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I've not heard from Les, so there must be a problem with his internet access.
In the absence of his Dropbox facility, have taken the liberty of giving the solution and wordplay in this form.
Hope it is understandable.
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1 (I) Fealty assumed under a master (6,6) FEUDAL SYSTEM Complex anag &lit – fealty assumed less (under) A – master (verb--control)as a vague anagrind

8 (N) Chocolate and its consequence leads to a slippery slope! (6,6) RIPPLE EFFECT Ripple is chocolate ( can be bought in America ). Consequence is effect. Slippery slope/overspreading synonyms of ripple effect.

10 (D) Somewhat of an all-rounder? Not by the sound of it! (6,6) WICKET KEEPER In cricket, wicket keepers are sometimes classified as all-rounders and Alan Knott (sounds like not) was a famous England wicket keeper.

13 (B) Discovered in our loft, relic turned out to be part of a stained-glass window (6,6) COLOUR FILTER “Our loft relic” – anagram fodder. Turned out - anagrind
Part of a stained-glass window - cryptic definition.

16 (E) The people most commonly get 3G. Are all reconnected? (6,6) RAGGLE TAGGLE “The people most commonly” = definition; “get GGG are all” = anagram fodder; reconnected = anagrind.

19 (J) Prize hen goes quiet for the DJ (6,6)
RECORD PLAYER Record (prize), quiet (p) +hen =layer.

22 (L) Accidentally stumble with Turin Shroud. That's cheesy! (6,6)

BUTTER MUSLIN Accidentally = Anagrind / Stumble + Turin = fodder / Shroud that’s cheesy = definition.

25 (G) Way of making one freeze audibly on the Acropolis (5,7)
BASSO RELIEVO Basso Relievo is the method used for the Panathenaica frieze on the Parthenon, probably the best - known example in the world, now largely in the British Museum. Homophone "freeze", thus "audibly".

28 (R) Late-flowering mimosa developed a new hue - in red! Even without a hoe (6,6)
INDIAN SUMMER Definition “Late flowering”, developed = anagrind; fodder (mimosa, a, n, hue in red) without "a hoe".

31 (V) Lives in Disneyland perhaps without hanker - not a nice place! (6,6)
DEVIL’S ISLAND An anagram of lives and Disney land removing yen (to hanker) not a nice place being the definition.

34 (K) Coming after sending away one or two (or more) blushers (these are for reproduction) (6,6)
POSTER PAINTS Coming after: posterior, sending away one or (IOR): POSTER, two (or more) blushers: PAINTS, these are for reproduction: Definition.

37 (A) AS THIS QUERY (12)

TELEGRAPHESE Cryptic definition. All words in telegraphese are written in capitals and a question mark is written as “query”. The clue refers to itself and reads as “Like this?”, i.e. written in telegraphese.

40 (F) I chase around then lounge about here (6,6)

CHAISE LONGUE I chase and lounge = Anagrams, around and about = anagrinds. Here = Definition.

43 (X) Sissi, we hear, didn't have that gift (6,6) DOUBLE VISION "Sissi" = Austrian empress; "we hear"= sounds like "see see", hence DOUBLE VISION

46 (T) Burns was beaten on the level part of Mercury (6,6)
SECOND DEGREE Bad burns = Definition. Beaten = Second. Level part of Mercury = Degree (Temp)

49 (C) Sid's tequilas might be these - they are easily converted into cash (6,6)
LIQUID ASSETS Might be = anagram indicator for "Sid's tequilas"; liquid assets are easily converted into cash.

51 (S) Good fellowship required to purchase harness. Second one exchanged for same with rein (12)
TOGETHERNESS Good fellowship (Definition). To purchase harness = TO+GET+H(a)RNESS. Second one (A) exchanged for same (letter) with r(E)in

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2 (L) He'll be back with this in a shot? (3) UZI Terminator said “I’ll be back” and used an Uzi 9mm SM Gun –shot refers to the gun.

3 (R) Sufficient take-out? The tramp left plenty (5) AMPLE Double definition , and word taken out of "Tramp left"

4 (V) A trainer telling tales (7) SNEAKER Straight forward play on words. A sneaker is word for a trainer and someone who tells tales.

5 (K) Fess up about old dingbat beheaded in passion (9) SUFFERING Fess up: SING (both Am. slang, but in Chambers), about: around, old dingbat beheaded:, (D)UFFER. passion: Definition.

6 (A) Fire partner, simply? (11) ELEMENTALLY Simply is definition. “Elementally” is in Chambers as in a manner “concerned with the elements” or “first principles” i.e. “simply”. “Fire” is in Chambers (first Definition) as an element and “partner” means “ally”. “Element” + “ally” is “simply”.

7 (G) Worried Greek's delusion (3) ATE Past tense of "eat" in sense of "to worry"; in Greek mythology Ate was the symbol of folly or delusion. "Red herring" 'worried' appears to be an adjective in clue.

9 (R) Part of seed left off the grass? (3) AWN Definition, lawn minus l. Awns are usually found on grass seed.

