by Roy Arnott & Ken Greatorex
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CLUES ACROSS:
1. & 37 Down. Ice Malt (2 words; [7], [6])
5. See 22 Down
8. Bather at the beach. In the end get rid of her for a paddle [3]
10. Trust curse to create framework [10]
14. Ring sounds like bull [6]
16. & 18 Across. An ajar macro for 22 trumps (2 words; [5],[6])
20. Table without French definite article [3]
22. Foreign Office, Romans 51:100 makes food acid [5]
24. Take a tip from copper and 2.71828 [3]
26. A rose without direction – a bit fishy [3]
28. Tess arranged tennis games [4]
29. See 12 Down
30. Cooking ingredient sounds like a street in France [4]
31. Abuse without a sailor could be utilised [3]
32. & 21 Down. Shook up malted is big business (2 words; [3], [3])
35. Take south and left for a bit of fun [5]
36. Thank corporation for Mexican dish [4]
38. Short female beginner [3]
40. Romantic pursuit sounds magical [3]
43. Aluminium, Old English, provides herbal treatment [4]
45. Pale cob strangely feels better [7]
48. A bag a kilo short is still a container [3]
49. Measures height of the sun, but get rid of time and the insect to give gender [3]
50. VIP guests follow the unspoiled character of the land for dogmatic religious believer [14]
52. A measured amount of medicine without end will work the system [3]
53. A food allowance without end will give the proportion [5]
56. Urn style? [7]
58. Dropsy chicken has means of knowing [7]
59. Process for flushing money out of a wallet [5]
60. Quiet! The mat’s at the end. So what! [5]
61. Geometric ratio runs into balance lacking aluminium – a bit fishy [6]
CLUES DOWN:
2. Marcel is pushed to establish divine intervention [7]
3. Split without chlorine for a young Newtonian? [3]
4. An average sort of bloke [4]
6. Character determined by twisted stray logo [9]
7. Thanks decay, it’s in the cards [5]
8. However take back, the bath [3]
9. Bantu factory contains limestone [4]
10. Norse ancestors hold spiritualist meetings [7]
11. Steering the ship is a trick [3]
12. & 29 Across. Otological combustion? (2 words, [3], [8])
13. Practicing casuistry or equivocation? [2]
15. Dubious manipulation seems to be a product of low illuminance [11]
19. Laura latterly is all aglow [4]
21. See 32 Across
22. & 5 Across. Mall miff is just smoke and mirrors (2 words, hyphenated [4], [4])
23. Vehicle moving quickly for protective covering [8]
25. A chute without a start can still carry a load [3]
27. Phone without acidity level is not many [3]
29. & 42 Down. Colin is fearful when his fortune is told (2 words, [4], [7])
33. Brew to the South East an annoyance [5]
34. Power without Public Relations leaves a debt [3]
37. See 1 Across
39. Putting 50 into the music group could make it rather insipid [5]
41. Mixing huic soup for snake carrier [8]
42. See 29 Down
44. So cut op for marine creature [7]
46. A long step gets you across [7]
47. A former IT worker makes a way out [4]
51. Arsenic and sulphur could take one for a ride [3]
54. Current to earth for airman [3]
55. Out of the woods? Use this [4]
57. Greek god going back for 40 winks [3]
Solution here: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/may-2012-crossword-solution/