Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Internal organs (7)

5 Small coffee cup (9)

10 Long poem (4)

14 Haven for wildlife (6,7)

15 Surface location of an earthquake (9)

16 Period before adolescence (10)

17 Playing deck (4,2,5)

18 Holy city of Islam (5)

19 Sherlock Holmes’ creator (5,5)

21 (Of fluid) forced to move (6)

23 Relating to mass killings (9)

25 Hindu religious teacher (5)

26 Idealised rustic paradise (7)

28 Sign of the end of a motor race (9,4)

31 Monochrome printing style (9)

33 Liner sunk during the First World War (9)

35 Unusual or eccentric role (9,4)

37 Triumphantly joyful (7)

38 Rootstock used in perfumery (5)

40 Variety of capsicum (3,6)

42 Counting frame (6)

44 Armed forces members without commissions (5,5)

46 Rock; gem (5)

48 Jack perhaps (5,6)

50 Vinegar (6,4)

52 Part of southeast Asia (9)

53 Government head (5,8)

54 Eat (4)

55 Farewell late in the day (4,5)

56 Whipped filling of chocolate and cream (7)

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1 Wine (4)

2 Book by Petronius (9)

3 EU institution (8,5,2,7)

4 Requiring free oxygen for respiration (7)

5 Angry, dissatisfied (11)

6 Expression of surprise (5,2,2)

7 Silly person (5)

8 Using a cut design to make patterns (11)

9 Famous inventor (6)

11 Support in a mine shaft (7)

12 Water clock (9)

13 London terminus (9,6,7)

18 Wonderful, enchanting (7)

20 Earache (7)

22 Mourned (8)

24 In an audaciously bold manner (8)

27 Roman goddess of hunting (5)

29 Follow on (5)

30 Fodder crop (7)

32 One of the Muses (7)

34 Medium dry sherry (11)

36 Plan for a future event (11)

37 Hard person only concerned with cold facts (9)

39 Receiving continuous data (9)

41 Stimulating growth of microorganisms (9)

43 Magic lamp finder (7)

45 Shirking, avoiding work (7)

47 Fastening; mending (6)

49 Mature (5)

51 One of the Great Lakes (4)