Solution to Adorns Anew by Yimin.

 Adorns Anew by Yimin - Solution

The three works are Birth of Venus (11a/13d), Venus and Mars (13d/26d) and Primavera (12d) – paintings by Sandro Botticelli: the title being a clue to his first name.

The perimeter quotation (and source) is

BOTTICELLI ISNT A WINE YOU JUGGINS BOTTICELLI IS A CHEESE (PUNCH)

Which explains why three wines (21a, 28a and 43a) must be changed to cheeses.

Across

7 (G)old GIAOUR UR after [GI A O]

9 b(U)y ISRAELI SERIAL* + I

14 NOLE (ei)NO LE(ino)

Eino Leino is one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry

15 fe(U)d RATER ATE in RR

17 bill(Y)’s SOREL SORREL – R

A (very weak) reference to Billy the Kid, a cowboy

18 SCOTOMA STOMA round C/O

20 la(I)d HITS ON H IT + SON

21 TOKAY OK in TAY

24 es(A) MOUE MOUSE – S

ESA is Employment and Support Allowance for disadvantaged people

25 (N)arrow OSSA

[S(laloming) O(n) A(rrow) S(kis)]*

27 (S)hocks HARIMS RI in HAMS

28 CANARY [YR A (k)NAC(k)]<

30 ASCI (trache)a’s ci(lium)

33 TEND CONTEND - CON

34 NAEVE A in EVEN<

35 a(I)m COMATE [AM TO]* in C(ornic)E

37 PRECAST PRE(ss) CAST

38 ba(L)m CHEAT C + HEAT

39 (C)hard EPHAH EP H HA<

42 ta(T)e INTO I(ngres) + N TO

43 (B)raving MADEIRA MAD E IRA

44 (C)old LEESIDE SEE< in LIDE

45 du(N)st SMOOCH [COOM in HS]<

Kirsten Dunst has played high school girls in film (Drop Dead Gorgeous, for one)

Down

1 ra(P)s JAILORS [LJ RAS I O]*

2 OUTROOPER OUT [RE POOR]<

Mounting in the surface as (eg) support for a painting

3 EYOT EY(e) TO<

4 (S)core NIFE KNIFE - K

5 WREST “REST”

6 TEA ROOM OOM under TEAR

8 t(H)in ORE E under OR

Jakob is Norway’s premier distance runner

10 ANOSMIA [MIASMA ON]* - M

11 lo(A)ch BOCKS BLOCKS – L

Ken Loach a well-known ale drinker!

16 tuts(I) AMUSETTES [TUTS A SEEM]*

19 topp(L)ing ADORN ADO over RN

22 AHEAP A [HAP round E]

23 DRIVE HOME DRIVE on HOME

28 ton(E)s PECHT (dee)PE(ned) CH T

29 wa(I)ter ANOESES NOES in SEA<

31 SHANTOU hidden

32 rec(T)al COSTA OS in (re)C(al) (si)T(es) (abr)A(ded)

36 (B)room ATTIC AT [TICK – (muc)K]

40 PREE PREE(n)

41 pla(I)ce HIDE HE round ID

42 ITO I T’ (hokkaid)O