No 13251, Wednesday 19 May 2021, Incognito

Lockdown Day 21 of 26 Stay Safe

Solution to 7D 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

9   Not difficult to go round Mumbai railway station — it’s pure joy (7) ECSTASY {E{CST}ASY}

10 One circular letter (government order) follows another around 3rd of September to palindromic resident of Okanagan Lake (7) OGOPOGO {O}{GO}{sePt...r}{O}{GO}

11 Lectured about an American city in Washington (7) SPOKANE {SPOK{AN}E}

12 6 balls stuffed down the throat? Gross! (7) OVERFED {OVER}{FED}

13 Look at first batsman — it’s revealing (3-6) EYE-OPENER {EYE}{OPENER}

15 Name famous Indian singer returning to Brazilian city (5) NATAL {N}{LATA<=}

16 Police chief (female) wears an item of footwear for Sasquatch (7) BIGFOOT {B{IG}{F}OOT}

19 Nash’s poetic monster, you and I travel around New Delhi, India, at first (7) WENDIGO {WE}{New}{De..i}{In..a}{GO}

20 Calcutta Police initially confiscated meat for title holder (5) CHAMP {Ca...a}{HAM}{Po...e}

21 Engineer retakes my device to open many locks (9) MASTERKEY*

25 Dream I’m dancing for legendary woman (7) MERMAID*

26 Yap and refund money (7) PAYBACK {YAP}<= 

28 Returns gun and obtains valuable lumps of metal (7) NUGGETS {GUN<=}{GETS}

29 A motel’s concoction includes some animal food (7) OATMEAL* (Correction - {A+MOTEL}* over {An...l} - See comments)

DOWN

1   Scottish monster’s head, that is... (6) NESSIE {NESS}{IE}

2   A horse’s crippled on the beach (6) ASHORE*

3   Hemingway’s twin personal assistants (4) PAPA {PA}{PA}

4   Legendary reptilian creature’s very confused between West and North (6) WYVERN {W}{VERY*}{N}

5   Fight after motor breaks down? When the solution to this might be printed... (8) TOMORROW {ROW}<=>{MOTOR*}

6   Administration attempt by Goan town’s new church (10) GOVERNANCE {GO}{VERNA}{N}{CE}

7   Admit secret service left Trinidad & Tobago with some information on bits of paper (8) ?O?F?T?I (Addendum - CONFETTI {CONFEss}{TT}{In...n} - See comments)

8   Excitedly bore doll to brothel (8) BORDELLO*

14 Pet shop has mixed chemicals (10) PHOSPHATES*

16 Turning into invitation for repeated visits, perhaps (8) BECOMING {BE COMING}

17 Gal drags tattered clothes for special occasion (8) GLADRAGS*

18 Most shy Mitt dies horribly (8) TIMIDEST*

22 Parsi phoneticist soda dispenser (6) SIPHON [T]

23 Knight carrying implement for legendary sea creature (a German octopus?) (6) KRAKEN {K{RAKE}N}

24 Yahoos play stroke wildly after avoiding terrible trap (6) YOKELS {pLaY+StrOKE}*

27 Maybe, a Himalayan creature — it returned after you in earlier times (4) YETI {IT<=}<=>{YE}

Reference List

Government order = GO, Name = N, Female = F, New = N, Church = CE, Knight = KN