No 12895, Saturday 28 Mar 2020, Incognito

Day 4 of 21 Stay safe at home

ACROSS

8   Disreputable bar’s // urgent order for subs (4) DIVE (DD)
9   Money put into container with one pancake (5) BLINI {B{L}IN}{I}

10 Brewer’s vessel (4) EWER (T)
11 Shut near start of day (6) CLOSED {CLOSE}{Day}
12 Damaged van behind automobile carries international student to gala event (8) CARNIVAL {CAR}{VAN*} around {I}+{L}
13 The French pass English at game (8) LACROSSE {LA}{CROSS}{E}
15 Follow right in and make safe (6) ENSURE {ENSU{R}E}
17 Most merciful king in Germany shows tenderness at first (7) KINDEST {K}{IN}{DE}{Shows}{Tenderness}
19 Tearing comment on death by priest in grief initially (7) RIPPING {RIP}{P}{IN}{Grief}
22 Tear in damaged part of eye (6) RETINA {TEAR+IN*}
24 Light fin is folded when flying (2,6) IN FLIGHT {LIGHT+FIN*}
26 Idly utters soft sounds (8) PRATTLES {P}{RATTLES}
28 Bug Indian religious group (6) INSECT {IN}{SECT}
30 God’s authority? To some extent... (4) THOR (T)
31 Enchanting lady and woman with urge (5) WITCH {W}{ITCH}
32 Retrieve implement and plunder (4) LOOT {TOOL<=}

DOWN
1   Jack’s friend Juliet gets sick (4) JILL {J}{ILL}
2   Dear me! US could be considered (8) MEASURED {DEAR+ME+US*}
3   Sailors pen song for quarters (6) ABODES {AB{ODE}S}
4   Baseball player’s  // 10 (7) PITCHER (DD) 10a=Ewer
5   Dizzy PM of the UK? (8) DISRAELI (GK)
6   Wrong about young lady (6) REMISS {RE}{MISS}
7   Deva’s composition? (4) VEDA {DEVA*} &lit
14 Spry soldier surrounded by beer (5) AGILE {A{GI}LE}
16 Managed church farm (5) RANCH {RAN}[CH}
18 Gulps // birds (8) SWALLOWS (DD)
20 Shoe treating limps? LOL! (8) PLIMSOLL {LIMPS+LOL*}
21 Hairy US heir dances around model (7) HIRSUTE {US+HEIR*} around {T}
23 Bury new trainee (6) INTERN {INTER}{N}
25 Scare Roundhead during battle (6) FRIGHT {F{Round}IGHT}
27 Swimming hour for South Asian fish (4) ROHU {HOUR*}
29 Rookie in bed is an idiot (4) CLOT {C{L}OT}

Reference List

Money=L, One=I, International=I, Student=L, The French=La, English=E, Right=R, King=K, Germany=De, Priest=P, Soft=P, Indian=In, Woman=W
Juliet=J, Sailors=ABS, About=Re, Soldier=GI, Church=Ch, Model=T, New=N, Rookie=L

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

Dr RKE's TalePiece

JILL, an INTERN in a law firm, is holidaying in a RANCH. She takes a bite of BLINI, SWALLOWS quickly a MEASURED quantity of orange juice from a PITCHER (or is it an EWER), wears her PLIMSOLLs and is out of her ABODE early morning, for an AGILE  jog in the LACROSSE ground. She ENSUREs that the sun is up before going for a DIVE in the pool. Her HIRSUTE dog, a bearded collie, runs with her but stops at the pool edge, because of his FRIGHT of water. Today, THOR has sent a thunderstorm RIPPING through the ranch and she is REMISS at not having brought a raincoat. She breaks the CLOSED door of a cabana by the poolside, LOOTs a mackintosh, and emerges in the rain, unaware that there is an INSECT in its sleeve. The bite from the insect causes a CLOT in her arm. She cuts short her holiday and despite the pain in her arm, while IN FLIGHT on her return she PRATTLES to her fellow passengers about what a CARNIVAL of a time she had, displaying proudly her selfies on her iPhone with its unmatched RETINA display. Aren't we all good at that kind of self-deception?