BYLINE TIMES CROSSWORD #16set by Dr DivaFebruary 2022

Across

  10  Means of fighting off person from French border (4-7)

  11  For the most part tolerate title holder removing sound system for supporting bar (9)

  13  Play a camp role? (3,3)

  14  Informant’s gone ahead to organise work elsewhere (9)

  15  Work out the nature of small American vessel (4)

  16  Energised by everyone getting blasted at university (3,5,2)

  19  Deal with crowd congestion (7,3)

  20  Chamber gets French agreement about beginning to make cheese (8)

  21  Devices that locate mountains? (12)

  23  Service provider’s established profession (8,6)

  25  Virtuosos outlaw content that’s mediocre (2-2)

  27  Northerner in the end ushers bulimiac into toilet (4)

  28  Group study included base Cockney woman’s livelihood (5,3,6)

  31  Not acceptable, during commercial break, to long to see a ballet, oddly (12)

  33  Unwelcome? Well, quite the opposite! Withdrawing produce’s initially desirable (3-5)

  34  Very quiet part of video missing – ipso facto bring about a good exchange (10)

  36  Treated a few germs around a waste facility (6,4)

  37  Sound of a drop in 36? (4)

  38  Not as good as Leo during school (9)

  40  Records article, then once more returns to uninhabited landmass (6)

  42  Astonishing bird’s internal temperature (9)

  43  Inconclusive call to original operator (11)

Down

    1  Fabulously strong chap’s nuclear fallout (9)

    2  Sent from seafront to get haircut (4)

    3  Revealing visit to the endless area of long grass (3-7)

    4  Less important status of repeat crime (6,6)

    5  Genuine German contribution from speech therapist (4)

    6  Reverse sudden change of direction during watch, as astronomer might (8)

    7  Bury trust between Sikh and Hindu perhaps (10)

    8  Initially persecuted hypochondriac, yet sent inclusive cheque for unusual remedy (6)

    9  Reheats sour bananas to make porridge at home (5,6)

  12  Speculators are allegedly people seeking less than a handful of songs (7,7)

  17  Strained assessment was made following broken lift (9)

  18  Fair-haired woman “explored with Bond” (i.e. went crazy) (8,6)

  22  Maybe James returns to disprove female scepticism (9)

  24  Talk a lot before architect’s arrival in underground tunnels (6,6)

  26  I can’t tell if cooking with a pinch of salt for a bit of flavour is flash (11)

  28  Hector admits lists take away time to function happily (10)

  29  Way to send message about the unknown take in member’s song (10)

  30  Cruel man’s not talented (9)

  32  Revolutionary turns down relevant info? Start to suppress little bits (8)

  35  King Kong’s perhaps right getting wrapped in New York linen (6)

  39  Setter joins club without a thing (4)

  41  Baseball team’s denial broadcast in German (4)

  46  Obsessive note about “a new beginning” (4)