QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 13

Assassin’s pay (5,5) 14 Detailed

photo (5-2) 15 Drive (6) 16 Entreaty (6) 17 Bring

together (7) 18 Of the moon (5) 19 Resounding

sound (4) 20 Stretchy

fabric (5) 21 Pale (5) 22 Irritable (6) 23 Content (5) 28 Defensive

mound (7) 30 Empty talk (7) 33 End hostility (4,5) 36 Move about

restlessly (6) 38 Literary work (5) 39 Monarch (5) 40 Trickery (6) 42 Stomach (5) 43 Stupid (7) 44 Shortsightedness (6) 46 Dull pain (4) 49 Tiff (4)

51 Hate (6) 53 Quickly

proceed (5,2) 55 Cram (5) 59 Spring up (6) 60 Tycoon (5) 61 Wicked

person (5) 62 Dash (6) 63 Close friend (9) 65 Weird (7) 66 Butcher’s

knife (7) 70 Controversy (5) 71 Period below

par (3-3) 73 Understand (3,2) 75 Outdated (5) 80 Conspiracy (4) 82 Additional (5) 83 Marine

creature (7) 84 See (6) 85 Educate (6) 86 Approval (7) 87 In an exposed

position (3,2,1,4)

DOWN

1 Swirling mass (6) 2 Beauty treatment (4,4) 3 Smug grin (5) 4 Small dumplings (7) 5 Young swan (6)

6 Tightening device (5) 7 Strong (6) 8 Let air out of (7)

9 Undecided (2,2,3,3) 10 Sudden gush (5) 11 Suffer

indignity (4,4) 12 Network (4) 24 Quite hungry (7) 25 Banal (5) 26 Hairdresser (7) 27 Progress (7) 29 Happen (5)

31 Opponent (5) 32 Aristocrat (4) 34 Silky hair (6) 35 Remove the skin

from (4) 37 Tasteless

powder (7) 41 Glass mat (7) 45 Population (6) 47 Previously (7) 48 By small

degrees (7) 50 College

dignitary (7) 52 Elevated (4) 54 Group of

witches (5) 56 Untrue (5) 57 Tribe (4) 58 Period (5) 60 Weak figure (3,2,5) 64 Role (8) 67 Generally (2,1,5) 68 Lend (7) 69 Hairy (7) 72 Small farmer (6)

74 Use (6) 76 Earnest (6) 77 Afresh (5) 78 Trample (5) 79 Dark wood (5)

81 Absence (4)