| 1 | Polished passage from partisan dedication (6) |
| 2 | Spouse Dotty, nag at heart, is an important person (7) |
| 3 | Favorite female flirt finally flipped for fox trot, for instance (3-4) |
| 4 | Fiber ties twisted around back of parcel (5) |
| 5 | Zeros' aces lacking accuracy, at first (4) |
| 6 | Tin ore makes a potentially disturbing sound? (5) |
| 7 | Agent's spicy Mexican sauce (4) |
| 8 | Dove sometimes swallows large drink of wine, perhaps (6) |
| 9 | Instrument dishonest person mentioned (4) |
| 10 | Music for the intermission playing at Center (8) |
| 14 | Blue Angels' debut in San Diego (3) |
| 15 | Firmly lodge marsupial in tangled net (6) |
| 19 | Arrest with MP and put one's foot down (4) |
| 22 | Deviant raw sex produces shiners? (6) |
| 23 | Inventor is done fiddling around (6) |
| 25 | Jouster scatters litter (6) |
| 26 | Husband breaking kitchen gadget is better off (6) |
| 27 | Whore, now notorious, embraces celebrity (6) |
| 29 | Jumper backing official, one who covers up? (6) |
| 32 | Seemed down after monkey swallowed fruit (8) |
| 33 | Certify a true examination (6) |
| 35 | Announced spot's location (4) |
| 37 | Woman sitting around is worried (7) |
| 38 | Viewed records for lumber mill input (3,4) |
| 39 | Boat with rigging from Israel, surprisingly (6) |
| 41 | One that supports religion is shameless (6) |
| 44 | Privileged few found among the literati (5) |
| 45 | Sudden loud sound of bee before noon (3) |
| 46 | Jamaican sect member's red dog Star? (5) |
| 48 | First Lady grasps one overhang (4) |
| 49 | Worker in gym, running (4) |
| 51 | Mr. Ives' second-rate web address (4) |