| Clues across |
| 1 | Sunflower tuber from middle-eastern city, getting Keith and Cora upset (9,9) |
| 12 | Copper’s holding injured cat found in desert – it could scratch! (6) |
| 13 | Demand too much duty from American chopper on public display (7) |
| 14 | Lure found in authentic equipment for anglers (6) |
| 15 | Sad and pornographic (4) |
| 16 | I bail out – that’s an excuse! (5) |
| 17 | Erratic tour around Devon, initially, to find royal house (5) |
| 18 | Mature letters found on gravestone (English) . . . (4) |
| 19 | . . . and there, possibly, is a hanger-on (8) |
| 20 | Discordant – could create insomnia hour (12) |
| 22 | Can Roy alter artist’s medium? (6) |
| 25 | Murderer holding first of hangings provides series of links (5) |
| 27 | Cold rain corrodes old warship (4-4) |
| 29 | Cricketer standing near boundary foiled true shot (10) |
| 32 | Imprison vessel, providing position for trainee doctor (10) |
| 33 | Worships, but is soiled badly (8) |
| 34 | Encounters gatherings of fox-hunters (5) |
| 36 | Bashful about a child’s horse, we hear, like the dog in long-winded pointless joke (6) |
| 38 | First of the country yokel’s family (Ned) is insensitive to insult (5-7) |
| 41 | Get shivering fit about shaky loan, but it’s a representational form of presentation (8) |
| 44 | Car’s suffered in accident – this is evidence of earlier damage (4) |
| 46 | Apple pie à la mode found in famous Texas mission? No, quite the reverse! (5) |
| 47 | Opera, almost as usual (5) |
| 48 | Mean to be close (4) |
| 49 | Name of retreating enemy soldier (6) |
| 50 | Take a breath and fill mind with noble thoughts (7) |
| 51 | Standards of perfection needed when changing a slide (6) |
| 52 | He was a 17 – thy knighting here he performed (4,5,3,6) |
