Times Jumbo 1104

Great to see so many of you at the Times Championship last Saturday - congratulations and/or commiserations to all participants.

I thoight this was another medium-difficulty Jumbo, but witb some answers that solvers may have found obscure (e.g. VATIC, ALEWIFE, MAILLOT, CHOKO) and one or two (SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, SPENCER) that probably favoured UK-based solvers.

As usual, * indicates an anagram.

Across
1	FASHIONISTA - (is this a fan o)*
7	BASTARDISED - A STAR D IS, in BED
13	BARBARISM - IS M, after BAR twice
14	YARDAGE - (eg a dray), reversed
15	VATIC - VATICan
16	AIRMEN - AMEN around IR
17	ABROGATE - A GATE around BRO
18	TERMITE - TEaR + MITE
20	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - cryptic indication
23	PAINTED - PAIN + TED
24	EFFENDI - E + FF ('female and twin', i.e. f twice) + END + I
26	SYNAPSE - (naps yes)*
28	KIDS - skid, with the initial s moved to the end
29	DOGMATIC - DOG ('man who is unpleasant') + MAT + IC
32	LIBERATED - Love + I BERATED
35	STANCHION - ST (saint) + ANON, around CHI
36	SHOP TALK - STALK, around H + OP
37	SHIP - sip, as it might be pronounced by someone a little drunk
39	ALEWIFE - A LIFE, around last letters of 'the minnow'
41	CAST OFF - 'acts' could be CAST 'off', i.e. an anagram of CAST
44	SPENCER - double definition
45	VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR - (a god afar fervent anger)*. Takes me back to school physics lessons!
49	ENCHANT - hidden in FrENCH ANTHEM
50	DRAINAGE - Day + RAIN + AGE
51	TICKER - sTICKER
53	HOICK - HICK around O
54	ANALYST - sounds like annalist
55	TERMAGANT - (Target man)*
56	TRENDSETTER - T + REND + SETTER
57	CODE-BREAKER - (career'd be OK)*

Down
1	FABIAN - FAB + IAN
2	SIR FRANCIS DRAKE - (scarred fair skin)*
3	INADEQUATE - (A quiet dean)*
4	NAIF - hidden in deFIANce, reversed
5	SEMIBREVE - B, + ever (reversed), after SEMI (semi-detached house)
6	ANY MORE - AN + YORE, around M
7	BORN-AGAIN - (no bargain)*
8	STATE - eSTATE
9	ADEPTNESS - A + DEPT + NESS
10	DIVERSIONARY - VERSION in DIARY
11	SITTING - SpITTING
12	DECREE - DECREasE
19	GLADIOLI - (a dog ill I)*
21	MAILLOT - MAIL, + LOT ('man with a wicked wife')
22	FELDSPAR - FE (chemical symbol for iron is Fe) + SPAR, around L + D
23	PAKISTAN - K + IS, in PAT, + A + N
25	FATES - set a f, reversed
27	PUT THE CLOCK BACK - double definition
30	MENACER - MEN, + (care)*
31	CHOKO - CHOKe + O ('egg')
33	BALUSTER - BUSTER, around AL (Capone)
34	ACTION-PACKED - definition, and cryptic indication - attrACTIONs will appear to be 'packed with ACTION'
38	DECAPITATE - (ace + had), reversed, + PI + TATE
40	EVENTUATE - EVEN, + ATE (Greek goddess of mischief or 'trouble'), around TU (trades' union)
42	SEA LAWYER - SEAL, + AYER (philosopher) around W
43	FREIGHTED - FRED around EIGHT (cube of 2)
45	VACCINE - sounds like vac (short for vacation; 'holiday') + seen
46	FANATIC - F + ANTIC, around A
47	RED HAT - hatred, with the first and second halves switched
48	CRATER - CRATE + Rust
50	DRAFT - Drawings + RA, + FT (Financial Times) - an '&lit' clue where the wordplay is also the definition
52	CRAB - RAB (Rab Butler, the British Conservative politician; died 1982, hence 'of yesteryear') preceded by C