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Thank you Smartie. I had 31D but couldn't explain it. With 42a I was stuck with the idea of an inept runner having to be sapless! All done now.

What are all the long hyphens for in eight of the clues? eg 19a,20a

Getbacktome - I think they are just to improve the surface reading of the clues. There aren't any hidden meanings in them.

Thanks Smartie

Because the long dash is often used to indicate a missing word, it would perhaps have been better to use a colon instead. It may be a “house style” thing, though. So far this year, there are several clues with dashes, but none using colons.