Paint My Old LP by Nudd

Puzzle explanation

This puzzle marked the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles single Yellow Submarine and its album Revolver.

The extra letters in wordplay spelt out the Beatles works “(White) Album, (Blue) Jay Way, Old (Brown) Shoe, (Yellow) Submarine” and “make letters of title yellow, the rest blue”. Shading cells yellow/blue if they did/didn’t contain a letter of PAINT MY OLD LP produced a depiction of the Yellow Submarine from the Beatles’ animated film of that name, on a blue background. Colouring the letters yellow or blue instead of shading the cells was also accepted.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 REH HE[A]R <
5 SUTTEES S[L]UT + TEES
9 URES RU[B]ES with R moved
12 WERE WEE around [U]R
13 BEADLES BE[M]EDALS *
15 ERR [J]ERRY − Y
17 SERE [A]R in SEE
18 CERT (T[Y]RE + C) <
19 SHEUGH S + [W]HEUGH
21 RECUR CUR after RE[A](r)
22 MEUS M(ajorit)[Y] + SUE <
24 ERSE ER[O]SE
26 REAL RE + AL[L]
27 PARSECS PARSE[D] + CS
30 DIY DI[S] + Y
31 RECLAIM (C[H]ARM + LIE) *
34 TORS TOR[O]SE − (scre)E
37 CONIDIA C/O + NIDI + A[E]
41 ANATOMY [S]ANATORY with M for R
43 ATOM A[U]TOMAT − AT
44 ADDITION [B]AD + DICTION − C
45 AIL [M]AIL
47 FERAL FA-L[A] around ER
48 ALMOND ALMONE[R] with D for E
50 INNS IN + [I]N + S
51 ERS EAR[N]S − A
52 RELIANT [E]LATERIN *
53 ON ICE [M]O + NICE
54 SERKS [A]SKS around ER
55 BEERS BER[K]S around E
Down
1 RUSHED RU[E] + SHED
2 EWER ([L]EW + BEER) − BE
3 HERESY HERE + Y[E]S <
4 GRECE REC[T] in GE
5 SECURE SEE around CUR[T]
6 TERGAL TE + R[E]GAL
7 TA-TA (A + TA[R]T) <
8 ELSE [S]ELE around S
9 USES (h)US[O] ES(calopes)
10 REUSE RE[F]USE
11 ERG [T]ERG(al)
13 BERE [I]B + ERE
14 TAMP TA[T] + MP
16 RHUS R + [L]USH *
20 HURL HU[E] around RL
23 SCRY CR[Y] in SY
25 RIOTERS (RESTOR[E] + I) *
28 AMAIN ANIMA[L] *
29 STONING TON in S[L]ING
31 RIMA R[O]MA around I
32 CID ID after [W]C
33 INTONE [T]INT + ONE
35 OMANIS [H]O + MANIS
36 SALSES SAL + SE[E]S
37 CAFÉS CA[R]AFES − A
38 NORSE OR[E]S in NE
39 DALEK ALE[S] in DK
40 AD-LIB LIB after [T]AD
42 TO-DOS TOD + O[B]S
46 INCH [L]IN + CH
48 ALS AL[U] + ’S
49 MAE M[E]AGRE − GR
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