QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Undertake with unnecessary effort (4,1,4,2) 13 Chirping

insect (6) 14 Give up work (6) 16 Carbonated

water (4) 17 Countryside

picture (9) 18 Automaton (5)

19 Probe (4) 20 Body of

experts (9) 22 Ray of light (5) 23 Open area in public building (9) 27 Celebrity (7) 30 Digit (3,3)

31 Assist (4) 32 Maltreat (5) 35 Fake (4) 36 Vocabulary (7) 38 Neat (4) 39 Defensive

wall (7) 42 Dilapidated (4-2) 45 Damp (5) 46 Imitate (4,3) 47 Hoodwink (4) 48 Border (4) 50 Stupid type (7) 52 Extremist (5) 54 Demolished

debris (6) 56 Stiff hair (7) 57 Stick (4) 59 Expertise (7)

61 Spoken (4) 64 Song of

praise (5) 66 Irritation (4)

67 Enthusiastic (6) 69 Corpulent (7) 72 Comfortable

sitting place (4,5) 73 Poplar tree (5)

74 Fundamentally (2,7) 79 Mildly offensive

material (4) 81 Motionless (5) 82 Lengthy

procedure (9) 83 Anger (4) 85 Declare (6) 86 Wearisome (6) 87 In future (4,3,4) DOWN

1 Circle of light (4) 2 Stay (6) 3 Charm (6) 4 Incriminating (7) 5 Of poor

quality (5) 6 Unplanned

consequence (4,6) 7 Convey (5) 8 Confound (9)

9 Defend (7) 10 Halt (4) 11 Official building

and land (8) 15 Prestige (6) 21 Rabbit’s

cage (5) 24 Not having

submitted (7) 25 Korean cabbage

dish (6) 26 Diminish (6) 28 Scope (5) 29 Hooting

bird (3) 33 Instance (7) 34 Undergo (6) 37 Famous (5) 40 Drive back (5)

41 Humourless (2-5) 43 Sea duck (5) 44 Pool of

rainwater (6) 46 Strike (5) 49 Great joy (7)

51 Indifference (6) 53 Barbed (6) 55 Colour (5) 58 Tightening

cord (10) 60 Reggae-like

music (3) 62 When

necessary (2,3) 63 Not

restrained (2,7) 65 Scaremonger (8) 68 Scooping

device (6) 70 Economical (7)

71 Under way (7) 75 Simmer (6) 76 Preserve

from decay (6) 77 Unadorned (5) 78 Stone

worker (5) 80 Level (4) 84 Provide (4)