QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Won’t do anything (6,2,3) 13 Tame (6) 14 Child (6) 16 Place (4) 17 Write (4,1,4) 18 Brusque (5) 19 Average (4) 20 Stop talking (3,2,4) 22 Fast (5) 23 Conjectural (4,2,3) 27 Pal (7) 30 Old sailor (3,3) 31 Black bird (4) 32 German composer (5) 35 Rest against (4) 36 Magnified (5,2) 38 Big book (4) 39 Gather (7) 42 Profession (6) 45 Artist’s stand (5) 46 Justify (7) 47 Compete against (4) 48 Move (4) 50 Excuse (7) 52 Rustic (5) 54 Moored (6) 56 Pharmacy (7) 57 Yearn (4) 59 Flawed products (7) 61 Run (4) 64 Prim (5) 66 Variety (4) 67 Buildings (6) 69 Renting (7) 72 Traditional (3,6) 73 Limber (5) 74 All in all (2,7) 79 Black bird (4) 81 In which place? (5) 82 Tasty (9) 83 Dollar (4) 85 Filter (6) 86 Deleted (6) 87 Quick response (6,5)

DOWN

1 Chirp (4) 2 Male name (6) 3 Rarely (6) 4 Esteems (7) 5 Fight (5) 6 Drop down (4,6) 7 Song (5) 8 Be sensible (3,6) 9 Means (7) 10 Whirled (4) 11 Diminish (8) 15 Invoiced (6) 21 Only (5) 24 Cover partly (7) 25 Ball game (6) 26 Textbook (6) 28 Chain of mountains (5) 29 Flatfish (3) 33 Wrapped (7) 34 Cheered for (6) 37 Airman (5) 40 Pine for (5) 41 Shouting (7) 43 Letter (5) 44 Meal (6) 46 Factory (5) 49 Stays (7) 51 Ran away with (6) 53 Best ever (6) 55 Young horses (5) 58 Harmonise (2,8) 60 Prosecute (3) 62 Terror (5) 63 Revelation (3-6) 65 Put up with (8) 68 Tree (6) 70 Revealing (7) 71 Tells (7) 75 Turns away (6) 76 Strolled (6) 77 Coniferous tree (5) 78 Water’s edge (5) 80 Swathe (4) 84 Viral infection (4)