Me and My Puzzlers by Wan

Puzzle explanation

The thematic quotation was Agatha Christie’s “I’m a sausage machine, a perfect sausage machine”. The normal clues’ initial letters formed BANGER, and each of them contained the title of one of Agatha Christie’s novels. The extra letters in the other clues spelt out “the author and works in plain clues thematically”, so 1ac and 11ac were changed to SAUSAGE MACHINE, to be highlighted along with a snaking line of six sausages (SALAMI, WIENER, PEPPERONI, KIELBASA, MORTADELLA, SNAG), which metaphorically represented Christie and her output. “Processed” and “string” in the preamble were thematic hints.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Extra letter Answer Explanation, Christie title
Across
1 run(T) NORTHER N + OTHER around R
6 (H)ut ARBOUR BOAR * + U(t) + R
11 git(E) AMOROSO A + MORO(n) + SO
12   SALINE SAE around ((peri)L + IN); Peril at End House
13 Re(A)ctor SKYR SKYE with R for E
14 (U)na PRENASAL PAL around (NA in RES)
15 (T)enure TREEN (cen)TRE EN(ure)
16 w(H)ile WIMPLE WILE around MP
19 Ring(O) KNELT Knel(L) + (Bea)T(les)
21 swindle(R)s HASP HAS + P(lot)
22 pr(A)y PERONES PE(e)R + ONE’S
25 (N)eat ALMANDINE COALMAN − CO + DINE
26 lande(D) RIDABLE (A BIRD + L(and)E) *
27 (W)age ITEM TIME with halves reversed
31   SAICE AMNESIC * − N − M; N or M?
34 c(O)ast PARAMO PARAMOUNT − NUT *
36 rule(R) ADIÓS RADIO + S − R
37   ANURESIS (IS EAS(y) + RUN) *; Murder Is Easy
38 Mas(K)s MESS M + NESS − (Batma)N
39 trunk(S) LONGAN LOG around ’N’ + AN(y)
40 r(I)ot SALLOWY SALLY around ((r)O(t) + W)
41 Ba(N)d ESSENE SEEN * after ES
42 a(P)e HYAENAS (AE HAS + N(os)Y) *
Down
1 c(L)ans NAUTCH NATCH around U
2 (A)head ROKERS ROKE + R(oasting) + S
3 sa(I)d TRYER TERRY *
4 show(N) HORN (s)HO(w) + R(ecount) N(ightmare)
5 (C)ranks RORIE R + OR + I(rvin)E
7 b(L)ack RANI IN < after RA
8 b(U)y BLAME MALE * after B
9 Ang(E)lo UNALTERED (R(a)T (A)N(g)L(o) A(n)D (d)U(k)E (s)E(t)) *
10 (S)on RELEASE RE + EEL < around AS
14 (T)en PEN PAL (EN in PP) + AL(l)
17   PINE NE after PI(c); Unfinished Portrait
18 s(H)ip CAPITANOS (ON A SIP ACT) *
19 bas(E)s KEMBS KEMPS with B for P
20 ra(M)p TRIKE (s)TRIKE
23 (A)id EDICTS (ID ETC) * + S
24 wan(T) PROPALE PRO(m) + PALE
25   ADAR A + DAR(k); Endless Night
28   TOISON IS in (TO + O) + N; Towards Zero
29 e(I)ther MOSEYS (MY SHOES) * − (et)H(er)
30 (C)ars SARGE EG < after ARS *
32 (A)isle IRISH RISHI with second I moved up
33 (L)over ADELE (LED in EA) <
35 f(L)ed MEAN A in MEN
36 steam(Y) AMLA (ste)AM LA(nds)
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