No real problems with this one. One unfamiliar word that needed checking and it was only after the event that I appreciated the setter’s intentions in 1A
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 ABBEY – ABBE = French priest, Y(eats). There is an Abbey Theatre in Dublin, appropriate for Yeats, adding to the clue | |
| 4 BORROWINGS – B(ritish), O.R. = men, ROWING = paddling, S(outh) | |
| 9 ICICLE – I, CI(r)CLE = gang | |
| 14 ORGIASTIC – (ACTOR IS)*, around G.I. = Joe | |
| 15 COLLABORATION – CO = firm, LLAB = BALL = formal, reversed, ORATION = address. A formal can be a formal event at a college, for example, so a ball would fit. | |
| 16 BEATNIK – BEAT = laid into, NIK = KIN = family, reversed | |
| 17 PAPERBACK – P.A = per annum = every year, PER = REP = traveller, reversed, BACK = sponsor | |
| 18 GHOST – G(ood), HOST = presenter | |
| 19 AGGRANDISEMENT – (DAMS GENERATING)* | |
| 22 UPSTART – START UP = fledgling business, with the order of the words changed | |
| 25 EXHIBITING – EX = former, H(usband), BITING = keen, around I = one | |
| 27 INVERTEBRATE – INVERT = turn up, ETE = summer in Paris, around BRA = underwear | |
| 30 ATOLL – A, TOL = LOT = great number, reversed, L(arge) | |
| 31 TEST TUBE – TEST = evaluate, TUBE = underground | |
| 32 RENOVATE – RENO = city in Nevada, VAT = tax, (revenu)E | |
| 35 HAYFIELD – HELD = maintained, around initial letters of A Young Farmer Ideally | |
| 36 WATERLOO – double definition | |
| 37 COCOA – CO, CO = concerns (companies), A(bstainer) | |
| 39 RECONSTITUTE – (STONECUTTER)* around I(ndian) | |
| 41 SCEPTICISM – SEPTIC = rotten, around C(lubs), IS, M(y) | |
| 43 CHARIOT – HARICOT = pulse, with C = about, moved to the front | |
| 45 RHYTHM AND BLUES – the abbreviation RNB is hidden in hoRNBlower | |
| 48 BOWEL – BOWL = wood, around E(xplore) | |
| 49 LITIGATED – LIED = told story, around TIT = bird, around GA = Georgia | |
| 51 THEATRE – THERE = that place, around alternate letters in AcTs | |
| 53 SEMICONDUCTOR – two cryptic definitions, the first to a component on a circuit board, the second suggesting a SEMI CONDUCTOR would only control half an orchestra (the players) | |
| 54 LOCK HORNS – LOCK = secure, HORNS = some brass | |
| 55 NINETY – IN = trendy, E.T. = sci-fi film, in N.Y. = US city | |
| 56 SKYROCKETS – SKY’S = broadcaster’s, around ROCKET = carpeting | |
| 57 CALVE – CAVE = hole in rock, around L(eft). The definition, is to bear (young), on a farm | |
| Down | |
| 1 AMOEBA – A, MBA = business degree, around O.E. = Old English | |
| 2 BIG BANG THEORY – BIG = major, BANGOR = Welsh city, around THE = article, (Anglese)Y | |
| 3 YEARN – YARN = story, around E(uropean) | |
| 4 BETOKEN – hidden in morecamBE TO KENsington | |
| 5 RECEPTIONIST – INTERCEPTS* around IO = ten | |
| 6 OCCUPIED – O = love, CD = disc, around CUP = trophy, and I.E. – that is | |
| 7 IDLER – I = current, DR = doctor, around L(arg)E | |
| 8 GUARANTEED – GUARD = cover, around A, N(ew),and TEE = place for drivers | |
| 10 COAL GAS – ALGA = seaweed, in COS = lettuce | |
| 11 CHIPOLATA – COLA = drink, around HIP = fruit, TA = thanks | |
| 12 ERNST – ERN(e)ST = Hemingway | |
| 13 MOCK TURTLE SOUP – (TROUT PLUMS COKE)* | |
| 20 REBELLION – REEL = dance, around B(achelor), LION = celeb | |
| 21 ENNOBLED – ENNOB = BONNE = French maid, reversed, L.E.D. = light. I needed to check the first part, but it has appeared again in another crossword since this one | |
| 23 THE RED ARMY – (THEY DREAM)*, around (wa)R | |
| 24 METAPHORIC – MET = paid, A, PRIC(e), around HO(use) | |
| 26 TITTLE-TATTLING – (NIGELLA, T,T,T,T,T,T)*, with the 6 Ts representing time | |
| 28 BRONCHIAL – B(ritish), RAIL* around ON = about and CH(urch) | |
| 29 STEALTHY – STEAL = pinch, THY = the solver’s (old) | |
| 33 ARCHITECTURAL – ARCH = crafty, IT, around TEC = PI, URAL = river | |
| 34 BLACK AND BLUE – double definition, the second mildly cryptic | |
| 38 STARSTRUCK – STAR(t)S TRUCK = gets lorry going | |
| 40 CHARWOMAN – CHAR = fish, W(ith), O(ld), MAN = guy | |
| 42 RHETORIC – RICHE*, around TOR(y) = Conservative | |
| 44 ILLICIT – I(MP)LICIT = undeclared, with L(iberal), replacing MP | |
| 46 DETECTS – DETECT(ive)S = CID | |
| 47 LESSEE – hidden in handLES SEEm | |
| 48 BOSUN – (ON SUB)* | |
| 50 GATOR – GAR = RAG = tabloid, reversed, around TO | |
| 52 ETHIC – E.C. = European Community, around THI(s) | |
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