The Alcoholic Baseball Player by Waterloo

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
3 PIMPERNEL The Scarlet PIMPLE
9 DARK His STARK Materials
10 SABRE S(tring) A(round) B(ottles) + RE(d)
11 YLEM (tireso)MELY <
12 SINGIN’ SINNING in the Rain
14 JET LAG LET * in JAG
15 MEM M(usli)M around E(xtremism)
17 SOUTH North and SOUTHEY
19 BOAT Three Men in a BOOT
21 END The DEN of the Affair
22 GUNFIGHT BUN-FIGHT at the OK Corral
24 YLIKE Y(earn) L(ongingly) + IKE
26 MERI MERI(t)
27 NICAD MANIC − MA + (d)AD
28 HITS ON SHINTO *
30 IDE DIE *
32 BREW HEBREW − HE
33 CUCKOOS The Midwich CUCKOLDS
34 ARGH ALL RIGHT − TILL *
36 HENRY Horrid HENLEY
39 OCHE O + CHE; ref. Che Guevara
40 VANISHES The Lady VARNISHES
42 LAIDS LAIRDS − R
43 SEARLE SE around EARL
44 ATE IN (l)A(s)T (r)E(g)I(o)N
45 STEPS The Thirty-Nine STOPS
46 WOOSTERS The Code of the WORCESTERS
Down
1 ODYSSEY The ODDITY
2 SALOON SOON around AL
3 PREJUDICE Pride and PERJURIES
4 MAST POET = POEM with M AS T
5 PHILANTHROPISTS The Ragged-trousered PHILATELISTS
6 RAGG RAGGA − A
7 ERNE VERNE − V
8 LEG 2 meanings
10 SNAB SNA(p) + B
13 IMAGE I + MAGE; ref. 29dn
16 MUTINY IMMUNITY on the Bounty
18 HUED HU(ndr)ED
20 THROUGH THREW the Looking-glass
23 FLIES Lord of the FILES
25 KARK K + ARK; ref. protagonist of The Trial
27 NICHOLAS KNICKERLESS Nickleby
29 SORCERER ERRORS * around CE
31 DUE DATE (AD(i)EU in ETD) <
32 BOY A Suitable BUY
35 HERESY HERE + ’S + (an)Y
37 RADIO AD in RIO
38 USES The USELESSNESS of Literacy
40 VIEW A FEW from the Bridge
41 HATE (A + THE) *
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