THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 South American country whose capital is Quito (7) 5 Type of rice (7) 10 Scrutinise (4) 11 Liberality (10) 12 Scaremonger (8) 13 Roman emperor title (6) 14 Bend (5) 16 Many-legged creature (9) 19 Square dance (9) 21 Distress signal (5) 23 Spade (6) 25 District (8) 27 Sparing (10) 28 Office worker (4) 29 Subdue (7) 30 Large goose (7)

Down

2 Coldness (5) 3 Concluding book section (9) 4 Type of soup (6) 6 Cruel act (8) 7 Unit of length (5) 8 Play with a very small cast (3-6) 9 Provide with attire (6) 15 Within reach (9) 17 Fortune telling (9) 18 Ambassador (8) 20 Pampered pet (6) 22 Official examiner (6) 24 Essential (5) 26 Punctuation mark indicating a slight pause (5)