No 13887, Friday 09 Jun 2023, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Strangelove's animal (4) VOLE*

9 / 15 Perhaps, Dublin crossword maker's kind of dog (5,6) IRISH SETTER {IRISH}{SETTER}

10 Festive day kiss at Chennai Central (4) XMAS {X}{MAS}

11 Therefore, African country produces African national (6) SOMALI {SO}{MALI}{A}

12 Flying tit stole weapon (8) STILETTO*

13 Rich dwell too extraordinarily (4-2-2) WELL-TO-DO*

15 See 9

17 Five score a century (7) HUNDRED (5 x 20 = 100) Definition by example

19 Gulp down bird (7) SWALLOW [DD]

22 After 4, PM's present in battle exercise (6) ATTLEE [T]

24 State: "Longing within ship rises" (8) UPSURGES {UP}{S{URGE}S}

26 Animal returning to broken pots and part of organ (4,4) REED STOP {DEER<=}{POTS*}

28 Tavern in Germany displays half of a match, perhaps (6) INNING {INN}{IN}{G}

30 Large embrace with a hint of eroticism (4) HUGE {HUG}{Er...m}

31 I love mixed fruit (5) OLIVE*

32 Michelangelo's style (4) ELAN [T]

DOWN

1   Hence, look at Star Wars character (4) SOLO {SO}{LO}

2   Indeed, liar's confused! Lost track? (8) DERAILED {DE{LIAR*}ED}

3   Top class child's love for martial art (6) AIKIDO {A1}{KID}{0}

4   Wartime PM's victory over unhappy Gladstone is endless (7) WINSTON {WIN}{gladSTONe}

5   Husband in custody of biblical murderer observed instrument that may be used for decapitation (8) CHAINSAW {C{H}AIN}{SAW}

6   Once saucy specialist (6) EXPERT {EX}{PERT} 

7   Throw covering supporting fractured bone (4) CAST [DD}

14 Alien consumes injured cur producing belch (5) ERUCT {E{CUR*}T}

16 Eastern flower having uneven edges (5) EROSE {E}{ROSE}

18 Kind of seat that can make a pilot go higher than his plane can be made using 1 jet cone (8) EJECTION*

20 Sound boxes made from animals cover a rooftop (8) LARYNXES {L{A}{Roof}YNXES}

21 Question relative producing squash (7) PUMPKIN {PUMP}{KIN}

23 Fault in stocking climbing equipment (6) LADDER [DD]

25 Lord consumes egg at beginning of evening party (6) SOIREE {S{O}IRE}{Ee...g}

27 Birds preserved in Louvre museum (4) EMUS [T]

29 North Eastern Arkansas? Close! (4) NEAR {N}{E}{AR}

Reference List

Kiss = X, Chennai Central = MAS, African = A, Ship = SS, Germany = G, Look = LO, Husband = H, Alien = ET, Eastern = E, North = N, Arkansas = AR