QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Frivolous (5-6) 13 Servile

follower (6) 14 Expenditure (6) 16 Spoken (4) 17 Make official (9) 18 Visitor (5)

19 Fish (4) 20 Nasty

demise (6,3) 22 Armed

robbery (5) 23 Plane

luggage (6,3) 27 Pet

entrance (3,4) 30 Rupture (6)

31 Curse (4) 32 Hidden store (5) 35 Gull (4) 36 Burdensome (7) 38 Irritable (4) 39 Opponent of new

technology (7) 42 Ridicule (4,2) 45 To an extent (2,3) 46 Zeal (7) 47 Dutch cheese (4) 48 Pulp (4) 50 Woollen cloth (7) 52 Beg (5) 54 Digital

recorder (6) 56 Tactless

comment (7) 57 Obstruct (4) 59 Slow sort (7) 61 Small

measure (4) 64 Criminal (5) 66 Depressed (4) 67 Become less

acute (4,2) 69 Grow (7) 72 Hopeless

ideal (4,5) 73 Telltale (5)

74 Transfix (9) 79 Wading bird (4)

81 Unspoken (5) 82 Crucial (9) 83 Adventurous (4) 85 Eagerly

consume (6) 86 Detest (6) 87 Fit of anxiety (5,6)

DOWN

1 Arab chieftain (4) 2 Sloping type (6) 3 Evasive (6) 4 Outdoor lavatory (7) 5 Foot lever (5)

6 Emergency exit (4,6) 7 Colour (5) 8 Actually (2,7)

9 Piece of film (7) 10 Pace (4) 11 Severe

reaction (8) 15 Dove (6) 21 Follow (5) 24 Nonsense (7) 25 Get rid of (3,3) 26 Runner (6) 28 Deceit (5) 29 In the past (3) 33 Pudding (7) 34 Groove (6) 37 Fragment (5) 40 Jewelled

headwear (5) 41 Supervisor (7) 43 Alike (5) 44 Alloy (6) 46 Key (5) 49 Haunt (7)

51 Rudder handle (6) 53 Bench area (6) 55 Salty water (5) 58 Signal to

proceed (5,5) 60 Female rabbit (3) 62 Traverse (5) 63 Narrow

escape (5,4) 65 Drink (4,4) 68 Quick (6) 70 Industrial plant (7)

71 Of pottery (7) 75 Reciprocal (6) 76 Refund (6) 77 Wander (5) 78 Handle (5) 80 Shortly (4) 84 Speed (4)