THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

8 Term of office (6) 9 Semiaquatic snake (8) 10 Instruction (8) 11 Platform for goods (6) 12 Pale fawn colour (5) 13 Pastry dish (4) 14 Ship’s prison (4) 16 Easily bent (7) 18 Butcher’s tool (7) 20 Beer ingredient (4) 21 Reproduction (4) 22 Wander off (5) 25 Great enjoyment (6) 27 Embroidered textile (8) 28 Way to throw a ball (8) 29 Group of dancers (6)

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1 Unassuming (6) 2 Police informer (slang) (10) 3 Asian country (5) 4 Slender antelope (7) 5 Bell tower (9) 6 Young horse (4) 7 Sticky substance (8) 14 Scenic place (6,4) 15 Nincompoop (9) 17 Unsettled detail (5,3) 19 Personification (7) 23 Sudden (6) 24 Series of similar things (5) 26 Mental impression (4)

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