Another Bank Holiday Monday one for me. There is nothing contentious about this one, but there are some well constructed clues.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 ARCHITECT - ARCH = structure, IT, E(nglish), CT = court | |
| 6 PAPYRUS - PAP = breast, YR = years, U.S. = America | |
| 10 SABLE - (u)SABLE = exploitable | |
| 13 AMALGAM - (MALAGA)*, M(adeira) | |
| 14 APRON - AN = article, around PRO = for | |
| 15 SUNFLOWER - (FUELS, NOW, R(un))* | |
| 16 DOT ONES IS AND CROSS ONES TS - (AN ODD STONE SCISSORS STONE)* | |
| 17 MAROON - MOON = daydream, around (ye)AR | |
| 18 LAZINESS - LASS = girl, around ZINE = periodical | |
| 19 OREGANO - E(uropean) in ORGAN = liver, perhaps, then O(nions) | |
| 22 REDISCOVER - RED = communist, IS, COVER = protection | |
| 23 RABBLE-ROUSER - (sc)RABBLER = one scratching, (sc)OUSER = Liverpudlian, with the SC = special constable removed twice. Cleverly constructed | |
| 27 HONEY - HONE = make sharper, Y = unknown | |
| 29 BETWEEN - BET = risk, WEE = very small, N = nitrogen | |
| 30 EYESIGHT - EIGHT = rowers, around YES = certainly | |
| 32 FILAMENT - LIFT*, around A MEN = crew | |
| 34 ARAL SEA - AREA = region around SAL* | |
| 36 MUTED - MUD = wet earth, around TE = tellurium | |
| 39 BREASTSTROKE - BROKE = poor, around EAST and ST(rait) | |
| 41 BLUE PENCIL - BLUE = squander, PENC(e) = money, I = 1, L(eft) | |
| 44 ETRURIA - ET = and in French, RURA(l) = country, around I(sland) | |
| 46 HEADREST - HEAD = van, REST = halt | |
| 48 NOBODY - NO = number, BODY = association | |
| 50 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT - CLASSIFIED = secret, ADVERTISEMENT = commercial, with the order of the terms changed from the clue | |
| 53 ILL HUMOUR - ILL = bad, HOUR = time, around UM = hesitate | |
| 54 INDRI - alternate letters in sIgNs DaRwIn | |
| 55 GO-AHEAD - GOA = Indian state, HEAD = intelligence | |
| 56 NOTED - N(ew), O.T. = books, ED(itor) | |
| 57 MARINER - MINER = collier, around (tAR) | |
| 58 EARNESTLY - (NASTY LEER)* | |
| Down | |
| 1 AWARD - A, WAR = fighting, D(aughter) | |
| 2 CHARTERED ENGINEER - (CAREER ENDING THERE)* | |
| 3 INGENUOUS - INGENIOUS = invention, with U(niversity) replacing I = unit | |
| 4 ENMESH - H(or)SEMEN* | |
| 5 TRANSPARENT - TRANS = sex-changing, PARENT = mum or dad | |
| 6 PARANOID - PARA = soldier, NO, I.D. = identification | |
| 7 PANACHE - PAN = vessel, ACHE = long | |
| 8 RESPONSIBLE - (i)RE (i)S (u)PON (u)S (b)IBLE with initial letters removed. Another well constructed clue | |
| 9 SANDSTONE - SANE = sensible, around DON = South Yorkshire river, itself around ST(reet) | |
| 10 SILENCE - SINCE = after, around LE = the, in French | |
| 11 BOWLS - B(lack), OWLS = birds of prey | |
| 12 EARLS COURT - EARLS = possible parliamentarians, COURT = seek support of | |
| 17 MYRRH - final letters of (gu)M (variet)Y (fo)R (cense)R (churc)H | |
| 20 AESTHETIC MOVEMENT - (HAVE TEN COMMITTEES)* | |
| 21 HOMBRE - HOME = residence, around BR(other) | |
| 24 ANNEAL - ANNE = girl, A(bnorma)L | |
| 25 OPIUM - OP = work, I, UM = MU = foreign character, reversed | |
| 26 REMARK - REM = measure of radiation, ARK = large vessel | |
| 28 YEARS - YES = quite, around A(ny) and R(espite) | |
| 31 ERASER - ERR = mistake, around ASE = APE = copy, with the change of letter | |
| 33 TORCH-BEARER - TOR = prominence, CH(urch), BEARER = coffin carrier | |
| 35 SELF-SERVICE - SELF = personality, SERVICE = employment | |
| 37 DOLLY - double definition. Dolly was the first cloned sheep | |
| 38 ABREACTION - (OBTAIN CARE)* | |
| 40 STAFFROOM - STAFF = crook, ROOM = opportunity | |
| 42 EXONERATE - EX = former, ONE = cardinal, RATE = merit | |
| 43 PROVIDER - PROVER(b) = biblical saying, around I'D = I had | |
| 45 RESOUND - ROUND = ring, around (fo)ES | |
| 47 ARABIAN - ARIAN - heretic, around A and B(ishop) | |
| 49 GINGER - GIN = flavoured spirit, GER(m) = seed | |
| 51 ALLOT - A, LLOT = TOLL = ring, reversed | |
| 52 TODDY - T(ons), ODD = unusual, Y(en) | |