THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Apportion (5)

4 Nationalist (9)

9 Chiefly (9)

10 Unattractive

woman (5)

11 Impassive (6)

12 Loss of nerve (4,4)

14 Blew up (9)

15 Flat (5)

17 Initial (5)

19 Garden

feature (4,5) 22 24 26 27 28 29

1 2 3 4 5

Most late (8) Mooring device (6) Stroll (5)

Not real (9) Disinfected (9) Colour (5)

Down

Blamed (7)

Estate proprietor (9) Metallic element (7) Ashen (4)

Small military figure (3,7) 6 Non-believer (7)

7 Ceasefire (5)

8 Chief city (7)

13 Numerical data (10)

16 Grant (9)

17 Moguls (3,4)

18 Cut into three (7)

20 Blood sport (7)

21 At an initial

stage (5,2)

23 Small bird (5)

25 Body part (4)