No 13538, Saturday 23 Apr 2022, Incognito

ACROSS

8   Hit party (4) BASH [DD]

9   A legal right for outsider (5) ALIEN {A}{LIEN}

10 Part of church collapsed to some extent (4) APSE [T]

11 Annual relay spoiled yard (6) YEARLY {RELAY*}{Y}

12 Around one, before commencement of lunch, badly drench kids (8) CHILDREN {1}{Lu..h} in {DRENCH*}

13 Hated peculiar hoarder hoarding piece of baklava (8) ABHORRED {A{Ba...a}HORRED*}

15 Start afternoon meal eating appetisers in the beginning (6) LAUNCH {L{Ap...s}UNCH}

17 Batter on one’s face? (7) EYELASH [C&DD]

19 Cites as evidence, “Italian title appears in advertisements” (7) ADDUCES {AD{DUCE}S}

22 Interrupt, “Except metal” (4,2) BUTT IN {BUT}{TIN}

24 Rats! Scurrying rats consume torn roti (8) TRAITORS {RATS}* over {ROTI}*

26 Going out, carrying clubs, can be dramatic (8) EXCITING {EX{C}ITING}

28 MP paced around carrying rifle at first (6) REDCAP {PACED}*<=>{Ri..e}

30 Perhaps, saint’s sign (4) MARK [DD]

31 Leading man gets new bird (5) HERON {HERO}{N}

32 Leave president in custody of alien (4) EXIT {E{XI}T}

DOWN

1   Docked animal’s arrived (4) CAME CAMEl

2   Charlie has endlessly processed coral to produce fuel (8) CHARCOAL {C}{HAs}{CORAL*}

3   Advocate’s hen swallows worm initially (6) LAWYER {LA{Worm}YER}

4   Zulu wrongly copied delivery aid (7) ZIPCODE {Z}{COPIED*}

5   English bird went ahead and qualified (8) ENTITLED {EN}{TIT}{LED}

6   Region having gold vehicle (6) LANDAU {LAND}{AU}

7   Lies badly, “Land surrounded by water” (4) ISLE*

14 A boy jumps over university creek (5) BAYOU {A+BOY}*{U}

16 Encourage French actress having energy (5) CHEER {CH{E}ER} CHER is an American and not French

18 Southern university designs thing having luminance giving daytime illumination (8) SUNLIGHT {S}{U}{N{L}IGHT*}

20 Messier American female leaves infuriated horribly (8) UNTIDIER {INfURIaTED}*

21 Old timers change gears after commencement of sharp turn (7) STAGERS {GEARS}*<=>{Sh..p}{Turn}

23 Lean king and Sikh leader cogitates (6) THINKS {THIN}{K}{Sikh}

25 Pieces of protective wear made after fourth month on ship (6) APRONS {APR}{ON}{S}

27 Revolting Marxists giving up stir for festival (4) XMAS {MArXistS}*

29 Australian police department makes lime juice, for example (4) ACID {A}{CID}

Reference List

Legal right = LIEN, Yard = Y, Italian title = DUCE, Advertisements = ADS, Clubs = C, New = N, Alien = ET 

Charlie = C, Hen = LAYER, Zulu = Z, English = EN, University = U, Energy = E, Southern = S, Luminance = L, American = A, Female = F, King = K,  Ship = S, Australian = A

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Reference list word, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous