No 14816, Wednesday 10 Jun 2026, Incognito

Solution to 8A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

8   Male took in conjugal partner (4) ?A?E

9   Asset that could be pieces of furniture (5) SEATS*

10 Part of church collapses to some extent (4) APSE [HIPS]

11 Who had changed seating equipment mounted on elephant? (6) HOWDAH*

12 Siblings, perhaps, trouble school head around start of recess (8) BROTHERS {B{Re...s}OTHER}{Sc...l}

13 Analysing quantity of arsenic, for example, in groundwater at first (8) ASSAYING {AS}{SAY}{IN}{Gr...r}

15 Ladies restated expected standards (6) IDEALS*

17 Check manufacture of pectins (7) INSPECT*

19/22 Old weapon found in Shakespearean plays (7,6) ANCIENT PISTOL {ANCIENT}{PISTOL}

24 Driving in absence of medico, following a Rolls Royce and coming (8) ARRIVING {drIVING}<=>{A}{RR}

26 Spotted animals tearing her pants (8) PANTHERS*

28 Stick electrical component (6) SWITCH [DD]

30 What a golfer might shout from a wooded area after losing some time initially? (4) FORE FOREst

31 Other actors seem to be deaf to this kind of dialogue (5) ASIDE [CD]

32 Warmth in the theatre (4) HEAT [HIPS]

DOWN

1   Destruction of shale oil after leaving isle produces ring of light (4) HALO {sHAle+OiL}*

2   Excitedly help Adam to get illumination for biker, for example (8) HEADLAMP*

3   It's him wandering around tombolos, for example (6) ISTHMI*

4   Vegetable produced by a couple of boys in Co-op (7) CABBAGE {C{A}{BB}AGE}

5   Stone thrown by Scotsman and North European (8) ESTONIAN {STONE*}{IAN}

6   Horrible shame! Purloining one golf club! (6) MASHIE {MASH{1}E*}

7   Employer's devious ruse (4) USER*

14 Transgression at top-class peninsula (5) SINAI {SIN}{A1}

16 Leader left 9 on return (5) LENIN {L}{NINE<=}

18 Sal cared about collapsed magma chambers (8) CALDERAS*

20 Iodine and vanadium found in damaged hinges and rails (8) INVEIGHS {I}{N{V}EIGHS*}

21 Legal action arising from bad awl and spades, for example (7) LAWSUIT {AWL*}{SUIT}

23 Tie broken teeth at beginning of ritual (6) TETHER {TEETH*}{Ri...l}

25 Duty schedule from hero's terrible (6) ROSTER [T]

27 Ace spinner on the summit (4) ATOP {A}{TOP}

29 Cove between last part of beach and a part of port (4)  CHAP {beaCH}{A}{Port}

Reference List

Boys = B, Left = L, Ace = A

No 14815, Tuesday 09 Jun 2026, Incognito

Solution to 18D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

8   Music composer from Korba, Chhattisgarh (4) BACH [T]

9   Spanish mission that serves as a reminder of Texas Revolution in Mambalam office (5) ALAMO [T]

10 Egyptian goddess is going around South Island (4) ISIS {I{S}{I}S}

11 Shoot covers new season (6) SPRING {SPRI{N}G}

12 Getting tailless dog in south eastern corral (8) SECURING {SE}{CUr}{RING}

13 Hit wound violently in suspense story (8) WHODUNIT*

15 Get dressed, perhaps, and be Nero, fiddling... (6) ENROBE*

17 Most crazy to get a Chinese body part (7) STOMACH {MOST*}{A}{CH}

19 What a groom might get for painting once again? (3,4) NEW COAT [DD]

22 Marshal Omar carries word of peace (6) SHALOM [T]

24 So diesel may be converted into sources of cooking fat (8) OILSEEDS*

26 Person carrying one's moniker, but may be unrelated (8) NAMESAKE [CD]

28 Once saucy ace (6) EXPERT {EX}{PERT}

30 Neurologist possesses some continental currency (4) EURO [HIPS]

31 Street commonly mentioned by Perry Mason in model law (5) DELLA [T]

32 Place to buy half-shorts with Papa (4) SHOP {SHOrts}{P}

DOWN

1   Moist place to store water on top of pitcher (4) DAMP {DAM}{Pi...r}

2   OK, dimes are scattered around hotel in Arab chief's territory (8) SHEIKDOM {OK+DIMES}* over {H}

3   Gross profit from liquor after March, in short (6) MARGIN {GIN}{<=>{MARch}

4   King leaves baskets for son's dogs (7) BASSETS BAS(-k+s)SETS

5   Criminal on island produces building material (8) CONCRETE {CON}{CRETE}

6   One may reflect... MOM or MUM looks the same in this (6) MIRROR [DBE]

7   Logo in the heart of designer (4) SIGN [HIPS]

14 Jerk's tenure in America (5) HITCH [DD]

16 Snake on road panel (5) BOARD {BOA}{RD}

18 Orders, with new note on first of September (8) C?M?A?D? (Addendum - COMMANDS {COMMA}{N}{D}{Se...r} - See comments)

20 Least expensive animal in box (8) CHEAPEST {CHE{APE}ST}

21 Announcement made by tennis referee at beginning of match between belligerent players (4,3) LOVE ALL [CD]

23 Tell untruth before owl flies and go underground, perhaps (3,3) LIE LOW {LIE}{OWL*}

25 General method to get elbow room (6) LEEWAY {LEE}{WAY}

27 Be next to rejected musical instrument (4) ABUT<=

29 Moor is back in space (4) ROOM<=

Reference List

South = S, Island = I, New = N, South Eastern = SE, Chinese = CH, Papa = P, Hotel = H, King = K, Son = S, Road = RD, Note = D