Annotated solutions for Prize 28,835
* kinds of china
Across
1 estival (f)ESTIVAL [American spelling of ‘aestival’]
5 propane PRO/PAN/E(xtinguished)
10 Etna (b)E(a)T(e)N + A
11 breadcrumb cryptic def [bloomer = loaf of bread]
12 cubism CUB<1>S/M
13 suspense S<US/PENS>(tok)E
14* maligning M<ALIGN>ING
16 Farsi IS/RAF (rev) [Royal Air Force]
17* Spode S<POD>(aphir)E
19* badminton BAD + MINTON
23* Wedgwood WED + G<W(arrior)>OOD
24* Canton CANT + ON
26* chinchilla CHIN<CHILL>A
27 twig double def
28 aplenty A/PL<ENT>Y
29* Meissen Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (hom)
Down
2* Satsuma cryptic def
3* Imari 1<MAR)1
4 Orbison OR<B(owing)>ISON [Roy Orbison]
6* radish (l)AR(der) (rev) + DISH
7* porcelain CROP (rev) + ELA<1>N
8* nemesis MEISSEN (anag)
9 Nelson Mandela (ken)NEL + SON MANDEL + A [Ken Livingstone, Peter Mandel/son]
15 indigence INDI<GEN>CE)s)
18 pie shop P<IE/SH>OP
20 macramé MAC/RAM/E(rased) [random-access memory]
21 odorise O<DORIS>(ffensiv)E [Doris Day]
22 so what SOW + HAT
25 nates (perso)N + SEAT (anag)