St Paul’s Girls’ School 2020 Leavers’ Cryptic Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Building puts in place brew ban, reportedly (1-5)
  2. 5. Shared space is not rare on heathland, on reflection (6,4)
  3. 7. Dog brings back rodents (4)
  4. 10. Retriever eats first lady’s head (8)
  5. 11. Barbie’s partner has itch and always needs cleaning! (7)
  6. 17. Northern Irishman follows vehicle heading to China? (5)
  7. 18. Sport is new ballet gone wrong(7)
  8. 21. Prize drama teacher (6)
  9. 24. Place that closed down in MIV that sold clothes handed over -old, labelled (initials) and awfully posh! (6,4)
  10. 25. Ignore tips from preamble about hallway (6)
  11. 26. Difficult paper for GCSE text (4,5)
  12. 27. Teacher scores five points or seven(3)
  13. 30. Instrument treated like a drum? (8)
  14. 32. Head of diversity replaces leader of place of worship (6)
  15. 33. “Quand jambon!” says French teacher! (6)
  16. 36. Reverend, reportedly, raps! (4)
  17. 37. Drama teacher removed lines from another!(5)
  18. 40. Much nicer than Potter’s uncle! (6)
  19. 43. Gatekeeper amongst those who exceed average (4)
  20. 44. English teacher gives time to novel banter (7)
  21. 46. Many will go here next year as four queens in unity (10)
  22. 50. Greet small conservative subject (7)
  23. 51. Volunteers run this, organising props and lottery (4,8)
  24. 53. Head of Year, alternatively vegetable (7)
  25. 55. Discard lasts of crumbs then step back for Friday treat (8)
  26. 56. The year play some French chess before arrangement of a film (7,2,5)
  27. 58. On ecstasy, ill or maybe just paternity leave!(6)
  28. 59. All Eve’s disrupted exams (1-6)
  29. 60. Biologist hesitates after lab rats go wild (9)
  30. 62. Deputy hit chicken after church (9)
  31. 63. Subject starts off manageable and then hardens, seriously!(5)
  32. 65. Various corn goes bad to cause pandemic (11)
Down
  1. 1. Father Time relies on cricket lacking boundaries and energy for teacher (7)
  2. 3. Unfortunately halt large assemblies here! (5,4)
  3. 4. An animal at organic chemistry! (3)
  4. 6. Far right’s former leader (4)
  5. 8. Teacher has blank about brush (9)
  6. 9. Italian chess piece (6)
  7. 12. First light brings counsel (4)
  8. 13. PE teacher is skinny in centre (8)
  9. 14. Break up sea craft (5)
  10. 15. Singer changes end of wooden leg (6)
  11. 16. Farm building shelters old classics teacher (5)
  12. 19. Physicist bizarrely agrees some energy is lost (5)
  13. 20. Chin protects orange gem left for teacher (10)
  14. 22. Concerning cinema chain cancelled event (5)
  15. 23. Those strange morals (5)
  16. 28. About on track for queuing place (9)
  17. 29. Freely scores 50 a game(8)
  18. 31. Oh, one artist is conductor (5)
  19. 34. Ably gathers returned mess for school meeting (8)
  20. 35. Right amongst pages is class of 2020 (7)
  21. 38. Last half of supper cooked for school (2,5)
  22. 39. Farmer (not old) is gap year advisor (8)
  23. 41. Chemist’s curve (4)
  24. 42. Mentor swimming trout (5)
  25. 45. Noughts and crosses, card game and an offer from here all require luck (8)
  26. 47. Quizmaster loses odds in pigsty (3)
  27. 48. Stealth pen composed musical masterpiece (3,7)
  28. 49. Administrative legend composes a ragtime (8)
  29. 52. Lucky (not clever) girls find gold in Alps, strangely (8)
  30. 54. Musician is found in alcohol store! (5)
  31. 57. teacher is restricted by low-key miniskirt (5)
  32. 61. Cause of common room riot so far with no end in sight (4)
  33. 64. Leader for any one (4)