Financial Times 14,293 – Armonie

Monday prize Crossword/Apr 22

Another sound puzzle by Armonie who seems to have taken over from the slightly more adventurous Crux as a Prize setter.

Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate.

Across
1 GREATEST Unsurpassed rage ruined assessment (8)
    (RAGE)* + TEST (assessment)
     
5 COLLIE Miner clipped dog (6)
    COLLIER (miner) minus its final letter
     
9 STUDIOUS Boss promises to be hard-working (8)
    STUD (boss) + IOUS (promises)
     
10   SEETHE Understand article and be incensed (6)
    SEE (understand) + THE (article)
     
12 APPLECART   Place trap carelessly and this could be upset (9)
    (PLACE TRAP)*
     
13 THEME Idea for note about border (5)
    TE (note) around HEM (border)
     
14 CEDE Give up issue in conversation (4)
    Homophone of SEED (issue)
     
16 PENDENT Hanging a writer to make an impression (7)
    PEN (a writer) + DENT (to make an impression, literally)
     
19 ERASURE Removal time guaranteed (7)
    ERA (time) + SURE (guaranteed)
     
21 CAST Shy company (4)
    Double definition
     
23 CANAL Stir a large watercourse (5)
    CAN (stir, a prison) + A + L (large)
     
25 AGREEMENT   A welcome keeps people in sympathy (9)
    A + {GREET (welcome) around MEN (people)}
     
27 LEVIES The Parisian contests taxes (6)
    LE (the, in French ie Parisian) + VIES (contests)
     
28 BLUDGEON Prepare glue, bond and stick (8)
    (GLUE BOND)*
     
29   SALUTE Welcome a bit of lemon in fried dish (6)
    L[emon] inside SAUTE (fried dish)
     
30 LIMPIDLY Hobble lethargically but clearly (8)
    LIMP (hobble) + IDLY (lethargically)
     
     
Down
1 GAS-TAP   A good man plugs the hole. That’ll restrict the flow (3-3)
    {A + ST (good man, Saint)} inside GAP ((the) hole)
     
2 EQUIPE Sally gets into east European racing team (6)
    QUIP (sally) inside {E (east) + E (European)}
     
3 TRIPE English support for expedition is nonsense (5)
    TRIP (expidition) + E (English)
     
4 SAUSAGE Outside America there’s flavouring in this food (7)
    SAGE (flavouring) around USA (America)
     
6 OVERTONES   Frank individuals producing subtle innuendoes (9)
    OVERT (frank) + ONES (individuals)
     
7 LITTERED Messed up in bed with journalist (8)
    LITTER (bed) + ED (journalist, editor)
     
8 ELEMENTS Weather affected steelmen (8)
    (STEELMEN)*
     
11   STOP Blockage in colon, say (4)
    Double definition
     
15 EBULLIENT Ruined but Nellie is full of enthusiasm (9)
    (BUT NELLIE)*
     
17 HERCULES A strong man, he’s about to raise money (8)
    HE’S around ERCUL (reversal of LUCRE (money))
     
18 CARNIVAL Foursome involved in erotic merrymaking (8)
    IV (foursome) inside CARNAL (erotic)
     
20 ELAN Impetuosity shown by Laurel and Hardy (4)
    Hidden solution:   [Laur]EL AN[d Hardy]
     
21 CORELLI Composer’s heart gets bad when climbing (7)
    CORE (heart) + LLI (reversal of ILL (bad))
     
22 LEGEND Celebrity went ahead without the facts (6)
    LED (went ahead) around GEN (the facts)
     
23   STINGY Mean to irritate youth leader (6)
    STING (to irritate) + Y[outh]
     
26 END UP Finally arrive in topless burlesque (3,2)
    SENDUP (burlesque) minus its starter
     
     

2 comments on “Financial Times 14,293 – Armonie”

  1. This was a very slow but steady solve leaving only 21a, 21d (unknown) and 30a which was also unknown.

  2. Re 13d: I was struck by the similarity of Orense’s clue for THEME in FT 14,301: “Subject of note crossing border.”

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