THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Marten (5)

4 Dismantle (4,5)

9 Encouragement (9) 10 Poem (5)

11 Zeal (6)

12 Subtracted (8)

14 Broadly (2,7)

15 Desiccated (5)

17 Motorcycle

rider (5)

19 Saline quality (9)

22 Cajole (4-4) 24 Made a goal (6) 26 Coincidence (5) 27 Provide

impetus (4-5) 28 Levity (9)

29 Water plants (5)

Down

1 Singing voice (7)

2 Vital fluid store (5,4) 3 Declaim (7)

4 Demure (4)

5 Pantomime

character (10) 6 Beached (7)

7 Up to now (2,3) 8 Was popular

online (7)

13 Dilapidated (10) 16 Drunk (9)

17 Shy (7)

18 Esteem (7)

20 Type of tooth (7) 21 Tranquillises (7) 23 Threw (5)

25 Playing

cards (4)