No 11660, Saturday 26 Mar 2016, Arden

Across

1 Refreshing to see Bill inland (7) BRACING {BR{AC}ING}
5 Wealthy people act fast, surprisingly (3,4) FAT CATS {ACT FAST*}
9 Sloshed over at the store (5) DEPOT {TOPED<=}
10 Nothing survived except rejected army material (5,4) OLIVE DRAB {O}{LIVE D}{RAB<=}
11 Once you British occupied a number of plants (9) EYEBRIGHT {E{YE}{BR}IGHT} Plural?
12 Seat under lock and key — it's the other way around (5) CHAIR {C}{HAIR}
13 Gets special entry, a bit fast (4) LENT (T)
15 Resolute and mean-spirited — not same but different (8) INTREPID {meaN sPIRITED}*
18 Represent Stanford? (5,3) STAND FOR {STANFORD*} 
19 Shout and cry out in pain like a coward (4) YELL  YELL+OW gives like a coward
22 Backward American city, leading American state (5) ASSAM {A}{SSAM<=} ? MASS is a state
24 Got up wet and smelling good (4,5) ROSE WATER {ROSE}{WATER} Defn does not lead to a noun
26 Calm around midnight, it's back to the reserve (9) SERENGETI {SEREN{G}E}{TI<=}
27 Polish people follow government (5) GRACE {G}{RACE}
28 Night service during midweek, all together (2,5) EN MASSE {E{N} {MASS}E}
29 Refined metal — exchanging information for end products (7) GENTEEL {(+GEN-s)TEEL} Addendum : See comments

Down

1 Trouble the animal... (6) BADGER (DD)
2 ...now Pat Riley won't like it (2,7) AT PRESENT {PAT*} {RESENT} It is redundent
3 Season hasn't started — keep it underground (5) INTER {wINTER}
4 My god! An oxymoron! (4,5) GOOD GRIEF Good grief is oxymorn of My god
5 Fob off with empty hand (5) FOIST {F{O}IST}
6 Go outside, come to the point using guile (9) TREACHERY {T{REACH}{E}RY}
7 It comes straight from the heart, say in Kannada or Tamil (5) AORTA (T)
8 Corrupt forcibly take up during a day (6) SUBORN {SU{BOR<=}N}
14 Houses oriental people in temporary shelters (9) TENEMENTS {TEN{E}{MEN}TS}
16 Beating it, overspeeding (9) THRASHING {TH{RASH}ING}
17 May be local anaesthetic will not catch on, feeling uncomfortable (3,2,4) ILL AT EASE {LocaL AnAESthETIc}
20 Harry and Henry in sales (6) HASSLE {H}{SALES}* Harry on double duty?
21 Good choice before an author (6) ORWELL {OR}{WELL} Addendum : See comments
23 Hesitate to crack problem of drug (5) SERUM {S{ER}UM}
24 Official bird (5) REEVE (DD)
25 Vehicle came first, but got second prize (5) WAGON {W{AG}ON}

Reference list

Bill=Ac, Nothing=O, Once you=Ye, British=Br, American=A, Government=G, Night=N, Information=Gen 

Empty=O, Point=E, Day=Sun, Oriental=E, Henry=H, Hesitate=Er, Second prize=Ag (Silver)

Color/Font Scheme

Definition,Solution,Component letters,Anagram Indicator,C/C indicator,Reversal Indicator,Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator,Deletion Indicator,Homophone Indicator,Movement Indicator,Positional Indicator,Substitution Indicator

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