ACROSS
1 Whitewash is left remaining in vessel (5-2)
5 General stores order for regular shopper? (8)
9 Suppress outbursts of laughter, perhaps, about article in Le Monde (6)
13 Legendary prankster wound Lee up, telling lies (4,12)
14 Storyteller’s books originally engraved in wood (6)
16 Mount a plate (5)
17 Endless practice on incline? It’s needed by climbers (7)
18 Pervert homed in on a maiden, getting personal (2,7)
19 Drivers in Grand Prix initially abandoning quibble – it’s what gets them moving! (6,3)
21 Send lecturer back to Jersey (7)
22 Section of core curriculum is to come up again (5)
23 Broadcast slagged off a native of China (5)
25 Seaside town ultimately ideal for one in terrible misery (4,5)
27 The man’s carrying ailment around hospital – that’s dreadful (7)
29 At last the brass secure agreement for military command (4,5)
31 Permanently available when required, keeping fond ear out (4,3,3,3)
34 A going backward, with rot possibly set in? (13)
35 Change sides in addition? That’s harsh (9)
37 A heartless non-believer is an austere type (7)
39 Jockey toils and aims very high (9)
42 Sex appeal’s shown by one Italian – it gets steamy! (5)
43 Son wants ice cream cake (5)
45 Country’s capital bowled one fellow over (7)
47 Convert polyester plastic (9)
49 Tries getting into Madrid team for practice (9)
50 Having key for institute, left extremely happy (7)
52 Youngster doesn’t finish one dish (5)
54 Indifferent, not tense or nervous (6)
55 Military Intelligence’s apparently given support, helping to arrest one for embezzlement (16)
56 In secret, executives back City (6)
57 Bill thus becomes ill, as Charles I was at the end? (8)
58 Dieter regularly consumes wine for relaxation (7)
DOWN
1 Disaster area harbours upstanding man supporting Queen (11)
2 Criminal gets rid of fashionable residence (5)
3 School eggs on college fellow (7)
4 Avoidance of giving offence is, in short, central to gossip column (9,11)
5 Sister cracks joke over a drink, being a poser (9)
6 Meal’s presented half-heartedly? Marvellous! (5)
7 In a position above being too much of a 14? (9)
8 I cry out loud, discovering pupil’s situation (7)
10 Grass cutter doesn’t start? Capacitor’s required (7)
11 Mathematician upset toff, if given half a chance (9)
12 Officer of state’s soon detailed by military, we hear (4,7)
15 Exactly that which is required, possibly making two redo thatch? (4,3,6,7)
20 Business needs time for second new agreement (7)
21 Turn up stuff about one Italian inventor (7)
24 Insult a female with boldness (7)
26 Religious teacher floated ideas at first (5)
28 One with pride in son is extremely likable, somehow (7)
30 Physicist’s fixed up with a place for research, mostly (5)
32 Card game requiring players to hold an ace (7)
33 A British university probes actual location of stone circles (7)
34 Note, Jenny has endless stamina, offering encouragement (11)
36 Actress in cast in great need (11)
38 Companion’s about to jump over river to reach eatery (4-5)
40 Upholding bill, unproductive Democrat grabs last of moral high ground (9)
41 I put end to Japanese sumo wrestling? That’s rash (9)
44 Authority makes U-turn, with English housing at issue (7)
46 Supply a smile, hiding one’s uneasiness (7)
48 Penny lost inclination to charm (7)
51 Liberal politician consumes beer? On the contrary (5)
53 One’s head, nothing less? Just a bit of it (5)
