THE 64 DEVILISHLY DIFFICULT CLUES FOR YOU TO SOLVE...
ACROSS
1 Leave after finding nothing in big rambling empty space (4,6)
6 Tolerate swimming in sea that tastes of tarragon (9)
13 Exterminator has drink within Denmark’s borders (5)
14 Round a great deal, turning out hit that’s within hearing (7)
15 Some heat to cook rice, getting address in Spain back (7)
16 People fail to perform with that woman’s leaderless energy (8)
17 Tiny bit hard, production being broadcast (6)
18 American uncle has left grand in Wimbledon (4)
21 Endless call to finish measurement system in the tube (6)
23 Tune has audible pause and it slows down (3,5)
25 Virtuoso pianist makes record, capturing mezzo’s heart (5)
27 Car blockade has husband running from Bonn to Berlin (8)
29 Head of casting is apparent during whole film (4)
31 Force redhead to leave ales out for sugar supplier... (7)
35 ...while two presidents take one for water (5)
36 Borderless land with musical backing gets an F, say (9) 38 Mention missing British swimmer (5) 39 Lost message initially not appearing in court (7) 41 One wrapped in bacon, informally, often after chicken (4) 42 Lack of cover not applicable to holidaymaking, old excepted (8) 44 Refrain, having renounced Catholic god (5) 46 Rarest natural thing in a situation outside (8) 48 The same time out taken by royal chief (6) 51 Yorkshire flower of zero application (4) 52 Supermarket’s first poster is a simple thing (6) 54 Renaissance figure reaches endgame with US subject (8) 58 Played role wearing top, wasting second getting seafood (7) 59 Dance, taking drug, joining large set (7) 60 Follower rejected conclusion and hit organised religion (5) 61 Is transported and held inside devil’s workshop (4,5) 62 Jellyfish swallowed gem formation that’s often crystallised (4,6)
DOWN
1 Writer, say, coming back with papers (4) 2 During dance, he’ll deploy carrier (7) 3 Old rallying point in old TV series with no middle or end (5) 4 Dishonest, short of getting further at King’s Head (6) 5 Scholarship got one a lot of land, formerly (8) 7 Antipodean took cover during deployment of cane (7) 8 Tommy is no mod, getting work as leader (4,5) 9 Rod in scrap to get Lombardy crown (4) 10 Heard title more in Paris – too much (7) 11 Platform has no space for student or new conciseness (4) 12 The trouble with growth is protection (6) 19 Exploit terrible initial take-off during flight (8) 20 Flirt, visiting first beach in the Costa Blanca (4,6) 22 Going by coach with island head for professional purposes (2,8) 24 What Nietzsche wrote about rates and capital (9) 26 Cook foremost cuisine with leading playboy (4) 28 Artist occupies avian property (5) 30 Work hard to remove rut developing out of chaos (4) 32 Almost a return to Atari’s ultimate computers (5) 33 They’re collected from border in record time (8) 34 Night, without a current replacement weapon (4) 37 English drink not registered as Dutch export (4) 40 Pizza supplier finds time right to race round during song (9) 43 Drinking group gets rest to set broken foot (8) 44 Fuss about a large bear (6) 45 Kane’s last word to girlfriend (7) 47 Number added to recipients of email that’s stolen (7) 49 Everyone in Italy needing extremes, audibly disapproving (7) 50 Twisted descent, all so twisted, reaches bottom end (6) 53 Clip ends off negative that’s found on the floor (4) 55 Elizabethan has to get irregular start, not uniform (5) 56 Swelling school terms’ starts by six months (4) 57 24 having a drink (4)