17ac. Rain guages rearranged next to small African Plant (6,5). Not too good on plants! I guess it is ann anagram of Rainguagess but no clue! I've got G_I_E/_g_A_S but I may be mistaken. Thanks for...
9a stole across border-one province of europe (7)
20a a kind of girl:therefore football folk exploit her ( 5,2,1,7)
4d id keep mums emeralds and paisley shift (2,4,3,6) thanks...
Going for completion in under 2 hours but stuck on last one! 49a Artist makes Elizabeth lose her head E_T_ I am going to hate it when someone tells me :-)