No 13537, Friday 22 Apr 2022, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Yankee residing in Indian state is a painter (4) GOYA {GO{Y}A}

9   Push sideways and steal (5) SWIPE [DD]

10 Placed cap around head of arrow (4) LAID {L{Ar...w}ID}

11 Himalayan guide’s turn of phrase (6) SHERPA*

12 English girl with a railway messenger (8) EMISSARY {E}{MISS}{A}{RY}

13 For starters, a bright spot coloured in some shining amber’s X-coordinate (8) ABSCISSA Acrostic

15 Senate endlessly works around start of century and passes laws (6) ENACTS {SENATe}* around {Ce...y}

17 Graduate school, before long, gets woodwind instrument (7) BASSOON{BA}{S}{SOON}

19 Perhaps, Tamil Nadu embraces, for example, Puducherry’s law (7) STATUTE {STAT{UT}E}

22 Disposing torn sash from steakhouse ruins, make money with great difficulty (3,3) EKE OUT sTEaKhOUsE*

24 Kidnapped sailor Edward carrying pipe (8) ABDUCTED {AB}{DUCT}{ED}

26 Allies’ HO arranged for fuel (5,3) SHALE OIL*

28 Arranged notes, around end of lesson, for poem (6) SONNET {SO{l...oN}NET*}

30 A mud building for Russian parliament (4) DUMA {A+MUD}*

31 Serenades Indian girl on board ship (5) SINGS {S{IN}{G}S}

32 Spot rejected toys (4) TOPS<=

DOWN

1   Insect found in bergamot herb (4) MOTH [T]

2   Prohibit storage equipments in living quarters for 5 (8) BARRACKS {BAR}{RACKS}

3   Large vehicles for prizes (6) OSCARS {OS}{CARS}

4   Badly scared about current bike accessory (7) SIDECAR {S{I}DECAR*}

5   Tiger prowls around soldiers in military unit (8) REGIMENT {REGI{MEN}T*}

6   Anchorage may be found in this state (6) ALASKA [GK]

7   Baked food roasted initially in seaside venue (4) PIER {PIE}{Ro...d}

14 First ledger in financial institution is devoid of any entries (5) BLANK {B{Le...r}ANK}

16 Name plate includes model’s designation (5) TITLE {TI{T}LE}

18 Excitedly shout about love around university’s eastern shed (8) OUTHOUSE {OUTH{0}{U}S*}{E}

20 Once a tit flew around low grade ore (8) TACONITE*

21 Girl student with soldier is brave (7) GALLANT {GAL}{L}{ANT}

23 Setter left coal-mine, wandering to get lubrication equipment (6) OILCAN {COAL+mINe}*

25 Stop German nurse leaving emergency room (6) DESIST  {DE}{SISTer}

27 Carry and hide uranium in India’s main aircraft manufacturing company (4) HAUL {HA{U}L}

29 See drunk author leaving house party clumsily (4) ESPY {houSE+PartY}*

Reference List

Yankee = Y, English = E, Railway = RY, School  S, Sailor = AB, Indian = IN, Girl = G, Ship = SS, Large = OS, Current = I, Model = T,  University = U, Eastern = E, Student = L, German = DE, Emergency Room = ER