Financial Times 13,297 by Cincinnus

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 30
Another beauty from Cincinnus and one that I found easy. 2D should be a classic while 23A, 26A, 29A and 3D are also gems — especially 3D.

Across
1. CONTENTS – CONTENT (satisfied) + S (second)
5. CHA-CHA – CHA[p] (penniless man) repeated
9. WISE GUYS – rhyming words
10. IMBIBE – hidden word
12. REEVE – RE (about) + EVE (first offender)!!!
13. TALKING-TO – KING (top man) in anagram of TOTAL
14. DARWIN – D[inosaurs] + A[nd] + R[eptiles] + WIN (success)
16. PEGASUS – PEG (a girl) + AS (like) + US (you and me)
19. TRUCKLE – double definition. (To truckle means to cringe while a truckle refers to a wheel of cheese.)
21. MORELS – MORE [extra] + L[eeks] + S[pinach]
23. COAL-FIRED – anagram of I FEAR COLD
25. VOILA – VO (very old) + ALI (boxer)
26. PUTTER – P[ro] + UTTER (say)
27. ESOTERIC – anagram of TORIES in E[ton] C[ollege]
28. TIRADE – homophone (“Thai raid”)
29. ONE-LINER – ON (on) + E (English) + LINER (ship)

Down
1. COWARD – COW (supplier of beef) + [l]ARD (fat not left)
2. NOSFERATU – anagram of TO FEAR SUN. By the way, I know a woman who uses the handle “Nurse Feratu”.
3. EAGLE – [b]EAGLE (dog scratching its head)
4. TRY IT ON – double definition
6. HUMDINGER – HUM (murmurous sound) + DINGER (bell)
7. CLING – C (cold) + LING (fish)
8. ALEHOUSE – HE (he) backwards in A LOUSE (a blighter)
11. CLIP – double definition
15. WAKEFIELD – WAKE (come to) + FIELD (play cricket)
17. SOLDIER ON –
18. STOCKPOT – STOCK (standard) + TOP (highest) backwards
20. ECRU – hidden word
21. MADISON – MAD (lunatic) + IS (is) + ON (working)
22. DANCER – C (caught) in DANE (European) + R (river)
24. ALTER – [h]ALTER (rope for Cockney)
25. VITAL – [linimen]T in VIAL (bottle)