QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Absolute idiot (8,3) 13 Crowd (6) 14 Public school (6) 16 Region (4) 17 Peevishness (3,6) 18 Sift (5) 19 Wait (4) 20 Don’t budge (5,4) 22 Stupid (5) 23 Easily irritated (9) 27 Not loosely (7) 30 Violent (6) 31 Solitary (4) 32 Afterwards (5) 35 Similar (4) 36 Fastening (5,2) 38 Female pigs (4) 39 Story (7) 42 Seem (6) 45 Pierces with horn (5) 46 Without exception (3,4) 47 Platform (4) 48 Invoice (4) 50 Clothed (7) 52 Carries (5) 54 Meddle (6) 56 Alarm (7) 57 Chilly (4) 59 Abominable (7) 61 Corruption (4) 64 Madness (5) 66 Dog-end (4) 67 Drum (3-3) 69 Irritated (7) 72 Experience (2,7) 73 Very strange (5) 74 Timing device (9) 79 Cooked food reheated (4) 81 Whinny (5) 82 Improving (7,2) 83 Planet (4) 85 Leafs through (6) 86 Mastermind (6) 87 Now (7,4)

DOWN

1 Number (4) 2 Minor injury (6) 3 Let-up (6) 4 Understand (7) 5 Offspring (5) 6 Eccentrics (10) 7 Perch (5) 8 Contract (9) 9 Feline (7) 10 Dingy (4) 11 Summarise (8) 15 Nuisance (6) 21 Suppose (5) 24 Very briefly (2,1,4) 25 Hang about (6) 26 Scowl (6) 28 Thus (5) 29 Youngster (3) 33 Wild dogs (7) 34 Emphasis (6) 37 Sat for (5) 40 Sound (5) 41 Important person (7) 43 Score (5) 44 Conundrum (6) 46 Aggressively male (5) 49 Quite big (7) 51 Truncated trousers (6) 53 Camera stand (6) 55 Relocated (5) 58 Untidy person (6,4) 60 Not a he (3) 62 Board game (5) 63 Expenses (9) 65 Charming (8) 68 Abandon (6) 70 From SW England (7) 71 Clog (7) 75 Rue (6) 76 Confines (6) 77 Article (5) 78 Journal (5) 80 German wine (4) 84 Frost (4)