Across
Obscene 54-letter words? First erased in book (9)
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We need to separate ’54-letter words’ to give L (50) + OATHS (4-letter words) + [t]OME (book)
Loom that our weaver expertly repaired, initially (5)
Source of herb, green it’s said, essential … (5)
… similarly a __, loosely speaking, source of fruit (5,4)
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I can’t make anything of this, apart from __ = EM in printing Please see comments 1 and 4 – thanks to Blaise and Crispy: I could have stared at this all week!
Leg bitten right off, figure having been knocked out – partner in theatre (7)
Notice man after seance regularly appearing (7)
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Alternate letters of SeAnCe + KING (chess man) – to give someone notice is to sack them
Speed of backpedalling workforce? (5)
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A reversal (backpedalling) of OP (work) + MET (police force)
Go, baby! (3)
1d
Thing after swerving hit bar (5,4)
Act of touching a bottom a scandal, ultimately (7)
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A BUTT (a bottom) + A + [scanda]L
For whom sea trip proves villainous? (7)
Colt’s foal? Bad lot (3,2,1,3)
Hens, say, female birds (5)
Type of light you left aloft originally, dangly thing (5)
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UV (type of light) + U (you) + L[eft] A[loft]
Ticker no good in goblin on the underground? (9)
Down
See 20 Across
Servant, fool in throne room upstanding (6)
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A reversal (upstanding, in a down clue) of ASS (fool) in LAV (throne room) – alternatively, ASS in a reversal of LAV
Ounce with thick liquid – bottle it (7,3)
Relax with books in pigeon English? (4,2)
English newspaper snubbing yours truly in general – hmm (3,2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (English) + T[i]MES (newspaper, minus i – yours truly) in LEE (General Robert E – a crossword stalwart)
19d
Mauling legal, team won college match (4,4,4)
Thick member stymied by electoral change (8)
Authentic peace agreement missing initial of Caesar (4)
Try time and time again, a must (5)
System controlling passage of vehicles, wind up and down after chicane (10)
More than one opening for a billionaire? (5)
Sad, second load of ashes? (8)
See 6
Needle expected then in wooded areas (6)
Bit of a hoot, partner onto it, we hear? (2-4)
Gut fish, did you say? (4)
Pound in sterling for corporation? (4)
A little nose, encrusted, picked out (4)
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