THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

ACroSS

1 Prestige (5) 4 Children’s game (9) 9 Giver of evidence (9) 10 Nobleman (5) 11 Car horn (6) 12 Hot day (8) 14 Shared barrier (5,4) 15 Easily frightened (5) 17 Hotel’s client (5) 19 Difficult to interpret (9) 22 Ability to read and write (8) 24 Surround (6) 26 Dog-like African mammal (5) 27 Period before evening (9) 28 Supremacy (9) 29 Recurring melody (5)

DoWn

1 Tomato sauce (7) 2 Spoken debate (9) 3 Like an arachnid (7) 4 Frozen rain (4) 5 Strong, heavy grating (10) 6 Nightclub entertainment (7) 7 Hand-held light (5) 8 Number (7) 13 Christmas decoration (5,5) 16 Musician’s device (9) 17 Arthurian knight (7) 18 Stretch of land (7) 20 Slender tower (7) 21 Inflection of the voice (7) 23 Unit of heat (5) 25 Eyelid inflammation (4)