Apex 2008 solution

Letters dropped in bold; lettersadded in italics

Across

1 SHADOW; a D in show;

5 (P)ROJECT; ROJECT; je c in rot;

9 T(R)A(P)ILNET; TAPILNET; tap + anag. + ‘t;

11 ROS(E) DIAM(R)OND; ROSDIAMROND; maids (rev.) in ro-ro + (a)nd;

12 LAST(E); LASTE; ‘s in late;

13 ALI(C)ANTE; ALIANTE; ant in a lie;

16 P(I)L(C)AU; PLCAU; plc Au;

17 NEON LA(I)M(P); NEONLAIM; anag;

20 F(I)LM STAR(P); FLMSTARP; fl(a)ms + prat (rev.);

22 U(TI)ERI; UIERI; U i.e. r,I;

25 ROSUL(A)TE; ROSULTE; sult(an) in roe;

26 S(T)AGY; STAGY; 2 mngs;

27 SCI(A)N(T)ILLANT; SCIANILLANT; Ian ill in scant;

28 LA MANCH(TE); LAMANCH(T); Ch in lama n’t;

29 RETAIL; I in later (rev.);

30 LYT(E)HE; LYTEHE; lyte he

Down

1 STALIN; l in stain;

2 APOSIOPESIS; I op in a pose + sis;

3 DISTEND; d is tend;

4 OLDEN; (G)olden;

5 REALTIME; anag;

6 JURAL; Jura L;

7 CENTAURY; a in century;

8 TE DEUM; e in anag;

10 NONCHALANCE; chalan in nonce;

14 MEDIOCRE; O in medic re;

15 PALATIAL; a tia in pall;

18 STATANT; stat ant;

19 BURSAR; burs a R;

21 PEYOTE; yep (rev.) + (l)ote;

23 RUANA; a in run a;

24 ISLAY; I slay

The winning clues to PRECIPITATE were:

1st

Hail Eric’s endless appetite for puzzling

(anag. – e; Richard Morse)

2nd

Twisted pile carpet mite left me scratching rash

(anag. – l,me; Tim Moorey)

3rd

Under pressure, film director turned in something formulaic and rushed

(P + Tati (rev.) in recipe; John Tozer)