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11 Poet remembered for narratives and ballads including The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith and his epic The Song of Hiawatha (10)
12 Nickname of Lancelot Brown, the gardener whose landscapes often feature long winding or tree-lined drives, cedars of Lebanon and serpentine lakes (10)
13 Author of the novel in nine volumes The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (6)
14 Provençal salad containing a mixture of young greens and flowers such as rocket, dandelion leaves, chervil, endive and lamb’s lettuce (7)
15 Mythological Greek goddess of peace with the Roman equivalent Pax (6)
16 Collective noun for nightingales; or, a horological device often with a pivot bearing known as a jewel (5)
17 Considered Britain’s first master chef, author of Le Guide Culinaire who invented the pêche Melba during his career at the Savoy Hotel, London (9)
20 Composer whose orchestral suite The Planets inspired parts of John Williams’ soundtrack for Star Wars (5)
23 First and lightest of all the elements on the periodic table and most abundant chemical compound on Earth (8)
26 Actor who starred in Harold Pinter’s 1981 film adaptation of John Fowles’ novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman with Meryl Streep (5)
27 Author from Devon whose novels including Jumping the Queue, The Camomile Lawn and Harnessing Peacocks were adapted to screen (6)
29 One of the four gaits of a horse or pony; or, a general name for a farm where a hound puppy is sent for training (4)
31 British composer who wrote the soundtrack to Peter Greenaway’s films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Prospero’s Books (5)
32 Brown parchment with a number of uses including grocery bags, envelopes, wrapping paper and postal packaging (5)
34 Song released as a single by Spandau Ballet in 1983 that reached number one in 21 countries (4)
35 Male swans; heads of maize; or, small round loaves for slicing or hollowing (4)
36 Indian tea state in a valley along the Brahmaputra River where red and white handwoven gamosa cloths are traditionally worn (5)
38 General name for material used for batik, ikat, tie-dye or screen-printing (5)
39 Pollinating an estimated one-third of all of our food crops, the only insects producing food eaten by humans (4)
40 Ground designed by Rosemary Verey or Vita Sackville-West, for example (6)
42 According to the Domesday Book, general name for a feudal lord’s land or estate farmed by
a tenant-in-chief (5)
43 Medieval hilltop village in a canton of the same name along the Loire River (8)
45 In cricket, any one of the three posts supporting the bails of a wicket (5)
47 First point after deuce in tennis (9)
49 Capital of Japan, formerly Edo (5)
53 Ship from which William Bligh was set adrift by his mutinous crew (6)
54 Novel by Daphne du Maurier, author of Jamaica Inn, Frenchman’s Creek and My Cousin Rachel (7)
57 Largest Mediterranean island (6)
58 Cacao bonbons with gourmet varieties flavoured with Earl Grey, violets, sea salt or decorated with gold leaf (10)
59 Migratory butterfly feeding on buddleia or nettles as a caterpillar (3,7)
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1 Herb related to daisies, tansy and chamomile, sometimes dried for potpourri (8)
2 Fly ______; toadstool often depicted in illustrations accompanying fairy tales (6)
3 Blue _____; flag hoisted prior to sail (5)
4 Hill ______; events where road cyclists race up challenging gradients (6)
5 Nocturnal birds with five species in the UK including barn, little and tawny (4)
6 A system of bidding in bridge (4)
7 Types of dogs with two specific breeds crossed to produce sprockers (8)
8 Downton _____; television drama by Julian Fellowes, filmed at Highclere Castle (5)
9 ________ Goodwood; annual flat-race meeting hosted on land owned by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon (8)
10 The Rolling ______; rock band who concluded their No Filter tour this year (6)
18 _____ domes; architectural structures forming the roofs of Saint Basil’s Cathedral and the Taj Mahal (5)
19 Woolly stuffing for quilts and cushions; or, a group of sheep or birds (5)
21 General title for a female columnist who gives advice on problem pages (5,4)
22 Common or informal name for the activity of birdwatching (9)
24 Tools such as spring tines; or, croupier’s instruments for drawing in money (5)
25 Proper _____; titles or designations studied in onomastics (5)
28 From the French meaning “study”, a composition intended to test a musicians playing technique (5)
30 Traditional Hawaiian greeting (5)
33 From the ancient Greek meaning “indivisible”, units of matter consisting of electrons, protons and neutrons (5)
34 _____ football; pub or games-room game for teams of two or four (5)
37 World’s largest species of ray (5)
38 Son of a textile merchant and a milliner who painted the landscapes A Wagon in the Plains of Artois, Evening on the Lake and Summer Morning (5)
41 One of the Windward Islands (8)
42 ________ breeze; four on the Beaufort scale (8)
44 Tree used by Charles II to hide from the Roundheads in 1651 (5,3)
46 Award such as the Ashes, Ryder Cup or Venus Rosewater Dish (6)
48 Life ______; regiment of the Household Cavalry with the Blues and Royals (6)
50 Desert ______; horse that won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989 and the King George VI Chase four times (6)
51 Life _____; process of ontogenesis (5)
52 “Face” of a vinyl single, typically with the principal track (1-4)
55 Sculpture of head and shoulders (4)
56 Instrument for combing raw wool; or, one of the items used to form melds in rummy games such as gin or canasta (4)