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World's hardest cryptic crossword
Across:
- 1 Leave after finding nothing in big rambling empty space (4,6)
- (G(O)BI)* DESERT
- 6 Tolerate swimming in sea that tastes of tarragon (9)
- BEAR + NAISE*
- 13 Exterminator has drink within Denmark's borders (5)
- D(ALE)K
- 14 Round a great deal, turning out hit that's within hearing (7)
- O + TOL< + ITH*
- 15 Some heat to cook rice, getting address in Spain back (7)
- C(ALO<) RIE* [anagram of rice]
- 16 People fail to perform with that woman's leaderless energy (8)
- CH((-H)ER)OKE + E
- 17 Tiny bit hard, production being broadcast (6)
- HADR* + ON
- 18 American uncle has left grand in Wimbledon (4)
- S(L)AM
- 21 Endless call to finish measurement system in the tube (6)
- S.I. + PHON(-E)
- 23 Tune has audible pause and it slows down (3,5)
- AIR + BRAKE
- 25 Virtuoso pianist makes record, capturing mezzo's heart (5)
- LIS(Z)T
- 27 Car blockade has husband running from Bonn to Berlin (8)
- AUTO + BA(H)N
- 29 Head of casting is apparent during whole film (4)
- S(C)UM
- 31 Force redhead to leave ales out for sugar supplier... (7)
- A(-R)MY + LASE*
- 35 ... while two presidents take one for water (5)
- ADAMS [John and John Quincy; Adam's Ale = Water]
- 36 Borderless land with musical backing gets an F, say (9)
- (-A)FRIC(-A) + ATIVE<
- 38 Mention missing British swimmer (5)
- (-B)ROACH [Roach is a type of carp]
- 39 Lost message initially not appearing in court (7)
- (-T)EXT + IN + CT
- 41 One wrapped in bacon, informally, often after chicken (4)
- K(I)EV [IN Bacon]
- 42 Lack of cover not applicable to holiday-making, old excepted (8)
- NA + T(-O)URISM
- 44 Refrain, having renounced Catholic god (5)
- (-C)HORUS
- 46 Rarest natural thing in a situation outside (8)
- A + STAT(IN)E
- 48 The same time out taken by royal chief (6)
- E(DIT(-T)O)R [ER = Elizabeth Regina, the royal cypher]
- 51 Yorkshire flower of zero application (4)
- O + USE (Yorkshire river, i.e. "flower")
- 52 Supermarket's first poster is a simple thing (6)
- S + TROLL
- 54 Renaissance figure reaches endgame with US subject (8)
- POLY + MATH
- 58 Played role wearing top, wasting second getting seafood (7)
- LO(B(-E)ST)ER*
- 59 Dance, taking drug, joining large set (7)
- CONG(E)A + L
- 60 Follower rejected conclusion and hit organised religion (5)
- FA(-N) + ITH*
- 61 Is transported and held inside devil's workshop (4,5)
- I(DLEHAND*)S
- 62 Jellyfish swallowed gem formation that's often crystallised (4,6)
- ST(EMG*)INGER (dictionary)
Down:
- 1 Writer, say, coming back with papers (4)
- G(ID)E< [French Writer]
- 2 During dance, he'll deploy carrier (7)
- B(ELLH*)OP
- 3 Old rallying point in old TV series with no middle or end (5)
- DAKAR [No idea why besides the Paris-Dakar rally]
- 4 Dishonest, short of getting further at King's Head (6)
- SH(ON+K)Y
- 5 Scholarship got one a lot of land, formerly (8)
- RHODES + I + A
- 7 Antipodean took cover during deployment of cane (7)
- EC(HID)NA*
- 8 Tommy is no mod, getting work as leader (4,5)
- ROCK(OP)ER + A [ROCKER vs. MOD subculture ref.]
- 9 Rod in scrap to get Lombardy crown (4)
- AX(L)E
- 10 Heard title more in Paris - too much (7)
- SUR (Sir) + PLUS (more in French)
- 11 Platform has no space for student or new conciseness (4)
- P(-L)I(-N)TH
- 12 The trouble with growth is protection (6)
- HE(LME*)T*
- 19 Exploit terrible initial take-off during flight (8)
- ESCAP(-B_AD)E
- 20 Flirt, visiting first beach in the Costa Blanca (4,6)
- PLAYA + (-A)ROUND [Playa = Beach in ES]
- 22 Going by coach with island head for professional purposes (2,8)
- ON BUS + I + NESS
- 24 What Nietzsche wrote about rates and capital (9)
- BUCH + AREST* [Buch = Book in German]
- 26 Cook foremost cuisine with leading playboy (4)
- C + HEF[NER]
- 28 Artist occupies avian property (5)
- T(RA)IT
- 30 Work hard to remove rut developing out of chaos (4)
- (-TUR<)MOIL [archaic for work hard]
- 32 Almost a return to Atari's ultimate computers (5)
- A BAC(-K) + I
- 33 They're collected from border in record time (8)
- EP(HEM)ERA
- 34 Night, without a current replacement weapon (4)
- D(-A)(I)RK [I for current]
- 37 English drink not registered as Dutch export (4)
- E + D(-R)AM
- 40 Pizza supplier finds time right to race round during song (9)
- T + R +
- 43 Drinking group gets rest to set broken foot (8)
- A(NAP)A + EST* [Poetry meter]
- 44 Fuss about a large bear (6)
- HOOP< + (L + A)<
- 45 Kane's last word to girlfriend (7)
- ROSE + BUD (Citizen Kane ref)
- 47 Number added to recipients of email that's stolen (7)
- TWO + CCED (Brit. slang for stolen)
- 49 Everyone in Italy needing extremes, audibly disapproving (7)
- TUTTI (Italian for everyone) + N+G
- 50 Twisted descent, all so twisted, reaches bottom end (6)
- SLALO* + (-BOTTO)M
- 53 Clip ends off negative that's found on the floor (4)
- [C]LI[P] + NO
- 55 Elizabethan has to get irregular start, not uniform (5)
- MUFT [S in old English text = F] + I
- 56 Swelling school terms' starts by six months (4)
- S + T + YE[AR]
- 57 24 having a drink (4)
- CHAR [Within Bucharest]