No 12832, Tuesday 14 Jan 2020, Incognito

ACROSS
8   Star seen, for example, in Virginia (4) VEGA {V{EG}A}
9   English sailors follow international and special joint-training period (10) INTERNSHIP {INT}{E}{RN}{S}{HIP}
10 Artist’s workplace has hot male at 10 (6) STUDIO {STUD}{10}
11 Wild bear grabs doctor with a priest and a musician (8) BAGPIPER {BA{GP}{1}{P}ER*}
12 Rats! Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s terms of reference’s a bit strict (8) TRAITORS {TRAI}{TOR}{St...t}
14 Versifier's attempt results in verses (6) POETRY {POE}{TRY}
16 Dispose of auditor’s current producer (4) SELL (~cell)
17 Non-monotheist father has a gun, I hear (5) PAGAN {PA}{GAN}(~gun)
18 Cure heart... not its right part, left (4) HEAL {HEArt}{L}
19 Money held in trust for bird consequent to a couple of directions (6) ESCROW {E}{S}{CROW}
21 Devil-worshipper took a chair in front of confused saint (8) SATANIST {SAT}{SAINT*}
23 Old Archer’s brief threat to reveal (4,4) WILL TELL {WILLIAM TELL}
26 South Indian film comedian grows older in New Hampshire (6) NAGESH {N{AGES}H}

27 Earthmen, we can be employed by the Met department (10) WEATHERMEN*
28 Requirement born and died (4) NEED {NEE}{D}

DOWN
1   Occidentals hide bird in winding sewers (10) WESTERNERS {WES{TERN}ERS*}
2   Monkey-man has tool (8) MANDRILL {MAN}{DRILL}

3   Kipling boy has zero (nil) dress (6) KIMONO {KIM}{O}{NO}
4   Bats! Bats! A way to get rid of bats! (4) STAB*
5   Rap and tango dance for horny pheasant (8) TRAGOPAN*

6   Yearn to go up a steeple (6) ASPIRE {A}{SPIRE}
7   Haider’s helper (4) AIDE [T]
13 Wise men’s time aboard (5) SAGES {S{AGE}S}
15 Sees a dress altered and evaluated once more (10) REASSESSED*
17 Prisoner of war and German communist in ground (8) POWDERED {POW}{DE}{RED}
18 Deliver poached gnus and pistols, for example (8) HANDGUNS {HAND}{GNUS*}
20 Tell about dead (6) RELATE {RE}{LATE}
22 X — soldier’s lessee (6) TENANT {TEN}{ANT}
24 Animal bone (hollow) in possession of returning team (4) IBEX {BonE} in {XI<=}

25 Thrashes lama endlessly in front of sheriff at first (4) LAMS {LAMa}{Sh...f}

Reference List
English = E, Sailors = RN(Royal Navy), Special = S, Doctor = GP, Priest = P, Left = L, Died = D, German = DE, About = RE