Financial Times 13,319 /Orense

A paddle in the shallow-end today, with the waters only getting above knee-depth with the slightly obscure – but readily deducible – answer at 17D.  Puns and cryptic standalones seem to feature more heavily than usual. Not necessarily a bad thing per se, but none of them struck me as particularly inspired.

Across
1 DOWN IN THE MOUTH – literal/figurative double def’n.
10 TRESS – {s}tress.
11 TYRANNOUS – (turn, say, on)*.
12 MEANDER – d[ensity] in meaner.
13 NECKTIE – I take this to be a play on neck(vb), as a “cause of getting hot”.  Otherwise it’s a somewhat lame cryptic clue.
14 EYING – initial letters.
16 FACE PACKS – “masks” in the cosmetic sense.
19 FINGERTIP – cryptic def’n.
20 LISPS – i.e. pronounces “sing” as “thing”.
22 CLEARER – Lear in (C{astle} + ER).
25 RIB CAGE – another ‘purely’ cryptic clue.
27 SMALL ARMS – S + mall, arms.
28 ILIAC – I + L + I + a c{hart}.
29 A FLEA IN ONES EAR – another literal/figurative combo.

Down
2 OPERATION – PE in oration.
3 NOSED – nose + d.
4 NET PROFIT – another slightly porous punning device.  Although, on blogging, I did briefly ponder the  mirage of quasi-angram fodder at the end of the clue.
5 HERON – hero + n.
6 MUNICIPAL – (up in claim)*.
7 U-BOAT – alternate letters in (tUrBo On AuTo).
8 HOSTESS – s{ycophan}t in (shoes)*.
9 STYMIE – Y{orkshire} in (Times)*.
15 GUERILLA – il (Italian “the”) in (regular)*.
17 CAPARISON – (a Paris) in con. An equine version of a “Sunday Best” suit.
18 COSTA RICA – (Castro + CIA)*.
19 FUCHSIA – (if such a)*.
21 SKETCH – s{afety} + ketch.
23 EMAIL – {th}em + ail.
24 RERUN – RE + run.
26 BAITS – I in bats.  I’ve never been a fan of “cricketer” = bat.