No 12809, Wednesday 18 Dec 2019, Afterdark

ACROSS
1   Wine cocktails? Throw it in the opposite direction (13) ANTICLOCKWISE*
10 Italian general Giorgio’s primarily a foul-mouthed one (9) GARIBALDI {Gi...o}{A}{RIBALD}{1}

11 Originally, Bassets are intelligent, tenacious scent hounds (5) BAITS Acrostic
12 Car wreck on cinema essentially uses a type of shot (5) CRANE {CAR*}{ciNEma}

13 Adorable object, an ornament with a hole in the middle (9) ENDEARING {END}{EARrING}
14 Secure place at border (6) PLEDGE {PL}{EDGE}
16 Gorge shown in USA teleconference (4) SATE [T]
19 End of Usain Bolt; primarily chasing last in the second half (4) STUB {Us..n}{Bolt} after {laST}
20 Academy to back doctor (specialist) who’s spirited (6) ARDENT {A}{DR<=}{ENT}
25 British people hire school bands (9) BRACELETS {B}{RACE}{LET}{S}
26 Enable bear to cross road (5) ENDUE ENDUrE
27 College to take steps to procure international open source software (5) CACTI {C}{ACT}{I}
28 Train loses one second at harbour entrance (9) TRANSPORT {TRAiN}{S}{PORT}
29 Breakthrough Andrea dynamically demonstrated is imperfect (5,3,5) ROUGH AND READY [T]

DOWN
2   Reports suggest that an arrest is botched (8) NARRATES* Why 'suggest'?
3   Inject some insulin on bum, massage little at the end (5) IMBUE {In...n}{BUM*}{l...lE}
4   Being drunk and having large Edward sang cheerfully (6) LILTED {LI{L}T}{ED}
5   Second class food has vital force? Silly (8) CHILDISH {CHI}{cLass}{DISH}
6   Harry brews tea, adding some milk for site administrator, perhaps (9) WEBMASTER {BREWS+TEA}* over {Milk}
7   Fled off from field trips arranged for motivation (6) SPIRIT {fIeld+TRIPS}*
8   Crockery, for example has to be gripped on top to hold (6) EGGCUP {EG}{Gr...d}{CUP}
9   Employment in America takes time (5) USAGE {US}{AGE}
15 Good call to include two articles on party (9) GATHERING {G}{A}{THE}{RING}
17 Not in, not present (8) ABSENTIA {in ABSENTIA}
18 Being almost late, carrying diamonds to court date becomes redundant (8) DEADWOOD {DEAd}{D}{WOO}{D}
21 Time passed before youth leader stopped being a teenager (6) TWENTY {T}{WENT}{Yo..h}
22 A leading batsman caught behind; a kicker at the beginning to surprise (5) ABACK {A}{Ba...n}{A}{C}{Ki...r}
23 Horseman on round at the end encounters wild animal almost grabbing child (6) GAUCHO {GAUr}{CH}{O}
24 In small lock-ups, all nonconformist, dissenting leaders were held together in Andaman & Nicobar, say (6) ISLAND Acrostic
26 Son replacing daughter (across to down) becoming issue (5) ENSUE {EN(-d+s)SUE}

Reference List
Place = PL, Specialist = ENT, British = B, Road = R, College = C, International = I, Second = S, Drunk = LIT, Large = L, Good = G, Diamond = D, Date = D, Time = T, Caught = C, Child = CH, Son = S, Daughter = D