This is a cryptic crossword. If you’ve never done one before, you should learn about how these clues work from an introduction to cryptics, such as this one.
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| 1. | Hot after southern wasps (5) |
| 4. | Note line in grotto for radiation (9) |
| 9. | He cometh to unconventional cinema (6) |
| 10. | Fight and evade the academic coordinator endlessly (8) |
| 12. | Oddly lauding his plumber (5) |
| 13. | Company with red barn mixes pone (9) |
| 15. | Clock is ebbing, changing (3,3) |
| 17. | Keys sees spies after boxer (6) |
| 19. | Odd characters from Greece knock out lizard (5) |
| 20. | Walk backwards, pets! (4) |
| 22. | Computer virus is 0001 or 1000? (4) |
| 25. | Stars bizarrely bid per pig (3,6) |
| 29. | Gun in forever (3) |
| 30. | Strange lending no-nos float (5) |
| 31. | Search engine takes fifty jewels (5) |
| 32. | Heard party bug is in northern Europe (6) |
| 33. | Spot top banana lost first is head of fleet (7) |
| 35. | Sounds like they're not here (5) |
| 36. | Phoney combinatorics involving hexagons (9) |
| 39. | Dwayne Johnson is legendary bird king (4) |
| 41. | Silver bullet before unnumbered Musketeer? (9) |
| 43. | Monsieur in Manila unsettled postal worker (7) |
| 44. | Go over and note text editor? Gross! (6) |
| 49. | Broad elephant conceals singer (5) |
| 50. | Corrupt lawyers take $2000 for Luke (9) |
| 52. | Lyndon Johnson used first banana after he replaced an EU country's capital (9) |
| 55. | Dr. of rap is first person to imagine (5) |
| 56. | Leader reformed first ten characters, but not DJ Bag (5) |
| 57. | Bird bottom contains string (7) |
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| 1. | Club stooge with empty, heartless laugh |
| 2. | Quiet exiles led vocal revolution with French diplomat |
| 3. | Japanese man studying swordsmanship and Greek letters like eta and iota |
| 5. | Sock base blended on baking show |
| 6. | Discourage deer around there at first |
| 7. | Occur with argon, iodine, and selenium |
| 8. | Chained bizarre monster |
| 11. | Read data cards with twice as much computer science |
| 14. | Phone inventor's ringing object |
| 16. | Amplify endless growl |
| 18. | Arcade that enthralls army recruit |
| 21. | Nerd-E? |
| 23. | Radio head in crazy image is an illusion |
| 24. | Don't start to go up tree branch |
| 25. | Ship burning oddly |
| 26. | "Spanish polo is crazy!" —British socialite |
| 27. | River will try to include bone at university flowing upstream |
| 28. | Proves it modifies playful |
| 34. | Input/Output teaching assistant in trash university |
| 36. | Shy dragon eating monster |
| 37. | Which dash is standard? |
| 38. | Outlaw to steal back |
| 40. | Eye movement to tumultuous cascade |
| 42. | Tailless dog consumed food to metamorphose |
| 45. | Think we'll contain a place to dip a pen? |
| 46. | Who are inside to operate storage facility? |
| 47. | Agar, lichen conceal aromatic bulb |
| 48. | Pay for permission for the audience to go around |
| 50. | Scandinavian country of crazy men in the night |
| 51. | Computer snake |
| 53. | School is sheep joint, reportedly |
| 54. | Throw balls to wolves |