QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Carry too far (2,9) 13 Phantom (6) 14 Paradoxical (6) 16 Elegant (4) 17 Scandinavian (9) 18 Nab (5) 19 Journey (4) 20 Random inspection (4,5) 22 Boats (5) 23 Find out (9) 27 Companion (7) 30 Mute (6) 31 Addition sign (4) 32 Tipsy (5) 35 Ray (4) 36 Gem (7) 38 Songbird (4) 39 Start play (4,3) 42 Relish (6) 45 Gun (5) 46 Second hearing (7) 47 Ark builder (4) 48 Enclosure (4) 50 Ship’s waiter (7) 52 Keen (5) 54 Want (6) 56 Label (7) 57 Archaic ‘you’ (4) 59 Purchaser (7) 61 Boulder (4) 64 Name (5) 66 Blonde (4) 67 Maintains (6) 69 Trod (7) 72 Unfortunately (5,4) 73 Genuinely (5) 74 Detects (9) 79 Metal fastening (4) 81 Grass cutter (5) 82 Plain-spoken (9) 83 Coarse file (4) 85 Chaffs (6) 86 Clergyman (6) 87 Illiteracy (3,8)

DOWN

1 Insect (4) 2 Shore bird (6) 3 Spanner (6) 4 Right (7) 5 Attempted (5) 6 Whole sum (5,5) 7 Discard (5) 8 Deletes (6,3) 9 Less heavy (7) 10 Harbour (4) 11 Lessen (8) 15 60 seconds (6) 21 Inclined (5) 24 Gel (7) 25 Cheat (3,3) 26 Mettle (6) 28 _ _ _ _ _ and Juliet (5) 29 Father (3) 33 Disease transmitter (7) 34 Ploughed (6) 37 Fear (5) 40 Aptitude (5) 41 Break up (7) 43 Approximately (5) 44 More foolhardy (6) 46 Plants (5) 49 Plights (7) 51 Stick (6) 53 Morose (6) 55 Fragment (5) 58 Neglected (7-3) 60 Decompose (3) 62 Hearten (5) 63 Slogan (9) 65 Worshipper (8) 68 Permits (6) 70 Belgian (7) 71 Revolt (7) 75 Sailing boat (6) 76 Manly (6) 77 Building block (5) 78 Fish (5) 80 Pillar (4) 84 Beach (4)