Times Cryptic Jumbo 1469: Preferably Beneath A Pile Of Crunching Bodies

Thanks to the setter for an enjoyable weekend workout. How did the rest of you enjoy this one?

ACROSS
1 Worked with teeth — appropriate for a rodent (9)
GROUNDHOG – GROUND [worked with teeth] + HOG [appropriate]

6 Conflict, depression and division on colony, ultimately (10)
DISHARMONY – DISH [depression] and HARM [division] ON {colon}Y

12 Men in retreat mostly ruined attack (5,2)
ROUND ON – reversed O.R. + UNDON{e}

13 Something wet to clear up, sprayed with warm jet (5,4)
WATER JUMP – (UP + WARM JET*)

14 One’s preceded by gracious primate proceeding slowly (5)
LORIS – I’S preceded by LOR! [gracious!]

16 Storm involving priest seen with plunder in car (7,5)
RELIANT ROBIN – RANT [storm] “involving” ELI [priest] + ROB [plunder] IN

17 Society greets secure form of lottery (10)
SWEEPSTAKE – S WEEPS TAKE [society | greets | secure]

19 Renowned Irish columns from author having huge influence all round (6,8)
GIANTS CAUSEWAY – CAUSE [author] having GIANT SWAY all around

22 Drops out of academy during a New York October? (8)
RAINFALL – R.A. IN FALL

24 Part of the company’s stable? Hardly(6)
INFIRM – or IN FIRM

25 Nonplussed when fashion editor goes on rather! (10)
ASTONISHED – AS TON + ED goes on ISH [rather]

26 Singers turning round unmissable shows (5)
BASSI – hidden reversed in {unm}ISSAB{le}

29 Gallery’s encouragement to investigating officer? (4)
GODS – GO, D.S.!

30 The female expert appearing across commercial channel (8)
HEADRACE – HER ACE appearing “across” AD

32 Page about supporting education graduate put together in advance (9)
PREFORMED – P RE FOR M.ED.

34 Clapped out old vehicle, in short one delivered at inopportune time? (4,5)
LOVE CHILD – (OLD VEHICL{e}*)

35 Choice reflected your excellent work with animals (8)
BESTIARY – BEST [choice] + reversed YR A1

36 Wily crook (4)
ARCH – double def

39 Row after firm closed (3-2)
SET-TO – after SET, TO

40 Act wisely: ring new solicitors (3,7)
LAW SOCIETY – (ACT WISELY O*)

42 One shut up after battle to impress conference (6)
POWWOW – P.O.W. + WOW [to impress]

44 Man set to become minister (8)
CHAPLAIN – or CHAP LAIN

46 Painting’s eradication, sadly, with age (2,2,7,3)
ET IN ARCADIA EGO – (ERADICATION + AGE*)

48 Lesser characters punishing people in return refuse their food? (10)
SCAVENGERS – SC [small caps = lesser characters?] + AVENGERS [characters punishing people in return?] = those whose food is refuse? Either “characters” is doing double duty here or I’ve ha one too many cocktails tonight…

49 US zoo let bear out? How low can you go! (8,4)
ABSOLUTE ZERO – (US ZOO LET BEAR*)

53 Sort of share purchase with English girl in rugby team (2,3)
EX DIV – E + DI in XV

54 Changing latest film in our name (2,3,4)
ON THE TURN – NTH E.T. in OUR N

55 Did career damage (light) (7)
HURTLED – HURT L.E.D.

56 College keeping yellow spirit — a litre: far from fresh (10)
UNORIGINAL – UNI “keeping” OR + GIN A L

57 Child meeting the head, one guilty of serious wrongdoing? (9)
KIDNAPPER – KID meeting NAPPER

DOWN
1 Poor serving? Set to clinch game (5)
GRUEL – GEL to “clinch” R.U.

2 Model not oddly recalled with flowers in paintings (3,7)
OLD MASTERS – reversed M{o}D{e}L {n}O{t} + ASTERS

3 Sort of pan, note, where you’d put cocktail sausage? (8)
NONSTICK – N + ON STICK

4 Anything in house for use as guide? (3-2)
HOW-TO – OWT in HO

5 Frightful egotist we suss out (3,4,2)
GET WISE TO – (EGOTIST WE*)

6 Fleet-footed attorney’s patch (4)
DARN – D.A. with R.N. “footing”

7 Radar signal is small, and as weak (6)
SQUAWK – S + QUA WK

8 Flight software the French put round Polish Conference? (6,3,5)
APPLES AND PEARS – APP + LES put round SAND PEAR. As in a Cockney’s flight of stairs

9 Married woes coming with blessing? That’s hopelessly romantic! (5-3-4)
MILLS AND BOON – M ILLS AND BOON

10 Heaven recalled in bible stories (7)
NIRVANA – reversed IN + R.V. + ANA

11 Working group go in, after finally halting (10)
PROROGUING – (GROUP GO IN {afte}R*)

15 Indicate difficulty creating entrance (9)
SPELLBIND – SPELL BIND [indicate | difficulty]

18 Girl getting round periodical lack of diligence (8)
LAZINESS – LASS getting round ZINE

20 One’s sworn at, very loudly, girls included (9)
AFFIDAVIT – AT, “including” FF + IDA & VI

21 Team in bright blue gets turned over (6-4)
UPSIDE-DOWN – SIDE in UP DOWN [bright | blue]

23 One with an outlet for their criminal aspirations? (10)
SHOPLIFTER – cryptic def, the outlet being a literal retail outlet here

27 Brigadier’s outside with private wearing identical belt (3,6)
SAM BROWNE – B{rigadie}R + OWN, “wearing” SAME

28 Rules appearing long I revised (6,8)
AERIAL PINGPONG – (APPEARING LONG I*). Apparently this is another name for Australian Rules Football. Sport is weird

31 Scottish town elder, maybe, in France, briefly on a promise (8)
ARBROATH – ARBR{e}, on OATH

33 Possible sixteen year-old getting changed to serve alcohol? (6-6)
SCHOOL-LEAVER – (SERVE ALCOHOL*)

34 Reportedly, more than one can shed or forfeit rank (4,5)
LOSE CASTE – homophone of LOOS CAST

37 Welcome enquiry into way of making jam (3-2-3-2)
HOW-DO-YOU-DO – triple def

38 What’s very quietly catching Leo racing with artic? (6,4)
POLICE TRAP – PP “catching” (LEO + ARTIC*), semi-&lit

41 City pub’s heading for bar brawl (9)
INNSBRUCK – INN’S B{ar} RUCK

43 Old Russian’s British alias taking in US president (8)
BABUSHKA – B A.K.A. taking in BUSH

45 Pantomime as done for daughters at home (7)
ALADDIN – A LA [as done for] D D [daughters] IN [at home]

47 Singer out of A&E — he’s at home with us? (6)
BRITON – B{a}RITON{e}. For some definitions of “us”

50 Had garden worker put up fences (5)
OWNED – hidden reversed in {gar}DEN WO{rker}

51 Mathematician showing odd parts equalled four, finally (5)
EULER – E{q}U{a}L{l}E{d} + {four}R

52 Where prisoner waits to be flogged for speaking out?
CELL – homophone of SELL [to be flogged]