QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

13 Desired goal (10) 14 Prim (7) 15 Radiator (6) 16 Mendicant (6) 17 Silly (7) 18 Not flimsy (5) 19 Harbour (4) 20 Even so (5) 21 Attempted (5) 22 Generous (6) 23 Snag (5) 28 Abbreviate (7) 30 Narrate (7) 33 Made money (7,2) 36 Mistake (4-2) 38 Build (5) 39 Private soldier (5) 40 Scold (6) 42 Subject (5) 43 Forecast (7) 44 Minor (6) 46 Songbird (4) 49 Touched (4) 51 Enigma (6) 53 Partner (7) 55 Employees (5) 59 Manages to offend (6) 60 Ex-girlfriend (5) 61 First (5) 62 Decree (6) 63 Cake (5,4) 65 Stopped (4,3) 66 Extract (7) 70 Bore a hole (5) 71 Strip (6) 73 Precipitous (5) 75 Loose (5) 80 Addition sign (4) 82 Number (5) 83 Everyday (7) 84 Nuisance (6) 85 Gloomy (6) 86 Plant (7) 87 Honest (2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Going up (6) 2 Not plural (8) 3 Stone monument (5) 4 Go awry (7) 5 Repeat performance (6) 6 European country (5) 7 Quantity (6) 8 Letter (7) 9 Very easy (6,4) 10 Disreputable (5) 11 Blue gem (8) 12 Ruminants (4) 24 Opposed (7) 25 Jumps (5) 26 House (7) 27 Animals (7) 29 Greeting (5) 31 Pitchers (5) 32 Crazy (slang) (4) 34 Brought up (6) 35 Male name (4) 37 Gun dog (7) 41 Told (7) 45 Dressed (6) 47 Deletion (7) 48 Vie (7) 50 Authorise (7) 52 Metal (4) 54 Unbending (5) 56 Throw (5) 57 At this point (4) 58 From Italy’s capital (5) 60 Decline (7-3) 64 Identical (8) 67 Spattered (8) 68 Skin (7) 69 Goes back (7) 72 Brown bird (6) 74 Camera stand (6) 76 Named (6) 77 Gave out cards (5) 78 ‘To err is –––––’ (5) 79 Hurled (5) 81 Placed (4)