Financial Times 16,213 by ARMONIE

A nice easy monday puzzle from ARMONIE….

Solved this whilst stuck on the broken Northern Line this morning, which was a pleasant distraction from other angry commuters!
As usual with Armonie, all the clues were solid, and nothing proved terribly taxing.

Thanks ARMONIE!

Across

1 Think of friend about to revise (8)
MEDITATE
MATE (friend) about EDIT (to revise)

5 Second temporary lodgings for mischievous children (6)
SCAMPS
S (second) + CAMPS (temporary lodgings)

9 Paper states nurse is English (8)
TREATISE
TREAT (nurse) + IS + E (English)

10 Mortar decimates retreating company (6)
STUCCO
(CUTS)< (decimates, <retreating) + CO (company)

12 Can earl eat passion fruit? (9)
TANGERINE
(TIN (can) + E (Earl)) eat ANGER (passion)

13 Love being in cold store (5)
HOARD
O (love) being in HARD (cold)

14 Serve and honour Yankee (4)
OBEY
OBE (honour) + Y (Yankee)

16 Philosopher behaved without sin? First class! (7)
DERRIDA
DID (behaved) without ERR (sin) + A (first class)

19 A sudden desire gets ‘im throbbing (7)
IMPULSE
IM + PULSE (throbbing)

21 Wears down crack troops seizing power (4)
SAPS
SAS (crack troops) seizing P (power)

24 Son enters – locks ecclesiastical residence (5)
MANSE
S (son) enters MANE (locks)

25 Kept back, showing her modest disposition (9)
SMOTHERED
(HER MODEST)* (*disposition)

27 Model takes back tobacco product? Unfortunate! (6)
TRAGIC
T (model) takes (CIGAR)< (tobacco product, <back)

28 Friends embrace medium, the first of clairvoyants (8)
PALMISTS
PALS (friends) embrace (M (medium) + IST (first))

29 Betrayer gets birch and cane (6)
RATTAN
RAT (betrayer) gets TAN (birch)

30 Dramatist sees woman free a nationalist (8)
SHERIDAN
SHE (woman) + RID (free) + A + N (nationalist)

Down

1 Translate for mum without thanks (6)
MUTATE
MUTE (mum) without TA (thanks)

2 Chaperone expected girl to be upset (6)
DUENNA
DUE (expected) + (ANN)< (girl, <to be upset)

3 It is raised on the Tenth (5)
TITHE
(IT)< (<raised) on THE

4 Declare to being cross about condition (7)
TESTIFY
TESTY (cross) about IF (condition)

6 Obstacle cut supplementary produce (5,4)
CATCH CROP
CATCH (obstacle) + CROP (cut)

7 Fabulously chic name for a worker (8)
MECHANIC
(CHIC NAME)* (*fabulously)

8 Posted awful ad? Cease immediately! (4,4)
STOP DEAD
(POSTED)* (*awful) + AD

11 They said the man would take notice (4)
HEED
“HE’D” (the man would, “they said”)

15 A liberal excited about new performer (9)
BALLERINA
(A LIBERAL)* (*excited) about N (new)

17 Put off drinking? I am showing calibre! (8)
DIAMETER
DETER (put off) drinking I AM

18 Old enclosure and shed found in excavation (8)
OPENCAST
O (old) + PEN (enclosure) and CAST (shed)

20 Language used in Merseyside (4)
ERSE
[m]ERSE[yside] (in)

21 Badly prepared ham cost appetite (7)
STOMACH
(HAM COST)* (*badly prepared)

22 The Times editor’s removed (6)
ERASED
ERAS (times) + ED (editior)

23 More often than not it’s left- over, my boy! (4-2)
ODDS-ON
ODD (left-over) + SON (my boy)

26 Greek poet’s birthplace by the river (5)
HOMER
HOME (birthplace) by R (river)

*anagram