QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 12 Say unexpectedly (4,3,4) 13 Bird (6) 14 Logic (6) 16 Attempt (4) 17 Dogs (9) 18 Records (5) 19 Whip (4) 20 Spoke to (9) 22 Paste (5) 23 When viewing peaks (5,4) 27 Create (5) 30 Orb (6) 31 Not bad (2-2) 32 Saw (5) 35 Eager (4) 36 Dynamic (2-5) 38 Was aware (4) 39 Nonsense (7) 42 Meaning (6) 45 Say hello (5) 46 Hide (7) 47 Snare (4) 48 Interrogate (4) 50 Shook (7) 52 Ranks (5) 54 Shortage (6) 56 Moments (7) 57 Male name (4) 59 Restaurant (3,4) 61 Mountain lion (4) 64 Saint (5) 66 Open (4) 67 Is (6) 69 Forgot lines (5,2) 72 July or August (9) 73 Slap (5) 74 Silly (9) 79 Opening (4) 81 Giant (5) 82 Myself (6,3) 83 Move slowly (4) 85 Plight (6) 86 Pictures (6) 87 Blunt no (4,7) DOWN 1 Insect (4) 2 Outdo (6) 3 Bags (6) 4 Flocked (7) 5 Don’t sit (5) 6 Verify (10) 7 Pleasure (5) 8 Siren (9) 9 Suppose (7) 10 Lofty (4) 11 Clear soup (8) 15 Ladybird, for instance (6) 21 Forced (5) 24 Outdoor garment (7) 25 Each (6) 26 Behind (6) 28 Piebald horse (5) 29 Droop (3) 33 Badly behaved (7) 34 Wan (6) 37 Old-fashioned (5) 40 Precise (5) 41 Boarding house (7) 43 Rodent (5) 44 Harangue (6) 46 Jewellers’ weight (5) 49 Claim (7) 51 Liquid preparation (6) 53 Characteristics (6) 55 Fruit (5) 58 Unprejudiced (4-6) 60 Spoil (3) 62 Manhandles (5) 63 Changeable (9) 65 Proof (8) 68 Earnings (6) 70 Suffocate (7) 71 Bulletins (7) 75 European country (6) 76 Ill in bed (4,2) 77 Readily available (2,3) 78 Kingdom (5) 80 Defrost (4) 84 Fellow (4)