No 14462, Friday 18 Apr 2025, Incognito

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ACROSS

1   Look at company with objectives... "To manufacture railway engines" (11)

9   Planet with hot swamp (5)

10 Countryman spreading rice around animal (9)

11 Show previous inhibition in absence of Indian (10)

12 British order confiscating old instrument (4)

13 Own advertisement at premier tech institute (5)

15 Last taste-maker (4,4)

17 John may be found in this part of the boat, perhaps? (4,4)

19 Place request for arrangement (5)

22 Operation aboard ship to produce carrots (4)

23 Plant input made from sterile fir (10)

26 Extraordinarily quiet alien retiring after starting to exhibit temper. That's manners... (9)

27 After end of road, turn east at junction and start singing songs for two (5)

28 Once daddy, now mummy! It's clear! (11)

DOWN

1   Student support for tree (5)

2   Lived with mixed gender group accepting regular usage (9)

3   Share short moment with horrible yeti (6)

4   Quiver! Lot more can be wrong! (7)

5   Partially revealed meat (4)

6   So a bidder ordered buffet (9)

7   Obama is confused about oriental organism (6)

8   Clergyman snoops at end of feast (6)

14 Top motion about debatable issue (4,5)

16 Ken's information (9)

17 Tense journalist probably did this after he copied (6)

18 Makes boxes containing ecstasy (7)

20 Most infrequent adjustment of rates around end of September (6)

21 Greek goddess's then protected by American adult (6)

24 Sex with excited American teenager primarily produces this secretion (5)

25 VAT on a musical instrument (4)

No 14461, Thursday 17 Apr 2025, Incognito

Solution to 4D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

8   Expensive honey (4) DEAR [DD]

9   After getting rid of first date, newly married woman, hugs bridegroom initially giving a sweetener (5) BRIBE {BRI(-d+b)BE

10 A portion of manure and fertilizer (4) UREA [T]

11 Stain part of plant (6) STIGMA [DD]

12 Officially informed movement of tide info (8) NOTIFIED*

13 Counter in church yard showing where the bodies are buried (8) CEMETERY {CE{METER}{Y}

15 Not scientist? (6) NEWTON {TON}* RA

17 Plant agent gets at end of journey (7) FACTORY {FACTOR}{j...eY}

19 City in Washington and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir? Insane! (7) SPOKANE {S{POK}ANE}

22 Fix at territorial army church (6) ATTACH {AT}{TA}{CH}

24 Nude dancing carrying resinous substance! Mad! (8) UNHINGED {UN{HING}ED*}

26 Dig up ancient tool at first in old grotto (8) EXCAVATE {EX}{CAV{A}{Tool}E} A from? (Correction {EX}{CAV{An...t}{Tool}E} - See comments)

28 Intelligence agency crazy to cover The Office of Strategic Services (6) MOSSAD {M{OSS}AD}

30 Girl has extraordinarily deep and long cut (4) GASH {G}{HAS*}

31 Pricked gnus returning around end of night (5) STUNG {GNU{n..hT}S<=}

32 Round shaped corral is not closed (4) OPEN {O}{PEN}

DOWN

1   Following old flame in book (4) NEXT {N{EX}T}

2   Footmen hold old cloth and type of shirt piece (8) FRAGMENT {F}{RAG}{MEN}{T}

3   Roughen up damaged brake pad without using pressure at weekend (6) ABRADE {BRAkE+pAD}*

4   Disney's worried about king's organs (7) ?I?N?Y? {Addendum - KIDNEYS {DISNEY}* about{K} - See comments)

5   Worn and taken in in pub on return (6-2) BEATEN UP {EATEN} in {PUB<=}

6   Some followed mongrel in time of restricted movement (6) CURFEW {FEW}<=>{CUR}

7   Only a part of summer exhibition (4) MERE [T]

14 Old piece of legislation is perfect (5) EXACT {EX}{ACT}

16 Snow leopard jumps without a hint of panic and loses some stability (5) OUNCE pOUNCEs

18 Practise on vehicle carrying coffin (8) REHEARSE {RE}{HEARSE}

20 Some hardworking stonemasons somewhere in Jamaica (8) KINGSTON [T]

21 Eliminate our lute which is broken (4,3) RULE OUT* 

23 Indian father engulfed in pain (6) APACHE {A{PA}CHE}

25 Residence possessing silver gets respect, perhaps (6) HOMAGE {HOM{AG}E}

27 Kiss Sam on return for festival (4) XMAS {X}{SAM<=}

29 Top gorilla cross? (4) APEX {APE}{X}

Reference List

Yard = Y, Territorial Army = TA, Church = CH, Old flame = EX, Book = NT(New Testament), Type of shirt = T, Pressure = P, King = K, On = RE,  Kiss = X