No 13912, Saturday 08 Jul 2023, Incognito

ACROSS

8   God of War's female horses have no energy (4) MARS MAReS

9   Short distance from tail of ram to head of moose enlarged (10) MILLIMETRE {raM+Mo..e}

10 Curiously store initially liquid organic chemical (6) STEROL {STORE}*{Li...d}

11 "Ours" and "Mine" confused gentleman in France (8) MONSIEUR {OURS+MINE}*

12 Told, "Find Rome confusing" (8) INFORMED*

14 Bird's complaint (6) GROUSE [DD]

16 Retreats in garden sheds (4) DENS [T]

17 Sire, entreat alien (5) BEGET {BEG}{ET}

18 Garlands from Argyle Island (4) LEIS [T]

19 Affixes OK mark in ship (6) STICKS {S{TICK}S}

21 The empty castle built in air, perhaps (8) TELECAST {ThE}{CASTLE*}

23 Lawyer's poster includes accountant in poll (8) ADVOCATE {AD}{{VO{CA}TE}

26 Large buildings Romans designed (6) MANORS*

27 Sappers getting answer for pixel ratio (10) RESOLUTION {RE}{SOLUTION}

28 Mark of injury from violent, endless scrap (4) SCAR SCRAp*

DOWN

1   Tin soldiers capture hundred tanks initially in military area (10) CANTONMENT {CAN}{TON}{MEN}{Ta..s}

2   Exorbitant uncle seeks unusually ruinous interest on urgent sums in the beginning (8) USURIOUS Acrostic Semi&lit

3   Tremble morbidly to some extent and sign (6) EMBLEM [T]

4   Some Muslims can be lean (4) SLIM [T]

5   Time to change date? (8) MIDNIGHT [CD]

6   Doc! Deranged doc with one eye, I hear, is chasing setter! (6) MEDICO {DOC+(~eye)I}*<=>{ME}

7   French gold for German lady (4) FRAU {FR}{AU}

13 Excavate that finger or toe (5) DIGIT {DIG IT}

15 Master air current flowing behind moving vehicle (10) SLIPSTREAM {MASTER}* [RA]

17 Make strenuous effort to fix badge behind vehicle with university team leader (4,1,3) BUST A GUT {TAG}<=>{BUS} and {U}{Team}

18 See game covering new legendary creature's reputed haunt (4,4) LOCH NESS {LO}{CHE{N}ESS}

20 Decay in criminal's plant (6) CROTON {C{ROT}ON}

22 Cry, "American soldiers captured by Lieutenant" (6) LAMENT {L{A}{MEN}T}

24 Sketched Ms Barrymore (4) DREW [DD]

25 Give out wrong time (4) EMIT*

Reference List

Energy = E, Alien = ET, Ship = SS, Poster = AD, Sappers = RE(Royal Engineers), Hundred = TON, French = FR, Gold = AU, University = U, New = N, American = A