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47d " A jolly girl - and fleet" (6). ?R???A. Looks like it could be ARMADA for fleet, but if so don't see how jolly fits in?

53a "I visit the Hollywood area, having false notions" (5) I?O??

53 Idola, false images. I Do (I visit , today we'll do York, tomorrow London) ) LA.

42. A = in clue. RM = Royal Marine, slang term is 'jolly' +Ada, girl.

Thanks malone

Great improvement on last week, though some obscurities ('pleistocene', 'idola') meant more Googling than I like.

Stuck with these.

27a Crustacean current lawmaker found crossing Italian river? (6)
Isopod? I = current, Italian river = Po, but how does sod = lawmaker?

3d Dread losing son before sharp double bend: you must cross that river! (7)
Looks like ‘Yangtze’, can't begin to parse it though.

46d Sound iron chest primarily containing lead (7)
P?u?b?c

3 D. The 'dread' would have been Angst, drop the 's', lose son,. add Z, sharp double bend, and put it inside Ye, you. Y angt z e.

27, I'm sure you have been a victim of Sod's Law at times?!

46 Plumbic - containing lead

Re46. I should have added that plumb (as a verb) is to sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water

Thank you, I would never have got those.