No 14753, Saturday 28 Mar 2026, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Asian national found in Hiawatha Island (4) THAI [T]
9 List out letters in "Magical influence" (5) SPELL [DD]
10 Amounts received in charity is mostly small change (4) ALMS {SMALl}*
11 Endless magic performed by saint results in taint (6) STIGMA {MAGIc}*<=>{ST}
12 That lady with European finished first at this place (4,4) OVER HERE {HER}{E}<=>{OVER}
13 A cadet giving shelter to military officer after releasing model gets award (8) ACCOLADE {A C{COL}ADEt} 
15 Excitedly go over trench (6) GROOVE*
17 Sharpen in front of animal enclosure. It's the best policy! (7) HONESTY {HONE}{STY}
19 Sleeping equipment at end of aisle in ship for writers (7) SCRIBES {CRIB}{aislE} in {SS}
22 At first, unusually large fuse can be of utility (6) USEFUL {Unusually}{L FUSE}*
24 Bury Virginia with initial lover in the meantime (8) INTERVAL {INTER}{VA}{Lover}
26 Wild chatter about Republican becoming governor (8) TETRARCH {CHATTER}* about {R}
28 Require the French pointer (6) NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}

30 Heard, "Take a look. It's a kind of dog, in short" (4) PEKE {~PEEK} Short for Pekinese dog

31 Pertaining to measure of plain surface covered in rare album (5) AREAL [T]
32 Land in the middle of the sea, for example (4) ISLE [CD]

DOWN
1 Note from Pollachi, Tamil Nadu (4) CHIT [T]
2 Mistakenly one "Tring" sound emanating from phone (8) RINGTONE*
3 Territorial Army captures bird for ethnic group from South Africa (6) TSWANA {TA} around {SWAN}

4 Get back and put the lid on again (7) RECOVER {RE-COVER}
5 This type of reaction may translate to ill grace (8) ALLERGIC*
6 Potash transliterated in an Indo-European language (6) PASHTO*
7 Ruler can be seen in the mirror (4) EMIR [T]
14 Chinese operations producing items of food (5) CHOPS {CH}{OPS}
16 Musical instrument in possession of Naveen Andrews (5) VEENA [T]

18 Turnpike made from tall door (4,4) TOLL ROAD*
20 Middle Easterners showing real problem in river (8) ISRAELIS {REAL}* in {ISIS}
21 Her gift? Probably a type of plane... (7) FIGHTER*
23 One-time// student? (6) FORMER [DD]
25 Net rejected by boxer in AP town (6) TENALI {NET<}{ALI}
27 Part of seventeen? That's not odd... (4) EVEN [HIPS]
29 Small Yankee gets flower (4) LILY {LIL}{Y}

Reference List

Saint=St, European=E, Military Officer=Col(colonel), Model=T ( the Ford T model car), Ship=SS(Steamer Ship), Virginia=VA, Republican=R, The French=Le ( The in French language), Territorial Army=TA, Chinese=Ch, Operations=Ops, Boxer=Ali ( Muhammad Ali), Yankee=Y.

No 14752, Friday 27 Mar 2026, Arden

Rangoli by Gowri

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ACROSS

9   Sharpen pen, show uprightness (7) HONESTY {HONE}{STY}

10 Simple Bridge convention- yet confusing for a follower (7) ACOLYTE {ACOL}{YET*}

11 A month before Masters, perhaps (7) AUGUSTA {A}<=>{AUGUST}

12 Choice before a politician on eloquence (7) ORATORY {OR}{A}{TORY}

13 Old offensive- in the middle missing a skin eruption (9) EXANTHEMA {EX}{ANaTHEMA}

15 Finally, recommending for you- the usual thin porridge (5) GRUEL Tail acrostic

16 Spooner's broken sound- refuse to go in there (7) DUSTBIN (~bust din to dustbin)

19 Paints South African golfer's name inside (7) ENAMELS {E{NAME}LS}

20 Set boundaries on a quiet hoard of cash (5) STASH {SeT}{A}{SH}

21 Gorgeous! Sun in India shining, but not at home (9) RAVISHING {RAVI}{SHINinG}

25 US president accepts second time success (7) TRIUMPH {TR{tIme}UMP}H H from?

26 A horse with fat flanks always trails behind (7) LAGGARD {A}{GG} in {LARD}

28 Old-fashioned uniform- long for a solo dance (3,4) PAS SEUL {PASSE}{U}{L} 

29 Tesla to block representation by law (7) STATUTE {STATU{T}E}

DOWN

1   Expressed admiration for resistance (6) OHMAGE (~homage)

2   Mystery of the war time code (6) ENIGMA [DD]

3   Terror outfit has even airships (4) ISIS aIrShIpS

4   Layer after layer peeled by a primate (3-3) AYE-AYE {lAYEr-lAYEr}

5   Restriction on time for a title (8) BARONAGE {BAR}{ON}{AGE}

6   Also caring about an instrument (3,7) COR ANGLAIS*

7   Intend to take over Sony- it's getting all the attention (8) CYNOSURE {C{SONY<=}URE}

8   About-turns and salvages (8) RECYCLES [DD]

14 Vociferous supporter expressing doubt over he and Trump running (3-7) TUB-THUMPER {BUT<=}{HE+TRUMP}*

16 Counter toys with computers (8) DESKTOPS {DESK}{TOPS}

17 Spookiest foreign actress I got involved (8) SCARIEST {ACTRESS}* over {I} 

18 The counsel finally stopped hearing somehow and shouted "hooker!" (8) NARGHILE {c...eL} in {HEARING}* (~hookah)

22 Survival is easy with packed bag (6) VALISE [T]

23 He was badly sun burnt in Greece once (6) ICARUS [GK]

24 Contraption tagged wrongly (6) GADGET*

27 Stick around a US island territory (4) GUAM {GU{A}M}

Reference List

Old = EX, Quiet = SH, Horse = GG, Uniform = U, Long = L, Tesla = T, Tend = CURE