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Puzzle explanation

The corrections to misprints spelt out “enter difference as Roman numeral; time is two fifty”. Taking the alphabetic difference between pairs of clashing letters thus produced a clock face (either IV or IIII was accepted), to which hands were added to illustrate the end of The Old Vicarage, Grantchester by Rupert Brooke:

Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?

The puzzle’s title cryptically indicated “tea time” as CHA + T.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Misprint Answer Explanation
Across
1 s(E)at REREDOSSE DOSSE(r) after (RE + RE)
8 Arca(N)e DEEP PEED <
11 (T)ummy MANIPLIES MAN + I’ + PLIES
12 scar(E)s APPALS PAL in APS(e)
13 hea(R)ing AURIST (PURIST − P) after A
14 (D)erry RESENTER (p)RESENTER
16 (I)mpress EPIC (d)EPIC(t)
19 (F)issile REACTOR RECTOR around A
20 (F)oot COATI COAT + (ag)I(le)
22 M(E)sh TELA L in TEA
23 hu(R)dle APORIA ARIA around PO
24 less(E)n IMBASE I’M + BASE
26 swa(N) BIRD BID around R
28 (C)hief ABBOT AB + BOT
30 Cas(E) REMANET MANE in RET
31 Bro(A)d WIDE W + IDE
34 wa(S)ted MINEOLAS SEMOLINA *
36 Fi(R)th ARMADA ADA after ARM
37 St(O)p BOW OUT W/O in BOUT
38 (M)ug SAGITTATE (À + GIT) in STATE
39 He(A)d TÊTE TE + TE
40 (N)ote MESMERISE MERIS in MESE
Down
1 (N)ursed REARED RED around EAR
2 yo(U) EUPEPSY homophone of (YOU + PEPSI)
3 (M)oreen REPS (S + PER) <
4 B(E)ard DAWN RAID AWN in DR + AID
5 Co(R)ky SUBERISATIONS (BUSINESS RATIO) *
6 sho(A)t SPARE RIBS (SERB PAIR’S) *
7 (L)ean ELTS E(very) L(ean) T(his) S(pring)
8 (T)rain DIRECT 2 meanings
9 f(I)rm’s ESSO ESSOIN − IN
10 Ro(M)an PATERAE ARE * after PÂTÉ
15 s(E)t CREATE CRATE around E
17 l(I)nes SCORES CORE in SS
18 ches(S) STALEMATE MATE after STALE
21 (T)erm UMBRETTE (TUBE + TERM) *
23 Aske(W) ABREAST (ARE BATS) *
25 Bl(O)ck PADAUKS PAD + AUKS
27 (F)ee DAMAGE MAGE after DA
29 min(I) WESTIE WE + STIE
32 brie(F) ERSE (t)ERSE
33 coa(T)ed SKIM SKIMP − P
35 Man(Y) LOTI LOT + I
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