QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Treat to nice

meal (4,3,4) 13 Violet blue (6) 14 Rectangle (6) 16 Vote (4) 17 Last of many (9) 18 Scrounge (5)

19 Pain (4) 20 Towel (4,5) 22 Marital gift (5) 23 Work

permit (5,4) 27 Obsolete (7) 30 Beat (6)

31 Accessible (4) 32 Show

contempt (5) 35 Curve (4) 36 Illness (7) 38 Kitchen basin (4) 39 Complete

armour (7) 42 Feature (6) 45 Proportion (5) 46 Almsgiving (7) 47 Remnant (4) 48 Feeble

person (4) 50 Armed vessel (7) 52 Circuit (5) 54 Nakedness (6) 56 Worthless (7) 57 Bludgeon (4) 59 Transit (7)

61 Partly open (4) 64 Glib talk (5) 66 Ditch (4) 67 Gloss (6) 69 Valid (7) 72 Be

frightened (3,6) 73 Emit (5)

74 Demolish (5,4) 79 Dull sound (4)

81 Rubbish (5) 82 Careless (9) 83 Annoy (4) 85 Part of

contract (6) 86 Delay (6) 87 Markedly deteriorate (2,2,3,4)

DOWN

1 Drunkard (4) 2 Affluence (6) 3 Hurrying

forward (6) 4 Foster child (7) 5 Ire (5) 6 Nearing

defeat (2,3,5) 7 Sports field (5) 8 Potentially explosive situation (6,3) 9 Nonetheless (7) 10 Entreaty (4) 11 Having

control (2,6) 15 Remove twists

from (6) 21 Divert (5) 24 Outline (7) 25 Theatrical

dancing (6) 26 Front of eye (6) 28 Lump (5) 29 Lip (3) 33 Tramp (7) 34 Gorge (6) 37 Pounce (5) 40 Restrict (5)

41 In effect (7) 43 Catapult (5) 44 Button-like

bar (6) 46 Masticate (5) 49 Ability (7) 51 Rugby player (6) 53 Restaurant (6) 55 Play (5) 58 Motorcycling gang member (5,5) 60 See (3) 62 Permit (5) 63 Through

omission (2,7) 65 Sink opening (8) 68 Half-melted

snow (6) 70 Profligate (7)

71 Surround (7) 75 Memorable (6) 76 Jeer (6) 77 Narrow

opening (5) 78 Piece of turf (5) 80 Smear (4) 84 Corporate

symbol (4)