QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Cheerful mood (4,7)

13 Lower the value of (6)

14 Vegetable (6)

16 Hearingimpaired (4)

17 At the back (2,3,4)

18 Lower joint (5)

19 Shelf-like bed (4)

20 Make easier to understand (9)

22 Having an uncomfortable feeling (5)

23 Plant with yellow flowers (9)

27 Disjointed (7)

30 Trainee (6) 31 Small horse (4)

32 Friendship (5)

35 Obstruct (4)

36 Double (7)

38 Smooth (4)

39 Put right (7)

42 Restricted (6)

45 Equate (5)

46 Chase (7)

47 Burden (4)

48 Circle of light (4)

50 Invest with honour (7)

52 Male relative (5)

54 Projectile (6)

56 Left out (7)

57 Witty remark (4)

59 Distribute (4,3)

61 Poll (4)

64 Huge body of water (5)

66 Internet image (4)

67 Device to fit a plug (6)

69 Allure (7)

72 Fruit (9)

73 Roughage (5)

74 Beat rapidly (9)

79 Unchanged (2,2)

81 Suffer (5)

82 Goal to level score (9)

83 Monster (4)

85 Poor creature (6)

86 Spasm (6)

87 Newly put together (11)

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1 Extensive (4)

2 Suspicious (6)

3 Strip to support a bone (6)

4 Indulge (7)

5 Staying power (5)

6 Shift in activity (4,6)

7 Artificial waterway (5)

8 Failing (4,5)

9 Looms (7)

10 Food (4)

11 Confirmed (5,3)

15 Resilience (6)

21 Shine (5)

24 Figure (7)

25 Detach (6)

26 Seem (6)

28 Portend (5)

29 Mine (3)

33 Hybrid artwork (7)

34 Walk unsteadily (6)

37 Gloomy (5)

40 Rub (5)

41 Aristocratic territory (7)

43 Panic (5)

44 Small component (6)

46 Luxurious (5)

49 Unused piece of footage (7)

51 Hardened (6)

53 Grant (6)

55 Shield (5)

58 Bane (10)

60 Exclamation of disapproval (3)

62 Unspoken (5)

63 Censure (9)

65 Blister (4,4)

68 Body of work (6)

70 South American dish (7)

71 Woodwind instrument (7)

75 Remove contaminants from (6)

76 Feeding container (6)

77 Feeble (5)

78 Tree of the birch family (5)

80 Stuff (4) 84 Uncommon (4)