No 13733, Saturday 10 Dec 2022, Incognito

ACROSS

8   Low nuclear orbiter? (4) MOON {MOO}{N}

9   Some theatre actors respond (5) REACT [T]

10 Operating O-ring removed for obtaining fuel (4) PEAT oPErATing

11 Harmless being is worried about Satan's tail (6) BENIGN {BE{s..aN}IGN*}

12 Guys follow boxing champ with team leader on Sunday giving nourishing items (8) ALIMENTS {MEN}<=>{ALI} with {Team}{S}

13 Pakistani president, after getting rid of half of army and Rear Admiral with force, gets space to expand exponentially (8) MUSHROOM {MUSHarraf}{ROOM}

15 In absence of gin, distributed grenadine and made money (6) EARNED gRENADinE*

17 Attacked and kept holding front end of musket (7) STORMED {STOR{Mu...t}ED}

19 Bent and crooked despot consumed egg (7) STOOPED {STO{0}PED*}

22 Salesman and ward feel sorry (6) REPENT {REP}{ENT}

24 Injured attendee with teeth (8) EDENTATE*

26 Wrongly trains English rector to produce kitchen equipment (8) STRAINER {TRAINS*}{E}{R}

28 Retired lama protected returning Indian creature (6) ANIMAL {LAMA<=} over {IN<=}

30 Run away from female confederate general (4) FLEE {F}{LEE}

31 Modify Ms Lovelace's physical training (5) ADAPT {ADA}{PT}

32 Barley de-husked and ground for titled person (4) EARL bARLEy*

DOWN

1   "At last!" Detective chasing criminal boss concluded (4) DONE {d...vE}<=>{DON}

2   Prince baffled about His Excellency's code (8) ENCIPHER {ENCIP{HE}R*}

3   Doctor No rejected girl having love for bird (6) DRONGO {DR}{NO<=}{G}{0}

4   Acquiring a bit of humility, Mamata may become a great soul (7) MAHATMA {MA{Hu...y}ATMA*}

5   Shrill saint on journey with book (8) STRIDENT {ST}{RIDE}{NT}

6   Give impression of being a soft fruit (6) APPEAR {A}{P}{PEAR}

7   Stop in Himachal territory (4) HALT [T]

14 Release violent centurion throwing corn (5) UNTIE cENTUrIon*

16 First lady at National Theatre fixture (5) EVENT {EVE}{N}{T}

18 Scotsman carries forged notes for European (8) ESTONIAN {IAN}<=>{NOTES*}

20 Devil survived more than the rest (8) OUTLIVED {DEVIL}* [RA]

21 Administer therapy once again and go back (7) RETREAT {RE-TREAT}

23 Times editor rubbed out (6) ERASED {ERAS}{ED}

25 Demands and gets college in Texas building (6) EXACTS {EXA{C}TS*}

27 Story from Nainital estate (4) TALE [T]

29 Silver crowned god in Indian city (4) AGRA {AG}{RA}

Reference List

Nuclear = N, Boxing champ = ALI, Sunday = S, Rear Admiral = RA, Force = F, English = E, Rector = R, Indian = IN, Female = F, Physical training = PT, His Excellency = HE, Girl = G, Book = NT(New Testament), Soft = P, National Theatre = NT, Editor = ED, College = C, God = RA