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Tnx Chrise,

Took me a while to "get" your reply. I kept thinking top as in apex etc and not knocking a head off !!

Next 53, 11A: Showed exasperation with pronounced arrogance. ANS: Sighed.

I get exasperation and sigh but the rest?

Side is an old-fashioned word for arrogance - they used to say things like 'There was no side to Colmm'). So it's just a sounds like (pronounced) clue, sighed,side.

Tnx Malone,

Never knew that !!

Next, 53, 24A: Uncertain batter caught on boundaries of outfield. ANS: Touch and go.

Despite my best review of cricket terms, still unsure. Parse please.

It’s an anagram indicted by ‘batter’. Quite neat actually.

Tnx Jono,

I never saw that meaning of batter !!

Still not sure about the boundaries. Sorry!

Comm, I think the 'boundaries' indicates the first and last letter of 'outfield' - the O and D go with 'caught on' to be the basis for the anagram.

Ah Tnx Malone,

I see it now.

Looking at it in the round, I see it all now. I agree, quite / very neat !!

I had examined that clue over 30 times, with cricket on my mind all the time !!

Colmm, glad that teeny tiny wee bit was useful. Yes, I too thought that was quite a crafty (and well-crafted) clue.

Glad you got there and no cricketing knowledge required (for a change !).