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Finished! But need some help parsing these four
24a able to remember a lot of information about sacramental wine I have. Answer - retentive?
48a finished feeding a group left behind. Answer - abandoned?
50a. George - a writer from Maine close to glamour girl.
Remembered George Meredith. Maine = Me, but where’s the glamour girl?
32d Demanding higher prices at college fair. Answer - upmarket? Not sure about college fair.
Thanks!

24 Re = about
Tent = sacramental wine
Ive = I've, I have.
Retentive - able to remember a lot of information.

50 George Meredith, writer.

ME - abbreviation for Maine
R = close to, last letter, of 'glamour'
Edith, girl.

24. Re tent I’ve
48a A ban done d
50a Me r Edith
32d Up (at college) Market (fair)

Hi, philm,

24ac: about - re, tent is a sweet red wine like communion wine, I have = ive.

48ac: done in a band

50ac: Maine = Me, r is close to glamour, and the girl is Edith.

32dn: when you are at university, you are said to be “up”. A fair can be a market (e.g. a trade fair).

50, Maine is ME,
Close to glamour is "r"
The girl is Edith.
Meredith.

32 Upmarket, demanding higher price.

Up = at college, uni, it appears quite often in crosswords.
Market = fair, Chambers says 'market, a periodic gathering of people for the purposes of buying and selling' and 'fair - a large market...' It seems a fair(!) synonym.

Thanks, everyone! Feel some of these seem so obvious now! Never heard of tent as wine, but good to learn.

Enjoyed this. Hadn't heard of the communion wine in 24a but that was the only annoying obscurity. Can't parse this one though:

5d Suffer mental anguish in hospital visiting one (4).
I assume it's 'ache'.

5 Ace = one and H goes inside, 'visiting one'.