Financial Times 12,932 by Cincinnus

Prize puzzle from the FT Weekend edition of November 22
Cincinnus gives us another delicious puzzle this week. I am full of admiration for 11A and 17D.

Across
1. APPENDECTOMIES – anagram of CAMPSITE OPENED
10. OUNCE – double/cryptic definition
11. UNDRESSED – DRESS (clothes) in anagram of NUDE
12. POTSDAM – MAD (crazy) + STOP (bar) all backwards
13. RUSSELL – homophone (“rustle”)
14. ROLLS – O (nothing) + L (left) in RLS (Robert Louis)
16. JOBSEEKER – anagram of BEES in JOKER (comic)
19. MEADOW RUE – anagram of WE MADE OUR
20. PETER – double definition. A rare meaning for peter is a safe — I had to look that up in my Chambers.
22. SUSANNA – S (South) + US (American) + ANNA (Indian money formerly)
25. KRISHNA – anagram of HARK SIN
27. INTER ALIA – INTER (bury) + A (a) + LIA[r] (tale-teller lacking finish)
28. ANNUL – ANNU[a]L
29. HANDLE WITH CARE – anagram of RED CHINA WEALTH with a snarky cryptic definition.

Down
2. PANATELLA – TAN (brown) reversed in PAELLA (dish)
3. EMEND – MEN (soldiers) in [sw]ED[en]
4. DRUM MAJOR – D (Duke) + RUM (funny) + MAJOR (PM)
5. CIDER – CID (police) + ER (expressed hesitation) and another beautiful cryptic definition.
6. OVERSLEEP – cryptic definition? I do not understand the significance of “pan” in this clue.
7. ISSUE – double definition
8. SADDLER – L (leather at first) in SADDER (not so happy)
9. COPPER – double definition
15. SCOUNDREL – anagram of CUR LED SON
17. BREAKFAST – BREAK (holiday) + FAST (firm)
18. KITCHENER – KITCHEN (room) + E[xete]R
19. MESSIAH – anagram of SHE AIMS
21. REALLY – RE (sapper) + ALLY (supporter)
23. SATIN – hidden word
24. AGLOW – AG (silver) + LOW (blue)
26. ISAAC – initial letters.

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