Clue contest No 43

Arranges house for animals on what sounds like a boat - it's the conclusion of Genesis (8)

Def: arranges. HIVE (house for animals) on ARC (what sounds like a boat) + S (conclusion of genesiS)

Bends around four and puts it away! (8)

ARCHES around IV; def ‘puts it away’

Files and letters from research I've stolen (8)

Def = files. Hidden in research I've stolen

Hot spots appeared after car crash in the library (8)

Car crash = ARC, hot spots = HIVES, ARCHIVES = library (lit.)

Circular construction home to Queen's record collection (8)

ARC HIVE'S

Nouveau riche save non-electronic records (8)

Def ‘records’/ RICHE SAV[e]*

Explosive scare surrounding virus becomes stuff of history? (8)

*SCARE around HIV; def "stuff of history?"

Save for review, collecting a mixture of rich records here (8)

*SAVE around *RICH; def: records here

Records of cunning musician? (8)

ARCH (cunning) IVES (musician? DBE, take your pick, Charles or Burl)

Old record stores in Bow with accommodation for workers (8)

Def: Old record stores. ARC (Bow) + HIVES (accommodation for workers)

"Documents, Vicar!", she erupted (8)

Def: documents; vicar she (anag)

Character in The Great Escape's naughty adlib's expunged in official records (8)

Archibald Ives minus adlib*

Vault codes all but garbage securing four documents (8)

DEF: documents, ARCH (vault) (cod)ES (deletion, all but, of cod, garbage) AROUND (securing) IV (four)

At first, Argentine record-breaker versus England conserves energy: the crux of Messi's records (8)

A[rgentine] R[ecord-breaker] V[ersus] E[ngland], containing CHI (energy), + [me]S[si]

Papers: ‘American with right Tube fare?’ (8)

Def = “Papers”, A + R + CHIVES (a foodstuff with cylindrical leaves)

Stinking rich save library (8)

Stinking RICH SAVE* library(def)

Files away main four elements' edges (8)

ARCH (main) + IV (four) + E(lement)S

I've almost gone crazy with chaotic search in library (8)

Anagram of IV (I've almost, grind = gone crazy) + SEARCH (grind = chaotic), library = def

Varies wildly about church records (8)

VARIES wildly (anag.) about CH (church) records (ARCHIVES)

Filthy rich save piles (8)

RICHSAVE*; def is piles as in collects

Carve his bust and store it here? (8)

CARVEHIS*

Boxes carrying mostly retro stuff? (8)

&lit. HIVES ('boxes') carrying ARC (most of the word CRAM ('stuff') in reverse). Down clue.

Search for reported criminal, for holding (8)

SEARCH + (‘for’ homophone) IV anagram (‘criminal’). Def. = for holding

Records principal singer of A Jolly Holly Christmas (8)

Records [def] = (Principal) ARCH + (singer..) (Burl) IVES

Cunning sites that are busy sharing hospital records (8)

ARCH + HIVES, but sharing the H; def = records

Bunches of Arabic herbs (8)

bunches (as in compiles, archives) = AR+CHIVES

Organises those that succeed without primary energy when at first renewable is promoted (8)

Def: Organises = Archives; those that succeed = ACHIEVERS with first E removed (primary energy). R=first (letter of) renewable, which is then promoted, ie moved further forward in the answer.

Admirer completely disheartened about rash deeds (8)

A(dmire)R + C + HIVES | def. "deeds"

Vicar’s conclusion in Christie novel about the body in the library? (8)

VICARS+~E* about [t]H[e]= library?

The vicar loses time in finding records (8)

Anagram of the vicar after time (T) is removed.

Girl leaves cocktail of Chivas Regal in the library? (8)

Delete GAL (girl) from CHIVAS REGAL and anagram (cocktail of) | Def = in the library?

Leading scorer in the US is after records (8)

ARCH which IVES is after

Research I’ve stored hides here (8)

Hidden word. Semi &lit.

Chavs irate at leaked criminal records (8)

(CHAVS + IR[AT]E) * CRIMINAL

Records of old clocks in Romania getting replaced by church (8)

ARRIVES(Clocks in) with R being replaced by CH. Def: Records of old

Chaser breaks about four records (8)

CHASER anagram around IV = Def.

Sussex boy succeeded, holding five records (8)

Def: records. ARCHIE (Prince Archie of Sussex) + S (succeeded) holding V (five)

Records abrasive techno, dropping beat on remix (8)

Records (def). Anagram (remix) of ABRASIVETECHNO dropping BEATON

Vaults over 4 vaults (8)

Vaults=Def, but also vaults = arches, containing iv (4)

A repository containing historical information, valuing extended storage, primarily? (8)

Lit. A + first letters (primarily) of the rest; &lit.

Collection of letters from research I’ve secured (8)

def: collection / hidden in (letters from) rese[ARCH IVE S]ecured

Records of a church headquarters (8)

ARCHIVES [A + RC + HIVES]

Stacks of herbs added to crust of appetiser (8)

Def: stacks. CHIVES added to A[ppetise]R.