THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

9 Small fruit (5) 10 Personality (9) 11 Reasoned exposition (9) 12 Project through the air (5) 13 Requiring little skill (6) 14 Waterproof attire (8) 16 Item of clothing (7) 18 Modernised (7) 20 Relating to meaning (8) 22 Metal fastener (6) 25 Written in ancient symbols (5) 26 Fatigue (9) 28 Sporting event (9) 29 Surpass (5)

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1 Impecunious (4) 2 Pay attention (6) 3 Cause to explode (8) 4 Body of water (5) 5 Apparent worth (4,5) 6 Cardboard box (6) 7 Most severe (8) 8 Raisable defence (10) 13 Law officer (10) 15 Vertical shaft for steps (9) 17 Sentimental (8) 19 Comprehensive (8) 21 Refinement (6) 23 Give moral instruction (6) 24 Lose consciousness (5) 27 Seasoning (4)