This being a relatively recent puzzle, there is a solver’s blog at fifteensquared, and my own setter’s blog elsewhere on this site.
Fun fact: The Man with a Gun is the fourth movement of Havergal Brian’s English Suite No. 4 (subtitled ‘Kindergarten’). Other movements of the suite include ‘Death of Bunny’ and ‘Ashanti Battle Song’, which does make you wonder about Victorian kindergartens.
ACROSS
1 TELLING(ly)
8 COPE; cop E
11 HOO-OO; hoo(D)oo
12 BALEFUL(ly)
13 OFTEN
14 DOGE; do + e.g. (rev.)
16 ECSTATIC(ally)
17 ASSAMS; mass in SA (all rev.)
18 CRUMPET; rump in tec (rev.); entered TRUMPET
19 SECRET: Cret(e) in see; entered SECRETA
21 FAIRER; a in firer
22 ADZE; a d(a)ze
23 ROBIN; rob in; entered ROSIN
26 CADI; a/c (rev.) + DI
28 SUNSET; s unset
30 PLASTIC; last in pic; entered ELASTIC
31 WRAPPED; w rapped; entered WRAPPER
32 SMITER; s to front in mister
34 INSOLENT(ly)
38 ACME; cf. mace
39 BRIEF(ly)
40 TRISTAN; T + anag.
41 LOYAL(ly)
42 SAGE(ly)
43 CLEANSE; leans in CE
DOWN
2 LOTUS; to (rev.) in lus(h)
3 LOES; loes(s) reGards
4 IONOMER; I + anag; Ionic
5 NUDES; nud(g)es; coVer
6 GARFISH; anag. in gash; entered HAGSRFI
7 BLET; cf. belt
8 CERAMICS; c in anag; warE
9 PROFIT; pro fit; entered OFITPR
10 PULI; I l up (all rev.); coiNs
15 USED; US e,d; pAst
20 RESPONSE; anag. + se(t)
24 ACETONE; e in Act One; entered OTEECAN
25 NAMABLE; Elba man (all rev.)
27 DIET; e in dit; Slim
29 CASING; cas(t)ing; entered NASCIG
32 STEAL; ‘steel’; Hoist
33 TYIYN; y,y in tin
35 NORA; n or a; COmpo; ref. Last of the Summer Wine
36 LATH; hidden; Cherry
37 PROA; pro A; barK
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