| Clues down |
| 1 | Soft leather from back of leg (4) |
| 2 | Give support to number of Gospels found in Authorised Version? No, quite the opposite! (6) |
| 3 | Conflicts over joints found in the Navy (8) |
| 4 | Partner with disabling gas turning up to get sea-monster (6) |
| 5 | Two fruits, we hear, cause tropical disease (8) |
| 6 | Meant to run awkwardly in competition (10) |
| 7 | Archbishop coming from the city (12) |
| 8 | Bringing together to irritate? One’s no use on its own! (8-6) |
| 9 | Most of 6 is decoration (8) |
| 10 | Shine, despite poor result (6) |
| 11 | Took drugs – wrongly sued (4) |
| 16 | Dare he cheat? Perhaps, and those in his charge may do so! (4,7) |
| 18 | Biscuits provided when redhead loses temper (6,5) |
| 20 | Graduate’s wearing tattered coat – what sauce! (7) |
| 21 | Turn handle on barrel-organ or pipe-organ? (4,10) |
| 23 | Dug Noel out and lazed around (7) |
| 25 | It is contracted, so sit up! (3) |
| 26 | Puce can (damaged) placed on board – we can’t have that! (12) |
| 27 | Poorly? Don’t start to write will! (3) |
| 29 | One nation holds it, and I provide ceremony for admittance (10) |
| 32 | Widths of staple food – and this loses one (8) |
| 34 | Varmint, rude rascal, holds one forcing his way in (8) |
| 35 | Mischievous child performed and made an impression (8) |
| 37 | It’s respectable in this eventide centre (6) |
| 39 | Don: “Boy could be an Insignificant person” (6) |
| 40 | Nevertheless, first lady suppressed unfortunate son (4,2) |
| 41 | Act listlessly in brief period before exercise class (4) |
| 43 | Island sounds like heaven (4) |
