26a Stakeout - 'takes out' (destroys) with 's(on)' to the van; front
29a Pointillist - 'till is' (boring; inside) 'point' (stage)
32a Connoisseur - anag 'censorious (ma)n (ultimately)'
37a Annalist - "analyst" reported
46d Osprey - 'so' (like this, up; regurgitated) + 'prey' (its food)