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I'm assuming that the setter is the person who came up with the recent "Tace is Latin for candle" as some of these seem to be on the same level of obscurity - 2D comes to mind immediately!

However I struggle onwards but would welcome help with a couple in the hopes that these solutions would assist with the remainder :

17A - Part of body of dead bird, perhaps a tragic part (8, 3)
E???R?A? ???
&
50A - Overheard wine-drinker's declared preference for area of UK (4, 2, 5)
???? O? WIGHT

Isle of Wight. Sounds like I'll have white (wine)

17a External ear
ex tern a Lear

Many thanks to BlueMoo2 & Mattrom

These have helped : I'm now just stuck on 5 in the middle right, so I may be back in the dueness of course.

I think these are correct but would appreciate help with the parsing.....

15a Wife of Douglas? Outspoken Salford native is she? (9) - MANXWOMAN?

I think this is a homophone but i can't think of what. Also, Salford is Manchester and Manx is IOM so what's the def?

2d Smart newspaper, working to cover book and film (6-2-2-7) - SUNDAY GO TO MEETING (Smart)

5d Is unfaithful by supporting cardinal (3-5) - TWO TIMER (Is unfaithful)

If TWO is the cardinal, why is TIMER 'By'?

20d Coil on sink is security measure (8) - LOCKDOWN? (Security measure)

I get DOWN for 'Sink' but why is 'Coil' LOCK?

48d Writing material evidently having run out, grunts (5) - OINKS (Grunts)

I can see INK but that's it.

15a Wife of Douglas? Outspoken Salford native is she? (9)


Douglas , IOM - hence Manx Woman

then sounds like

Salford, Manchester - Manc's woman

Manc is slang for a Mancunian.

5d Is unfaithful by supporting cardinal (3-5) - TWO TIMES (Is unfaithful)

Cardinal - Two
By (as in multiplication) - Times

Lock of hair=coil

Zero ink = 0 ink

I love white = isle of white

Sunday= newspaper
Go(tome+et)ing

Sunday-go-to-meeting : idiom for sundag best clothes