QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Stop (4,1,4,2) 13 Group of

three (6) 14 Tribulation (6) 16 Swerve (4) 17 Unrealistic

dreamer (9) 18 Unbending (5) 19 Smooth (4) 20 Matching

crockery (6,3) 22 Small

growth (5) 23 Large

carnivore (5,4) 27 Spirited (7) 30 Sudden pain (6) 31 Heave (4) 32 Lustrous (5) 35 Ancient (4) 36 Indicate (7) 38 Respiratory

organ (4) 39 Tediously

prolong (4,3) 42 Wise (6) 45 Anxious (5) 46 Form a waiting

line (5,2) 47 Require (4) 48 Small

particle (4) 50 Set free (7) 52 Permeate (5) 54 Unimportant

person (6) 56 Flaw (7) 57 Horse’s foot (4) 59 Recreational

racing (7) 61 Mediocre (2-2) 64 Distant (5) 66 Facial feature (4) 67 Force (6) 69 Thin (7) 72 Strictly according to the rules (2,3,4) 73 Commerce (5) 74 Mollifying (9) 79 Second-hand (4) 81 Mode expression of (5) 82 Very long-serving type (3,6) 83 Domesticated (4) 85 Inactive (6) 86 Small reptile (6) 87 From existing stock (3,3,5)

DOWN

1 Garden implement (4) 2 Old coin (6) 3 Beetle (6) 4 Minion (7) 5 Weasel-like mammal (5) 6 More or less (6,4) 7 Dietary material (5) 8 Risky (9) 9 Hurriedly write (3,4) 10 Margin (4) 11 Cosmetic

preparation (4,4) 15 Repudiate (6) 21 Cake

decoration (5) 24 Induce (5,2) 25 Rouse (6) 26 Opportunity (6) 28 Narrow

hilltop (5) 29 Catch (3) 33 Dignified (7) 34 Casually

visit (4,2) 37 Female

relative (5) 40 Capsize (5) 41 Gain (7) 43 Guest

house (5) 44 Coercion (6) 46 Rapid (5) 49 Enormous (7) 51 Consecrate (6) 53 Herb (6) 55 Washing

bowl (5) 58 Long plank (10) 60 Solidify (3) 62 Cut the

wool off (5) 63 Record (9) 65 Discard (3,5) 68 Affectedly

refined (2-2-2) 70 Shorten (7) 71 Changeable (7) 75 Alcove (6) 76 Irritable (6) 77 Stun (5) 78 Cram (5) 80 Trickle (4) 84 Exploit (4)