QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Relax

atmosphere (5,3,3) 13 Manage (4,2)

14 Verbose (6)

16 Fruit (4)

17 Turning sickly (9)

18 Ship’s officer (5)

19 Versifier (4)

20 Workforce (9)

22 Put in (5)

23 Whatever

happens (2,3,4)

27 Dashing (7)

30 Protect (6)

31 Departure (4)

32 Range (5)

35 Daze (4)

36 Weary (7)

38 Tumult (4)

39 Church

dignitary (7)

42 Exaggerate (4,2) 45 Insignificant (5)

46 Smallish (7)

47 Dance (4)

48 Completed (4) 50 Fearless (7)

52 Squeeze

and twist (5)

54 Head

protection (6) 56 Portrait (7)

57 Discharge (4) 59 Corrupt (7)

61 Ready for

eating (4)

64 Foolish (5)

66 Darkness (4)

67 Impertinent (6) 69 Impression (7) 72 Small drying

cloth (4,5)

73 High renown (5) 74 Strap carrying

cash (5,4)

79 Cease (4)

81 Blaspheme (5)

82 Bureaucratic

clerk (3-6)

83 Effrontery (4)

85 Recoil (6)

86 Strip of wood (6) 87 Become

furious (2,9)

DOWN

1 Unoccupied (4) 2 Marine

mammal (6)

3 Continue to

work (4,2)

4 Fully catered

for (4-3)

5 Quickly leave (5) 6 Flying

apparatus (4-6) 7 Manage (3,2)

8 Shrub (9)

9 Start (7)

10 Liquid dish (4)

11 Go on a

spree (4,2,2)

15 Slight

indentation (6) 21 Perform (5)

24 Rally (7)

25 Enfeeble (6)

26 Improve (6)

28 Trendy (5)

29 Female pig (3) 33 Give to

others (4,3)

34 Unhappy

person (6)

37 Sordid (5)

40 Napped

leather (5)

41 Interrupt (5,2) 43 Crowbar (5)

44 Small muddy

pool (6)

46 Crouch in

fear (5)

49 Disarranged (7)

51 Sermon (6)

53 People

admitted (6)

55 Stagger (5)

58 Greatly

please (6,4)

60 Obtain (3)

62 Rectangular

piece (5)

63 One devoted to own advancement (9) 65 Passivity (8)

68 Short task (6)

70 Coupon (7)

71 Impetuous

type (7)

75 In a weird way (6) 76 Exile (6)

77 Rubber

footwear (5)

78 Cachet (5)

80 Tree (4)

84 Cut (4)