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45a "By inference, even more desperate for a riot close to Tripoli" (1,8)

A ?O?T?O?I Any help much appreciated

a fortiori

anagram of 'for a riot' + i

Definition is 'By inference even more'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_fortiori_argument

Thanks mattrom

14a I have b*k*d and answer must be 'baked' as from 'dried off' but I cannot for the life of me see the cryptic derivation.
BTW I think 13a is one of the most smile inducing clues I've seen for a while. Very clever to fit that in!

Dried : baked

Off : bad
Clothes (contains) Look fine (last letters : ultimately) k & e

Eirlys -
Yes many thanks.
Not often one cannot parse having concluded the solution.
What was stopping my lateral thinking was a total failure to separate 'dried' and 'off' in this case.
B

Eirlys -
Yes many thanks.
Not often one cannot parse having concluded the solution.
What was stopping my lateral thinking was a total failure to separate 'dried' and 'off' in this case.
B

Just a comment really ....
I originally had 'three-master' for 55a before an 'e' in 'imbalance' forced a rethink.
I thought these clues were supposed to have unique solutions? 'Tree master' for 'lumberjack' works just as well as 'tree decker'.
Was I alone in this?

I take your point but to my mind when I think of a lumberjack I imagine him decking ie chopping down a tree rather than mastering it.