QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

13 Free (2,3,5) 14 Wearing away (7) 15 Crave (6) 16 Packed (6) 17 Clothed (7) 18 Loop (5) 19 String (4) 20 Brief (5) 21 Singes (5) 22 Cure (6) 23 Steal (5) 28 Stepped (7) 30 Sink (7) 33 Deputising (7,2) 36 Sever (6) 38 Frighten (5) 39 Lean (5) 40 Annoy (6) 42 To kid (5) 43 Laughed (7) 44 Outhouse (6) 46 Intellect (4) 49 Month (4) 51 Penetrate (6) 53 Control (7) 55 Begin (5) 59 Give ear (6) 60 Penned (5) 61 Fabric (5) 62 Gnawing animal (6) 63 Are accepted (2,7) 65 Dance (3-4) 66 School bag (7) 70 Clever (5) 71 Insult (6) 73 Black bird (5) 75 Bar of metal (5) 80 Pain (4) 82 Molars? (5) 83 Tropical fruit (7) 84 Kill (6) 85 Protested (6) 86 Whizzing (7) 87 Chinese food (6,4)

DOWN

1 Fragment (6) 2 Rained (8) 3 Little bit (5) 4 Dull (7) 5 Humiliate (6) 6 Letting contract (5) 7 Speculate (6) 8 Celebrity (3,4) 9 Punctual (2,4,4) 10 Encourage (5) 11 Doing nothing (8) 12 Beloved (4) 24 Red (7) 25 Centre (5) 26 Perplexed (7) 27 Banged (7) 29 Course (5) 31 Expert (5) 32 Eyelid hair (4) 34 Contrive (6) 35 Section (4) 37 Coming down (7) 41 Restricted (7) 45 Only just (6) 47 Backer (7) 48 Mediterranean islander (7) 50 Unvarying (7) 52 Lump of earth (4) 54 Instant (5) 56 Wash (5) 57 Stingy (4) 58 Complain (5) 60 Fixing of incomes (4,6) 64 Insect (8) 67 Opposite (8) 68 Maybe (7) 69 Spare time (7) 72 Realm (6) 74 Evoke (6) 76 In full view (6) 77 Drawing (5) 78 Drawbacks (5) 79 Alter (5) 81 Burn (4)