Marxist Doctrines by Charybdis

Puzzle explanation

The initial letters of the extra words in across clues spelt out “Those are my principles”, the start of a Groucho Marx line that continues “if you don’t like them … well, I have others”. The initials of extra words in down clues gave “excluded middle” (a principle in logic). The extra across words could all make real words by having their middle letters “excluded”; these middle letters spelt the principles “Doppler, identity, Peter”, which replaced the FOURIER, VITAL and PLEASURE principles in the grid. Finally, the RECIPROCITY and UNCERTAINTY principles were swapped in the grid to make all entries real words.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Extra word Answer Explanation
Across
1 tides STRIDER (TIDES + R + R) *
6 hoops ASLANT ASLAN + T(amer)
11 overplies HEAD HE + AD
12 Super PESTERER ESTER in PER
13 enclave OF COURSE (OR + FOCUS + E) *
14 appeals GIBE GI + BE
15 returning UNCERTAINTY (URGENCY * − G) around TAINT
18   FORCE FOR + CE
21 Elise LUDOVIC LOUD * + CIV <
23 minding GHOUL LOUGH *
24 yodeled RURPS SPUR < around R
27 princes PLEASURE PLEA + SURE
28 Ratters TOP HAT TO + PHAT
29 icier MASH-TUB MAB around SHUT *
32 neutral OUTER (r)OUTER
35 copying SOLO OSLO with first two letters reversed
36   RECIPROCITY REC + I + PRO + CITY
37 inspect FIAT 2 meanings
39 poesy TITRES SITTER *
41 Latin FERULA (A + RULE) * after F
42 engouements SIENNAS (ANNE + IS) < + S(ickert)
43 squirrely PROPEL P + ROPE + L
44   CRATCH (S)CRATCH
Down
1 email SHOUT O in SHUT
2 X-ray RACCOON C in CORONA *
3 Crude IDO I DO
4 loo DOUR (o)DOUR
5 Uneaten RESALE SAL in REE
7 died STAND SD around TAN
8 elected LEG (col)LEG(e)
9 dressing NEBRIS (SIR BEN) <
10 musical TREACLE ((recita)L + CREATE) *
16 indie TEMPT MP in TET
17 Dalmatian TORS TO(u)RS
19 Danish RUSHEE (HE SURE) *
20 lists CLEARCOLE C + LEAR + COLE
22 effort UREA (b)UREA(ucratic)
23   GET OFF EG < + TOFF
25   PUTOIS PUS around TOI
26   FOURIER FOUR + IE + R
29   MOPISH MO + PISH
30   SNORER SR around (NO + RE)
31   BOYISH BO + SHY * around I
33   VITAL (endearmen)T in VIAL
34   ARTIC (CAR IT) *
35   SCENA (SCENA + TRIO) * = REACTIONS
38   TUP PUT <
40   LAC LAC(k)
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