Yes, as JFK said, I truly am a doughnut - I’ve been waiting for someone else to post, when all along it was me - d’oh! A nice Pauline puzzle anyway, mit einem Deutschen Thema - nine German words, all pretty familiar in English. Ten if you include DIESEL, named after inventor Rudolph Diesel, but I don’t think they call it that in Germany, so it’s really our word.  A couple of indirect indications of the sort customary with this setter, flagged up with a ? in the clue.

ACROSS:

1. F(OR)EVER. Gold is in fever, but only diamonds are forrreverr…

5. DIES EL. It’s occupying my petrol tank anyway.

10. SECOND. Good double meaning.

12. D(OP PE(L)G) ANGER. Double containment deployed, with ‘double’ as the def.

15. OXYGENATED. (O EG NEXT DAY). Opinions vary on this kind of indirect anagram - personally I don’t mind ‘for example’ giving e.g. as anagram fodder, but am not keen on ’round’ for O in such a context.

20. RAM SHACKLE. Very nice image.

22. PUMP ER NICKEL. I think of bailing out as by hand with a bucket, rather than pumping, and Chambers seems to agree.  

26. ST(AL(e))AG.

27. DEAD LINE. With which your phone won’t work.

28. (h)ER(SA)TZ. Regular readers will have heard my rant on the archaic ‘it’=SA nonsense, but ‘name of frequency’ for Hertz is nice. By this point I was looking for Germanisms.

29. ST RUDE L. I couldn’t see where ’short’ came in at first, but it’s in the sense of being short with someone, i.e. rude.

DOWN.

1. FRAU(d). This seems to be the wrong way round. The clue suggests that Dutch (Dutch wife, Cockney slang) is unfinished, when actually fake is.

2. (t)RUMP. Only cut at the top - bottom’s the definition.

6. IPECAC. Hidden. Not German.

7. SPONGE CAKE. I’m having trouble with the surface here - I suppose it might just be sweet if you’re bathing the baby!

8. LEDE(RHO)SEN. Thigh-slappingly good.

11. PLIERS. Double def.

13. TO>< OT H(P)ASTE. Ref Signal brand of toothpaste - do our overseas solvers have that too? I know Bush and Blair both use Colgate. P(oint) is ‘in HASTE’, i.e. quickly - hence the question mark.

14. BY A NY MEANS. Weakest clue for me - through=BY, a state= A NY, and capital=MEANS, but it all feels a bit woolly somehow.

18. CA(LEND A)R. Just as ‘quickly?’ means in HASTE, so ‘being driven?’ means in CAR.

21. PE(DAN)T. I.e. nitpicker.

23. CHE SS. Five word definition, two word subsidiary indication. Neat.

24. LIED. Song in German.

25. HEEL. Oxford as in shoe.  

Some good-humoured stuff from Cinephile. A little lighter on thematic content than I’ve come to expect from him, although he did exploit the idiosyncrasies of this FT-specific grid (effectively four separate quadrants) to fill the central intersection with a flock/cloud/colony/parliament of “flyers” (TIT/BAT/AUK/OWL).

Across
1 RESIDE (desire)* - a fun surface to kickoff with.
4 STICK,LE,R - Not too tricky, but a tip of the hat for the definition “A particular person”.
9 GRA(SS)Y
11 MOTION - double def. re: the phrase “Poetry in….” and the current Poet Laureate.
14 NA,USE,A
26,21 FOOT,BALL,LEAGUE - Using two examples of 28ac measures of length.
28 IMPERIAL - double def.
29 PO,WELL - The “Eurosceptic” in question being Enoch Powell.  I imagine that had this clue appeared in the Guardian then the definition may have pointed to another, more infamous, policy stance of his!
30 AIRINESS (is near is)*
31,32 ASH,LEY COOPER(ate) - aka the Earl of “Shaftesbury”. 

Down
1 RE(EG,I’M)ENT - another good surface.
2 STAR,TOUT
6,7 CHAISE LONGUE (lace is enough)* - which for some inexplicable reason, most Americans insist on pronouncing as chaise lounge.
12 MIS,DEAL (Sim) rev - venerable as he may be, Cinephile has obviously embraced the wireless world. First time I’ve encountered a Sim Card reference in a cryptic puzzle.
19 EGGSHELL - double def.  Again alluding to a well-known phrase, “Walking on….”
20 B,EVE,RLEY (Eve for a in barley) - Second FT appearance in about a week for this place/unisex name.
22 A,FRICA(delle)
24 OBERON - A laugh out loud clue, re: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The indicator “removing head from ass” is worthy of Cyclops (Private Eye).
25 BLEARS (hidden) - Probably the first “Hazel” to have become a cabinet minister. Which must mean that we are due to see our first ministerial “Debbie” in about 10-15 years.

Apologies for the lateness.  Trip to Manchester that turned into a nightmare and nearly resulted in an overnight hospital stay.

Solving time: 23 minutes

Like Phi, Dac always produces solid dependable puzzles that always leave you satisfied
when you finish them.  This one took me a little while longer than it should as I messed up
13 across without seriously thinking about it (There’s probably a district in
France called Oriel!).  18 and 19 down likewise delayed my finishing time.

Loved the clues at 14 across, 17 across and 3 and 12 down.

ACROSS    * = ANAGRAM   CD =  Cryptic Definition  (R) =  Reversal

1  HAILSHAM HAILS (Welcomes) + HAM (actor) -  not heard of the place until I checked.
5  CARPAL CARP + A L
9  REDACTOR  RED (Communist) +  ACTOR (Star)
10 IN HOCK IN SHOCK (Reeling) minus S (Son)
11 CHAMELEON CLEAN HOME *
13 LOIRE (B)LERIO(T)*
14 JACQUES TATI J (Japan) + QUITE A CAST*
17 ACRIMONIOUS MORONIC* + I inside AUS (Oz / Australia)
20 JUMBO J (Judge) + UMBO (An architectural boss)
21 STONEWARE NEW A inside STORE
23 ISSUED I’S SUED (One’s taken to Court)
24 LINGUINE Hidden answer
25 THRUSH TH (Half of that!) + RUSH (To career)
26 STANDARD STAND (Stall) + A RD

DOWN
1  HORACE HO (House) on RACE (Channel)
2  INDIAN AID (R) inside INN
3  SUCRE Dbl def - The SUCRE is the unit of currency in Venezuela (I think!)
  + SUGAR in French
4  ADOLESCENTS DOLE (benefit) inside ASCENTS
6  ANNALISTS Homophone of ANALYSTS
7  PRODIGAL (Romano) PRODI (Italian politician) + GAL
8  LAKE ERIE A REEK (R)
12 NEUROLOGIST  G + RESOLUTION*
14 JAMBOREES (Henry or M R) JAMES with BORE inside
15 BANJOIST BAN + JOIST
16 PROMISER CD
18 PATINA PAT + IN A
19 BEHELD HE + L inside BED
22 EGG ON E.G. (Say) + GO N (TRAVEL NORTH)