Out With the Old by Samuel


Answers to thirteen clues are from the new. Answers to a further sixteen clues, all of which contain no definition, are from the old, although six may still be found elsewhere in the new. The wordplay in fifteen of the remaining clues leads to the answer and a superfluous letter not to be entered in to the grid; in clue order these identify the new, from which the identity of the old may be deduced.
ACROSS
 1    Attacks on crops – a rubbish mistake? (10)
10    Trojan, perhaps, returned expert pottery (7)
12    Football team with power act in a mature way (5, two words)
14    Command used to schedule trick about resistance (4)
15    Bootlegger’s seen beer spilt around court house (9)
18    Lie about arresting heartless slob (5)
20    Girl scoffs after German forms a border (8)
22    27 could have these bindings without front (4)
24    Arab evicted from Harrods, maybe? (3)
26    In arena drunk’s more senseless (6)
27    Apple makes this exotic pie containing honey (6)
28    Illinois drew up return to natural state (6)
30    Robberies endlessly increase (6, two words)
32    Doze without covers (3)
33    Love nuts – where they’re dried (4)
34    Support for Russian leader? (8)
37    Unit exposed colonel (5)
42    Competent conclusion from official: French company’s clear (9)
44    Take in opinion (4)
45    Beat senior Scottish lord (5)
46    Kindle last of fire to melt piece of armour for knight? (7)
47    Basin stores fluid for cleansing (10)		 DOWN
  2    Scots compel unknown (4)
  3    Urban hospital department has people in charge (6)
  4    Drum up fool with appropriate technology (5)
  5    Nearly become rank (4)
  6    Harvest unrefined bismuth (4)
  7    No parking in part of Sussex (3)
  8    Man polled north-east (4)
  9    Gaul regularly help troubled medieval Italian (6)
11    Initially hide from money (4)
13    Chairman’s to live in luxury flat (9)
16    People twice foretold missing book society’s net instalments (9)
17    Commit earl (4)
19    Difficult death – about time! (5)
21    Dog ace following one engulfed by anti-aircraft fire (5)
23    Greek character left (4)
25    Most of ancient army, after impedance, crosses (4)
26    Dye at last washed out (5)
28    Overcharge crowd short of $100 (4)
29    Maiden with broken ulna clutching foot – it’s a serious complaint for Samuel! (6, two words)
31    Exercises ultimately blitz topless dances (6)
35    Pamper queen (5)
36    Bored – run out to get knotted! (4)
38    Some raised profits (4)
39    European rhino when dinosaurs might have lived? (4)
40    Youth in need of a lift? (4)
41    Ed’s mouldy old biscuit (4)
43    Head off endorsement (3)
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