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Ta again.

I agree with strangelybrown about the number of 'difficult to parse' answers in this one! Here are a couple that are currently stumping me:
43A Half a pair of pants? (6)
B _ E _ T _
It looks like it must be BREATH. But why?

53A Three is one and two and zero (7)
I _ T _ G _ R
This looks like INTEGER but (other than three, two and one all being integers) I don't know why.

Any suggestions?

Hi bilbow

To pant = to breathe
So half of a pair of pants is a breath
Just a bit of a jokey &Lit

Same with INTEGER
Three is an integer
So is two
And so is zero

What I don’t see is the last bit of 54a
The first 8 letters come from the first 8 words of the clue.
But how does the last letter link to the rest of the clue

Clue?

It'd be good if you gave the clue...

En clair means uncoded so it is E both in Morse and uncoded

Thanks candledave

Thank you miles3659, I guess I was hoping that there was a bit more to it than that! But you're probably right.

Doesn’t 54a (Ship out of jurisdiction added E in Morse and en clair) work like this: first 4 words are definition, added = extra, E in Morse is dit, and final e is en clair?