A good solid puzzle from Armonie. Unfortunately the FT webmaster has apparently not yet returned from holiday–the last puzzle posted online is Friday’s.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | PARTICLE P (penny = copper) ARTICLE (item) |
| 5 | MASSIF MASS (US state) IF (providing) |
| 9 | CATAPULT A TAP (a hit) in CULT (school) |
| 10 | MOROSE R (king) in MOOSE (wild animal) |
| 12 | FEINT EIN (a, German) in FT (“us”) |
| 13 | PLASTERED P (penny) LASTED (continued) holding RE (soldier) |
| 14 | AVOWED A V (vicar) OWED (was in debt) |
| 16 | MAUDLIN homophone of Magdalen college |
| 19 | PALADIN LAD (fellow) in PAIN (agony) |
| 21 | MENAGE MEN (people) AGE (mature) |
| 23 | NEWMARKET NEW (novel) MARKET (place to sell) |
| 25 | LET-UP LE (the, French) + PUT reversed |
| 26 | THEBAN BA (bachelor) in THEN (at that time) |
| 27 | AS IT WERE *(WEARS TIE) |
| 28 | RAPIER RA (Royal Artillery = gunner) PIER (support) |
| 29 | CEREBRAL BR (bromine) in CEREAL (food) |
| Down | |
| 1 | PACIFY CI (Channel Islands) F (fellow) in PAY (earnings) |
| 2 | RETRIEVAL R (Romeo) + *(RELATIVE) |
| 3 | INPUT IN (INdian leaders) PUT (presented) |
| 4 | LILY PAD *(IDYLL) around PA (parent) |
| 6 | ABOUT TURN dd This could have been ABOUT FACE, and initially I thought it was |
| 7 | SPOOR S (succeeded) POOR (mediocre) |
| 8 | FIELDING dd |
| 11 | HARM [c]HARM (trinket) |
| 15 | WIDE-AWAKE WIDE (general, as in “for a general audience”) A WAKE (watch) |
| 17 | LIGHT-YEAR LIGHT (short) YEAR (time) |
| 18 | SPINSTER SPIN (drive) + *(REST) A nice, unobtrusively placed definition (MISS) |
| 20 | NIKE N (new) IKE (old US president (Eisenhower)) |
| 21 | MATISSE M (mark) + *(SIESTA) |
| 22 | APPEAL A P (piano) PEAL (sound) |
| 24 | WHELP W (women) HELP (nurse) |
| 25 | LATHE H (hour) in LATE (delayed) |