No 12225, Saturday 27 Jan 2018, Incognito

Answer and annotation of 11a left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.

Across

8. African gentleman possesses spectacles (4) MOOR {M{OO}R}
9. Cuban drum found in Silicon Gallery (5) CONGA (T)

10. The Queen's holding you and me in the jug (4) EWER {E{WE}R}
11. Youngster lost support and got nothing for ass (6) ?N?G?R ONAGER {(-tee+O)NAGER} See comments
12. Surgeon's musical performance near mountain (8) OPERATOR {OPERA}{TOR}
13. Run for it // and prepare eggs, perhaps, by mixing contents, and stirring while cooking (8) SCRAMBLE (DD)
15. The French accommodation is hidden (6) LATENT {LA}{TENT}
17. Ivy, for example, // is a snake, perhaps (7) CREEPER (DD)
19. Oceanic disturbances result in snow (7) COCAINE {OCEANIC*}
22. Mummy's resting place reveals talisman (6) MASCOT {MA'S}{COT}
24. Gangster's without companion, without headgear (2,6) AL CAPONE {AL {CAP}ONE}

26. Example: Indian position (8) INSTANCE {IN}{STANCE}
28. Clergyman's average descendant (6) PARSON {PAR}{SON}
30. Gents take a turn to get bill of fare (4)  MENU {MEN}{U}
31. Cut in between a couple of earls and run away (5) ELOPE {E}{LOP}{E}
32. Soldiers return carrying European tree (4)  NEEM {MEN<=} around {E}

Down

1. Rent to Royal Navy (4) TORN {TO}{RN}
2. Car is reversed in anger after initial defeat in speed contest (4,4) DRAG RACE {Defeat}{RAG {CAR<=}E}
3. Beetle's vehicle? A bicycle, at first (6) SCARAB {S}{CAR}{A}{Bicycle}
4. Advani and Trump's game? Throwing noose to capture king and queen (7) SNOOKER {NOOSE*} around {K} +{R}
5. Servant lost an eye, I hear, at washroom in London station (8) WATERLOO {WAiTER}{LOO}
6. In Bangalore, pasta is grub (6) REPAST (T)
7. Legendary musician narrowly escaped royal ostracism in the beginning (4) NERO (Acrostic)
14. About a cubic centimetre flowed back around one rivet initially (5) CIRCA {A CC<=} around {I}{Rivet}
16. Maharani nonchalantly displays sheer fabric (5) NINON (T)
18. Prolonged term of previous nurse's education (8) EXTENDED {EX}{TEND}{ED}
20. Hoping medicine has little weight (8) ASPIRING {ASPIRIN}{G}
21. Former PM's disastrous romance (7) CAMERON {ROMANCE*}

23. Sort of rustic fruit (6) CITRUS {RUSTIC*}
25. Secret alphabet // represents nothing (6) CIPHER (DD)
27. Require maiden name by beginning of December (4) NEED {NEE}{December}
29. Inaugurate round corral (4) OPEN {O}{PEN}


Reference List
Gentleman=Mr, Spectacles=OO, Queen=ER(Elizabeth Regina), Nothing=O, The French=La, Indian=In, Turn=U, Earl=E, Soldiers=Men, European=E
Royal Navy=RN, King=K, Queen=R(Regina), Cubic Centimetre=CC, One=I, Previous=Ex, Education=Ed, Little weight=G(gram), Maiden name=Nee, Round=O
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