No 14039, Thursday 07 Dec 2023, Incognito

Solution to 19A 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   Nastily hoarding wine (4) ASTI [T]

9   Look at some Saraswat children (5) WATCH [T]

10 Processing raisin is banned in Middle Eastern country (4) IRAN RAisIN*

11 Drive miles around university for food (6) MUESLI {M{U}ESLI*}

12 Texts about youth centre's direct debit for desserts (8) PUDDINGS {P{yoUth}{DD}INGS}

13 Adjourn in favour of scoundrel (8) PROROGUE {PRO}{ROGUE}

15 Address obtained from Superintendent of Police starting to examine European church (6) SPEECH {SP}{Ex...e}{E}{CH}

17 Badly upset by princess' argument (7) DISPUTE {UPSET}(<=>{DI}

19 Agrees: "Towering and is having energy" (7) ?A?L?E? (Addendum - TALLIES {TALL}{I{E}S} - Zee comments)

22 Rose took the elevator to top floor (4,2) WENT UP [DD]

24 Latest style? Pout on romantic outing! (2-2-4) UP-TO-DATE {POUT*}{DATE}

26 You and I arrange flowers endlessly for legendary creature (8) WEREWOLF {WE}{FLOWERs*}

28 Full-bodied bust or operated upon? (6) ROBUST*

30 Café table has some type of cheese (4) FETA [T]

31 A young lady can be wrong (5) AMISS {A}{MISS}

32 Agitated traitor throwing tar in civil disturbance (4) RIOT traITOR*

DOWN

1   Isaac's son's directions to get gold (4) ESAU {E}{S}{AU}

2   A spirit travels across road and runway (8) AIRSTRIP {A}{ITST{R}IP*}

3   Having title but due around beginning of November (6) OWNING {OW{No...r}ING}

4   Main items sold by stationers (7) STAPLES [DD]

5   He radios wrongly, "This is what Zimbabwe was called earlier" (8) RHODESIA*

6   Share, "Four or six Romans entered and died horribly" (6) DIVIDE {IV or VI} in {DIED}*

7   Suspend Chinese girl (4) HANG {HAN}{G}

14 & 23 Increase height of liquor service counter and improve standards (5,3,3) RAISE THE BAR {RAISE}{THE BAR}

16 Talk about Middlesex conman (5) CHEAT {CH{sEx}AT}

18 Prepared pasta stuffed with Indian origin chilli initially and starches (8) TAPIOCAS {PASTA}* over {In...n}{Or...n}{Ch...s}

20 Female flier or insect? (8) LADYBIRD {LADY}{BIRD}

21 Discriminatory female is first in exciting event (7) FUNFAIR {UNFAIR}<=>{F}

23 See 14

25 Force husband into faith (6) THRUST {T{H}RUST}

27 Still evening and no gin cocktail? (4) EVEN EVENing

29 Presently circles between two Poles (4) SOON {S}{OO}{N}

Reference List

University = U, Direct debit = DD, European = E, Church = CH, Princess = DI, Energy = E, Road = R, Chinese = HAN, Girl = G, Female = F, Husband = H, Poles = S,N