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21a: Perhaps neon sign at vacant riverside works (5,3)
I have INERT GAS (= neon). How does the parsing work?

44a: Member making a bit of an entrance? (8)
I have DOORJAMB (= part of a door). Where does the MEMBER bit come from?

First one is an anagram of SIGN AT R[iversid]E

Second one is puzzling

Thanks Jordan. Let's hope someone can shed some light on it.

I must admit I wasn't very happy with 13a, where PARTY in the clue equates to REFORM in the answer... :-(

In carpentry and construction, the word member refers to any individual piece or part that makes up a larger, assembled structure. And the Times has Collins as its reference, which has “a component part of a building or construction”. So I think it’s okay.

Thanks Quisling

Thanks for explaining 44a, I also couldn't understand it.

15a Slowly notice a US soldier close to Oman's capital (6).
Adagio? Can't quite parse it.
Notice = ad, a = a, US soldier = GI, Oman's capital = o. So what's the 'close to' doing?

Does it mean the 'O' is adjacent to the 'GI' ?

Thanks rekal, that's probably it.

37d Survey caught touts periodically as a gamble's admitted to (10)
Prospectus? I can only see the touts periodically = tus.

Hi SB.

For 37d I have CONSPECTUS, which is apparently a type of survey (no, me neither).

Gamble is ON SPEC, surrounded by C (caught) and TUS (alternate letters of touts.

Hope this helps.