THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

8 Underground room (6) 9 Law-breaker (8) 10 Team sport popular in the US (8) 11 Long step (6) 12 Small mammal (5) 13 Chilly (4) 14 Run away (4) 16 In base ten (7) 18 Enrage greatly (7) 20 Broad smile (4) 21 Gusted (4) 22 Sailing vessel (5) 25 Term of respect (6) 27 Made progress (8) 28 Sword sheath (8) 29 Brainy (6)

DOWN

1 Hairsplitter (6) 2 Estrangement (10) 3 Sound of pain (5) 4 Edible marine mollusc (7) 5 Protester (9) 6 Jetty (4) 7 Lack of hair (8) 14 Self-employed person (10) 15 Person in a savage, primitive state (9) 17 Telephone receiver part (8) 19 Good wishes (7) 23 First batsman (6) 24 Oust (5) 26 Brass instrument (4)