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Cfpg02, I don't really agree with your parsing - the 'own' doesn't come into mine! I think the clue is just a double definition - King Brian is the Crown, sovereign (defined as such in Chambers) and a Crown is a coin/currency no longer.

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Thank you for the link. Luckily the quote is the first sentence.

Some-one put me out of my misery and let me have the answer to 54 across - Remove fly-fisherman's balls-look out for number one (5,3,3,7).many thanks in anticipation

Every Man For Himself,look out for number one, an anagram.

Alvin its Every man for himself

It’s an anagram of the first three words

It’s what can be said to a group of people facing an immediate catastrophe. Happy to give you the answer if you’re still stumped

Every Man For Himself

Thank you, Merry Christmas !

8 Spiritual protector: a broadsheet darling (8,5)

16 Diet useless? Correct (4)

17 Ring thrust into Dave's mate makes a mess (5)
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18 Nurses often are ahead (7) o ? ? ? ? ? ?

19 Couple doing place out (8)

20 Ball sac's abnormal radius coveted by actor? (5)

21 Trade cannabis on Sabbath leading to fight (8,5)

17 Chaos, O, ring inside Chas (Chas and Dave were a partnership, singers I think)
18 Onwards - On Wards