| 1,3 down | Dig this belief for animation [anagram]- 30 7 song [definition] (6, 4, 2, 4) |
| 3 | Usually [definition] found in [hidden word] the loft (3) |
| 4 | See 30 across |
| 8 | Stirred by calm [anagram of BYCALM] crash manufacturer [definition] (6) |
| 11 | Tired [definition]? Lay about sound asleep [LAY around Z] (4) |
| 13 | Incense [definition] Lee - I'm mad [anagram of LEEIM]! (5) |
| 14 | Hint [definition]: nun eating a [NUN around A] church [CE]! (6) |
| 15 | See 29 across |
| 16 | Porridge [definition] that's [IE] after party [CROWD] (7) |
| 17 | Diet [definition] for loud [F] people who won't button it [AMISH] (6) |
| 18, 22, 48, 1 down, 37 | 30 7 line [definition] spoiling can gag on bed with four faulty maps [anagram of CANGAGONBED and four lots of MAPS] (4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4) |
| 21 | Wrongly seek a man [anagram of SEEKAMAN] e.g. Wellesley to the capital [definition](8) |
| 24 | Measures [definition] of topless attacks [POUNCES without first letter] (6) |
| 26 | Funny sounds [HA HA] keeping animals off the lawn [definition] (2-2) |
| 27 | Half of ten animals I slam in a net, for example, [half of the word PALINDROME] giving 30 7 star [definition] (5) |
| 29, 15 | 30 7 characters [definition] - soldiers [KNIGHTS] reportedly find Saddam [sounds like HUSSEIN] and I [I] (7, 3, 3, 2) |
| 30, 7, 4, 39 | It's... [definition] strongly psychotic? I'm funny! [anagram](5, 7, 6, 6) |
| 33 | Robe [definition] worn primarily [first letters] to outline gentlemen's authority(4) |
| 34 | Cheese [CHEESE] accepts student [L] emitting hydrogen [without H] for 30 7 star [definition] (6) |
| 36 | See 51 down |
| 38 | Several [definition] thousand [M] and one [ANY] (4) |
| 39 | See 29 across |
| 40 | Foretell [definition] of nose [BEAK] having [outside] sixth sense [ESP] (7) |
| 42 | Diabolical anti-mass [anagram of ANTIMASS] makes a travesty of Christian rites [definition] (8) |
| 45 | Informed [definition] fast [LENT] about a [A] right [R] (6) |
| 47 | 30 7 star [definition] found retreating [hidden word in reverse] in risen OJ (5) |
| 49 | Lead [definition] Y2K [MM] in a [A] circle [O] (4) |
| 50 | See 10 down |
| 51, 43, 38 down, 36, 21, 12 | 30 7 line [definition]: manic [anagram] mother nags youth habits, yea he's even shy (3, 3, 3, 7, 3, 1, 4, 7, 3) |
| 52 | Curse [definition] of base 16 [abbr. of HEXADECIMAL] (3) |
| 53, 41 | Timber [LUMBER]! Michael [JACKSON] finds gravity [G] for 30 7 number [definition] (10, 4) |
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| 1 | See 18 across |
| 2 | 30 7 star [definition] 11 (4) |
| 3 | See 1 across |
| 5 | Gas exchangers in cages [general] (5) |
| 6 | I am [IAM], after all, good [G] but not well [ILL] 30 7 star [definition] (7) |
| 7 | See 30 across |
| 8 | Jackie [CHAN] holding back [outside reverse of] current measure [AMP] gives 30 7 star [definition] (7) |
| 9 | Swarm [BEES] about revolutionary [CHE] in Burnham [definition] (7) |
| 10, 50 | 30 7 sketch [definition] - adored frail pet, confused and lifeless [anagram of ADOREDFRAILPET without LIFE] (4, 6) |
| 12 | See 51 across |
| 17 | See 25 down |
| 18 | Wildly seduce [anagram of SEDUCE] around 50 [L] then isolate [definition] (7) |
| 19 | A representative chap [general] (5) |
| 20 | Russian writer [definition] heard [sounds like] to stop [CHECK] and clear throat [COUGH] (7) |
| 21 | See 51 across |
| 22 | See 18 across |
| 23 | As [AS] quiet [P] as 7 relative [definition] (3) |
| 25, 17 down | 30 7 line [definition]: crisp [CRUNCHY] fog [FOG] across river [R] (7, 4) |
| 28 | Shade [definition] for the spanish left away from umbrella [UMBRELLA without EL and L] (5) |
| 31 | Confirmation [definition] of 32 mix-up [anagram of KEYS] missing 1000 [K] (3) |
| 32 | Yikes! One less confusion [anagram of YIKES without I] gives answers [definition] (4) |
| 34 | Laughing crone [definition] loses right but gets left [take away R and add L] with biscuit [CRACKER] (6) |
| 35 | Select a piece [definition], apart from [EXCEPT] taking king [R] (7) |
| 38 | See 51 across |
| 40 | I box [IBOX] initially [first letters] just ugly muddled [anagram] trinkets [definition] (6) |
| 41 | See 53 across |
| 43 | See 51 across |
| 44 | Little dipper [definition] found in [hidden word] marina chore (5) |
| 46 | Minor adjustment [definition] makes model [T] unsteady [WEAK] (5) |
| 48 | See 18 across |
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