THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

9 Addictive drug (5) 10 Water conduit (9) 11 Ransom demander (9) 12 Vital organ (5)

13 Priest (6)

14 Moving stealthily (8) 16 Displaced person (7) 18 Indonesian island (7) 20 Intended as a cure (8) 22 Sullied (6)

25 Apportion (5)

26 Improving the quality (9)

28 Passed out of sight (9) 29 Money-lending (5)

Down

1 Black bird (4)

2 Centre (6) 3 Skewering (8) 4 Modify (5)

5 Grooming item (9) 6 In whichever way (6) 7 One of the last contestants (8)

8 Temperature scale (10) 13 Bank security device (4,6) 15 Corruption (9) 17 Well-known (8) 19 Impetus (8) 21 Hesitate (6) 23 Distinctive (6) 24 Comparative darkness (5) 27 Blokes (4)