1. A miserly person (8)
5. Timepieces (6)
9. Enchanting (8)
10. Less difficult (6)
12. Catalogs (5)
13. Inviting ridicule (9)
14. Mollycoddle (6)
16. Wear away (7)
19. A type of dessert (7)
21. Invitees (6)
23. Votes (9)
25. A type of hat (5)
26. Bear the expenses of (6)
27. The number obtained by division (8)
28. Bother (6)
29. Backside (8)
Down
1. Seize and throw down an opponent (6)
2. Meadow (9)
3. A New York newspaper (5)
4. Ring-shaped (7)
6. Highly offensive (9)
7. Ascend (5)
8. A noncommissioned officer (8)
11. Adorable (4)
15. A capsule filled with water-soluble dye (9)
17. Mediate (9)
18. Grandeur (8)
20. Thug (4)
21. Express through movement (7)
22. Periwinkle (6)
24. Spritelike (5)
25. Discourage (5)