QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

12 Didn’t excite (4,3,4) 13 Harm (6) 14 Wandered (6) 16 Insect (4) 17 Travel (3,6) 18 Nails (5) 19 Register (4) 20 Eerie (9) 22 Tipsy (5) 23 Records in writing (5,4) 27 Exact (7) 30 For one person (6) 31 Competition (4) 32 Blowy (5) 35 Had been (4) 36 Black coating (7) 38 Always (4) 39 Lead orchestra (7) 42 Sound of footsteps (6) 45 Verses (5) 46 Gift (7) 47 Plan (4) 48 Record (4) 50 Treatment (7) 52 See (5) 54 Hurled (6) 56 Abashed (7) 57 Unsheathe (4) 59 Trundling (7) 61 Flower (4) 64 Refuge (5) 66 Leave out (4) 67 Reduce (6) 69 Extend (7) 72 Got lucky (6,3) 73 Strength (5) 74 Ran away (9) 79 Dull (4) 81 Might (5) 82 Point of joke (5,4) 83 Quarrel (4) 85 Possessions (6) 86 Tell (6) 87 Canapés, etc (6,5)

DOWN

1 Inferno (4) 2 Layers (6) 3 Chessman (6) 4 Scamper (7) 5 Vigilant (5) 6 Tough luck (4,6) 7 Spaghetti, etc (5) 8 Maybe (9) 9 Tied up (7) 10 Couple (4) 11 Recently married (5-3) 15 Pondering (6) 21 Impudence (5) 24 Forgot lines (5,2) 25 Godlike (6) 26 Puff of air (6) 28 Big box (5) 29 Ready (3) 33 Holiday-maker (7) 34 Wolfed down (6) 37 Hoarse (5) 40 Exact counterpart (5) 41 Sure (7) 43 Awry (5) 44 Somewhat (6) 46 Difficult question (5) 49 Manor house (7) 51 Over (6) 53 Gilded (6) 55 Work out (5) 58 Non-speaking role (4-2,4) 60 Prevailed upon (3) 62 Money (5) 63 Prepare to attack (3,2,4) 65 Star (8) 68 Short time (6) 70 Captain (7) 71 Condense (7) 75 Fruit (6) 76 Idea (6) 77 Gist (5) 78 Seat (5) 80 Male pig (4) 84 Wane (4)