No 13340, Tuesday 31 Aug 2021, Incognito

Solution to 3D 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

1   Murmur, “Russian tour’s extraordinary” (11) SUSURRATION* 

9   Crustacean’s uncooked; place in empty pan (5) PRAWN {Pa{RAW}N}

10 Excavates around water source including new houses (9) DWELLINGS {D{WELL}I{N}GS}

11 I’m a creator designing incineration facilities (10) CREMATORIA*

12 Cheese from buffet appreciated (4) FETA [T]

13 Time to get direction and rub out (5) ERASE {ERA}{SE}

15 Give description about sex appeal? Sure! (8) DEFINITE {DEFIN{IT}E}

17 King is after Scotsman with damaged reel and marine creature (8) MACKEREL {MAC}{K}{REEL*}

19 Start over. Ready? (5) ONSET {ON}{SET}

22 Knights consume eggs at 12 in daytime (4) NOON {N}{00}{N}

23 Rascals wrongly counsel about doctor before commencement of surgery (10) SCOUNDRELS  {COUNSEL}* over {DR} then {Su...y}

26 Matriarch in a warehouse hides crockery (9) CHINAWARE [T]

27 Receive accountant’s intelligent solution excitedly, for starters, getting a pay-hike (5) RAISE Acrotic

28 Bosses lost small purse containing six gold shillings (11) SUPERVISORS {S+PURSE}* over {VI} and {OR}{S} 

DOWN

1   Wrongly takes some seafood (5) SKATE*

2   Sri Lankan’s transgression? He consumes drinks! (9) SINHALESE {SIN}{H{ALES}E}

3   To some extent, retired hotelier was highly attractive (3,3) R?D ?O? (Addendum - RED HOT [T] - See comments)

4   A woman I feel may be a local female (7) ALEWIFE {A+W+I+FEEL}*

5   Land surrounded by water mentioned in Haji’s letter (4) ISLE [T]

6   Repairs ruins including North, North Eastern and Eastern convents (9) NUNNERIES {RUINS}* over {N}{NE} and {E}

7   Indian revolutionary’s after a pop (6) APACHE {CHE}<=>{A}{PA}

8   Get away from Spain’s promontory (6) ESCAPE {ES}{CAPE}

14 Ivan chose flying fish (9) ANCHOVIES*

16 So that drone flies around amidst tumultuous riot (2,5,2) IN ORDER TO {DRONE}* in {RIOT}*

17 Threaten top pilot going after soldiers (6) MENACE {ACE}<=>{MEN}

18 English chapter’s first lesson on radio is unencrypted (7) ENCLAIR {EN}{C}{Le...n}{AIR} Enu should have been (2,5)

20 Elephant trek arranged around America (6) TUSKER {T{US}KER*}

21 Mike leaves go-getter with some ivory and bones (6) HUMERI {HUmMER}{Iv..y}

24 Knots ties around cross and leaves (5) EXITS {E{X}ITS*}

25 Initially park behind vehicle and crib (4) CARP {Park}<=>{CAR}

Reference List

New = N, Sex appeal = IT, King = K, Knight = N, Small = S, Shilling = S, Spain = ES, English = EN, Chapter = C, Mike = M