No 13955, Monday 28 Aug 2023, Incognito

Solution to 15D 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

7   What was shown on counters displaying speeds and altitude in ISRO control room after landing? Nothing! (4) ZERO [DD]

8   Old colliers, for example, consuming a bit of alkaloid can become testers (9) EXAMINERS {EX}{Al...d}{MINERS}

10 Western society, adopting CAD, makes revolutionary things (6) WHEELS {W}{HEEL}{S}

11 The Spanish ignite a pinch of myrrh behind university's golden rain tree (8) LABURNUM {LA}{BURN}{My..h}<=>{U}

12 Individual ones in crater changed measurement standards (8) CRITERIA {CR{1}TER{1}A*}

14 Instructed force to get violent thug (6) TAUGHT {TA}{THUG*}

16 Decorated and loved around noon (7) ADORNED {ADOR{N}ED}

18 Engineers do a play, "Cargo" (7) PAYLOAD*

21 Certify at a sort of cricket match (6) ATTEST {AT}{TEST}

23 Identification badges Agent Sam may produce (4,4) NAME TAGS*

25 Doctor accompanying mother in pain gets old coins (8) DRACHMAE {DR}{ACH{MA}E}

27 God turned up first, producing photographic device (6) CAMERA {RA}<=>{CAME}

29 Continued survival of President's 10 in eastern church (9) EXISTENCE {XI'S}{TEN} in {E}{CE}

30 Somanath travels across country (4) OMAN [T]

DOWN

1   Tied Theodore around that place (8) TETHERED {TE{THERE}D}

2   Lope awkwardly to get stick (4) POLE*

3   Data collector snores badly (6) SENSOR*

4   Corridor wall built and covered with dry grass (7) HALLWAY {H{WALL*}AY}

5   Intelligence agency flier beginning to toast aromatic Italian bread (8) CIABATTA {CIA}{BAT}{To..t}{Ar...c}

6   Carry animal (4) BEAR [DD}

9   Therefore, union territory gets head-start... A pole position (5) SOUTH {SO}{UT}{Head}

13 Ignore first digit in preceding number. It's wrong there (5) THREE* {13}

15 Dark member carries port (5) U?L?T  (Addendum - UNLIT {UN{L}IT} - See comments)

17 Roughly evaluate times tea is brewed (8) ESTIMATE*

19 North African prepared grain ale (8) ALGERIAN*

20 Six footer Anne rejected aerial (7) ANTENNA {ANT}{ANNE<=}

22 Worried sergeant, after losing nag, is abrupt (5) TERSE SERgEanT*

24 Ridiculed doctor consuming coke cocktail (6) MOCKED {M{COKE*}D}

26 Fibre from calico irks (4) COIR [T]

28 Keep spectacles between consecutive letters and behave listlessly (4) MOON {OO} in {M}{N}

Reference List

Western = W, Society = S, The in Spanish = LA, University = U, Force = TA(Territorial Army), Noon = N, God = RA, President = XI(Jinping), Eastern = E, Church = CE, Theodore = TED, Port = L