BYLINE TIMES CROSSWORD #18set by Dr DivaApril 2022

Across

    1  Pored a lot over sign (9)

    6  Engineer offers duvet with too much filling (11)

  12  Extravagant and oddly smelly discovery by discontented, unemotional chap (4-9)

  13  Joining partner with gin cocktail (7)

  14  Casually grab silver potpourri (6)

  15  Mark meaning to keep some toothpaste tubes (4)

  16  Received work positively out of necessity (9)

  18  Pester South Korean aboutavoiding new cut (11,5)

  20  Plan making a small trade at the end of March 15th (4)

  22  Caretaker from Bury’s current bit of maintenance (7)

  24  Apprentice got in, moved up and down in the water and splashed (7)

  26  Display operating system for so long in Spain (5)

  27  Naturist unexpectedly clipped Mum’s bush (10)

  29  Sudden eruption of notes heard from inside farty-sounding rocket (5,5)

  32  Turned around hurt (5)

  33  Advocate seen crudely lying about staff from the East (7)

  34  Decline large-scale evacuation after onset of dreadful flatulence (7)

  36  Cry of pain from unopened container (4)

  37  Bin items selected for purchase after superfluous study (10,6)

  41  New parable of not using force with royal animal (5,4)

  42  Idiot argues a little bit (4)

  44  Spanish river overwhelms key bridge maybe (6)

  46  Bring attention to tail of most unusual dog, for instance (7)

  47  Tiny decorator recalled expert’s available during program to begin with (13)

  48  Form hasty opinion before getting pregnant? (11)

  49  With hindsight church court celebrated charge (9)

Down

    1  Picture depicts iron as something else (11)

    2  Someone who helps make a spot of ragout (7)

    3  Pirate intimate with girl from London (9)

    4  Grant introduction to every assistant (4)

    5  Early form of European Union’s almost overdue conspicuous success (5)

    6  Suggestions of organic turnip tax are wholly excessive (4-3-3)

    7  Old lover can court no more (7)

    8  Game twists and turns and runs (6,3,7)

    9  Better going to the floors above? (6)

  10  Stopped putting hand in fat containing heart of prized reptile (7,6)

  11  Receptacles for bodily waste you might eat later? (5,4)

  17  Break out with emphatic cheer for using drugs (16)

  19  Naked nuns certain to be unrestrained (7)

  21  Endless criticism about showing a bit of leg (4)

  23  Growth of cells in a society suffering from cold? (6,7)

  25  Party reportedly leads to more complaints (5-2)

  28  Occasionally turned to reverse (4)

  30  Pick trailblazer, ignoring opening campaign (11)

  31  Fall over copy agent dropped three times (10)

  32  Celebrate noisily! Comic’s on next, including band (5,2,2)

  35  Mental weakness caused by not entirely stupid partnership banning fossil fuel (9)

  38  Stops at the end of shift 22 (7)

  39  More than 1000 pieces of information put paid to brief announcement allegedly (7)

  40  Digital exchange mechanism’s keen on indicating turnover’s split (6)

  43  Indifferent anaesthetic range is ditched after a short time (5)

  45  Shelter from the internet, say, up in Yorkshire (4)