Thoughtful comments as always.

Re 9 across: If you are worked unfairly by your employer, you might be said to have been used by him.

My last entry was ACRE (27ac), focusing on C for “cold” and not finding any justification for “water”. Ah well, I could hit myself! And although a very apt indicator (especially here), I can’t remember having seen “without” that many times before in a Neo (but maybe I’m wrong). I find it always a bit of an old-fashioned container indicator, a bit more Araucaria than Neo, if you know what I mean.

I don’t see where the overdose of “roses” is coming from. There were only two clues with “rose” in it – or did miss something?

Personally, I don’t see 13ac as an example of an indirect anagrind. It is only “about” that has to be translated into C first.
In today’s Paul there was “Two hundred failures” for (CC FAILURES)*, in my opinion also not réally an indirect anagram.

I knew “Lister” only from a very recent puzzle, maybe even a FT Prize Puzzle, so I shouldn’t say more now.

I liked “Resin down there in bag” (18d), especially the HELL part – embedded in such a natural way.
But I do not fully understand why 9ac says “worked unfairly”.

Good puzzle!

As to gk-ness, or general obscurity, that’s certainly not intended, but I do insist on crediting the daily FT audience with a certain standard of intellect. Especially given that most contributors here seem to be upset or bored when it’s an absolute pushover. And hey: isn’t Lister about the most famous surgeon there is? The Father of Antiseptic Surgery and a President of the Royal Society? And hasn’t Margaret Atwood been shortlisted for the Booker five times, winning once? I mean no disrespect, but where you bin livin caveboy?

I did get 7d but was left thinking “Lister” -who he? Of course googling explains.
23a Didn’t have the w but even if I had I probably still wouldn’t have seen the wood for the trees.

Bamberger, Ian is a generic Scotsman. It is just a Scottish name. I am not sure I had heard of Lister, but with some of the cross letters BLISTERED seemed obvious. Margaret Atwood is pretty well known at least in the US, but in any case could have been guessed once one had the W. Not having heard of Teletype or Acre is perhaps a reflection of your tender age. I am old enough to remember teletypes but not Acre in its hayday!

19a Who is the Scotsman Ian?
12a,19a& 14d were unknowns to me.

Thanks for the blog.

Well done, Neo, and my thanks to you, too.