QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Regrettably (3,2,6)

13 Do up (6)

14 Lawn flattener (6)

16 Food (slang) (4)

17 Form of cricket (3,3,3)

18 Fellows (5)

19 Nail (4) 20 Litter for wounded (9)

22 See (5)

23 Spell out (4,5)

27 Whisper (7)

30 Smaller (6)

31 Security device (4)

32 Put show on (5)

35 Vegetables (4)

36 Arrogant (5-2) 38 Ill (4)

39 Sturdy (7)

42 Missing (6)

45 Evade (5)

46 Trap (7)

47 Cheese (4)

48 Metal catch (4)

50 Just deserts (7)

52 Textile (5)

54 Infuriate (6)

56 Yelled (7) 57 Almonds, for instance (4)

59 Less heavy (7)

61 Manage (4)

64 A pity (5)

66 Action (4)

67 Lay out (6)

69 Iranian (7)

72 Real bargain (4,5)

73 Batch (5)

74 Air (9)

79 Dram (4) 81 Lift (5)

82 Creeping plant (9)

83 Testament (4)

85 Continue (6)

86 Knack (6)

87 Abstruse (4,2,5)

DOWN

1 Fine and sunny (4)

2 Steady (6)

3 Reviewer (6)

4 Fluttered (7) 5 Gem (5)

6 Early birdsong (4,6)

7 Rod (5)

8 All in all (2,7)

9 Traverses (7)

10 Not steeplechase (4)

11 Winsome (8)

15 Intellect (6)

21 Curt (5)

24 Salad vegetable (7) 25 Wasn’t watertight (6)

26 Idles (6)

28 Passageway (5)

29 Is compelled to (3)

33 Manage to find (3,4)

34 Brook (6)

37 Recruit forcibly (5)

40 Pursue (5)

41 Father and mother (7) 43 Strand (5)

44 Twisted (6)

46 Artist’s stand (5)

49 Plunge (7)

51 Regular patrols (6)

53 Furious (6)

55 Scores of nothing (5)

58 Absolute torment (5,5)

60 Small deer (3)

62 Braid (5) 63 Take revenge (9)

65 Elevate (8)

68 More than one (6)

70 Card cheat (7)

71 Evokes (7)

75 Shake (6)

76 Reduces (6)

77 Distributed cards (5)

78 Nut (5)

80 Hence (4)

84 Whip (4)