QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Cheerful (2,4,5) 13 Be quiet (4,2) 14 As a prospect (2,4) 16 Prison room (4) 17 Recovering (2,3,4) 18 Fissure (5) 19 Refusal (4) 20 Vegetable (9) 22 Wide (5) 23 Shortcoming (4,5) 27 Longing (7) 30 Pamper (6) 31 Leave out (4) 32 Declare (5) 35 Only (4) 36 Show (7) 38 Skin (4) 39 Confiscation (7) 42 Unchanging (6) 45 Birds (5) 46 Plane trip’s cost (7) 47 Ballerina’s skirt (4) 48 Hospital room (4) 50 Thrill (7) 52 Fish (5) 54 Banish (6) 56 Inadvertently reveal (3,4) 57 Pointed comment (4) 59 Reddish purple (7) 61 Irritating sensation (4) 64 Range (5) 66 Rebuff (4) 67 Outright (6) 69 Dress (7) 72 Ready to offer assistance (2,5-2) 73 Uncertain state (5) 74 Knockabout comedy (9) 79 Check for publication (4) 81 Gaseous element (5) 82 Elucidate (4,5) 83 Widely prevalent (4) 85 Deviate (6) 86 Abstruse (6) 87 Very wealthy (4,2,5)

DOWN

1 Joint (4) 2 Sharp bend (6) 3 Skilful (6) 4 Mythological creature (7) 5 Terse (5) 6 Chief restaurant server (4,6) 7 Pile (5) 8 Bad-tempered (9) 9 Error (7) 10 Cooker (4) 11 Badger (4,2,2) 15 Wreckage (6) 21 Tolerate (5) 24 Remote site (7) 25 Hamper (6) 26 Predicament (6) 28 Robbery (5) 29 Employ (3) 33 Disappointment (7) 34 Guard (6) 37 Connection (3-2) 40 Modify (5) 41 Concord (7) 43 Commerce (5) 44 Box for corpse (6) 46 Disc (5) 49 Analyse (7) 51 Discreditable (6) 53 Piece of machinery (6) 55 Purpose (5) 58 Consider (4,2,4) 60 Commotion (3) 62 Wag (5) 63 Greatly (2,1,3,3) 65 Relax (4,4) 68 Scold (6) 70 In theory (2,5) 71 Nasty type (7) 75 Decontaminate (6) 76 Lethargy (6) 77 Criticise (5) 78 Quickly leave (5) 80 Pastry dish (4) 84 Petrol (4)