QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

3 Unfit (3,2,5) 4 Dismissal (5-2) 5 Editorial (6) 6 Curb (6) 7 Illness (7) 8 Small insect (5) 9 Roof slab (4) 20 Tarnish (5) 2 Chubby (5) 22 Noiseless (6) 23 Plunder (5) 28 Road cavity (7) 30 Frightened (7) 33 Troubled (2,3,4) 36 Bone (6) 38 Machine (5) 39 Irate (5) 40 Handbook (6) 42 Togetherness (5) 43 Unyielding (7) 44 Fastener (6) 46 Dismal (4) 49 Sinister (4) 5 Vow (6) 53 Attempt risky act (3,2,2) 55 Pier (5) 59 Reprimand (6) 60 Victor, informally (5) 6 Artless (5) 62 Admire (6) 63 Tolerate (3,2,4) 65 Gratify (7) 66 Nonsense (7) 70 Examine (5) 7 Vigorous (6) 73 Brownish-yellow (5) 75 Confine (5) 80 Indistinct impression (4) 82 Priest (5) 83 Cupboard (7) 84 Progenitor (6) 85 Walk (6) 86 Esteem (7) 87 Mystery (6,4)

DOWN

Small tower (6) 2 Unemotional type (4,4) 3 Pale (5) 4 Religious story (7) 5 Pandemonium (6) 6 Downright (5) 7 Spiny plant (6) 8 Fiasco (7) 9 Elaborately (2,3,5) 0 Clearing (5) Wary (8) 2 Healthy (4) 24 Destructive wave (7) 25 Laziness (5) 26 Remote (7) 27 Feeble cry (7) 29 Edible bulb (5) 3 Record (5) 32 Thrill (4) 34 Resentment (6) 35 Escape (4) 37 Reveal accidentally (3,4) 4 Overlook (7) 45 Fake (6) 47 Place with spring (3,4) 48 Lucky dip (4,3) 50 Overpass (7) 52 Objective (4) 54 Cake decoration (5) 56 Lock of hair (5) 57 Encompass (4) 58 Poison (5) 60 Use least effort (3,7) 64 Unlikely winner (8) 67 Clothing (8) 68 Supply (7) 69 Garland (7) 72 Card (6) 74 Threat (6) 76 Trainer (6) 77 Climb (5) 78 Subside (5) 79 Glib talk (5) 8 Tardy (4)