags (5) |
| 15 | Operative striving at becoming a detective (7,12) |
| 18 | Whale causes large black bird to lose tail and fly towards west (3) |
| 19 | Most of diary I altered, defining sizes of circles (5) |
| 21 | Arranges types (5) |
| 23 | Right oven needed for traditional Sunday lunch (5) |
| 24 | Company embraces obsolete unit of measurement for musical instrument (5) |
| 26 | Boeing, losing engine initially, crashes into house (5) |
| 27 | I phone CIA about ancient region (9) |
| 28 | Measure how long it takes to change? This will make a change automatically when you need it (4,6) |
| 31 | Cowgirl? She trained this breed of dog (5,5) |
| 33 | Of money, perhaps – or rye, according to the nursery rhyme (9) |
| 34 | French and German articles below (5) |
| 36 | Get together to recover lost health (5) |
| 38 | Scot I injured is indifferent to suffering, (5) |
| 39 | Dug round expansion board initially to remove snags from computer software (5) |
| 40 | Lost colour and turned deaf around start of day (5) |
| 42 | Have possessions in Wicklow, Newry and Dublin (3) |
| 43 | Valet is first of servants to come between two potential employers (10,9) |
| 48 | Soup could make you throb (5) |
| 49 | So, dixie could fall apart and rust? (7) |
| 50 | Not dead yet – but this is final gin cocktail! (7) |
| 51 | Yell “Red!”, shaking those getting on (7) |
| 52 | Express continuously (7) |
| 53 | A boss – out in front (5) |
