Across
Desires a soft, small French salad for starter (9)
Magnificent, faithful leader swapping sides … (5)
… as you help construct a theatre (9)
Hotel, for example, housing 50? (5)
Loads sleep with partners (6)
Government managed 500 promotions for relatives (8)
Intense colour contains navy (7)
Over 50? I struggle to get right actor (7)
Physician returns US weapon in pouch (8)
Musician, one who used to tour with Queen? (6)
Write extremely neatly for money (5)
Friend twisted dial — not sure it's heavy metal (9)
Country with drinks (5)
Las Vegas entertains Queen with candour (9)
Down
Godfather recalled lines wearing glasses (6)
Agreed, so healthy (4,4)
Good many become Guides (6)
Trouble being on time delivering letter (7)
Yellow fish gobbled up, uncooked (6)
24d
Playwright's shocking and her plot's about independence, right? (6,6)
Room for hire? Initially, everyone (4)
English bowler hat folds twice, centrally (3)
Gentleman sent back fried meat dish — fish is off (3)
Small boy, about 4, does a cartwheel (3)
Antique is regularly oiled (3)
Christmas sign up after 1st of November (4)
Bad driver holds up 10 for judge's preliminary examination of a witness (4,4)
On turning, whisk ain't making jelly (7)
Campaigns not getting into corrupted works (6)
See 6
Priest's after the style of church residence (6)
Region of land has no river (6)
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