QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

13 Intelligence (10) 14 Cyclone (7) 15 Quickly (6) 16 Connecting tunnels (6) 17 Paid (4,3) 18 Weapon (5) 19 Accepted (4) 20 Seat (5) 21 Not drunk (5)

22 Jovial (6) 23 Lawn (5) 28 Reach out (7) 30 Thing (7) 33 Polished (9) 36 Expurgate (6) 38 Barricade (5) 39 Military music (5) 40 Search about (6)

42 Prevaricate (5) 43 Cautious (7) 44 Gunman (6) 46 Reluctant (4) 49 Group of actors (4) 51 Overseas (6) 53 Firmly (7) 55 Not left (5) 59 Rider’s seat (6)

60 Stop (5) 61 Report on (5) 62 See as (6) 63 Mournfully (9) 65 Fruit trees (7) 66 Pistol case (7) 70 Mongrel (5) 71 Nuisance (6) 73 Rob (5) 75 Earliest (5) 80 Aspersion (4) 82 Allude (5)

83 Wedded (7) 84 Commendation (6) 85 Pondering (6) 86 Conundrums (7) 87 Exchanging glances (3,7)

DOWN

1 Raise subject (6) 2 Headache (8)

3 Backbone (5) 4 Believe gullibly (7) 5 Cook slowly (6) 6 Held good (5) 7 Poor devil (6) 8 Cricketer (7) 9 Doesn’t contact (5,5) 10 Extra (5) 11 Parts of face (8)

12 Male name (4) 24 Dexterity (7) 25 Twenty (5) 26 Pathetic (7) 27 Identical (7) 29 Topic (5) 31 Gamut (5) 32 Citrus fruit (4) 34 Romance (6) 35 Smile (4) 37 Seen (7)

41 Trundling (7) 45 Measly (6) 47 Horrible (7) 48 Flute (7) 50 Dilettante (7) 52 First man (4) 54 Fly (5) 56 Steed (5) 57 At this point (4) 58 Fret about (5) 60 Energetic person (4,2,4)

64 Curb (8) 67 Dagger (8) 68 Travesty (7) 69 Coped with (7) 72 Wander (6) 74 Laboured (6) 76 Sew (6) 77 Pulls along (5) 78 Peak (5) 79 Dart (5) 81 Noisy (4)