THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Flavoured ice (6) 5 Breeding (8) 9 Trifling fault (10) 10 Flower container (4) 11 Mysterious (8) 12 Cerumen (6) 13 Gala (4) 15 Prone to worry (8) 18 More powerful (8) 19 Person in charge (4) 21 Person taking unfair advantage (6) 23 Group of planes (8) 25 Snatch (4) 26 Girl helping at wedding (10) 27 Collie, for instance (8) 28 Digging out coal (6)

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2 Spells of bowling (5) 3 Projecting gnashers (9) 4 Members of royal house (6) 5 Aid for pedestrians (7,8) 6 Part of the intestine (8) 7 One who donates (5) 8 Episodes of great joy (9) 14 Scottish city (9) 16 Commissioner acting as referee (9) 17 Bare (8) 20 Building housing artefacts (6) 22 Black (heraldry) (5) 24 Constellation with a belt (5)