QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Becoming unpopular (2,3,3,3) 13 Mystery (6) 14 Servile follower (6) 16 Opposed (4) 17 Treatise (9) 18 Clumsy (5) 19 Prepare by infusion (4) 20 Mischievous (9) 22 Impetuous (5) 23 Affecting (9) 27 Stifle (7) 30 Senior cleric (6) 31 Wander (4) 32 Hardness (5) 35 Sharpen (4) 36 Partly coincide (7) 38 Peevish (4) 39 Arrogant (7) 42 Fast pace (6) 45 Mistake (5) 46 Measured (7) 47 Metal spike (4) 48 Eject saliva (4) 50 Patterned fabric (7) 52 Support for painting (5) 54 Unimportant thing (6) 56 Frolicsome (7) 57 Remain in readiness (4) 59 Light baked dish (7) 61 Drive forward (4) 64 Subside (5) 66 Match (4) 67 Totally soaked (6) 69 Speech impediment (7) 72 Withstand (5,2,2) 73 Dapper (5) 74 Overly modest (9) 79 Religious song (4) 81 Alternate (5) 82 Incidental matter (4,5) 83 Rodent (4) 85 Athletics field event (6) 86 Figure (6) 87 Describe context (3,3,5)

DOWN

1 Soon (4) 2 Wither (6) 3 Waterlogged (6) 4 Agile athlete (7) 5 Compromise (5) 6 Nearing defeat (2,3,5) 7 Once more (5) 8 Prepare to depart (4,1,4) 9 Copy (7) 10 Rebuff (4) 11 Suffer indignity (4,4) 15 Showy (6) 21 Vitality (5) 24 Eight-sided figure (7) 25 Column (6) 26 Shocking experience (6) 28 Sum (5) 29 Selfishness (3) 33 Profit (7) 34 Small village (6) 37 Shindig (5) 40 Legal hearing (5) 41 Temper (7) 43 Horrify (5) 44 Begin to speak (4,2) 46 Estimate (5) 49 Attempt something risky (3,2,2) 51 Casual shoe (6) 53 Shallow dish (6) 55 Contribution (5) 58 Tough supervisor (10) 60 Consume (3) 62 Harsh (5) 63 Finally before bed (4,5) 65 Piecemeal (3,2,3) 68 Mock (6) 70 Postmortem (7) 71 Hairy (7) 75 Antenna (6) 76 Contrivance (6) 77 Ingrained dirt (5) 78 Bathroom feature (5) 80 Steal (4) 84 Country (4)