No 14699, Saturday 24 Jan 2026, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 In absence of wife, owner goes bonkers in city (4) RENO {OwNER}*
9 Lady dancing with new singer (5) DYLAN {LADY+N}*

10 Runs around vessels to keep the Ashes? (4) URNS*
11 Little dogs going around India in attractive posters (3-3) PIN-UPS {P{IN}UPS}
12 Spillage from intoxicated lover of women (8) OVERFLOW {LOVER OF W}*
13 Gets irritated about period at end of voyage in cheap accommodation (8) STEERAGE {GETS}* around {ERA}+voyagE
15 Some delay included in a kind of test results in harrowing situation (6) ORDEAL {DElay} in {ORAL}
17 Cricketer starting to take terrific interest in criminal group (7) GATTING {Take}{Terrific}{Interest} in {GANG}

19 Vole is running in part of garden, dear (7) BELOVED {VOLE}* in {BED}
22 Type of letter hidden in hospital icepacks (6) ITALIC [T]
24 They may have pipe dreams... (8) PLUMBERS [CD]
26 Broken knee lost in bony structure (8) SKELETON*
28 Goes in// and puts in cell (6) ENTERS [DD]
30 Animal from Kamareddy (4) MARE [HIPS]
31 Where birds may reside in cleanest surroundings (5) NESTS [T]
32 Sisters sauntering around without gaiters endlessly (4) NUNS {SAUNTERING}*

DOWN
1 Place to sleep with one bowler (4) BEDI {BED}{I}

2 Deed produced by guide covering university monument in the beginning (8) DOCUMENT {DOC{U}{Monument}ENT}
3 Port does as arranged (6) ODESSA*
4 Permitted flying owl to be caged in crooked deal (7) ALLOWED {OWL}* in {DEAL}*
5 Cover endless envy and run away to marry (8) ENVELOPE {ENVy}{ELOPE}
6 Polished editor chasing fan (6) BUFFED {ED}<=>{BUFF}
7 Short general leaving dungeon may reverse action (4) UNDO {DUNgeOn}*
14 Endless taste, including egg and roasted bread (5) TOAST {T{O}ASTe}
16 In absence of host, cook horse meat for ruler (5) AMEER {hoRsE MEAt}*
18 Notice wrongly displayed covering a new chemical (8) NICOTINE {NOTICE}* around {I}{N}
20 Small part inside O ring is going around (8) ORBITING {O R{BIT}ING}
21 Bridge is hot from Spain (7) SPANISH {SPAN}{IS}{H}
23 Flowers from lake on one extraordinary isle (6) LILIES {L}{I}{ISLE*}
25 Discomfort from wild sea in university navigation expedition, for starters (6) UNEASE {SEA}* in {U}{Navigation}{Expedition}
27 Katy counterfeited our neighbour's currency (4) KYAT*

29 Used a bell in Srirangam (4) RANG [HIPS]

REFERENCE LIST

Wife=W, New=N, India=IN, Women=W, One=I, University=U, Editor=Ed, Egg=O, New=N, Hot=H.

No 14698, Friday 23 Jan 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS

1   Unpaid? Super! (11) OUTSTANDING [DD]

9   Swears on affidavit typed hastily, for starters, and signs finally (5) OATHS {On}{Af...t}{Ty..d}{Ha...y}{s..nS}

10 Prudent to go around country with Romeo and Lothario (9) WOMANISER {W{OMAN}ISE}{R}

11 Misleading clue for "Sacred ornament worn by her after removing pouch" (3,7) RED HERRING {sacRED}{RING} over {HER}

12 Wiki wrongly spelt bird (4) KIWI*

13 Fine cotton thread from large island (5) LISLE {L}{ISLE}

15 Excitedly petting around end of arm and seducing (8) TEMPTING {TE{arM}PTING*}

17 Talking without a bandage (8) DRESSING adDRESSING Deletion indicator for D missing

19 Boy leaves river submerging girl's animal (5) TIGER {TI(-b}ER} over {G}

22 Uncovered part of menu deleted (4) NUDE [T]

23 No place to die inside the house (6-4) LIVING-ROOM [C&DD]

26 Savage baron is in front of funny Arabian carrying redhead (9) BARBARIAN {B}{A{Re...d}BARIAN*}

27 Prod guardsmen giving up arms and running (5) NUDGE {GUarDsmEN}*

28 Little dog with European mother's mother consumed fruit (11) POMEGRANATE {POM}{E}{GRAN}{ATE}

DOWN

1   Chose operation to explore deep initially (5) OPTED {OP}{To}{Ex...e}{Deep}

2   Seattle preparation on ship is insipid (9) TASTELESS {SEATTLE}*{SS}

3   Worst construction around eastern skyscrapers (6) TOWERS {TOW{E}RS*}

4   Named person... one jumping around pit (7) NOMINEE {NO{MINE}E*}

5   Charged particles found in onion skin (4) IONS [T]

6   Going, consuming small sip, and indulging in idle talk (9) GOSSIPING {GO{S}{SIP}ING}

7   Rolls Royce is parked in fuel enclosure (6) CORRAL {CO{RR}AL}

8   Is making a mistake placing ornament behind queen (6) ERRING {RING}<=>{ER}

14 Policeman's stake-out near road wrongly taped person... Not on! (5,4) SPEED TRAP {TAPED+PERSon}*

16 A label fixed in piano built in South American region (9) PATAGONIA {A}{TAG} in {PIANO}*

17 European carrying university boy's flower (6) DANUBE {DAN{U}{B}E}

18 Perhaps, transfixing top class fish behind end of barn (7) NAILING {A1}{LING}<=>{barN}

20 The Desert Fox starting to march in capital with trainee (6) ROMMEL {RO{Ma..h}ME}{L}

21 Flower from Zulu hostelry is available in the beginning (6) ZINNIA {Z}{INN}{Is}{Av...e}

24 Historically popular song, perhaps, in soldier's heart (5) OLDIE [HIPS}

25 Moderately hot conflict with maiden (4) WARM {WAR}{M}

Reference List

Romeo = R, Large = L, Boy = B, Girl = G, Baron = B, Ship = SS, Eastern = E, Small = S, Rolls Royce = RR, Queen = ER, University = U, Trainee = L, Zulu = Z, Maiden = M