THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

8 Pummel (6) 9 Journalist (8) 10 Ornamented transparent material (3,5) 11 Fixed allowance (6) 12 Remunerate (5) 13 Hang loosely (4) 14 Slow, steady supply (4) 16 Plot giveaway (7) 18 Type of sale (7) 20 Seabird (4)

21 Nobleman (4) 22 Camera picture (5) 25 Help (6) 27 Power tool (8) 28 Stationery item (8) 29 Strenuously (3,3)

Down

1 Adult (6) 2 Cessation of flow (10) 3 Chord of three notes (5) 4 Short, stiff hair (7)

5 Combustion engine part (5,4) 6 Subpoena, eg (4) 7 Italian cheese (8) 14 Critic with benevolent motives (5,5) 15 Abandonment (9) 17 Attractive (8) 19 Tall fern (7) 23 Drinking vessel (6) 24 Of one of the armed forces (5) 26 Wild mountain goat (4)