Across

1 Dally and waddle drunkenly (6)

5 Vilely frisky and full of zest (6)

9 Most of Maori gathering with holy man round bar (4)

11 Mare used derisively or as a sign of peace (3)

12 Starts slagging off office nerd in a short whine (4)

13 Navy mat of viscid substance (3)

14 Prize for unlimited sloth? (3)

15 Irregular e-mail scam-cut left ace in a bad way (6)

18 Rangy plant, type of rocket (5)

20 Ermine in summer far from the highway getting seeds (6)

22 Surrounded by odium, I revealed stage reached in line of mould (6)

24 Blurt imputations of blame (5)

26 Bogged when horse had you once taken in (6)

29 Inland near Naples is Swiss Confederation trials centre (6)

31 Lived in grotty underground hollow with daughter (5)

32 Scots mower is a bit technological, old and dear for the French (6)

34 Issuing from a common sub, gunner gets a compass with surveying sights (6)

37 New measure for iridescent layer on mollusc shell (5)

38 Little finger not wrapped in cotton wound dressing (6)

39 Greenhorn farce (3)

40 To spread nut grass for drying – tedium! Not half! (3)

42 Firm abstinence (4)

43 A slippery seller – a heel without a hint of honesty (3)

44 Wright fashioning ends of fir, bit of elm, and heart of oak (4)

45 Company round the French director became unenthusiastic (6)

46 Awkwardly, we try a controlling rein (6)

Down

1 Raving enthusiasm for openings of Hollywood Oscar theatricals (3)

2 Four absorbed by competition of little importance (7)

3 Rises in competition, considered very likely to win, admitting a bit of talent (6)

4 Outworn, soiled even (3)

5 Woman’s hairstyle produces enrapt men (9)

6 Tot up lines of things reportedly (4)

7 Crude change of direction after former partner is shut out (7)

8 Oddly draft rummy item of information, token from measurement (5)

10 Greek god starting to draw in breath as when one is wished-up (4)

16 Unfamiliar ringing tones (4)

17 Baddy sheltered by paramilitaries (3)

18 Shavings of oak, Sitka spruce and ash boles (4)

19 Disparate reorganisation of litter that is heard as it is produced (9)

21 Cunning masonry construction that scans an opening (4)

23 Pair of units treated is one day turning up after end of period (4)

25 Severe person of unusual courage and mainly but not initally wise (7)

27 One whom the law well put into the street, extremely evasive, full of vice and trouble-starter (7)

28 Engaged a detective (4)

30 Hid in this place? (4)

31 Small cube inserted into body lacuna in error (6)

32 Depth of land required for glowing produce-returns came down before fourth and fifth of month (5)

33 One who favours a streetwalker (3)

35 Suction designated for a special purpose – maybe in Caesarean operation? (4)

36 Tee for keen opener with no initial technique (4)

39 Seas producing vomit without a bit of swell (3)

41 Given to drinking, we get tipsy initially (3)