Solving time: 1:36:10
I went through most of this quite quickly by my own standards, although I slowed down a little towards the end. There were a number of good clues here. 20a stands out as being particularly clever, but 43d is also worth a mention.
cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev = reversal, homophones are written in quotes, anagrams as (–)*, and removals like this
| 1 | STEREOTYPED = (DOPEY SETTER)* |
| 7 | TICKET + PUNCH |
| 13 | M(OT)ET |
| 14 | B(ALL)OON – As a comic strip character, Charlie Brown communicates with speech balloons. |
| 15 | R(E + A + SON)ING |
| 16 | RURAL + DE(A)N |
| 17 | A + PI + CULT + U + RE |
| 20 | AINTREE – A ‘wordplay in solution’ type clue. A in FIR (tree) gives FAIR, hence ‘what could be seen as making fair’. Clever and my COD. |
| 22 | CO + LOSS + I |
| 24 | COM(P)E + ER – Not a word I knew but clear enough from the wordplay |
| 25 | DI(ALTO + N)E – I wasn’t aware this was particularly an Americanism, but I guess we call it a dialling tone |
| 26 | IN LOCO PARENTIS = (ORAL INSPECTION)* |
| 28 |
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| 29 | SHAM + ED |
| 30 | PREDESTINE = PALESTINE with the ALE replaced by REDE |
| 33 | T(HE + TEMP)EST |
| 35 | PEPPER – dd – The Sergeant with the Lonely Hearts Club Band, of course |
| 37 | YAHOO – dd |
| 39 | ONE-ARMED BANDIT = (NEED MINT ABROAD)* – For making money for the owners of the machine, that is, not the mugs who use them. |
| 41 | C(A)LAM + ARI |
| 44 | SURF ACE |
| 45 | ENCODER = E |
| 46 | S(P)EED + UP |
| 47 | RIB + |
| 49 | ST(RING)ENT |
| 53 | DOONE’S + BIT |
| 54 | T + REASON |
| 55 | NITRE – rev hidden |
| 56 | MINE’S + WEE + PER |
| 57 | T(RAVE + LAG)ENT |
| Down | |
|---|---|
| 1 | S(A + MARK)AND |
| 2 | EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY = (DINER + BEER TANKARD MY)* |
| 3 |
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| 4 | TABLE TENNIS = (ISN’T TENABLE)* |
| 5 | (Marco) POLO + NECK |
| 6 | DROP + A + CLAN + G + ER |
| 7 | TENNIS SHOE = (SIN + NET HOSE)* |
| 8 | CORFU = FROC |
| 9 | ELASTIC + BAND |
| 10 | PROGRAMME = GRAM in PROM + |
| 11 | NAIL = LIAN |
| 12 | HUG + E |
| 18 | LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE = L + (CAN FIGHT DETERRENT)* |
| 19 | PRO(S)PER + O |
| 21 | RETINUE = UNITE rev in R |
| 23 | IS + OT + ROPY |
| 27 | PAS |
| 28 | OUT + HOUSE |
| 31 | SPY (plant) + WARE (pots, etc) |
| 32 | BE WILDER + MEN + T – I’m not entirely sure where the final T comes from here. I guess it’s an abbreviation of ‘the’ in a Yorkshire kind of way, as in ‘There’s trouble at t’mill’, but it may be from the ‘Time’ at the start somehow, although I don’t see an instruction that puts it at the end. |
| 34 | PR (Public relations) + EVEN (evening of poetry, i.e. in a poetic way) + TABLE (food) |
| 36 | REASSURANCE = (A NURSE CARES)* |
| 38 | INOCULATOR = (C + OUT IN ORAL)* |
| 40 | RE + A + DINES + S |
| 42 | I’M PATIENT |
| 43 | IRISH SEA = (HE IS A SIR)* – I liked the misleading definition here, regarding the Isle of Man |
| 48 | CUT UP = PUT (station) rev after CU (copper) |
| 50 | NINJA – hidden |
| 51 | EDAM = MAD + E all rev |
| 52 | WORN = ROW rev + |
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