| Clues down |
| 1 | Fee for lease is ripped up (4) |
| 2 | They sit and make plans to pledge support for golfers (9) |
| 3 | I’m replaced in cruiser by enemy leader. After some confusion, this person will save me (7) |
| 4 | Alter a step and stick (5) |
| 5 | Look closely again at king holding first of earls over a pit (2-7) |
| 6 | Decent duet, strangely, is not discovered (10) |
| 7 | German official breaks rust embargo (11) |
| 8 | Vision of 500 plus 500 sheets of paper (5) |
| 9 | Redesign totem from hunt when one comes face to face with stark reality (6,2,5) |
| 10 | Emulsion paint? Not quite true – it’s a measure of hotness (11) |
| 11 | Two-party bird (4) |
| 16 | Poser with a nervous twitch? That’s questionable! (11) |
| 17 | Extract white liquid from dessert? No, this is the dessert! (4,7) |
| 20 | Colour-scheme shown on a hill? This is the person responsible (9) |
| 22 | Environmentally-friendly joke (English) – it’s a plum! (9) |
| 25 | Youngster out on Hallowe’en – Kim – cheers if Ma is upset (8-5) |
| 29 | Endure spider, say, to get this twig-like creature (5,6) |
| 30 | These wagers unexpectedly beat aces – why? (4-3,4) |
| 32 | Password to cave seen as poem, perhaps (4,6) |
| 35 | Aim to circumvent unusual arrest, creating draught (9) |
| 37 | Designer places main part of bridge on it with European Community investment, finally (9) |
| 41 | Cockney intellectual, we hear, may raise this in surprise (7) |
| 44 | Behold, state is nearby (5) |
| 45 | Keen Queen holds silver (English) (5) |
| 46 | Early murder victim, it’s said, was fit (4) |
| 47 | Drug addict’s silly ruse (4) |
