QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

13 Hill racer (4,6) 14 Small flute (7) 15 Sharpness (6) 16 Protective

headgear (6) 17 Single eyeglass (7) 18 Seize (5) 19 Expression of

mild apology (4) 20 Spiral (5) 21 Short high-pitched

sound (5) 22 Inform (6) 23 Scatterbrained (5) 28 Jaunty (7) 30 Affliction (7) 33 Degree (9) 36 Road surfacing

material (6) 38 Contaminate (5) 39 Out of order (5) 40 Mark in German (6) 42 Pretend

to move (5) 43 Rich cold dessert (7) 44 Aromatic gum (6) 46 Stink (4) 49 Word to ward

off others (4) 51 Troublesome (6) 53 Compulsively catchy

tune (7) 55 Uncertain state (5) 59 Noisily chew (6) 60 Tennis score (5) 61 Flat-bottomed

boat (5) 62 Small farm

animal (6) 63 Domineering

nature (9) 65 Coherence (7) 66 Make known (7) 70 Shelf (5) 71 Decorative panel (6) 73 Red-blooded (5) 75 Tropical fruit (5) 80 Mush (4) 82 Social customs (5) 83 One who shoes

horses (7) 84 Cavalry soldier (6) 85 Official count (6) 86 Discharge (7) 87 Measuring

device (10)

DOWN

1 Remove (6) 2 Nationalistic (8) 3 Rather (5) 4 Oddity (7) 5 Monarch’s son (6) 6 Dot (5) 7 Partition (6) 8 Shun (7) 9 Heraldic

design (4,2,4) 10 Swim (5) 11 Comic writer (8) 12 Desist (4) 24 Copious (7) 25 Small notch (5) 26 Shorten (7) 27 Supplement (7) 29 Informed (5) 31 Principal (5) 32 Provoke (4) 34 Firmly fixed (6) 35 Oral exam (4) 37 Heavy fall

of rain (7) 41 Waiting unseen (7) 45 Bird (6) 47 Print (7) 48 Disclose (3,4) 50 Chemical substance

in body (7) 52 Common sense (4) 54 German sausage (5) 56 Mixture (5) 57 Wound (4) 58 Parody (5) 60 Wariness (10) 64 Direction for

travellers (8) 67 Horrifying (8) 68 Compactness (7) 69 Greatly value (7) 72 Sheathe (6) 74 Sharp-tasting (6) 76 Not smooth (6) 77 Cocksure (5) 78 Snarl (5) 79 Routine task (5) 81 Purposes (4)