11 (F) Most sticky today in Italy, a hundred! Let's go swimming outside (9) CLOGGIEST Most sticky = Definition. Today in Italy = OGGI, a hundred = C, C + LETS = anagram, go swimming = anagrind

12 (V) Otherwise Oberon's second at 'The Globe' (3) ORB Otherwise =or, second letter of Oberon, reference to Shakespeare + Globe theatre. Definition =globe.

14 (X) They will see an elk soon or otherwise (9)
ONLOOKERS Anagram of "elk soon or".

15 (K) Aged more than seem to be matched with facility (3)
ART Aged more than seem to be: old “are”-ART, facility: ART

17 (T) Mistake with bones all over the place round your neck perhaps (9) TIDEMARKS Mistake = M I S T A K E. Bones = Doctor--D R. All over = Anagrind. Round your neck = Definition

18 (A) In for the left over? (3) ORT In clue. An “ort” is in Chambers as “a fragment especially one left from a meal”.

20 (C) What Travis, Bowie and Crockett suffered outside Texan mission became the place where the second big bang took form (3,6) LOS ALAMOS William B. Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett (and others) suffered LOSS at the ALAMO; Los Alamos was where the first atomic bombs were planned and manufactured.

21 (F) Six-pack of salt (3) ABS Double Definition. - abdominal muscles and belonging to a sailor (ab's).

23 (S) Shakespeare: "Betrothed on the spot, base old swindler. Emmet lacks grace" (9) INELEGANT Shakespeare: Betrothed (combination indicator) (Ch). On the spot = IN (Ch), base = E, old swindler = LEG (Ch). Emmet = ANT, lacks grace (Definition)

24 (X) Now, there's hope (3) BOB, Bob Hope, the famous American entertainer / actor.

26 (I) One receiving adders displaced by bishop here? (9) ADDRESSEE Definition – one receiving. Anagram of adder + see (bishop here?)

27 (T) Bloke from Tromso I kid you not (3) OIK Bloke = Definition (Chambers). From = within TromsOIKidyou not =Hidden word.

29 (N) Similar to Snake Isle, funnily enough (9) ALIKENESS Similar is definition. Snake isle is anagram fodder. Funnily enough is anagram indicator.

30 (C) It isn't even strange that bird-watcher Bill is missing, that is (3) ODD Triple: "It isn't even" = "odd"; "strange" = straight Definition; bird-watcher Bill ODDIE missing "ie" ("that is").

32 (D) Wonderful fix for any loose items? (9)
SUPERGLUE Wonderful-super fix- glue.

33 (S) Space. Speed of light? Hardly. Took seconds, but rough ride for early astronaut (3)
APE Speed of light = C Hardly (del). Took seconds = S (del), rough ride (anagrind), early astronaut (Definition)

35 (B) It's on the cards Elf will be making redundancies? (9)
IMPENDING On the cards- definition, elf= imp “be making redundancies” = ending

36 (I) Bored of hip-hop, excellent (3) DEF Definition – of hip-hop excellent. Bored = fed up i.e. fed reversed.

38 (E) Maltreatment making Abel show shifty demeanour (11) ELUSIVENESS Maltreatment = abusiveness; with ab el, abusiveness becomes elusiveness; “can be deceitful” = Definition.

39 (N) Expert needing only one shot (3)
ACE Double definition

41 (J) Asserting cockney is suffering internal pain (9)
AVOUCHING ‘av (ouch) ing

42 (D) United were victorious on the radio (3)
ONE Won (or heard on radio?)

44 (L) Spread out - Shh! There's no one in (7) BANQUET Spread = Definition / out (as a verb) = (loose meaning of) Ban / Shh = quiet – no one (-i) in

45 (B) Country at the heart of middle eastern military conflict (3) USA CrUSAde - originally a middle eastern military conflict

47 (G) Ship leaves bumpers on car (5) DODGE Dodgems (=bumper cars) - MS (motor ship) leads to Dodge, U.S. car manufacturer; "bumpers" deliberately misleading (for our American friends, "fenders")

48 (E) Go away from gadget, in theory (3)
ISM Gadget = (g)ism(o); Definition = theory

50 (J) A very short summary for the Doctor (3)
SYN Syn(opsis), Doctor Syn was a fictional smuggler.

One wrong -- Syzygy's Ape -- very sophisticated! That was a bit of a long trawl! Thanks to everyone: therewere a lot of great clues in there this time again!

Many thanks AB. I struggled with this one. I'll try and do better next time. Many thanks to all the setters

One of the 3's wrong for me...thought this one was very good overall.

Thanks so much, AB. Ended up getting them all, having finally (though dubiously) settled on BOB for 24d. I think it's been cranked up another notch or two. I'll have to work on a list of favorites.

Thanks very much, AB
100%, though several I had totally missed the parsing. I still don't understand BOB - what's the significance of the "now"?
GK I asked about the direction of yours because I had ATE but thought it was something to do with the Greek letter ETA - I'm not a classical scholar!
BBM2 I got USA but not the reason, which is why I asked about punctuation (1,1,1 rather than 3?)

btw favourite was AB's 18dn ORT

@ Chris I think that you make a valid point , apologies for my lack of attention to detail .

Some brilliant clues this month including your 20d ,dja's 10a , ixi's 1a and Rosalind's 3d .

My favourite was ab's 37a

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