No 13786, Saturday 11 Feb 2023, Incognito

ACROSS

8   Fruit and vegetable? Right! (4) PEAR {PEA}{R}

9   German submersible vessel protecting snake in Utah (1-4) U-BOAT {U{BOA}T}

10 Fastener found in Chennai ladder (4) NAIL [T]

11 Loves pine tea? (6) OOLONG {OO}{LONG}

12 Encore!... Encore organised, including commencement of melodious overture (4,4) ONCE MORE {ENCORE}* over {Me...s}{Ov...e}

13 Wrongly enrich and include saint's name (8) CHRISTEN {CHRI{ST}EN*}

15 Old Lenin is wrongly connected to internet (6) ONLINE {O}{LENIN*}

17 Nepal district horse (7) MUSTANG [DD]

19 Perhaps, an award for wasting away of body part (7) ATROPHY {A}{TROPHY}

22 Prohibit girl with the French piece of jewellery (6) BANGLE {BAN}{G}{LE}

24 Horribly vile technology allows terribly evil leaders to rise magically (8) LEVITATE {VILE*}{Te...y}{Al...s}{Te...y}{Evil}

26 Lagos don travels in Venetian boats (8) GONDOLAS*

28 Some Detroit editors took part in violent protest (6) RIOTED [T] Is there an error here?

30 Female with a measure of land gets ticket cost (4) FARE {F}{ARE}

31 Mashed flesh in part of a cupboard, perhaps (5) SHELF*

32 Shoo away in part of West End (4) SOHO*

DOWN

1   "Duck, love!" (4) ZERO [DD]

2   Parson is terrible! Giving shelter to fire-raiser? (8) ARSONIST [T]

3   Move ahead of model financial plan (6) BUDGET {BUDGE}{T}

4   Military officer gone broke producing perfumery product (7) COLOGNE {COL}{GONE*}

5   Ticks project (5,3) STICK OUT {TICKS}* [RA]

6   Dental covering English male damaged (6) ENAMEL {EN}{MALE*}

7   For example, Pinocchio circulates lira (4) LIAR*

14 African language initially hated across America (5) HAUSA {Ha..d}{A}{USA}

16 Perhaps Miss MacIntosh is confused after absence of scam (2-3) NO-HIT macINTOsH*

18 Sewing implements without a point? Unnecessary! (8) NEEDLESS {NEEDLE{S}S}

20 In olden times, you parked in river shed (8) OUTHOUSE {OU{THOU}SE}

21 Good girls' spectacles (7) GLASSES {G}{LASSES}

23 Golden Gate redesigned without using Noel's contraption (6) GADGET {GolDen+GATE}*

25 Five fire back at rear of enemy and confirm (6) VERIFY {V}{FIRE<=}{e..mY}

27 Love male in country (4) OMAN {0}{MAN}

29 Repeat excited customer's hasty order for starters (4) ECHO Acrostic

Reference List

Right = R, Utah = UT, Love = 0, Saint = ST, Old = O, Girl = G, Female = F, Model = T, Military officer = COL, English = EN, Point = S(outh), You = THOU