No 13785, Friday, 10 Feb 2023, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Charge model for trotters (4) FEET {FEE}{T}

9   American horse is hit badly resulting in disease (10) BRONCHITIS {BRONC}{IS+HIT}*

10 Caption: "Battle cruiser leaving Seattle and sailing" (6) RUBRIC {Battle+CRUIseR}*

11 Squash melon with American designed eggbeater, for starters, to make drink (8) LEMONADE {MELON*}{A}{De...d}{Eg...r}

12 Cite this wrongly: It deserves to be scratched the most (8) ITCHIEST*

14 Rawalpindi governor's colour? (6) INDIGO [T]

16 Perhaps what one should do if one suspects one's clock is defective? (Continued in 17 Across) (4,5) KEEP WATCH  [C&DD]

17 See 16 Across (5)

18 Block Charlie's record (4) CLOG {C}{LOG}

19 Evaluate animals before commencement of sterilisation (6) ASSESS {ASSES}{St...n}

21 Legislator dumps a washing machine initially into water body next to river (8) LAWMAKER {L{A}{Wa...g}{Ma...e}AKE}{R}

23 Shortened spanner in these times (8) ABRIDGED {A{BRIDGE}D}

26 Nepalese soldier found in Uigur Khanate (6) GURKHA [T]

27 Fairy let me design genealogical document (6,4) FAMILY TREE*

28 North Eastern Street accommodation for birds (4) NEST {NE}{ST}

DOWN

1   Perhaps, siren from the opening part of second exhaust pipe on ship (10) SEDUCTRESS {Se...d}{Ex...t}{DUCT}{RE}{SS}

2   Point sailor on vessel "Enterprise" for example (8) STARSHIP {S}{TAR}{SHIP}

3   Old beech swapped for African tree (6) OBECHE {O}{BEECH*}

4   State learner's aim (4) GOAL {GOA}{L}

5   Fraud on party leader is at first harmless and mischievous (8) SCAMPISH {SCAM}{Pa..y}{IS}{Ha...s}

6   On retirement, Dennis transgressed moral norms (6) SINNED<=

7   Choose sage for pursuit of something unattainable (Continued in 15 Down) (4,5,5) WILD GOOSE CHASE {CHOOSE+SAGE}* [RA]

13 Aggregate sum mentioned in grotto tale (5) TOTAL [T]

15 See 7 (10)

17 Wife arranges guises around beginning of year for smart alecs (4,4) WISE GUYS {W}{ISEGU{Year}S*}

18 Burning cross in London around year-end (8) CHARRING {CHA{yeaR}RING}

20 Prophet and team taking right potion (6) ELIXIR {ELI}{XI}{R}

22 Bet about new German composer (6) WAGNER {WAG{N}ER}

24 Racket around start of evening in policeman's route (4) BEAT {B{Ev...g}AT}

25 Date Yankee left thread for repair (4) DARN {D}{yARN}

Reference List

Model = T, Charlie = C, River = R, These days = AD, North eastern = NE, Street = ST, On = RE, Ship = SS, Point = S, Sailor = TAR, Old = O, Learner = L, Wife = W, Team = XI, Right = R, New = N, Date  D, Yankee = Y