THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Contradict (5)

4 Sporting animal (9)

9 Scarlet dye (9)

10 Apportion (5)

11 Honour as holy (6) 12 Slaughter (8)

14 Car accessory (5,4) 15 Baking ingredient (5) 17 Dirt (5)

19 Very thin (9)

22 Unswerving (8)

24 Get angry (3,3) 26 Fibbing (5)

27 Indifferent (9)

28 Emphatic

agreement (3,6)

29 Flying insects (5)

Down

1 Roman god

of wine (7)

2 Neighbourhood

communication (5,4) 3 Personification (7)

4 Regretted (4)

5 Guarantee (10) 6 Rumour (7)

7 Souvenir (5)

8 Implore (7)

13 Virtual

environment (10)

16 Painful affliction (9)

17 Mortally (7)

18 Group of elements (7) 20 Skating

spectacular (3,4)

21 Concludes (7)

23 Tracks (5)

25 Domestic servant (4)