1 41 6:10 by Colleague

Puzzle explanation

Using 41ac = TIMOTHY, the title is a Bible reference, 1 Timothy 6:10: “For the love of money is the root of all evil”. Down entries that are synonyms for evil have 3×3 squares below containing names for money (Bahamian $, yellow-boy, lilangeni, centesimo, dandyprat) when their barred-off central cells are completed with MONEY. The squares are arranged to suggest a heart shape, for “love”.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
1 THEED HEED after T
5 LULIBUBS (SILLABUB − A + U) *
11 SALMIS MISSAL with letters cycled
12 NAME NAM + E
14 ARTIST TRAITS *
16 MACLE MAC + L(odg)E
17 CREPON (medio)CRE PON(cho)
19 TIER TIER(ce)
20 BAHS B + AHS
22 AIR A + IR
23 REDAN R + E + D + AN
24 SETA SET + A
29 BECURL B + (CURLEW − W) *
31 GRAT GRATIS − IS
32 DEBYE BY in DEE
33 CENOTE CE + NOTE; ref. 42dn
35 DÁIL DAIS − S + L
36 WAT (Bays)WAT(er)
37 SPAR RAPS <
38 ERR PEDRERO * − DOPE *
39 BOY BOYLE − LE
41 TIMOTHY TI + MOTHY
43 DIODE DIODON − ON + E
44 EARWIG EAR + WIG
46 TIGER LILY TIGE + R(ed) + LILY
49 GARDAI GAR + DAI
50 DEAD MEN AMENDED *
51 AGED A + GED
52 ESTYN (hon)ESTY N(ot)
53 RUNGLESS RUNG LESS
Down
1 TSAMBA MAST < + BA(ba)
2 HARM H + ARM
3 ELTCHI ELI around TCH
4 DISEASE SEASIDE *
6 UNFORTUNATE UN + FORTE around TUNA
7 IMMORAL IMAM − A + ORAL
8 BEA BE + A
9 BALE 2 meanings
10 STERN 2 meanings
13 ACID DROP ACID + DROP
15 INFARCT IN FACT around R
18 PIE 2 meanings
19 TEIGN TE IG(itur) + N
21 SIBYL IS < + BY + L
25 PTERYGOIDS (DOGES TRIPLY − L) *
26 ADDEBTED A + ’D + DEED around BT
27 NEARSIDES READINESS *
28 DOLLARBIRD DOLLY BIRD with AR for Y
30 CLWYD homophone of (CLUE + ID)
34 TAHINA TUNA with AHI for the second letter
37 SORORAL SO + RORAL
39 BIELDY B + WIELDY − W
40 OORT TROO(p) <
42 MAYAN (MANY A) *
44 ELGIN E(e)L + GIN
45 WEDGE EDGE after W
47 GEAT (TA + EG) <
48 LAER REAL <
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