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)