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17a Reported test of missiles aimed at dividing groups of people? 11
L-I-A-I-T--

12d Termination of free jollies stops keen,endlessly hearty eater 11
T-E---E-M-N

40a Agreement on one irksome guyset off a number (suggesting irritation?) 5,4,2,4,4,
--O-E -E-S -N -O-R -Y-S

smoke gets in your eyes
tribalistic
trenchman

Cliff means TRENCHERMAN for 12d.

Sorry! Chiff :0)

many thanks

thanks for the correction Raffles - a 90+++++ senior moment

But why, WHY is it trencherman? This is driving me up the wall! Anyone? Please??

A trencherman is a gormandizer.

Suspect you wanted the clue parsed.
Termination of free jollies stops
keen,endlessly hearty eater
Could be that keen is trenchan(t) (endlessly) around the end of "free" - e, + Royal Marines (RM). Royal Marines are known as "jollies"?