No 13603, Friday 08 Jul 2022, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Stop eating quickly (4) FAST [DD]

9   Present CEO is mad! Everyone knows it! (4,6) OPEN SECRET*

10 Hate steed throwing model (6) DETEST {STEED*}{T}

11 Girl in Nippon managed to get in good table tennis (4-4) PING-PONG {PIN{G}PON*}{G}

12 His maths formulation is an overwhelming success (5,3) SMASH HIT*

14 Feels absence of girls? (6) MISSES [DD]

16 Drinks in Riverdale School (4) ALES [T]

17 Fliers having offers, including rebates, initially (5) BIRDS {BI{Re...s}DS}

18 Standard operating procedures to give incentives (4) SOPS {SOP'S}

19 Imagine India exits arrangement. It is puzzling (6) ENIGMA iMAGINE*

21 Elevated railway in inferior city (8) BELGRADE {EL} in {B GRADE}

23 Raider damages an eardrum without using noise in the beginning (8) MARAUDER {An+EARDRUM}*

26 Brags, “Vessels carrying sulphur sunk at first” (6) BOASTS {BOA{S}T}{Sunk}

27 Wrongly boiled asps which can be thrown (10) DISPOSABLE*

28 In Greece, Cupid destroyed rose (4) EROS*

DOWN

1   Alert women diced fruit (10) WATERMELON*

2   Emphasises, “Square locks” (8) STRESSES {S}{TRESSES}

3   Hostilely shout about Chinese liquor (6) HOOTCH {HOOT}{CH}

4   Assist helipad not having current air defence (4) HELP HELiPad

5   Destructive waves destroying man's suit (8) TSUNAMIS*

6   Policeman on initial exploration aboard ship gets instruments (6) SCOPES {S{COP}{Ex...n}S}

7   Average male person has energy (4) MEAN {M{E}AN}

13 Pulse broth is prepared (5) THROB*

15 Earlier version of book covers commencement of polar voyage (10) EXPEDITION {EX}{Po..r}{EDITION}

17 Logo is hot! Wave aggressively... (8) BRANDISH {BRAND}{IS}{H}

18 Person who may barely run or skate wildly around Romeo and Queen (8) STREAKER {ST{R}EAK*}{ER}

20 Understands turf extends over park (6) GRASPS {GRAS{P}S}

22 Took first half of lobster (after removing tail) on cot and threw up (6) LOBBED {LOBster}{BED}

24 Dry part of Faridkot (4) ARID [T]

25 Massage Yankee to obtain gemstone (4) RUBY {RUB}{Y}

Reference List

Model = T, Girl = G, Good = G, Elevated Railway = EL, Square = S, Chinese = CH, Current = I, Air Defence = AD, Ship = SS, Energy = E, Hot = H, Romeo = R, Queen = ER, Park = P, Yankee = Y