No 13809, Friday 10 Mar 2023, Incognito

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ACROSS

7   Centreville creature went away (4) LEFT {viLle}{EFT}

8   What the TSA scanner did to me while I did this to the female TSA agent? (4,1,4) MADE A PASS [C&DD]

10 Perhaps Tom does this in a Top Gun aircraft (6) CRUISE [C&DD]

11 Indian's fine to shadow actress with ease, I hear (8) CHEROKEE {OK}<=>{CHER} and {(~ease)EE}

12 The genie converted one and half dozen (8) EIGHTEEN*

14 Bordello customer carries an insect (6) LOCUST [T]

16 Aids donkey at first with some sugar (7) ASSISTS {ASS}{1ST}{Su..r}

18 Perhaps, nationalist Patrick is followed by a display of anarchy (7) PATRIOT {PAT}{RIOT}

21 Bad art by actress Ms Thurman results in agony (6) TRAUMA {ART*}{UMA}

23 Rotter hiding in box with spades in American mountain range (8) CASCADES {CAS{CAD}E}{S}

25 European statute mentioned in challenge in US state (8) DELAWARE {D{E}{LAW}ARE}

27 American state having right soldier (6) MARINE {MA{R}INE}

29 Small guy's missile? (9) MINUTEMAN {MINUTE}{MAN}

30 Indigenous North American people mentioned in decrees (4) CREE [T]

DOWN

1   Enlists 10 going around centre of metro following end of tour (8) RECRUITS {CRUISE}* over {meTro} after {touR}

2   Extraterrestrial at university has one small case (4) ETUI {ET}{U}{1}

3   Mummy returned by French father in current unit (6) AMPERE {MA<=}{PERE}

4   Bringing out throwing dice and gun (7) EDUCING {DICE+GUN}*

5   Devious Machiavelli, not having HIV, makes some type of tea (8) CAMELLIA {MAChiAvELLI}*

6   Washington company in Texan city (4) WACO {WA}{CO}

9   Drops outhouses? (5) SHEDS [DD]

13 "Hear an Indian koel's 

       ululation for 

       starters", say these lines (5) HAIKU Acrostic Definition by example

15 About Central Intelligence Agency taking Roman Catholic into custody (5) CIRCA {CI{RC}A}

17 Treaty rewritten to cover a midshipman in Bostonian revolt (3,5) TEA PARTY {TE{A}{shiPman}ARTY*}

19 No leader can make a shrub (8) OLEANDER*

20 Howls about dairy product carried by ship (7) SCREAMS {S{CREAM}S}

22 No trust in truth serum concoction producing thin mucus (5) RHEUM{trutH+sERUM}*

24 Yes, in Spain, money (not euro) for buying sacred things forbidden by law (6) SIMONY {SI}{MONeY}

26 Uncle's wife cooked tuna (4) AUNT*

28 Stone mythical bird alighting on king (4) ROCK {ROC}{K}

Reference List

Spades = S, European = E, Right = R, Extraterrestrial = ET, University = U, Father in French = PERE, Washington = WA, Company = CO, Roman Catholic = RC, Ship = SS, Yes in Spanish = SI, Euro = E, King = K