| LEWIS | (& 22, 27, 19) Elsie! Brother Dallas Wells whipped discoverer of legendary reef (5,6,4,8) |
| BRISKISH | King's in the river! Brother Henry comes round at a fair lick! (8) |
| THE | Cut through peg, counterintuitively needing e.g. 9, 11 27, 19, 8 & 22, 25, 29, 1 or 20 for completeness |
| BIGBANG | Name given to the major modernization that took place on the London Stock Exchange on October 27, 19 |
| ENTREE | Of course it's in the centre, Elsie! (6) |
| DULCET | How sweet it is to join in a duet with Elsie! (6) |
| FISH | Word that follows the starts of 22-, 27-, 48-, and 53-Across, in a Dr. Seuss title |
| STARTSWELL | What each of 22-, 27-, 37- and 46-Across does |
| ENDSPOORLY | What each of 22-, 27-, 37- and 46-Across does |
| ROMULUS | One of the pair of legendary founders of Italy's capital (7) |
| BUTTER | & 22 Mincepie accompaniment |
| GNOME | One of a species of legendary creatures said to live in the depths of the earth and guard buried tre |
| AMAZON | A species of green parrot; a russet slave-making ant; one of a tribe of legendary warrioresses, hence an athletic, strong or tall woman/virago; the world's largest rainforest; or, the vast "river sea" |
| ARTHURIAN | Part of opera - about twelve hours? - with name of legendary hero |
| YAHOO | One of the types of legendary being in Jonathan Swift's satirical novel Gulliver's Travels (5) |
| ALCHEMY | Long expression of surprise about source of legendary old science (7) |
| MAHARAJA | 'The ___ of the Keyboard' ...Nickname of legendary Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson (b.1925 - d.2007) |
| AETERNAE | Race of legendary creatures described in the travels of Alexander the Great (8) |
| TROLLS | Folklore beasts said to be afraid of lightning because of legendary battles with Thor |
| ORPHEAN | Child left outside back of house of legendary musician |
