Disorderly Conduct by Colleague

Puzzle explanation

The surnames hidden in the grid were of film-makers Georges FRANJU and Jean-Luc GODARD, the composer Edvard GRIEG, John Eric BARTHOLOMEW (the birth name of Eric Morecambe) and “Andrew PREVIEW”. In a famous Morecambe & Wise sketch, Eric Morecambe made a hash of playing a Grieg piano concerto and when arguing with the conductor André Previn, whom he called Andrew Preview, said “I’m playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order”. This was represented by highlighting row 9 of the grid, which was a jumble of THE RIGHT NOTES. Franju is quoted in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations as saying “Movies should have a beginning, a middle and an end”, to which Godard added “Certainly, but not necessarily in that order”. Accordingly, MOESVI was highlighted in column 9, being “movies” with the middle and end switched.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
1 QUOTES QUOTHA + ES − HA
6 STIPPLE S + TIPPLE
11 EBRIATE TAI < in BEER *
12 PLIANT SUPPLICANT − SUP − C
13 BEAR BAR around E
14 PAGRI (I GRASP − S) *
16 CACOON C + RACOON − R
17 ADEPTS PASTED *
19 RECEDES C(olleague) in REEDES
21 F-STOP ST in FOP
23 DOSSAL DOSS + A + L
25 ROOSA RO + O’ + S + A
27 OOR ROO <
28 HORSE homophone of HOARSE
29 POTTLE PO + TT + L + (al)E
31 MUDRA MUD + RA
33 NIGHEST (EIGHT + N,S) *
36 HOTTER 2 meanings
38 JURANT RAN in JUT
40 SWAYS SWAYLS − L
41 AEON AE + ON
42 BUST-UP BUS(h) + TUP
43 REVIEWS VIE in REWS
44 AWHEELS HE in WALES *
45 DIKTAT DIK(-dik) + TAT
Down
2 U-BENDS (N + D) in (t)UBE’S
3 ORATE ORNATE − N
4 TIRR STIRRER − SER (on the outside)
5 STAGS SNAGS around T − N
6 SEGAR SEGGAR − G
7 ILIAC (ema)IL I AC(cessed)
8 PIECES OUT (USE POETIC) *
9 PAGODA PA + GOD + A
10 ETON NOTE <
13 BIAFRAN (Ser)BIA FRAN(ce)
14 PIT-PAT (IT + PA) in PT
15 GOELS GOES around L
16 CEORL ROLE * after C
18 POSTHASTE (POSE THAT’S) *
20 STEARIN ’S + TEAR + IN
22 HOLST HOLSTEIN − EIN
23 DOE DO + E
24 SHMOES M in SHOES
26 OPIUM (O + M) around PIÙ
30 OGRISH O + GR + IS + H
32 REDOWA REDO + WA
34 ENSUE EN + SUE
35 T-BARS T + BARS
36 HEYED H + EYED
37 TWEET TWEE + T
38 JUBA ABUJ(a) <
39 MAIK MAIKO − O
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