THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

8 Round figure (6) 9 Based on logic (8) 10 Part of the weekend (8) 11 Cloud of gas (6) 12 Type of tree (5) 13 Be acquainted with (4) 14 Caribbean nation whose capital is Havana (4) 16 Painkiller (7) 18 Bed cover (7) 20 College head (4) 21 Persuade gradually (4) 22 Unit of gem weight (5) 25 Young woman (6) 27 Indian cuisine (8) 28 Breadth (8) 29 Seem (6)

Down

1 Corsair (6) 2 Allegation (10) 3 Intoxicating (5) 4 Tropical insect (4,3) 5 Obstruct by being evasive (9) 6 Burial chamber (4) 7 Liable to be erroneous (8) 14 Type of melon (10) 15 Move freely (9) 17 Film’s plot (8) 19 Source of power (7) 23 Out of the country (6) 24 Work dough (5) 26 Japanese wrestling (4)