THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

8 Cooking instructions (6) 9 Very hungry (8) 10 Gilding material (4,4) 11 Reddish-brown (6) 12 Hard work (5) 13 Play sections (4) 14 Rip (4) 16 Welfare (7) 18 Flavouring (7) 20 Battle (4)

21 Suffering (4) 22 Hatred (5) 25 Drinks container (6) 27 Prisoner (8) 28 Imperil (8) 29 Busy (4,2)

Down

1 French painter (6) 2 Predatory creature (4,2,4) 3 Principle (5) 4 Opening (7)

5 Employing excessively (9) 6 Responsibility (4) 7 Able to count (8) 14 Product assessor (4,6) 15 Not continuous (4-3-2) 17 Uncompromising (8) 19 Ashes (7) 23 Handy (6) 24 Declare (5) 26 Equipment (4)