Across:
2 Last words after being tucked in (5,6)
7 Musical instrument (5)
8 __ _ a limb : in a vulnerable position (3,2)
9 Envious (7)
13 Blind, without vision (9)
15 Attitude of mind (9)
18 Sky combining form (5)
20 Battled or boxed with (7)
21 Cry of surrender: "__ __ up" (1,4)
22 Bitter, sour (7)
25 Having wheels (7)
27 One who stubbornly resists change (7)
28 Chattering birds (5)
32 It helps you see - "topic" anagram? (5)
35 See 13 Down
40 A fishing boat which pulls nets along the sea bed (7)
41 Alleviate - "Sausage" anagram (7)
42 Big name in mail order (5)
43 ___ headed : insolent and puffed up (7)
44 Long handled tools used to gather leaves, grass, etc. (5)
45 ____ in Time : Reeve film (9)
49 Without sleep (9)
53 Crosses out (7)
54 Bonjour! (5)
55 __ __ the hills (3,2)
56 Almost unused or nearly so (2,4,2,3)
down:
1 Laxmi Bai for one, Durgawati for another (4)
2 A black dust caused by smoke from a fire (4)
3 Cote mamas (4)
4 Distant leader (4)
5 Dove for one, Lux for another (4)
6 Benefit, favour or acquisition (4)
9 Actress Tandy (7)
10 Abashed, humiliated or mortified (7)
11 One way to pitch (7)
12 Land a chopper (7)
13 Dn & 35 Ac Ex-India skipper (6,7)
14 Evaluated, marked or rated (6)
16 A frozen taper (6)
17 General directions and tendencies (6)
19 Kill __ __ killed (2,2)
21 Chemical endings (4)
23 A bone; tease (3)
24 __ ___ your satisfied : a conciliatory statement (1,4)
26 ___ on the lips of : listens to very very attentively (5)
29 Fever, chills, etc. (3)
30 Condition of equilibrium (6)
31 A highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc. (6)
32 Car make, briefly (4)
33 Braided (7)
34 High ranking army officer, a grade above major (7)
35 "Scram!" (3,4)
36 Child minders (7)
37 Employer or consumer (4)
38 ____ Doodle Dandy (6)
39 Baking needs (6)
46 ___ and out : end of wireless communication (4)
47 "Hold it!" (4)
48 San ____ , Italy (4)
50 Rumanian coins (4)
51 ___ back into, reinvest (4)
52 Fly, hang glide (4)
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