THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

8 Skewer (6)

9 School break (4-4)

10 Australian city (8)

11 Planets’ courses (6)

12 English county (5)

13 Determination (4)

14 Silly (4)

16 Thug (7)

18 Smart alec (4-3)

20 Blemish (4)

21 Man’s name (4)

22 Oak fruit (5)

25 Material (6)

27 Team sport (8)

28 Freshwater turtle (8)

29 Aromatic shrub (6)

Down

1 Smear (6)

2 Dirigible passenger (10)

3 Spiral (5)

4 Bicycle trick (7)

5 Ancestry (9)

6 Attempt (4)

7 Appreciative (8)

14 Morning

birdsong (4,6)

15 Submarine’s

optical device (9)

17 Substituted (8)

19 Shouting (7)

23 Hurries (6)

24 Head skin (5)

26 Unusual (4)