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Happy Christmas to you all. I've been slogging away at this crossword and I'm stuck now. Can anyone help with these?
1d. Could be Anderson without a wicket starting over. 6
B???G?
13a. Freedom that's tolerated to excess. 7
????n?w
2d. Astronaut turns up and covers the ground again. 6
R???u?
53a. Old charioteer lost heart. 6. ?s???r

1d the G is wrong
13 the W is wrong
2d the U is wrong
53 the S is wrong

Sorry if this sounds a bit negative!

1d. Could be Anderson without a wicket starting over(6)

Themed, James Anderson(cricketer)

13a. Freedom that's tolerated to excess(7)

double defn..freedom/abuse of freedom

2d. Astronaut turns up and covers the ground again(6)

Genderless word for astronaut - going up

53a. Old charioteer lost heart(6)

themed...links to 50A

Oh no! I spent quite a long time on this yesterday and Saturday, and I have to say I didn't understand many of the clues. Even once I worked out the music/composer thing it didn't help much. I haven't got the will to change the answers I've got so i can fit in the final answers. I've decided it will be one of the ones I've failed to finish. I think I'll have to stick to the Sunday Independent as I did finish that one. Thank you for the
help. Merry Christmas x

Actually, I found the themed answers made it too easy. When I solved a work, all I had to do was look to see where its composer would fit (reading the clue barely necessary). A little trickier if the composer came first, but not much, as most of the works chosen were the most obvious ones.

Found a few quite a struggle and having trouble with the last three - help please.
15ac Island work out - Georgia goes missing (5) a-r-n
36ac Keeps poor Roy inside around start of year (4,5) -a-y -a-o-
42d Spenser's examined and sealed a document (7) a-p-s-d

36 is a themed one - it goes with 45d
Your other two I have answers for, but I'm not totally convinced.
My island is Scottish, but I wonder if the compilers have erred on this one. I could only find one word to fit the other.

Chris: the abb. for this Georgia (in Asia --- or is it Europe?) is different from that for the G. in the U.S.---
does it seem OK for you now?

Yes, that explains it, GK - thanks.

How about joining us on Clue Chain? We're a bit thin on the ground today.