Quick clues
ACROSS 1 Painting, drawing and engraving (7,4) 7 Small stone (6) 10 Small restaurant (4) 14 Generous; politician (7) 15 Easily alarmed (7) 16 Solemn, thoughtful (7) 17 Not legally authorised (13) 18 Personal library label (9) 19 Taunt, bait (5) 21 Item of cutlery (5,5) 23 Large snake (6) 25 Dully, depressingly (8) 26 Beyond criticism (14) 29 Rudolf —, dancer (7) 30 Freely emotional (9) 31 Tolerate; rise (5) 32 Foreign (5) 34 Additional or incidental information (9) 37 Captain (7) 39 Publishing venture of William Morris (9,5) 41 Synthetic resin (8) 43 Compact group of mountains (6) 44 Only just acceptable (10) 45 Craftsmen’s association (5) 48 Tequila cocktail (9) 49 State of awareness (13) 51 Remote land in Australia (7) 52 Narrow strip joining larger areas of land (7) 53 Not to be shared (7) 54 Solid, firm (4) 55 Seize suddenly (6) 56 Component part (11) DOWN 1 Sullivan’s operetta partner (7) 2 Exploiter of market differences (11) 3 Brother of Hengist (5) 4 Broadcast receiver (6,10) 5 Chinese currency (8) 6 Motorway stop (7,4) 7 Restlessly roam around (5) 8 Food freshness indicator (4-6,4) 9 School period (6) 11 Fear of open spaces (11) 12 Sir Jacob —, sculptor (7) 13 Three-panel artwork (8) 20 In the first stages (5,2) 22 Necessities (5) 24 Stew topped with potatoes (10,6) 25 European country (7) 27 Give one’s approval to (7) 28 One resisting change (14) 31 Going by, eg, yacht (7) 33 Provider of pictures (11) 35 Unpleasantly vivid (5) 36 Relating to fine food (11) 38 Reproduce rapidly (11) 40 Largest city of Jammu and Kashmir (8) 42 Relating to a bishop’s area (8) 43 Extinct elephant (7) 46 Downward slope (7) 47 Become ill (6) 49 Snare, entrap (5) 50 Holy person (5)