| Clues across |
| 12 | Take drug, say, in America – Ecstasy? (3) |
| 13 | Broadsheet trio get in trouble – with this wild animal? (5-7,5) |
| 14 | Put lid on fellow, right? (5) |
| 15 | Boat after discharging cargo? (7) |
| 16 | English seafarer mostly right to be swallowing drink (7) |
| 17 | Exceed allotted time when last bits of batter, cobbler and gateau are left in oven (7) |
| 18 | European Union codes about obsolete currency (7) |
| 20 | Strait in good condition (5) |
| 21 | Recovering gambler (6) |
| 22 | Liqueur obtained from crabs in the Orient (7) |
| 24 | Newspaperman rode it awkwardly (6) |
| 28 | One setting timetable for half of school with English ruled out (9) |
| 30 | Met nobleman and queen in dene, returning (11) |
| 32 | They ruminate and provide liquid refreshment directly at a roundabout (5,6) |
| 33 | Alien rat I disturbed, among other things (5,4) |
| 34 | Excellent commercial traveller seen in public service vehicle, reversing (6) |
| 36 | Fed badly in dilapidated café? No, just the opposite – should be erased (7) |
| 37 | Whacked when last of syllabub gets devoured (6) |
| 41 | Leader of police and a police car (5) |
| 42 | Fired big guns, creating hell in south-east Denmark initially (7) |
| 44 | Heal tic? Could that be righteous? (7) |
| 46 | Complain to get drink – a nourishing one (4,3) |
| 47 | Child – and a princess (7) |
| 49 | Goes out, knotting ten ties (5) |
| 50 | Can’t be put out? Now Di’s replacing ex – can’t tell them apart! (17) |
| 51 | Super singleton (3) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Papal representative places nun over one in company (6) |
| 2 | Wounded, I save the most weighty (8) |
| 3 | Making things simple for the employer, serf with nothing in France is surrounded by heads of ugly, dirty, lazy yokels (4-8) |
| 4 | Sailor, unaccompanied, gets shellfish (7) |
| 5 | Black bird or dog (6) |
| 6 | Entertainer is shot, unfortunately (4) |
| 7 | Keep plain-clothes cop in cupboard? He’s supposed to be looking out for shoplifters! (5,9) |
| 8 | Most expensive girl-friend? (7) |
| 9 | Put to 12? 12 holding one French bed upside-down, supported by leader of Druids (8) |
| 10 | Lug ritual car around – it’s concerned with raising crops (12) |
| 11 | Bent upwards, very dry, failing to start (6) |
| 19 | Demarcation barrier between departments in same company breaks chain we sell (7,4) |
| 21 | Good Queen swallows fish as well (7) |
| 23 | Gifts set before an idol – or items of food served by inexperienced cook? (5,9) |
| 25 | First of reviews upset Andrew, so sketched again (7) |
| 26 | Beg to put the French in bed-sit (5) |
| 27 | Covered in fine particles of the French pig-house (5) |
| 29 | Found in a road up a steep hillside, fastener for locks is flexible (7,5) |
| 31 | Threw eel here – upset tricycle (5-7) |
| 35 | Start ode about trial of new car, say (4,4) |
| 38 | Mostly late cacti spreading out, using certain means to obtain a desired end (8) |
| 39 | CIA, as it turns out, doesn’t come from the USA (7) |
| 40 | Smears bud base, perhaps (7) |
| 41 | Drinking-vessel turns up, holding most of bill (crumpled) – it’s not private! (6) |
| 43 | Small boat, shabby, with last of catch on board (6) |
| 45 | Not really silent? Pay attention! (6) |
| 48 | I fall in Cornish river and die (4) |
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