QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Spread malicious

gossip (4,3,4) 13 Silky wool (6) 14 Lay on (6) 16 Hide (4) 17 Repay (9) 18 Fearful (5)

19 Clump (4) 20 Priest (9) 22 Nasty (5) 23 Exposed to

criticism (5,4) 27 Honesty (7) 30 Film house (6)

31 Building top (4) 32 Amusing (5) 35 Facial feature (4) 36 Keyboard

player (7) 38 Pull (4) 39 Vary (7) 42 Transmit (4,2) 45 Instrument (5) 46 Live

together (2-5) 47 Aim (4) 48 Marine

crustacean (4) 50 Staged work (7) 52 Additional (5) 54 Dust-like

particles (6) 56 Holy (7) 57 Egg-shaped (4) 59 Well-defined abdominal muscles (3-4) 61 Fool (4) 64 Cut of meat (5) 66 Worry (4) 67 Element (6) 69 Supple athlete (7) 72 Traditional (9) 73 Extent (5) 74 Very

inexpensive (4,5) 79 Unchanged (2,2)

81 Exercise (5) 82 Small dog (5,4) 83 Repeated

phrase (4) 85 Dining room (6) 86 Division (6) 87 Generally (2,9)

DOWN

1 Exploit (4) 2 Black eye (6) 3 Lively (6) 4 Naval

commander (7) 5 Investigation (5) 6 Inflammatory (10) 7 Course (5) 8 Racket sport (9)

9 Similar (7) 10 Minor

disagreement (4) 11 Invite

trouble (3,3,2) 15 Caper (6) 21 Roll (5) 24 Defect (7) 25 Fondness (6) 26 Chomp (6) 28 Extra

payment (5) 29 Valve (3) 33 Freely drink (7) 34 Suppressed (4-2) 37 Related to

sound (5) 40 Mock (5)

41 Decline (3,4) 43 Main artery (5) 44 Specifically (6) 46 Board game (5) 49 Mad (7)

51 Hole (6) 53 Onerous (6) 55 Make broader (5) 58 Turn pale (4,6) 60 Fundamental (3) 62 Italian food (5) 63 Plate-covered

mammal (9) 65 Carry

authority (4,4) 68 Annul (6) 70 Obligatory (7) 71 Unimportant

role (3,4) 75 Spiky (6) 76 Recluse (6) 77 Exult (5) 78 Weak (5) 80 Not quick (4) 84 Pleat (4)