Only Connect Two by The Tall’n

Puzzle explanation

The grid treatments are variants of the rounds in the BBC2 quiz show Only Connect. In rows 1 to 4, the unclued word combines with the other two to make a pair of terms that overlap: TOR: consultor/toreros, SAURY: dinosaury/rypeck, LAND: Idola/land agent, ICON: Indic/conceded. Sequential triplets are suggested in rows 6 (game, set, match), 8 (Greek alphabet), 9 (branches, trunk, root) and 12 (birdie, par, bogey). In the middle three columns entries are moved to form a sequence of six royal houses: Lancaster, York, Tudors, Stuarts, Orange, Hanover. Vowels are removed from answers to paired clues to give grid entries: 40ac crwth, 51ac hymns, 23dn tygs, 39dn brrrs, 40dn cwms, 44dn spry.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
1 CONSUL COLUMNS * − M
7 EROS SORE <
11 DINO (O + NID) <
12 PECK 3 meanings
13 IDO I DO
15 AGENT A + GEN + T
16 IND IN + D
18 CEDED homophone of SEED + D
19 AARON (NORA + A) <
20 ARGOS SORA < around G
24 CRAPS RAP in CS
28 COPY P in COY
29 PROFIT-SHARING (FOR THIS) * in PARING
31 ETA ATE <
34 IOTA IO + TA
36 RAMI (I + MAR) <
38 GRUB BURG <
40 CREWE CREW + E
TEE-HEE TEE + homophone of HE
43 OOSE OE around OS
45 MAROR (MAORI − I) around R
46 VAPOUR VA + POUR
48 MEW 2 meanings
49 TERROR T’ + ERROR
50 STREEKS REEKS after ST
51 HIYA H(ammer) I(mpertinent) Y(outh) + A
OMINOUS (IN + O) in SUMO <
Down
2 OIDIA O + I +AID <
3 SOLDO D in SOLO
4 USAIN USA + IN
5 LAN LA + N
6 TUARTS (RATS * + UT) <
7 ÉPÉE E + PEER − R
8 REND END after R(epair)
9 OCTET O/C + TET
10 SKID SKI’D
11 DIDAPPER DA in DIPPER
14 OVER 2 meanings
17 ORANGE O’ + RANGE
21 SCROG SOG around CR
22 GOITRE IT in GORE
23 AITU (P)A(r)I(s) T(o)U(r)
YUGAS Y(o)U + GAS
25 ROAM homophone of ROME
26 AFT F in AT
27 TAIKO KO after TAI
30 HAN HAND − D
32 TARGET (GE + T) after TAR
33 CASTER (RET + SAC) <
35 AUBURN AU + BURN
37 THRAE THAE around R
39 BEERIER BIER around E’ER
RÉSEAU SURE * around EA
40 COOEE OO in CEE
AWMOUS (br)AW MOUS(tache)
41 TAPE (r)EPAT(riates) <
42 DORS DO(e)RS
43 YORK ROY < + K
44 AESOP A + POSE <
AIRY AY around IR
47 OOM (b)OOM
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