Quite straightforward. A couple of definitions that were more cryptic and a couple of unfamiliar words, including a slang word, but everything was clear from the wordplay and confirmed by crossing letters.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 CHATTERBOX – C(onservative), HATTER = party attendant (Alice in Wonderland), BOX = fight | |
| 6 UNATTRACTIVE – double definition, the second cryptic and referring to poles of a magnet | |
| 14 BUG-HUNTER – UGH = that’s nasty, in BUNTER = fat schoolboy | |
| 15 LONER – hidden in hoveL ON ERebus | |
| 16 LOLLARD – L(eft), (b)OLLARD = post | |
| 17 ASSAULT AND BATTERY – ASSAULT sounds like A SALT = a sailor, AND = with, BATTERY = one that’s charged | |
| 18 NAIVE – NA(t)IVE = local resident | |
| 19 EXPRESS – EX = divorcee, PRESS = crowd | |
| 21 OILMEN – cryptic definition | |
| 22 SNEAKERS – SNEAK = tell-tale, S(ymbols), around E.R. = the Queen | |
| 24 ROOFTOP – RO = O.R. = men, reversed, OFT = frequently, OP. = work | |
| 26 TURMERIC – TURM sounds like TERM = designation, ERIC = fellow | |
| 27 EMPIRE – EIRE = republic, around M.P. = politician | |
| 30 ELECTRICITY – ELECT = chosen, R.I. CITY = Providence (capital of Rhode Island) | |
| 32 SULPHONATES – (HOUSE PLANTS)* | |
| 33 DOUBLE-CROSS – DOUBLE = twin, CROSS = trial | |
| 35 SYMPATHISER – SPA = spring, around YM = MY = this writer’s, reversed, THIS, E.R. = monarch | |
| 37 AWEIGH – sounds like AWAY = not at home | |
| 38 LAYABOUT – LOUT = yob, around A, YAB = BAY = horse, reversed | |
| 39 LEFTISM – LE = the, French, F.T. = paper, IS, M(emorable) | |
| 42 INFRARED – IN F(iel)D, around RARE = uncommon | |
| 44 BEREFT – F(emale) in BERET = brimless cap | |
| 46 EASTERN – NEAREST* | |
| 48 GARTH – (Ho)GARTH = English engraver | |
| 49 UPSET THE APPLE-CART – double definition. I am not familiar with the play | |
| 51 ORINOCO – O.R. = soldiers, IN, O(ld), C.O. = commander | |
| 52 ROUGE – ROGUE = scoundrel, with G and U, from GrUb, exchanging places | |
| 53 PYROMANIA – PI = Greek character, around Y = unknown and ROMAN = Italian, A | |
| 54 MASTERSTROKE – STREAM*, STROKE = oarsman | |
| 55 GREAT-NIECE – GREECE = Balkan state, around ANTI = IN T.A. = in army reserve, reversed | |
| Down | |
| 1 CABBAGE TREE – CABBAGE = steal (slang), TREE = famous actor | |
| 2 AEGIS – A(libis), E.G. = for example, IS | |
| 3 TRUCULENT – TRUC sounds like TRUCK = dealings, LENT = fast, around U(niversity) | |
| 4 ROTATES – SET = prescribed, TOR = peak, all reversed around A(rea) | |
| 5 OTRANTO – initial letters in Only Tycoons, RAN TO = had sufficient resources | |
| 7 NONETHELESS – NONE sounds like NUN = woman who’s taken vows, (SHE’S LET)* | |
| 8 TARGET – T.A. = part-time soldiers, GET = make it, around R(iver) | |
| 9 RALLYING – double definition | |
| 10 CALENDAR MONTH – (LEND MONARCH A T(hrone))* | |
| 11 IMAGINE – I’M AGIN = this writer’s opposed (commonly), E = MDMA (ecstasy) | |
| 12 ENDLESSNESS – double definition, the second cryptic (and dependent on one’s own point of view) | |
| 13 GLOBULARLY – (LUG A BROLLY)* | |
| 20 PROSECUTE – PROSE = non-poetic writing, CUTE = quaintly pleasing | |
| 23 DIPLOMAT – DIPLOMA = certificate, T(ime) | |
| 25 PRINCE – PR = pair, IN = belonging to, C.E. = church | |
| 26 TRIPODAL – TRIAL = test, around POD = school (of dolphins for example) | |
| 28 INTESTINE – INTE(r.e.)ST = stake, IN, E = key | |
| 29 THRALL – TALL = unlikely, around H = Henry and R = king | |
| 31 TELEGRAPH POLE – TELEGRAPH = newspaper, POLE sounds like POLL = ballot | |
| 33 DRAWING-ROOM – DRAW = sketch, GROOM = newly-wed, around IN = fashionable | |
| 34 STAGE-STRUCK – STAGES = mounts, TRUCK = HGV | |
| 35 SCORE-SHEET – SCORE = twenty, SET = part of match, around HE | |
| 36 REMONSTRATE – DEMONSTRATE = show, with (directo)R replacing D(aughter) | |
| 40 FISHERMAN – IS = lives, HERM = Channel Island, surrounded by FAN = cooler | |
| 41 NEBULOUS – NEB = BEN = chap, reversed, U(niversity), SOUL* | |
| 43 FORTIES – FORT = keep, IS = one’s, around E = key | |
| 45 TRAPPER – PART = role, REP = agent, both reversed individually | |
| 46 EMPORIA – A.1. = fab, ROPE = guy, all reversed, around M(ass) | |
| 47 USURER – USUR(p)ER = architect of coup | |
| 50 ANNIE – A, E(uropean) INN = roadhouse, reversed | |
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