No 13025, Thursday 27 Aug 2020, Incognito

Solution to 28A 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.

ACROSS
8   Indian clerk’s degree has note to university (4) BABU {BA}{B}{U}
9   Naidu left Telugu movie-maker’s theatrical performance (5) DRAMA {D RAMAnaidu}
10 Dance, hags, dance! (4) SHAG*

11 Fat Queen’s pantry (6) LARDER {LARD}{ER}
12 Hot father left Rene, for example, and turned into an accomplice (8) HENCHMAN {H}{frENCHMAN}
13 Male singer’s language (8) MANDARIN {MAN}{DARIN}
15 Fight with soldiers in Greek city (6) SPARTA {SPAR}{TA}
17 Pestering horse carrying girl with drink (7) NAGGING {NAG}{GIN}{G} (Correction - {NA{G}{GIN}G} - See comments)
19 Excited diners consumed a fish (7) SARDINE {S{A}RDINE*}

22 Here, you may find, after loss of an article, a Scandinavian girl (6) INGRID {IN a GRID}
24 Waylaid intoxicated Dame embracing American President (8) AMBUSHED {AM{BUSH}ED*}
26 Dance involving female sergeant, for example, going round spinning male (8) FLAMENCO {F}{MALE*}{NCO}

28 Princess’s hot! Has some singed garments (6) D?O?I? (Addendum - DHOTIS {D{HOT}I}{Si...d} - See comments)
30 Make a sweater for Knight having Ngultrum and sex appeal (4) KNIT {K}{N}{IT} Symbol for Ngultrum is Nu?
31 Bristles, and eats nuts with energy (5) SETAE {EATS*}{E}

32 Criminal Don’s indications of consent (4) NODS*

DOWN
1   Little jumper possessed by separatist (4) PARA [T]
2   Trained canine, steer and badger (5,3) GUIDE DOG {GUIDE}{DOG}

3   Lover rebuilds road next to emergency room (6) ADORER {ROAD*}{ER}
4   Hadji goes around India displaying the slogan “Victory to India!” (3,4) JAI HIND {JAIH{IN}D*}
5   Its milk may pulverise Asian gem (8) MAGNESIA*
6   A maths formulation for a physical problem (6) ASTHMA*
7   North America and South America’s space agency (4) NASA {NA}{SA}
14 Turkish chief elected once more (5) AGAIN {AGA}{IN}
16 Present, for example, could be stressful (5) TENSE [DD]
18 Writhingly sunned around English school in this condition? (8) NUDENESS {NUDEN{E}{S}S*} Semi&lit
20 Rebate given by Sid on return with nobleman (8) DISCOUNT {SID<=}{COUNT}
21 For starters, carrying of innumerable treasures during day results in armed robbery (7) DACOITY {DA{Ca...g}{Of}{In...e}{Tr...s}Y}
23 Meteor travels far away (6) REMOTE*
25 Animal which can be found in Karlsbad, Germany (6) BADGER [T]

27 Advanced about six weeks before Easter (4) LENT [DD]
29 Fictional adventurer’s Indian — displays limits of daredevilry (4) INDY {IN}{Da...rY}

Reference List

Note = B, University = U, Queen = ER, Hot = H, Father = FR, Soldiers = TA, Girl = G, Female = F, Knight = K, Sex appeal = IT, Princess = DI, Energy = E, India = IN, English = E, School = S