No 13861, Wednesday 10 May 2023, Incognito

Solution to 15A 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   Endless expectation with independence for Indians (4) HOPI {HOPe}{I}

9   Fitting ring in snout makes a kind of snare (5) NOOSE {NO{O}SE}

10 Khan mutilated key of life from Egypt (4) ANKH*

11 Excitedly peeping after ditching sweetheart in sty (6) PIGPEN PEePING*

12 Extra hours spent working on repairing item (8) OVERTIME {OVER}{ITEM*}

13 Incarcerate descendant chasing scamp on Rhode Island (8) IMPRISON {SON}<=>{IMP}{RI}

15 Tesla gets earthquake warning (6) T?R?A? (Addendum - THREAT {T}{EARTH*} - See comments)

17 Animal doctor managed to hide English ex-serviceman (7) VETERAN {VET}{RAN} over {E}

19 Teach European cadet walking around university (7) EDUCATE {E}{D{U}CATE*}

22 Confused? Isis or some other Egyptian god? (6) OSIRIS*

24 Set a rebel leader's reach with diktats initially (8) ARRANGED {A}{Re..l}{RANGE}{Di...s}

26 Head of police touring hamlet including park and tract (8) PAMPHLET {Po...e}{HAMLET*} over {P}

28 See 23 Down 

30 Extraordinarily large piece of land returned in Calais area? (4) ASIA [T<=]

31 Register English rector on leave at first (5) ENROL {EN}{R}{On}{Le..e}

32 American uncle hugs husband? It's a pretence... (4) SHAM {S{H}AM}

DOWN

1   Yankee girl's love starting to irritate Indian guru, perhaps (4) YOGI {Y}{G} over {O} and {Ir...e} 

2   Broadcast peers' IDs wrongly (8) DISPERSE*

3   Fruit used in banana sundae (6) ANANAS [T]

4   German in city in Panama gets European perfume product (7) COLOGNE {COLO{G}N}{E}

5   Vanquished? Great achievement, indeed (8) DEFEATED {DE{FEAT}ED}

6   Restaurant employee dropping a piece of ice into liquid usually served (6) WAITER {WA{Ice}TER}

7   Move over ice with male giving a hasty look (4) SKIM {SKI}{M}

14 Touches setter and aliens (5) MEETS {ME}{ETS}

16 Cave in Levant region (5) ANTRE [T]

18 Sailor arrived at solution and gave a clean chit (8) ABSOLVED {AB}{SOLVED}

20 Sanctify in canoes at sea (8) CANONISE*

21 Catch and hold broken teacup containing a bit of residue (7) CAPTURE {CAPTU{Re...e}E*}

23 & 28A Grave message on vehicle - "Secure king with ends of line" - for legendary sleeper (3,3,6) RIP VAN WINKLE {RIP}{VAN}{WIN}{K}{LinE}

25 Sort of slower rider's boot fittings (6) ROWELS*

27 Aluminium, sulphur and oxygen too (4) ALSO {AL}{S}{O}

29 Metal wire (4) LEAD [DD]

Reference List

Independence = I, Tesla = T, English = E, European = E, University = U, Park = P, English = EN, Rector = R, American uncle = SAM, Husband = H, Yankee = Y, Girl = G, German = G, Male = M, Aliens ETS, Sailor = AB, Grave message = R I P, King = K