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47d

cast = SHAPED
I see =AH ( reversed) in SPED (shot/ran)

Thank you both. Much appreciated.

Thanks for the assistance so far - I was so far away from the answer to 33D that I'd never have got there otherwise.

I've now managed to complete most of this, but what on earth is :

49A - For example, you are in this gym occupied by hate figures (7,5)
?R?S??? T???E

Some of the letters supplied may be wrong.

present tense
pe with resent tens inside
you are is an example

Chrise
Thank you both for the answer & for the explanation - without the latter I would have been no wiser......

I'll wrestle on with the remaining three.

Thanks again.

42a Report of sandpiper on river naturally (3,3)

?H? N?T
Why not?

wye knot

Don't understand ChrisE, if 'Wye' is the river, what is 'knot'? Where's the sandpiper?

The knot is a medium-sized, short, stocky sandpiper

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/wading-birds/knot