No 12505, Monday 24 Dec 2018, Incognito

ACROSS
8   Strip and beat (4) BELT [DD]
9   Spore develops into fibrous cords (5)  ROPES*
10 Insect used to be paralysed at first (4) WASP {WAS}{Pa...d}
11 Fight about headless animal (6) COMBAT {C}{wOMBAT}
12 Low chance of sailors capturing a sapper on English ship (8) RARENESS {R{A}{RE}N}{E}{SS}
13 Punch's cuter pup is running around (8) UPPERCUT*
15 Silly Barney's on hand (6) NEARBY*
17 A mite mutates once (3-4) ONE-TIME {ONE}{MITE}*
19 Normally, a South American university’s Head of Architecture is present at the beginning of lecture (2,5) AS USUAL {A}{S}{US}{U}{Ar...e}{Le...e}
22 Second PM of UK gets protection (6) SHEATH {S}{HEATH}
24 Flip fish on highway (8) TURNPIKE {TURN}{PIKE}
26 Make the opponent hit the floor and return. OK? (8) KNOCKOUT {OK<=}
28 Pulses ground with some chilli can be used to make Borscht (6)  THROBS BORScHT*
30 Enters details of blocks of wood (4) LOGS [DD]
31 Entrances founder of famous software company (5) GATES [DD]
32 Glue, taken after a student exits, results in fever (4) AGUE {A}{GlUE}

DOWN
1   At heart, Theron is a male lead in a movie (4) HERO {tHEROn}
2   Pieces of furniture displayed in the street are most steady (8) STABLEST {S{TABLES}T}
3   Commentator: "Kelvin and Earl left playing cricket around one" (6) CRITIC {1} in {CRICkeT}*
4   Special flower containing a bit of tannin produces volatile substances (7) SPIRITS {SP}{IRI{Ta...n}S}
5   Guitarists usually carry these as spare items of underwear (1-7) G-STRINGS [DD]
6   Country's god possesses magical stick (6) RWANDA {R{WAND}A}
7   Takes advantage of United States Employment Service (4) USES [DD]
14 Joke with child: “Make a hole” (5)  PUNCH {PUN}{CH}
16 Colour of sheep standing out from the flock? Half blue, with a cloudy pink at the end (5) BLACK {BLue}{A}{C}{pinK}
18 Master John is confused by girls in game (3-5) MAH-JONGG {MA}{JOHN*}{GG}

20 Extraordinarily strong person's extraordinary surname includes "Prince" (8) SUPERMAN {P} in {SURNAME}*
21 Communicate about Utah law (7) STATUTE  {STAT{UT}E}
23 A county's tax to get entry (6) ACCESS {A}{C}{CESS}
25 Winding street? Try again (6) RETEST*
27 Newton took a couple of eggs with leader of nabobs at midday (4) NOON {N}{OO}{Na...s}
29 But a ring is involved in fight (4) BOUT {B{O}UT}

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