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2 answers I have but don’t understand the derivation
48d - Enter

52a- Arbitrageur (got Rag and EU but not the rest.
Help gratefully received

Can you post the clues and number of letters, please, as we don't all have the paper?

48 Move into downtown area in San Francisco with no clubs,… (5)

52 One working in city area took hold of newspaper, run previously by European (11)

52a One working in city area took hold of newspaper, run previously by Euoropean

A(rea) + BIT RAG + R(un) previously, so before the 'bit Rag' + EUR(opean)

48d Move into downtown area in San Francisco with no clubs....

(c)ENTER - American spelling of a word meaning 'Downtown area' in America.

Agree mostly Brendan

AR(ea) bit rag EU R(un)

I'm sure you're right Mamya, I had a feeling I was missing something but couldn't put my finger on it.

Doesn't make a whole lot of difference to the end result.

True Mamya, but I'm sure you've gathered from my numerous previous posts on this site, requesting 'precise' parsing, that I'm a bit of a pedant when it comes to the setter's intended wordplay.

You're very good now, trust me :-)