THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Smokeless explosive (7) 5 Equilibrium (7) 10 Person’s manner (4) 11 Be dismissed (3,3,4) 12 Very grand (8) 13 Shoot a scene again (6) 14 Diplomatic representative (5) 16 Founding (9) 19 From the original source (5-4) 21 Penniless (5) 23 Commotion (6) 25 Imprudently (8) 27 From Australia or New Zealand (10) 28 Ellipse (4) 29 Mass of pebbles (7) 30 Hanging jewellery item (7)

Down

2 Poppy-derived analgesic (5) 3 Harmful (9) 4 Middle Eastern river (6) 6 Detested (8) 7 Berkshire racecourse (5) 8 Spring mechanism (9) 9 Russian Soviet leader (6) 15 Carpenter’s tool (4,5) 17 Doorstep (9) 18 Form of carbon (8) 20 Feeling of sickness (6) 22 Sudden pain (6) 24 Edible bulb (5) 26 Gain knowledge (5)