QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Communications device (6,5)

13 Mountain guide (6)

14 Sudden (6)

16 Precede (4)

17 Resemble (4,5)

18 Rupture (5)

19 Candle part (4)

20 Pre-school children’s facility (9)

22 Fictional (5)

23 Useful extra item (9)

27 Suited diver (7)

30 Jinx (6)

31 Assistant (4)

32 Destiny (5)

35 Sparkling wine (4)

36 Rattling sound (7)

38 Oppressive burden (4)

39 Large monetary prize (7)

42 Mind (6)

45 Nearby resident (5)

46 Too old (7)

47 Stiffly formal (4)

48 Cab (4)

50 Opportunist (7)

52 Roughage (5)

54 Moderate (6)

56 Opposed (7)

57 Stylish (4)

59 Legal proceeding (7)

61 Valuable metal (4)

64 Up to now (2,3)

66 Insinuation (4)

67 Protective gear (6)

69 Mistaken notion (7)

72 Formerly (2,3,4)

73 Hue (5)

74 Meandering air currents (3,6)

79 Part of speech (4)

81 Extent from side to side (5)

82 Kindly (9)

83 Require (4)

85 Angry look (6)

86 Garland (6)

87 Actors’ nerves (5,6)

DOWN

1 Plastic bollard (4)

2 Awkward to use (6)

3 Worsen (6)

4 Reorganisation (5-2)

5 Telltale (5)

6 Literary form (5,5)

7 Thorough investigation (5)

8 Makeshift obstacle (9)

9 Small pastry (7)

10 Bird (4)

11 Band of colours (8)

15 Thread (6)

21 Immature state (5)

24 Pile high (5,2)

25 Of verse (6)

26 Raucous laughter (6)

28 Scrape (5)

29 Curve (3)

33 Vivid picture (7)

34 An older relative (6)

37 Monarch (5)

40 Give a view (5)

41 Having disastrous consequences (7)

43 Jollification (5)

44 Amuse (6)

46 Edible internal organs (5)

49 Progressing (2,5)

51 Group born in same year (6)

53 Withdraw (3,3)

55 Magnate (5)

58 Group of bus travellers (5,5)

60 Hot drink (3)

62 Lightweight fabric (5)

63 Retreat (5,4)

65 Improvised (2,3,3)

68 Middling (6)

70 Flight attendant (7)

71 Earth science (7)

75 Dishevelled type (6)

76 Stale (6)

77 Lustre (5)

78 Severe (5)

80 Shout (4)

84 Resounding noise (4)