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I've done most of this one, but have bafflements in the top right & the bottom left.

I hope that assistance with these two will help kick start the flagging grey cell.

9A - First trace of this compound comprises carbon and silicate (6)
?A?C??
&
44D - Welcomes eating certain pork, but not on a barbecue (7)
??????I

Thanks in advance as usual

9a looks like Talcum, a powdery silicate, first letter of trace + Al (aluminium) + cum (Latin with or and).

44d looks like Hibachi, a type of grill, hi twice around bac(on)

Quisling

Thanks for this. I'd wondered about HIBACHI, but couldn't spot the pork anywhere till you pointed it out.

I'll now wrestle further.

I may return........

Quisling, please can you explain where the Aluminium comes from? It isn’t mentioned in the clue. Am I missing something?

I also have a query of my own: 1 across.

Rockers maybe have parts to belt out (7). The letters I have are S - A - I - G.

Please can anyone put me out of my misery?

Sorry, I was going mad. Nothing to do with Aluminium. My parsing was nonsense. I think it’s T + c (carbon) in Alum, a compound. Is that better?

Could be SEATING. Rockers can be rocking chairs, and it’s eat (have, as in food) inside sing (belt out)

Really sorry to have misled you earlier, tmwita

Thanks Quisling. Yes, that makes much more sense.

Thanks too for the explanation of 1a. I can now get on with my life!

14 Across - "Nap following a strong drink" (6) -E-N-D Pernod?
48 Across - "Stuff you may have a good mind to eat?" (9 ) B-A-N-O-D
45 Across - "Issue facing staff and head of US organisation" (5,3)
P-I-T -A- Point man?

14, Yes, Pernod. Per = A, £5 na, nap.per head, £5 a head, and Nod.

48 Brainfood, just the whole clue as definition.

45. Yes Point - issue, Man, staff (verb) and Point Man is the soldier at the front of a patrol, in the US.