QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 School principal (4,7) 13 Soup dish (6) 14 Paltry (6) 16 Cab (4) 17 Long-running serial (4,5) 18 Play (5) 19 Sham (4) 20 Divert (9) 22 Cow’s organ (5) 23 Voting urn (6,3) 27 Zealot (7) 30 Try (6) 31 Diplomacy (4) 32 Prospect (5) 35 Meat-selling shop (4) 36 Difficulty (7) 38 Firm hold (4) 39 Ask (7) 42 Layabout (6)

45 Jockey (5) 46 Fruity powder (7) 47 Always (4) 48 Rebuff (4) 50 Quick reply (7) 52 Dance (5) 54 In fact (6) 56 West Indian ballad (7) 57 Friend (4) 59 Transmit (3,4) 61 Male deer (4) 64 Spy (5) 66 Change course (4) 67 Engagement (6) 69 Dressed skin (7) 72 Penniless (4,5) 73 Fixed look (5) 74 Woodworking (9)

79 Self-satisfied (4) 81 Tonic (5) 82 Personality (9) 83 Spout (4) 85 Originate (6) 86 Sickness (6) 87 Vent anger (3,3,5)

DOWN

1 Greek cheese (4) 2 Counsel (6) 3 Detecting device (6) 4 Graze (7) 5 Criminal (5) 6 Mixed bag (7,3) 7 Martial art (5) 8 After full consideration (2,7)

9 Friendly (7) 10 Young cow (4) 11 Collapse from tiredness (5,3) 15 Make fun of (4,2) 21 Angry (5) 24 Accolade (7) 25 Wan (6) 26 Contend (6) 28 Farewell (5) 29 Young troublemaker (3) 33 Rotten (7) 34 Putrefy (6) 37 Combine (5) 40 Period (5) 41 Pardon (7) 43 Dance (5) 44 Wood (6) 46 Become alert (3,2)

49 Stabbing blade (7) 51 Globe (6) 53 Idea (6) 55 Scope (5) 58 Source of income (4,6) 60 Regret (3) 62 Hearten (5) 63 Defective feature (4,5) 65 Profitable source (4,4) 68 Gullet (6) 70 Decency (7) 71 Internal group (7) 75 Cleanse (6) 76 Nullify (6) 77 Rod (5) 78 Entangle (5) 80 Valley (4) 84 Fly high (4)