I find it easier to look at a summary in one place to see what remains and hopefully for others to suggest what might be improved upon / corrected
If Acme could then review and state which ones still need sorting out in addition to the existing gaps (25, 27, 28, 34)
01. Beer ‘n carrot? Should’ve gone to Specsavers! Keren Barratt
02. Initially I didn’t really get these three Derek R.G. Nippard
03. A dock in W Lancs? One from the old days I imagine. Tony Glasson
04. You have to be a bit mad to teach in the North West Vernon Batty
05. Fishing around on the phone. The name? Dick/Geoff/George /Harry Hartley
06. ‘Bootiful son’ Bob Matthewson
07. Belch, more tea, belch, more tea…….? Danny Vickers
08. Must have been at ‘sixes and sevens’ moving from Essex to Hampshire Alan Turvey
09. Forever commemorated at Stirling Dave Wallace
10. Football captain in Headmaster’s study. Sounds painful George Cain
11. Magic in Essex Brian Daniels
12. Wonderland! David Allison/Jeff Winter
13. Caroline of Wembley? I’ll sing to that Ken Sweet
14. Yorkshire ‘a’ sounding similar to Cheshire ‘e’, or is it the other way around? (2 referees) Mark Haywood/Mark Heywood
15. If I hear that corny E London joke once more, I’m calling a cab Harold Hackney
16. Preferred Ron or Ronald to Ronnie in Bentley town? Ronald "Ron" Barker
17. Off in a fit of pique? Must’ve have mispronounced his name again Len Peake
18. A Scottish church with Irish connections Roger Kirkpatrick
19. Everybody loves a man with a name of some convenience Anthony Backhouse/Aubrey Moore/Ray Johnson
20. A Fijian pulling pints in the South Lakes? Er, not quite. Allan Banks/Peter Brandwood
21. ‘I’ for Indiana? Could be but not on this occasion Iorwerth Jones
22. “Give ‘im the money!” John Pickles
23. One only at Christmas but is it on a Christmas tree? Pat Partridge
24. Watch it, this referee needs to play five minutes more Frank "Les" Overton/George Sawyer
25. Nuts in 18, and that’s the short of it
26. That move looked straightforward, even for a chess rookie like me Bill Castle
27. Tall stories from both sides of the Thames (2 referees leading to one answer)
28. Oh *@#*, I thought I ordered red ones for the extension, not yellow
29. ‘By thy long grey beard and glittering eye….’ (not Mike Dean!) Andre Marriner
30. No they’re not, they’re very naughty boys! Matt Messias
31. Musically I’ve reviewed the situation and decided to get myself a wife Clive/George/Michael/Tony Oliver
32. In a fury again? John Cross/Phil Crossley/Brian Curson/Laurence Cussons/John Hough/Norman Hough/Jock Waugh
33. “Don’t tell him your name….” Mike Pike
34. A star swinging in from the East. But is it going my way or further up?
35. Broseley + Sandbach = Great Yarmouth Bert Newsome/Don Shaw/Norman Burtenshaw
36. Feeling a bit uncomfortable down below? U keep taking the tablets I say Uriah Rennie
37. First sight? Don’t know but they sure got on well after that. John Lovatt
38. Melchior, Caspar or Balthazar, take your pick (2 referees) Roger Wiseman/Howard King
39. Tread softly, terriers about in Northumberland Baxter Golightly
40. Nicola in London. Sounds fishy Alf Sturgeon
41. The key to this Sheffield suburb. That’s all there is to know Joe Worrall
42. It’s pointless asking him Bob Armstrong/Paul Armstrong
43. I say, I say, I say, what do you weigh fish with? Edward Scales
44. Quite a task refereeing this 1950s World Cup Final George Reader
45. 1939 to 1945 revisited 26 times, and his voice never wavered throughout Ray Olivier
46. Elementary! (3 referees) John Watson/John Holmes/Jack Sherlock
47. Look back in anger John Osborne
48. Last in line but by no means the oldest Alan Young
49. The French think it’s all over Jim Finney/Will Finnie
50. They think it’s all over, it is now! Eddie Wolstenholme
Back in town and I'll try and get more of these solved. Sorry if I appeared short last night, I was having problems with the wi-fi access.
JT - 1 to 16 are correct.
17 - I think JCFC has got this one.
19 - good suggestions but not who I had in mind. Everybody certainly loves Raymond but (JCFC) I think I erred in thinking that the town I had in mind was the easternmost town in the UK. It was certainly not Lowestoft or Ray Johnson. Think USA and then a tenuous link between the surname and a convenience!
20 - Er, not quite Busch but getting warm. Who pulled pints in the S Lakes for a living? Not Banks or Brandwood
24. - JCFC has got this one
25. - one of my better cryptic clues I believe. 18 is certainly Kirkpatrick, try shortening that and see what you come up with.
27. - my dad used to tell me stories that I now know were complete tosh, and they could be called............?
28. - one of the easier ones I think. Read the whole clue through. JCFC - you were on the right lines but not Rob / Keith Stiles
32. - this is where I agree with JCFC that a number of answers could be appropriate. Boxing and the NE was in my mind and I think you (JCFC) have got this one
34. the Bible, a rugby song and Sheffield might provide a clue here
41. - not Joe Worrall. JCFC - Mrs AT's grandson, who lives in Sheffield, adored the miniature railway which ran most weekends in this suburb. Don't know about now (he's 19). If you get the suburb, you've got the ref, and one word above provides a clue
44. - not George Reader, and the 'task' needs to be included to get this one.
Otherwise fine, well done both of you and the others who have taken part. I'll leave it open for further discussion and suggestions and will look in later or tomorrow.