Going Out in Style by Homer

Puzzle explanation

Correct letters for grid misprints gave Mairi’s Wedding, a Scottish folk song recorded by Kenneth McKellar, Moira Anderson and many others. Clue corrections spelt “Make eleven folds in grid; play squeeze-box”, so the grid was to be imagined as a concertina with a KEYBOARD at each end. Alternately opening and closing the bellows (going “out-in” style) would reveal the first two lines of the English version of the song:

Step we gaily on we go
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm and arm and row on row
All for Mairi’s wedding

The first 13 words appear in order, in alternate rows of the grid. The odd words are visible only when the concertina is stretched open (in alternate columns representing the pleats as seen from one side). The even words are formed only when the concertina is squeezed closed (ie, in the first and last pairs of columns).

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Misprint Answer Explanation [misprint]
Across
1 (B)orrowing WADSET WADS + ET(c)
6 H(U)ll SEAPORTS (ARE SPOTS) *
11 brac(E) TWAIN (I WANT) *
12 hel(D) HAVEOUR HOUR around AVE
14   ITALIC (joggin)[G] + TALI + C
15 th(E)me AYRE AE around YR
16 Ga(E)l COOF CO + OF
17 real(M) ALBANY ALB + ANY
18   KNIVES KNE[W] around (I’ + (Do)V(er))
19 (G)ot MEMSAHIB (SHAME I’M B) *
20   ENSA E[G] + SA
21 (P)en PEPYS homophone of PEEPS
23   MICRO I’M < + C[O]O
29 s(L)eep B FLAT FL in BAT
30 L(A)w QADIS Q + A + DIS
31 Bo(O)le XNOR X + NO + R
33   OUTGLARE ([H] + GRUEL TO) *
36 lea(R) NEALED NE + LEAD *
37   AIRGUN GRA[N] * + (a)UN(t)
38 (S)port JUDO JUD + O(wner)
39 Gull(Y) RILL MANDRILL − (MAN + ’D)
40 Len(Z)ie TROKES STOKER *
41 t(O)wnies GENOESE NO in GEESE
42 (S)hip ROTOR R + O’ + T + OR
43   HYDRATED ([O]E + TARDY) < after H
44 s(E)a DELIAN (SAILED with N for S) <
Down
2 Stal(E) AWRONG A + W + RONG
3 (V)erse DAMOISEL DEL around (AMOS around I)
4 (N)o ENTREPOT TR in POTEEN *
5   THALWEG (WE in AL[E]) after TH(e)
6 (Q)atar SALIM ISLAM *
7 (F)acial EVIL-EYED (DEY + E(nver) + LIVE) <
8 e(L)ections POLLS homophone of POLES
9 s(I)ck-making OUABAIN OÙ + À + BAIN
10 Thre(E) TERNION IRON * in TEN
11 Mon(E)y TICKEY TICKER + Y − R
13 p(I)tch KEY DONKEY − DON
22 war(D)en PEAR-TREE PEART + REE
23   MISERERE (HOMER − HO + REE[L]S) *
24   CONDUCTI (CO[L]IN CLOUT − LO(st)) *
25   REUNIFY (R[F] + IF + Y(agi)) around UN
26 pa(L)ters HAGGLER HAG + GLEY with R for Y(ew)
27 fi(X)ed ZINCKED (ZINKE + TUNED − TUNE) around C
28 (K)een ARDOUR YARD − Y + YOUR − Y
32   OEDEMA (A + [O]ED + E O) <
34 (N)ame LUBNA (nightc)LUB NA(ked)
35   WHOSO (l)E(d) + SOHO *
37 F(a)rmer’s ARD (Kinc)ARD(inshire)
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