The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 74, Sunday 20 Sep 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Initial exposure behind animal shelter results in eye problem (4)

9   Animal having desire to be accommodated in 10,000 square metres (5)

10 Gun held by East-Ender (4)

11 Boy retiring behind vehicle is one who wantonly damages property (6)

12 Wrongfully fill up as "Bucket-loads" (8)

13 Male creator redrew a kind of map projection (8)

15 Rang Charlie and Della on return (6)

17 Set aside book (7)

19 Girls follow college head's study sessions (7)

22 European ruler and a teetotaller, Ali is confused (6)

24 Egg preparation from East European motel having a piece of tomato (8)

26 Darkish sort, carrying duke's computer storage device (4,4)

28 King's wife is in clutches of devious adder (6)

30 Brandish wand to get sunrise (4)

31 Engaged in terminus evacuation (2,3)

32 Injured slow birds (4)

DOWN

1   Grain exported from Argentina transported for Sicilian summit (4)

2   Chief revolutionary has a migraine, for example (8)

3   Talk about the French summer hut used by herders (6)

4   Jumped parole taking dead animal (7) 

5   Mad chap with Amnesty International rejected by California (8)

6   American fuel may be of assistance (6)

7   Power source in jail? (4)

14 First lady at book function (5)

16 Put in effort and uproot tree around ten (5)

18 Silly Vice Admiral drops ace for Putin, perhaps (8)

20 She gets redwood after dropping 28 in forest (8)

21 Calculate and exercise (7)

23 I... I love and feast... (6)

25 The Spanish girl gets name for cricket team (6)

27 A Washington Yankee is out (4)

29 River next to city bank (4)

No 14902, Saturday 19 Sep 2026, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Graduate at King University in capital (4) BAKU {BA}{K}U}

9 State: I had returned with nothing (5) IDAHO {I}{HAD<}{O}

10 Fever from time covering youth centre (4) AGUE {AG{yoUth}E}
11 African rode out from ladies' room agitatedly (6) SOMALI {LAdIeS roOM}
12 Resemble John Kelvin and be attracted to (4,4) LOOK LIKE {LOO}{K}{LIKE}
13 Dangerous creature from No.1 Corps, perhaps (8) SCORPION*

15 Spiritual session from Connery at church (6) SEANCE {SEAN}{CE} A DBE indicator required for Connery?
17 Setter and that lady from London wander in a circuitous manner (7) MEANDER {ME AND hER} London or East London? In East London, people drop their aitches. 
19 A testing facility by American Medical Association in state (7) ALABAMA  {A}{LAB}{AMA}

22 Search for a forge under construction (6) FORAGE*
24 Last amulet broken up carried note (8) ULTIMATE {AMULET*} around {TI}
26 Steer one vehicle in reverse at entrance (8) NAVIGATE {{I}{VAN}}<{GATE}
28 Editor cooked bile that can be consumed (6) EDIBLE {ED}{BILE*}
30 Wealthy! Having lots of oil! (4) RICH {DD]
31 Beats in places for social gathering (5) CLUBS [DD]
32 Bird nesting in winter nest (4) TERN [T]

DOWN

1 In short, Mansoor Ali Khan's love for shark (4) MAKO {Mansoor}{Ali}{Khan}{O}

2 Islander's god placed under rug protected by local star (8) SUMATRAN {RA}<=>{MAT} in {SUN}
3 Setter leaves mini-bike damaged in island (6) BIKINI {mINI BIKe}*
4 Chivalrous girl with trainee soldier (7) GALLANT {GAL}{L}{ANT}
5 Huge lasso thrown by colonel (8) COLOSSAL {LASSO*}<=>{COL}
6 Ali had dissected flower (6) DAHLIA*

7 Food from Kentucky (4) TUCK [HIPS]
14 Belief in sacred order (5) CREDO [T]
16 Celestial visitor comes endlessly... with a bit of tail (5) COMET {COMEs}{Tail}

18 Cheap, yet extraordinary device useful for dressing up as a pirate (8) EYEPATCH*
20 Meet by accident? (4,4) BUMP INTO [CD]
21 Exclude and lure (4,3) RULE OUT {LURE*} [RA]
23 Get off! It's on fire! (6) ALIGHT [DD]
25 Tiny nest built around eastern yard (6) TEENSY {NEST*} around{E}+{Y}
27 Letter in Arabic from Halifax (4) ALIF [HIPS]
29 To some extent strangely restless, one has to be plucky to play this instrument (4) LYRE [T]

Reference List

King=K, University=U, Nothing=0=O, Kelvin=K, Church=CE (Church of England), Setter=Me, One=1=I, Editor=Ed, Love=0=O, God=Ra (the Egyptian Sun god), Trainee=Learner=L, Eastern=E, Yard=Y.