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)
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