QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Durable (4,2,4) 6 Long deep cut (4) 10 Rate of activity (5) 11 Tempestuous (9) 12 Ill-use (8) 13 Glossy silken fabric (5) 15 Claim openly to have (7) 17 Gangster (7) 19 Jumpy (7) 21 Vacantly silly (7) 22 Avoid definite commitment (5) 24 Prophesy (8) 27 A characteristic quality (9) 28 Of the countryside (5) 29 Underdone (4) 30 Overwhelming distress (10)

DOWN

1 Nocturnal winged insect (4) 2 Outward bearing (9) 3 Freshwater game fish (5) 4 Literature (7) 5 Continuous period of time (7) 7 Wary (5) 8 Not reliably successful (3-3-4) 9 Curtail (3,5) 14 Uncertain (2,2,3,3) 16 Arcane (8) 18 Appear unduly important (4,5) 20 Pervade (7) 21 Abstain (7) 23 Discourage (5) 25 Palpitate (5) 26 Adverse criticism (4)