No 13630, Tuesday 09 Aug 2022, Incognito

Solution to 26A 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   Large container with a fish (4) TUNA {TUN}{A}

9   Icelandic animal? (5) ELAND [T]

10 English mother makes cheese (4) EDAM {E}{DAM}

11 Thrust thick cord into empty pail (6) PROPEL {Pa{ROPE}iL}

12 Following orders and wriggling toe in bed (8) OBEDIENT*

13 Justifies tirades after conflict (8) WARRANTS {RANTS}<=>{WAR}

15 Praises a lieutenant during wild sex (6) EXALTS {EX{A}{LT}S*}

17 In favour of drink? Abandon! (7) FORSAKE {FOR}{SAKE}

19 Saint fared badly and attacked repeatedly from low-flying aircraft (7) STRAFED {ST}{FARED*}

22 Wild rage in front of an American president (6) REAGAN {RAGE*}{AN}

24 Wrongly get and weigh albumen (3,5) EGG WHITE {GET+WEIGH}*

26 Auditor takes loan giver's machine (8) ?A?E?D?R (Addendum - CALENDER {CA}{LENDER} - See comments)

28 Plump insect goes around Spanish hotel (6) FLESHY {FL{ES}{H}Y}

30 Vehicle with energy protection (4) CARE {CAR}{E}

31 Guy's starting to investigate acute madness (5) MANIA {MAN}{In...e}{Ac..e}

32 Carve child following alien (4) ETCH {CH}<=>{ET}

DOWN

1   Funnily, Portugal releases plot for a kind of bean (4) GUAR poRtUGAl*

2   Fortifications containing animal bits (8) RAMPARTS {RAM}{PARTS}

3   German capital found invested in rubber lingerie (6) BERLIN [T]

4   Virginia and animal go away (7) VAMOOSE {VA}{MOOSE}

5   Then read damaged sticker (8) ADHERENT*

6   Perhaps the press and TV covered new city (6) MEDINA {MEDI{N}A}

7   Waving wand to make sun rise? (4) DAWN*

14 Residence built using adobe components (5) ABODE*

16 Two models carrying rescue equipment abroad initially give medical care (5) TREAT {T}{Re...e}{Eq...t}{Ab...d}{T}

18 Itinerant monks dig in countries ruled by monarchs (8) KINGDOMS*

20 Met a Chinese First lady carrying one daughter (8) ACHIEVED {A}{CH}{EVE}{D} over {1}

21 Fish having that lady's piece of jewellery (7) HERRING {HER}{RING}

23 Selfish desire to posses yen became older (6) GREYED {GRE{Y}ED}

25 Joker returns, carrying uniform, with a couple of females, getting huge laughter (6) GUFFAW G{U}{FF}AW<=}

27 Sadly, salad is rejected, after removing out a bit of dressing (4) ALAS SALAd<=

29 Pledge pawn (4) HOCK [DD]

Reference List

English = E, Mother = DAM, Saint = ST, Spanish = ES, Hotel = H, Energy = E, Child = CH, Alien = ET, New = N, Model = T, Chinese = CH, Daughter = D, Yen = Y, Uniform = U, Female = F