No 13493, Wednesday 02 Mar 2022, Incognito

Solution to 19D 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

7   Conceal animal skin (4) HIDE [DD]

8   Boleyn is devastated going around first reactor behind church in site of disaster (9) CHERNOBYL {E{Re...r}NOBYL*}<=>{CH}

10 Murder, for example, on a peninsula (6) CRIMEA {CRIME}{A}

11 Last cooking ingredient (4,4) ROCK SALT {LAST}* [RA]

12 Seated MP dislodged in mad rush (8) STAMPEDE*

14 Caught excited Dane hugging two boys (6) NABBED {NA{B}{B}ED*}

16 Stir broths containing a bit of chilli to make soup (7) BORSCHT {BORS{Ch...i}HT*}

18 Refuse to admit blockhead in car-shed (7) GARBAGE {GAR{Bl...d}AGE}

21 Poems on South Australian port (6) ODESSA {ODES}{SA}

23 Joey’s parent translates koan about Garo (8) KANGAROO {KAN{GARO}O*}

25 Base built to cover absence in large water body at the mouth of the Dneiper (5,3) BLACK SEA {B{LACK}SEA*}

27 Inheritance includes a bit of surprise for water diviner (6) DOWSER {DOW{Su...e}ER}

29 Doctor signs horribly after starting to entangle sutures and bandages (9) DRESSINGS {DR}{En...s}{Su...s}{SIGNS*}

30 Maiden follows 23 across space (4) ROOM {M}<=>{ROO}

DOWN

1   Floating bottle containing a piece of russet has one operatic text (8) LIBRETTO {L{1}B{Ru...t}ETTO*}

2   Ray’s smile (4) BEAM [DD]

3   Scratch races conducted around end of ramp (6) SCRAPE {SCRA{ramP}E*}

4   Ruled, “Indeed, 26 lacking energy!” (7) DECREED {DE{CREe}ED}

5   Ad on a can, when twisted, may show a snake (8) ANACONDA*

6   Birds are missing in Siberia when going back (4) IBIS SIBerIa<=

9   Sick in the French city (5) LILLE {L{ILL}E}

13 Male enquires, “Personal protection devices?” (5) MASKS {M}{ASKS}

15 Bishop in Baku building is a top athlete from 20 (5) BUBKA {BU{B}KA*}

17 Most rough sounding animal goes around a street (8) HOARSEST {HO{A}RSE}{ST}

19 Girl with nothing accompanies boy with animal in storage space in vehicle (5,3) G?O?E ?O? (Addendum - GLOVE BOX {G}{LOVE}{B}{OX} - See comments)

20 United Kingdom precipitation initially engulfs country (7) UKRAINE {UK}{RAIN}{En...s}

22 Distributed eddo cooked and stuffed with a bit of lettuce (5) DOLED {DO{Le...e}ED*}

24 Person hiding nothing... not even own hide! (6) NUDIST [CD]

26 Without mat, cremate Indian (4) CREE CREmatE

28 Moderated heated conflict near heart of Romny (4) WARM {WAR}{roMmy}

Reference List

Church = CH, Boy = B, South =S, Australian = A, Maiden = M, Energy = E, The in French = LE, Male = M, Bishop =B, Street = ST, United Kingdom = UK