Times Cryptic Jumbo 1519: Tender-Handed Solve A Crossword

I did this a while back and can’t remember much about it now but it looks to have been a straightforward one, taking myself and Jason in the vicinity of 13 minutes and Magoo 11 and a half, confound his clever eyes.

I open the floor to suggestions for COD as I’m going out to have a couple of light ales on Alameda Island. Thank you setter, and till anon!

Definitions underlined in italics, (ABC)* indicating anagram of ABC, {} deletions and [] other indicators.

Across
1 Teacher caught in riot turns nasty (10)
INSTRUCTOR – C in (RIOT TURNS*)
6 Amicable police officers sat by spring (4-8)
WELL-DISPOSED – D(etective) I(nspector)S POSED by WELL
14 Accumulate too much weaponry, finding way to make deliveries (7)
OVERARM – double def
15 About to mature, having lost weight, line up differently (7)
REGROUP – RE [about] + GRO{w} UP
16 Agonise about Romanian currency used for floral ornament (7)
FLEURET – FRET about LEU
17 Tailless red fish (4)
RUDD – RUDD{y}
18 Man on board starts to browse in store (6)
BISHOP – B{rowse} I{n} + SHOP
20 An indicator of what the office boss might do? (8)
SIGNPOST – the boss might SIGN POST
24 Rehearse one’s sermon — and take heed of it! (8,4,3,8)
PRACTISE WHAT ONE PREACHES – literal/idiomatic double def
25 Bovine cross in short story seized by the Censor (7)
CATTALO – TAL{e} seized by CATO
26 Ravel’s slant on otolaryngology? (8)
ENTANGLE – or E.N.T. ANGLE
27 Leading church’s pompous formality (6)
STARCH – STAR CH
29 Swimmer, impudent and loud, rather, outside class (10,4)
FRESHWATER FISH – FRESH + F, ISH “outside” WATER [“of the first water”, eg]
31 Like some leaves aimed across pitch (8)
TRILOBED – TRIED across LOB
34 Soft wool primarily crowning tree by lake (8)
CASHMERE – C{rowning} ASH by MERE
36 Definitive quests originally explained in Latin translation (14)
QUINTESSENTIAL – (QUESTS E{xplained} IN LATIN*)
39 One harbouring strong desire, do we hear, for reflected light? (6)
LUSTRE – homophone of LUSTER. In the USA this would be a double def
41 Old politician turning out trite operatic texts (8)
LIBRETTI – LIB + (TRITE*)
43 Attempt one’s made at first to embrace old political doctrine (7)
TORYISM – TRY I’S M{ade}, “embracing” O
46 Stories involving MI in the dark periods? (3,8,3,3,6)
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS – MI [1001, translated out of Roman numerals] in THE NIGHTS
47 Characteristic of one’s belongings (8)
PROPERTY – double def
48 Poetic work principally sought electronically? (6)
SONNET – S{ought} ON NET
49 Objection by English in part of Scotland (4)
BUTE – BUT by E
53 Parts of intestines a couple study first of all (7)
DUODENA – DUO + DEN + A{ll}
54 High-flyer from Kentucky by lake in Channel Island (7)
SKYLARK – KY by L, in SARK
56 Sound attempt by military engineers to create ancient warship (7)
TRIREME – homophone of TRY + R.E.M.E.
57 Trader in Caerphilly whose wares may be displayed on board (12)
CHEESEMONGER – cryptic def, the Caerphilly being the product, not a location
58 Person serving drinks in south-west Asian country (10)
SALESWOMAN – ALES in SW OMAN
Down
1 One thus merged with Capricorn, perhaps, having the same properties (9)
ISOTROPIC – I SO with TROPIC
2 Way top journalist goes round a fortress, displaying constancy (13)
STEADFASTNESS – ST + ED “going round” A + FASTNESS
3 Bring up? It may be brought up by stragglers (4)
REAR – double def
4 Doorman’s company getting Hebridean beauty in trouble (14)
COMMISSIONAIRE – CO getting MISS IONA in MINRE
5 Blade decapitating male porker, perhaps (3)
OAR – {b}OAR
7 Finally stage play about small island (4)
EYOT – {stag}E + reversed TOY
8 Idly sloped off with a crooked gait? (10)
LOPSIDEDLY – (IDLY SLOPED*)
9 Foot soldiers’ attempt to support trendy follower (8)
INFANTRY – TRY supporting IN FAN
10 Ancient flying reptile portly cadet re-created (11)
PTERODACTYL – (PORTLY CADET*)
11 The wounded can be carried on one? That’s a lie (9)
STRETCHER – double def, the latter being somewhat old-fashioned IMO
12 Fruit taken in field at Edinburgh (4)
DATE – hidden in {fiel}D AT E{dinburgh}
13 Aubergine, say, at entrance to glue factory (8)
EGGPLANT – E.G. at G{lue} PLANT
19 Peddle fish, so to speak, being keen-sighted (4-4)
HAWK-EYED – HAWK + homophone of IDE
21 Hot pies served up in Scottish mountain valley (6)
STRATH – H TARTS, reversed
22 Departing lad’s suspect behaviour (6-2)
GOINGS-ON – or GOING SON
23 Liliaceous plant Derek located south of snake house (8)
ASPHODEL – DEL south of ASP HO
28 Tackle problem boldly — and get stung? (5,3,6)
GRASP THE NETTLE – idiomatic/literal double def
29 Amenity sport administrators regularly claim in metropolis (8)
FACILITY – F.A. + {c}L{a}I{m} in CITY
30 Salt only initially delivered in tube (8)
FLUORIDE – O{nly} RID in FLUE
32 Umber suits him, surprisingly, in this exhibition building (7,6)
BRITISH MUSEUM – (UMBER SUITS HIM*)
33 Small bloke — large bottle! (8)
DEMIJOHN – or whimsically, a half-sized John
35 Noblewoman’s first day of month on eastern ship (11)
MARCHIONESS – MARCH 1 on E S.S.
37 Scandinavian police department chap set up (6)
NORDIC – reversed C.I.D. RON
38 Born craftsman receives trivial sum, supporting two sides (10)
BIPARTISAN – B ARTISAN receives 1P
40 Eg Lincoln’s place, where top cheese is distributed (9)
SHEEPCOTE – (TOP CHEESE*)
42 African’s sleeveless garment shortened by Welsh girl (8)
TUNISIAN – TUNI{c} by SIAN
44 Minute new maid seen to behave badly (9)
MISDEMEAN – M + (MAID SEEN*)
45 Half-hearted biblical physician married after conflict (8)
LUKEWARM – LUKE + M after WAR
50 Like some poems one delivered, inspiring Chinese leaders (4)
ODIC – O{ne} D{elivered} I{nspiring} C{hinese}
51 Farmer finally invested in extra accommodation for cattle (4)
BYRE – {farme}R in BYE
52 Struggle with general survey (4)
VIEW – VIE W
55 Parrot identified by poet, not Eliot initially (3)
KEA – KEA{ts} (Eliot’s initials being T(homas) S(tearns)