No 13107, Tuesday 01 Dec 2020, Incognito

Solution to 14D 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.

A tribute to the original and best 007.

ACROSS

8   Couple’s investment (4) BOND [DD]

9   Zulu editing You Only Live Twice initially gets money (5) ZLOTY {Z}{You+Only+Live+Twice}*

10 In Ireland, John’s spiritual meet excluding civil engineer (4) SEAN SEANce

11 More nervous European’s fantastic grid contains surprise ending (6) EDGIER {E}{DGI{s...sE}R*}

12 Wrongly mention a name for a position (8) NOMINATE*

13 Tax-man’s animal has horrible sores (8) ASSESSOR {ASS}{SORES*}

15 Get canines, for example, (alien hounds initially) in golfer’s resting place (6) TEETHE {TE{ET}{Ho...s}E}

17 Sots throw (4,3) TOSS OFF {SOTS}* [RA]

19 My asp slithered around Japanese Australian’s nightdress (7) PYJAMAS {MY+ASP}* over {J}{A}

22 Display old stance (6) EXPOSE {EX}{POSE}

24 Spoilt buns removed from tout ensemble arrangement for an egg preparation (8) OMELETTE {TOuT+EnsEMbLE}*

26 Hot swirling rapids conceal helmsman’s initial difficulty (8) HARDSHIP {H}{ARDS{He...n}IP*}

28 Dr. No returns carrying silver for legendary reptilian creature (6) DRAGON {DR{O{AG}N<=}

30 Queen managing Iran (4) RANI*

31 Below part of Thunderball (5) UNDER [T]

32 Charlie left group of 10... is gone! (4) DEAD DEcAD

DOWN

1   Thug’s bonnet (4) HOOD [DD]

2   Fans wrongly married sisters at first (8) ADMIRERS {MARRIED*}{Si...r}

3   Arizona has mineral deposits for Portuguese archipelago (6) AZORES {AZ}{ORES}

4   Actor once confused about Northern Railway (7) CONNERY {CO{N}NE*}{RY}

5   Mystery unravelled around end of film giving a sense of harmony and balance (8) SYMMETRY {SYM{filM}ETRY*}

6   America gets new church in time given (6) USANCE {USA}{N}{CE}

7   Crazy starting bits of Diamonds are Forever trailer (4) DAFT Acrostic

14 Two letters from Russia with love have Burmese title of respect and kiss for Indian (5) S?O?X ()

16 Organ installed in empty hut’s centre (5) HEART {Hu{EAR}T}

18 Fill shelf (5,3) FLESH OUT {SHELF}* [RA]

20 Help got by Skyfall singer in city (8) ADELAIDE {ADEL{AID}E}

21 Swarming troop carries Edward’s explosive projectile (7) TORPEDO {TORP{ED}O*}

23 Goldfinger’s ancient swimming apparatus (3,3) OLD FIN {OLD}{FIN} What's the definition? [T] Clue re-read as advised :-)

25 Last and final English river (6) ENDURE {END}{URE}

27 First man... a motherly female? (4) ADAM {A}{DAM}

29 Gemstone ring is with friend (4) OPAL {O}{PAL}

Reference List

Civil Engineer = CE, European = E, Alien = ET, Japanese = J, Australian = A, Hot = H, Charlie = C, Railway = RY, New = N, Church = CE