Financial Times 16,297 by ZAMORCA

ZAMORCA kicks off the week…

Definitely a new setter for me, and, perhaps, everyone! That being the case, welcome ZAMORCA!

A pangram it seems, which is a rare occurance for a monday.
A nice gentle start to the week, with some nice clues – 4a and 3d were particular favourites.

Thanks ZAMORCA!

 

Across

1 Women work bringing in everything for buffet (6)
WALLOP
(W (women) + OP (work)) bringing in ALL (everything)

4 On top of the world until jab administered! (8)
JUBILANT
(UNTIL JAB)* (*administered)

9 Understood diplomacy surrounding island (5)
TACIT
TACT (diplomacy) surrounding I (island)

10 Calming down by walking around, for your information (9)
PACIFYING
PACING (walking) around FYI (for your information)

11 Daughter’s first to get amazing tan abroad (7)
DISTANT
D (daughter) + IST (first) to get (TAN)* (*amazing)

12 Have to understand it’s something everyone should visit (4-3)
MUST SEE
Double definition

13 English team’s time is way out (4)
EXIT
E (English) + XI (team, eleven) + T (time)

14 Instrument from LP by Queen (8)
RECORDER
RECORD (LP) by ER (Queen)

17 Hang back with chap and take seat at rear of theatre (8)
HESITATE
HE (chap) and SIT (take seat) + AT + [theatr]E (rear of)

19 Indication Beijing is partially backtracking (4)
SIGN
([beiji]NG IS (partially))< (<backtracking)

22 Cover cut after infection finally penetrated day before (7)
ENVELOP
LOP (cut) after ([infectio]N (finally) penetrated EVE (day before))

24 Puts on safety restraint and stays quiet (5,2)
BELTS UP
Double definition

25 Sea change, when following young person’s lead that is, becomes very simple (4,2,3)
EASY AS PIE
(SEA)* (*change) + (AS (when) following Y (young)) + P[erson’s] (lead) + IE (that is)

26 Defeat question with a silence (5)
QUASH
QU (question) with A + SH (silence)

27 Failed to pick up his dream career (8)
MISHEARD
(HIS DREAM)* (*career)

28 E Zola’s work has tenor that’s radical (6)
ZEALOT
(E ZOLA)* (*work) has T (tenor)

Down

1 Went away and doctor put us up (8)
WITHDREW
WITH (and) + DR (doctor) + (WE (us))< (<put up)

2 Security man’s hair trigger’s initially squeezed by him being upset (9)
LOCKSMITH
LOCKS (hair) + (T[rigger] (initially) squeezed by (HIM)< (<upset))

3 Love film anyone can see, Disney’s Up and maybe Robin Hood (6)
OUTLAW
O (love) + U (film anyone can see) + (WALT (Disney))< (<up)

5 Embarrassing with peacekeepers’ corps primarily to blame for unrest (13)
UNCOMFORTABLE
UN (peacekeepers) + C[orps] (primarily) + (TO BLAME FOR)* (*unrest)

6 Brewed at home and FBI agent catches us (7)
INFUSED
(IN (at home) and FED (FBI agent)) catches US

7 Boxer has a second alternative name (5)
ALIAS
ALI (boxer) has A S (second)

8 Labelled goods in date order (6)
TAGGED
GG (goods) in (DATE)* (*order)

10 Start writing to suggest enclosure for Times perhaps? (3,3,2,5)
PUT PEN TO PAPER
Double Definition
PUT PEN TO (suggest enclosure) + PAPER (Times perhaps)

15 Add program again and check delay (9)
REINSTALL
REIN (check) + STALL (delay)

16 Freak out over blasted photo (8)
SNAPSHOT
SNAP (freak out) over SHOT (blasted)

18 Rescue from beastly crossing over lake (7)
SALVAGE
SAVAGE (beastly) crossing over L (lake)

20 Consider supporting soldier to rehabilitate (6)
REDEEM
DEEM (consider) supporting RE (soldier)

21 Prince gets equal treatment on memorial stone (6)
PLAQUE
P (prince) gets (EQUAL)* (*treatment)

23 Checks son’s wearing underwear (5)
VESTS
S (son) is wearing VETS (checks)