QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Stop working (4,4,3) 13 Paltry (6) 14 Bequest (6) 16 Harvest (4) 17 Thoroughly search (5,4) 18 Board game (5) 19 Profit (4) 20 Declaim (4,5) 22 Wash (5) 23 Distinctive to a language (9) 27 In theory (2,5) 30 Disgrace (6) 31 Relative (4) 32 Italian food (5) 35 House (4) 36 Excluded (3,2,2) 38 Advantage (4) 39 Aggressive type (7) 42 Spell (6) 45 Monarchic (5) 46 Skim (3,4) 47 Merit (4) 48 Placid (4) 50 School event (4,3) 52 Saying (5) 54 Unpretentious (6) 56 Daydream (7) 57 Cougar (4) 59 Warm coastal area (7) 61 Location (4) 64 Subside (5) 66 Calf’s flesh (4) 67 Uniform (6) 69 Register at hotel (5-2) 72 Hardliner (9) 73 Light meal (5) 74 Janitor (9) 79 Trim (4) 81 Custom (5) 82 Occasion for meal (9) 83 Statue (4) 85 Instrumental composition (6) 86 Fold (6) 87 Markedly worsen (2,2,3,4)

DOWN

1 Haunt (4) 2 Push-button device (6) 3 Total failure (6) 4 Punishment (7) 5 Provide (5) 6 Largest part (5,5) 7 Tiny mark (5) 8 Helper (9) 9 Flourish (7) 10 Excited (4) 11 Campaigner (8) 15 Tedious (6) 21 Weight unit (5) 24 Greed (7) 25 Strait-laced (6) 26 Inhibition (4-2) 28 Plea (5) 29 Selfishness (3) 33 First course (7) 34 Ornamental clasp (6) 37 Score (5) 40 Register (5) 41 Indoor sport (7) 43 Avoid (5) 44 Casually visit (4,2) 46 Balk (5) 49 Expert (7) 51 Twofold (6) 53 Bar (6) 55 Notes (5) 58 Finally after delay (2,4,4) 60 Tree (3) 62 Object (5) 63 Irritability (9) 65 Hostility (3,5) 68 Empty (6) 70 Amusing (7) 71 Supervise (7) 75 Nursery (6) 76 Personify (6) 77 Tent (5) 78 New growth (5) 80 Scheme (4) 84 Wise figure (4)