Variety Cryptic 4: Back to the Gym

Back to the Gym

By Elgel

I thought I'd celebrate being allowed back into the gyms and getting to do my main hobby again. Here's a variety for that purpose.
The thing is, there's always some risk at the gym. 14a 16a is one of the common ones, and eight of the down clues embody that danger. All other clues are normal.

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Timestamp: Sun Jul 11 2021 20:58:09 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time)

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1	Accuse politician in one and every case (7) IMPEACH. MP in I+EACH
6	A revolting person (6) RIOTER. Cryptic defn.
11	Intimidates crew and masters (7) MENACES. MEN+ACES
13	Number 1 or 0 (4) NONE. N+ONE
14, 16	14, 16See instructions SPINNING HOLDS. At a climbing gym, loose holds are always a potential risk, where they can spin on the wall. All holds in this puzzle have spun upside down.
16	See 14 Across
18	Garden, rare, ruined in triumphant bar-worker striking (9) TERRARIUM. (RARE)* in TRIUMPHANT-PH-ANT
20	Treat as bad key cut (6) ESCHEW. ESC+HEW
21	Rough and tired, giving heart for horse (6) JAGGED. JADED w/ D->GG
24	Big, written in big letters (6) OMEGAS. MEGA in OS
27	For shame; to live and sell out east (6) BERATE. BE+RAT+E
28	Grip scalp roughly (5) CLASP. (SCALP)*
30	Fight got Bowie knifed in two? (3) VIE. Half of BOWIE (W->V)
31	Reveal some skeletons (3,2) LET ON. (ske)LETON(s)
32	Security to remain on campus (6) TENURE. Cryptic defn.
33	Race around two points and go off course (6) CAREEN. (RACE)+E+N
35	Guzzles dodgy paste with you shortly (4,2) EATS UP. (PASTE+U)*
38	Annoy the French after being disgusting (6) RANKLE. RANK+LE
43	Duncan escaped dean somehow, lost his dumb hat (6,3) DUNCES CAP. DUNCANESCAPED - (DEAN)*
45	Diner outside hotel: "Here's the rub:... (5) CHAFE. H in CAFE
46	...it doesn't go smoothly when cats go head to head inside, therefore... (8) STACCATO. TAC+CAT in SO
47	...even in so bashful an island... (4) OAHU. sObAsHfUl
48	...(nor therein, put another way)... (7) NEITHER. (THEREIN)*
49	...it's fair to put animal outside, right? Thank you" (6) PRETTY. R in PET + TY
50	British Klondike bars (not so cold varieties) (7) CHOICES. CHOCICES-C

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1	Conforming part of shoe (6) INSTEP. D.D. (with different enumerations)
2	Goes soppy about poems (5) MOPES. (POEMS)*
3	Credit devil for curly hair (5) PMIRC. CR+IMP. A crimp is a very thin climbing hold, with only space for fingertips (or only some of a fingertip).
4	Naan-crazy girl (4) ANNA. (NAAN)*
5	Steal (quietly) a short measure (5) HCNIP. P+INCH. A pinch is a wide-ish hold where you can get your hand round it, then squeeze between thumb and fingers.
7	Narrator (sort of)... and sort of lame (7) ISHMAEL. 'ISH'+(LAME)*
8	Single track gear in low (4) ONOM. N in MOO. A mono is a pocket for only one finger (high risk for finger injuries!)
9	Post cycling goals (4) ENDS. SEND cycling
10	About face! Stay! (6) RESIDE. RE+SIDE
12	Channel wind and water (7) AIRWAVE. AIR+WAVE
15	Pitcher jumped up and grabbed at the top (3) GUJ. J(umped) U(p) + G(rabbed). A jug is a hold where most or all of the fingers can enter and then grip it nearly like holding a rod. The easiest hold to use.
17	Section worried governor... (6) LEGATE. LEG+ATE
19	...in fear, he suspected monkey (6) RHESUS. (fea)R HE SUS(pected)
22	Nearly a sin to take partners for healthy food (6) GREENS. GREE(d) + NS (bridge partners)
23	School of '31 losing student (4) ETON. LETON (31a) - L
24	No field for Olive, perhaps (4) OLEA. O+LEA
25	Under ray, king repeated phrase (6) MANTRA. R in MANTA
26	As written, it sounds bad (3) SIC. Homophone of SICK
27	Panda lost bacteria after dropping one (7) BEARCAT. (BACTERIA-I)*
29	Sensible pupil abandoned street for priest (7) PRUDENT. STUDENT w/ ST->PR
32	Take Wordsworth, for example, writing 100k (6) TEKCOP. C+K in POET. A pocket is like a small jug, where only some fingers can reach in, and only partially. Very varied in how big or easy to use.
34	Sewer tool made by proles (6) REPOLS. (PROLES)* (a sloper is a tailor's fitting tool). A sloper hold has little or nothing to actually grip, and friction between skin and hold surface is used instead. Similar to holding a basketball in one hand.
36	Sore matter to put you in an afterthought (3) PUS. U in PS
37	Joke article on Twitch (5) ANTIC. AN+TIC
39	Break cold shelf (5) KCARC. C+RACK. A crack is a gap in the wall which can fit some part of the body into - this can vary from a single finger to the entire body. Crack climbing has its own special techniques.
40	Turner's hate without love (5) LATHE. LOATHE-O
41	Help to burn (4) CHAR. D.D. (a charperson is an old term for a servant)
42	Found, in situ, fake limestone (4) AFUT. (si)TU FA(ke). A tufa is a specific type of rock structure that looks a bit like an icicle or stalactite running against the wall. Used as a sequence of pinches/pockets/crimps.
44	E... e...? (4) ECHO. D.D. (Phonetic alphabet, then a repeat)

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