QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

13 Risk everything (2,3,5) 14 Neck cloth (7) 15 Breathe in (6) 16 Subside (4,2) 17 Inspection (4-3) 18 Rain and snow (5) 19 Ballerina’s skirt (4) 20 Cringe in fear (5) 21 Magnificent (5) 22 Serve a prison sentence (2,4) 23 Sofa (5) 28 Host (7) 30 Diminish (4,3) 33 Mostly (2,3,4) 36 Small stone (6) 38 Jewelled headwear (5) 39 Rank (5)

40 Strong (6) 42 Common sense (5) 43 Throw about (7) 44 Spirit (6) 46 Rational (4) 49 Soy bean curd (4) 51 At work (2,4) 53 Peculiar (7) 55 Begin eating (3,2) 59 Package (6) 60 Snake (5) 61 Deduce (5) 62 Songbird (6) 63 Wooden plant protection (4,5) 65 Small deer (7) 66 Outline (7) 70 Wander (5) 71 Pester (6) 73 Unadorned (5)

75 Confidence (5) 80 Hasten (4) 82 Warning instrument (5) 83 District (7) 84 Stick (6) 85 Discuss (6) 86 Dubious (7) 87 Obsessively (2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Salad fruit (6) 2 Domestic assistant (4,4) 3 Dark wood (5) 4 Neglected (7) 5 Lament (6) 6 Very fat (5) 7 Certainly (6) 8 Untrue nature (7)

9 Render compensation (4,6) 10 Merriment (5) 11 Online discussion site (4,4) 12 Dull (4) 24 Deep red (7) 25 Merciless (5) 26 Clothing (7) 27 Warhorse (7) 29 Greek letter (5) 31 Slate (5) 32 Front (4) 34 Foolish (6) 35 Mexican snack (4) 37 Makeshift tent (7) 41 Bulwark (7) 45 Omen (6) 47 Road post (7)

48 Occasionally (2,5) 50 Roughly (2,1,4) 52 Musical instrument (4) 54 Terrible (5) 56 Perfect (5) 57 Festivity (4) 58 Fierce look (5) 60 Find (4,6) 64 Tie (4,4) 67 As an abbreviation (3,5) 68 Gloss (7) 69 Move elsewhere (7) 72 Follow-up (6) 74 Ointment (6) 76 Raid (6) 77 Awry (5) 78 Delicious (5) 79 Trainee (5) 81 Declare (4)