Financial Times 14,013 by Flimsy
Posted by Jed on May 25th, 2012
Lucid and far from flimsy fare
ACROSS
1 SECONDHAND dd
7 COKE pop OK certainly in CE church
9 OBOE hidden backwards in sterEO BOoming
10 RETRACTION withdrawal TR in REACTION
11 ARMADA ships MAD reckless in A RA a rear admiral
12 EYESIGHT vision homophone I SITE
13 DOMINEER boss MINE wealth in DOER agent
15 TOWN Ripley (Derbyshire) W women in anagram (alien) of NOT
17 ESPY clock [T](YPES)*
19 PROTRACT increase PRO for TRACT period
22 LONE WOLF (FELLOW NO)*
23 EXOCET tactical missile OC in river EXE [bai]T
25 KINGFISHER flyer, government G in (FRESH INK I)*
26 ANTI not in favour ANTI[QUES]
27 ISLE S small L[and] in IE that is
28 NOTEWORTHY big laddiE in (TOY THROWN)*
DOWN
2 EMBARGO boycott B[owls] in (GAME OR)*
3 OMEGA letter O MEGA nothing great
4 DARK AGES DA[d] K king in RAGES
5 AT THE DROP OF A HAT dd
6 DEADEN numb hidden in insiDE A DENtist
7 CAT LITTER ‘dropping’ tray (C IT LATER)*
8 KNOW-HOW studious person WONK< (WHO)*
14 IVY LEAGUE universities (I LEAVE GUY)*
16 HOMEBREW alcohol HOME in BR Britain WE<
18 STORIES lies S[pread] TORIES
20 CHEETAH fast runner HE in (CHEAT)*
21 POTION concoction OP< work up (INTO)*
24 ON AIR put out hidden backwards in [Ma]RIA NO[w]
( )* = anagram < = reverse [ ] = omit dd = double definition
May 25th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Definitely not flimsy, some of it put up quite a fight, although I don’t know why as on a second look it is all fairly obvious. Thanks to setter and blogger
May 25th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Thanks Jed and Flimsy. Favourites 22 LONE WOLF and 27 ISLE, both seemed pretty much perfect.
May 25th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Very good lunchtime solve. Only 13 threw us.