No.10918, Thu 31 Oct 2013, Mover

Mover gives you an opportunity to move in sync with the Mariachi, with copperheads and dovetails !

ACROSS

1 Bouncer coming back for ID (7) NAMETAG (GATEMAN<)

          Rare full word reversal !

5 Condensed agreement (7) COMPACT (2)

          I thought of Contract first and ran out of space, so I had to further reduce it

8 Timid gentleman clutches fly (5) MIDGE (T)

9 Napoleon at a distance, wearing an off-white colour (9) BONAPARTE (APART wearing BONE)

11 Bemired post for a staid conservative? (5,2,3,3) STICK IN THE MUD CD,DD

13 Medicine man producing counterfeit article (6) SHAMAN (SHAM AN)

16 Overwhelm one sister keeping tryst (8) INUNDATE (1 NUN DATE)

          Yesterday, too, we were Inundated ! Truly, it does not rain, but pours

18 Somehow twice I charm a group of Mexican musicians (8) MARIACHI (IX2 CHARM A)*

LISTEN TO THIS

19 Over-producer could provide capital cover (6) BOWLER (2)=cricket player/hat

24 Mortality census perhaps for sailing blindly (4,9) DEAD RECKONING (2)

26 Quacking civil servants? (9) MANDARINS (CD) ref to ducks and bureaucrats

          Some turn out to be quacks and some turn out to be toadies

27 Roman goddess fifty found in meeting-places (5) FLORA (L in FORA)

28 Set of baby’s clothes even in the past (7) LAYETTE (YET in LATE)

29 Loose coat for a wan-looking toddler (7) PALETOT (PALE TOT)

DOWN

1 Siemens could be a source of harm (7) NEMESIS (SIEMENS*)

2 Wine and cheese brought back to revolutionary group? (7) MADEIRA (EDAM< IRA)

3 Adjust to initially having very little strength (5) TWEAK (T WEAK)

4 Board-game sounds as if it could explode (6) GOBANG (GO BANG)

5 Child’s play on a tree (8) CINCHONA (CINCH ON A)

          Remembered the old malaria days !

6 Biting copperhead found in desert conditions (5) ACRID (C in ARID)

7 Ranks knot makers (5) TREES (2) = organisation charts / trees make knots (Addendum - TIERS [DD] - See comments)

10 Irrational men to get pepper (7) PIMENTO (PI MEN TO)

12 Dovetail at end of animal enclosure may result in inflamed swelling (4) STYE (E at the end of STY)

14 Equal share in a fishing ground, reportedly (4) HAAF (~HALF)

          New word for me. Had to cheat for this!

15 Watch tower at a secular academy (7) ATALAYA (AT A LAY A)

          And this!

17 Incendiary gas entering an isopteran (8) THERMITE (H entering TERMITE)

20 Explained how ill-behaved fellow accepted help (4,3) LAID OUT (LOUT accepted AID)

21 Heading off with child leading (7) REGNANT (pREGNANT)

22 Catsup in a salad; What a fellow does to give trouble? (4,2) ACTS UP (CATSUP*)

23 Lawrence of Arabia’s transport arrived and left (5) CAMEL (CAME L)

24 Shabby, dirty-looking boat (5) DINGY (2)

25 Refuse dyke-builder left (5) OFFAL (OFFA L)