QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Apprehensive person (3,2,6) 13 Dye (6) 14 Catch (6) 16 Drag (4) 17 Inauguration (9) 18 Herb (5) 19 Way (4) 20 Cold period (9) 22 Seize (5) 23 Suddenly (3,2,4) 27 Present as genuine (4,3) 30 Film theatre (6) 31 Curtail (4) 32 Entice (5) 35 Nightmarish place (4) 36 Cut of beef (7) 38 Large-scale (4) 39 Concert (7) 42 Suppress (6) 45 Preserve (3,2) 46 Part of foot (7) 47 Advantage (4) 48 Predicament (4) 50 Reasoning correctly (7) 52 Warning (5) 54 Scanty (6) 56 Sitting (7) 57 Party (4) 59 Supply (7) 61 Small measure (4) 64 Written work (5) 66 Cudgel (4) 67 Cope (6) 69 Uncomplaining (7) 72 Immediate run-up (9) 73 Pester (5) 74 Unsurpassed (9) 79 Swelter (4) 81 Different (5) 82 Very harsh (9) 83 Wicked (4) 85 Decorous (6) 86 Leave work (6) 87 Suffering difficulty (2,4,5)

DOWN

1 Festivity (4) 2 Ensue (6) 3 Fruitlessly (2,4) 4 Biscuit (7) 5 Compact (5) 6 Playing well (2,4,4) 7 Joy (5) 8 Human mechanism (4,5) 9 Old soldier (7) 10 Check (4) 11 Disadvantage (8) 15 Perforate (6) 21 Angry (5) 24 Former (3-4) 25 Traduce (6) 26 Esteem (6) 28 Spicy sauce (5) 29 Suitable (3) 33 Regretful explanation (7) 34 Pandemonium (6) 37 Drive out (5) 40 Rage (5) 41 Skipper (7) 43 Fairly (5) 44 Continue (4,2) 46 Vagrant (5) 49 Scorn (7) 51 Bad-tempered (6) 53 Adequate (6) 55 Excuse (5) 58 Secure (4,3,3) 60 Consume (3) 62 Foolish (5) 63 Pictorial diagram (4,5) 65 Winter car part (4,4) 68 Standard (6) 70 Postpone (7) 71 Sailor (7) 75 Party food (6) 76 Latitude (6) 77 Decrepit car (5) 78 Elbow, say (5) 80 Clear with cloth (4) 84 Pair (4)