THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Encourage (5)

4 Invigorated (9)

9 Russian spaceman (9)

10 Drop by (3,2)

11 Cube of bacon (6)

12 Treachery (8)

14 Gauche (9)

15 Prize (5)

17 Sorceress (5)

19 At a possible future time (2,3,4)

22 Titillation (8)

24 Brownish-red colour (6)

26 Muggy (5)

27 Lingering (9)

28 Eulogy (9)

29 Length of thread (5)

Down

1 Unfinished work (7)

2 Eagle-eyed (9)

3 Couple (7)

4 Wander (4)

5 Paternal celebration (7,3)

6 Large shops (7)

7 Cheerful (5)

8 Suspended (7)

13 Like land almost surrounded by water (10)

16 Greek goddess (9)

17 Adulate (7)

18 Shamefaced (7)

20 Storage

compartments (7)

21 Nine-sided shape (7)

23 Spice (5)

25 Metallic element (4)