Round by Lavatch

Puzzle explanation

The unclued grid entries were all types of wheel (with “wheel” omitted): FERRIS, MILL, ESCAPE, GEAR (not REAR, whose unchecked first letter would be the same as the unchecked R in CATHERINE), DAISY, CATHERINE, CART, STAR, PRAYER. The corrections to clue misprints spelt out “highlight thematic quotation in symmetrical form”. The highlighted quotation, forming a circle, was “The wheel is come full circle”, from King Lear.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Misprint Answer Explanation
Across
5 c(H)ow APPETISE APE around (PET + IS)
10 B(I)ll PLAUSIBLE (BILL + PAUSE) *
12 Wa(G) WHITY WIT around H + Y
14 (H)aw WAUCHT (CUT HAW) *
15 (L)atin URSA (AS + RU) <
16 st(I)cks GOATHERDS THER(e) in GOADS
17 Jud(G)e SURFER REF < after SUR(e)
21 (H)alts SURCEASES CRUS < + EASE + S(ell)
23 (T)hou MILLE MILLE(t)
28 star(T)ing ARCO AR(istophanes) CO(medy)
30 (H)ound MESSAN SS in MEAN
34 m(E)ssage ERRANT ERRAN(d) + T
36 (M)etal NIELLOING LINE * + LONG around I
38 Co(A)ts MYRRHY M(usk)Y R(eindee)R H(ead)Y
39 (T)in MESNE (i)M(p)E(d)E(d) around SN
40 Cl(I)p SYLLEPTIC (CLIP STYLE) *
41 (C)ooker ESTOVERS ER around STOVE + ’S
Down
1 (Q)uits ELAEIS SEA-LIKE * − K(haki)
2 H(U)rry RAUN RUN around A
3 r(O)cket RUCOLA RUB − B + COLA
4 pla(T)es ISHES DISHES − D
5 B(A)rd’s ABHORS AB + HORS(e)
6 Me(T)al PEWTERS W in PETERS
7 tr(I)ad THREE THEE around R
8 r(O)d STADIAL STADIA + L
9 (N)asty EYESORE ERE around (YES + O)
11 B(I)ll’s LEAFLET F in (LEA + LET)
13 (N)ational ISRAELIS (D)ISRAELI’S
14 (S)aw WAMES SAW < around M(assiv)E
18 e(Y)e RAMEE EE after RAM
19 Ga(M)e CRICKETS CRICKET + S
20 (M)oving PEYSE PE + YES *
22 (E)arlier SACRIFY SACRISTY with F for ST
24 (T)ogo’s DAY NAME (ANY + AD) < + ME
25 wa(R) ARAISES ARES around (A + IS)
26 r(I)vers CAROUSE (A + R + OUSE) after C
27 (C)oming ENTRY GENTRY − G
29 p(A)rts PANELS L in PANES
31 (L)eave SCARPA SCAR + PA
32 (F)ellow ARCHIE ARCH + IE
33 S(O)me LLANO (Vi)LLANO(van)
35 hea(R)ing TOYER T + OYER
37 (M)arriage ARTY (p)ARTY
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