No 13463, Wednesday 26 Jan 2022, Incognito

REPUBLIC DAY GREETINGS

Artwork by Prasanna

Rangoli by Gowri

Solution to 17A 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   Eric cooked food (4) RICE*

9   Perhaps, Sam’s pawnbroker (5) UNCLE [DD]

10 Violent anger, without a hint of nastiness, is still anger (4) RAGE AnGER*

11 That man, Arthur, gets head of state’s suit (6) HEARTS {HE}{ART}{St...s}

12 Transplant pea early for 12 months (including an extra day) (4,4) LEAP YEAR*

13 Awful! China jails people’s representative hugging love supporter (8) CHAMPION {CHINA}* over {MP} and {0}

15 Rant wildly about South Africa’s feral child brought up by apes (6) TARZAN {TAR{ZA}N*}

17 Forger’s workshop’s located next to the track (7) ?O?N?R? (Addendum - FOUNDRY {FOUND}{RY} - See comments)

19 Manhunt procedure could be result of misconstrued danger coupled with some timidity (7) DRAGNET {DANGER}*{Ti...y}

22 Italian family gangs found involved in Bahama fiasco (6) MAFIAS [T]

24 Playground equipment includes a short distance for natation (8) SWIMMING {SW{1 MM}ING}

26 Mulish Bob turns somersaults (8) STUBBORN*

28 Second-in-command’s responsibility to hold the record (6) DEPUTY {D{EP}UTY}

30 Ms Austen’s first part of Emma’s written after a month (4) JANE {Emma}<=>{JAN}

31 In short, he takes down a dictator’s notes — perhaps notes wrongly (5) STENO*

32 Imitates animal producing extraordinary sounds for starters (4) APES Acrostic

DOWN

1   Engineer collects one thousand for two wheeler (4) BIKE {B{1 K}E}

2   Iron rail's initially carried by railway employee to river transport operator (8) FERRYMAN {FE}{Rail}{RY}{MAN}

3   Setter goes after wandering mules to get breakfast food (6) MUESLI {I}<=>MULES}*

4   Daniel gets cold when travelling around country (7) ICELAND {I{C}ELAND*}

5   Wild tamer having flatulence becomes celebrity performer (8) MEGASTAR {ME{GAS}TAR*}

6   Disbursing cashier accepts right appeal (6) PRAYER {{P{R}AYER}

7   Turkish leader residing in Accra, Ghana (4) AGHA [T]

14 Shout endlessly with a laughing sound resulting in noisy fuss (3-2) HOO-HA {HOOt}{HA}

16 Worried aunties dropped us and dined at home (3,2) ATE IN AuNTIEs*

18 Scrambled egg consumed by Spenser begets reaction (8) RESPONSE {RESP{O}NSE*}

20 E.g., napalm deployment strategy worked out in advance (4,4) GAME PLAN*

21 Apart, like beneath (7) ASUNDER {AS}{UNDER}

23 Hide uniform in bed after I’m drenched (6) IMBUED {I'M}{B{U}ED}

25 Indian gold, including ring, within building (6) INDOOR {IND}{OR} over (O)

27 Sailor carries boy in ski lift (1-3) T-BAR {T{B}AR}

29 Lower tips arising from commencement of taxation on exotic starters (4) TOES Acrostic

Reference List

South Africa = ZA, Record = EP(Extended Play), Engineer = BE, Thousand = K, Railway = RY, Cold = C, Right = R, Uniform = U, Gold = OR, Sailor = TAR, Boy = B