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50d. One river or another offering current for duck. R*I*E
I know it’s Rhine, but can’t parse it! So frustrating with such a relatively short clue. Can someone explain it to me, please?

Rhône becomes Rhine replacing O (duck) with I (current)

Of course! Thank you.

Stuck on a couple:

4d Northern half of country - region for song (7)
C - N - O - E

47d Legendary spinner of cotton maybe getting old (6)
- L - T - O

52d "Use a face covering" - that's what we hear (5)
A - O - L

Thanks !

Canzone? Half of Canada + zone

Clotho

Anoil? Like a skin care product?

Avail, use - sounds like A Veil.

Times Cryptic Jumbo 1471 23 dn: “Audition centres arranged with new set” (6,4) - Answer: Screen test

On the same day, Times Cryptic 27840 20 ac: “Audition centres arranged before makeshift set” (6,4) - Answer: Screen test

Is this a coincidence, or do the compiIers confer?

What on earth is Clotho ?

One of the three Muses in mythology, and she was a spinner.

I've got bogged down in the bottom righthand corner and cannot find words to fit these:-
57 Across - "Bishop in car somewhere en route to heavenly destination?" (5) L-A-O
54 Across - "Old party-goer, having no booze around, good mixer in company? (9) E-T-A-A-T
Maybe I have one of the down clues wrong?