ACROSS QUICK

1 Move hurriedly or furtively (6)

4 Applicant for a benefit (8) 10 Arrangement in a straight line (9)

11 Brazilian dance (5) 12 Pride, arrogance (7) 13 Large and imposing building (7)

15 Respond to a stimulus (5) 16 Long dramatic speech (9) 18 Tiny amount (9)

20 Berate (5)

22 Interment (7)

24 Sustain, nurture (7) 25 Long-barrelled gun (5) 27 Performance of a song or dramatic role (9)

28 Bedtime drink (8) 29 Reveal to the public (6)

DOWN

1 Purple-flowered plant (7) 2 Precondition (11) 3 Forbearing (7)

5 Supple, loose-limbed (5) 6 Implant, infuse (7) 7 Provide with weapons (3) 8 Calamity (7)

9 Retaliatory action (8) 14 Excessively curious (11) 17 Erudition (8) 18 Orange-yellow colour (7) 19 Cloudburst (7) 20 Carefulness (7)

21 Grain alcohol (7)

23 Grub (5) 26 Mediterranean fruit tree (3)