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OK I give up, my poor brain hurts now.

51d Cod tailed and pierced with large stick(4) ?L?K

52d Wise to empty pub (2,2) ??/?N

56a Several days effort yielding gripping article by wife (3-4) M??/?E?K

Grateful for help and will probably need explanations too!

52 IN ON? Def. "wise to", O in INN)

56 MID WEEK?
MEEK = yielding, W= wife - don't see the ID, though

Meek - yielding + an article +w wife = man week -several days effort?

FLAK - def. "stick" (as in criticism), FAK(e) (cod) aroung L(arge)

AB's is better.

Cod - fake tailed = fak with l - large = flak stick as in "gets stick"

Thank you so much.
Tried so hard to use 'inn' to no avail and now it's so obvious!
Also had man week but could not see 'meek' in it. Doh.
Found a lot of this very obscure - hence brain ache...

And thanks again. Couldn't make flak work either. Now I can see it - but is it very obscure, or is it just my feeble brain?

FAKE = COD is a bit obscure.