No 11263, Thursday 11 Dec 2014, Incognito

HAPPY BIRTHDAY INCOGNITO. 

(Thanks for the Cake to relieve my hunger from yesterday)

ACROSS
1   Order around a soldier (8) COMMANDO{COMMAND}{O}
5   Sportsperson has fish at the beginning of round (6) SKATER {SKATE}{Round}
10 Scepticism about bout fixed after first of December (5) DOUBT {De...r}{BOUT*}
11 Caressing, after consuming a piece of uthappam, an abandoned child (9) FOUNDLING {FO{Ut...m}NDLING}

12 Ship carries fruit and weapons (6) SPEARS {S{PEAR}S}
13 A salt tin is floating around island of Atlas (8) ATLANTIS*
15 Unsullied river's having less impurity (5) PURER {PURE}{R}
17 Spy father peruse, uselessly, documentary material (4,5) BOND PAPER {BOND} {PA}{PERuse}
19 Participate on behalf of a country and show the slide show again (9) REPRESENT {RE-PRESENT}
20 Legal officer leads Karnataka in the capital (5) DAKAR {DA}{KAR}
21 Pickle with a dash of pepper and save for later (8) PRESERVE {Pe...r}{RESERVE}
23 Porter who gave us The Gift of the Magi (1,5) O HENRY Definition by example
27 Run, with Rita in custody, to Iowa or Hope's country (9) RURITANIA {RU{RITA}N}{IA}
28 Knave enabled hiding Indian instrument (5) VEENA [T]
29 Ridicule the German one before editor returns (6) DERIDE {DER}{1}{DE<=}
30 Puts in the same category like (and) (8) BRACKETS Definition by example

DOWN
1   Encrypts software laws (5) CODES [MD]
2   Play with an anti-pest contraption that a rodent bit back (9) MOUSETRAP {MOUSE}{TRAP<=}
3   Badly tears a flower (5) ASTER*

4   Idiotic to place five hundred just before the rear part of the ship (4) DAFT {D}{AFT}
6   Child slept and was abducted in book by Stevenson (9) KIDNAPPED {KID}{NAPPED}
7   Dance for Oliver (5) TWIST [DD]
8   Court official who may be found in a hospital (9) REGISTRAR [DD]
9   Lawrence stood behind female ruler in queendom (9) SULTANATE {SULTANA}{TE}
14 Watchful attendant follows ex-student (9) OBSERVANT {OB}{SERVANT}
15 Respired badly with a hint of paranoia and sweated (9) PERSPIRED {Pa...a}{RESPIRED*}
16 Once again put into office and let decree manipulation (2-7) RE-ELECTED*
18 Dog from the old Chinese capital? (9) PEKINGESE [C&DD]

22 Terrorist's innate mistake (5) ERROR [T]
24 Chaos caused by command cried out prior to letting slip the dogs of war (5) HAVOC [GK] [DD]  See comments
25 Whipped yeast for the poet (5) YEATS*
26 Two set right, after the engineers left (4) PAIR rePAIR

GRID

Tailpiece

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AFTERDARK

(Eating your cake as well in advance in anticipation of your next offering)