No 14040, Friday 08 Dec 2023, Incognito

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ACROSS

8 / 10 Trudeau's suit, if required (4,2,4) JUST IN CASE {JUSTIN}{CASE}

9   Boost Nepal's production of a utensil that can be used as a measuring device (10) TABLESPOON*

10 See 8

11 Student breaks side clip (8) DISCIPLE*

12 Says, "Including American positions" (8) STATUSES {STAT{US}ES}

14 Musical instruments having no defect endlessly (6) BUGLES BUGLESs

16 State: "Abbreviation of state is deleted, sadly" (4) ALAS  ALASka

17 What a pilot may do while landing or release when attacked... (5) FLARE [DD]

18 After removing ants, carelessly repaints jetty (4) PIER REPaInts*

19 Saw having 1 speed setting (6) ESPIED*

21 I club pan violently for local man (8) PUBLICAN*

23 In Spain, he is in low quality European city (8) BELGRADE {EL} in {B GRADE}

26 Greek birds make threatening sounds (6) GROWLS {GR}{OWLS}

27 Soccer player's running barefoot carrying a couple of students (10) FOOTBALLER {FOOTBA{LL}ERS*}

28 Bird staying in another nest (4) ERNE [T]

DOWN

1   Islets' restrictive access devices (10) TURNSTILES {ISLETS}* [RA]

2   A legendary land's in atlas revision (8) ATLANTIS* One T short in fodder

3   Afterwards, dumped in arsenic? Capital! (6) ATHENS {A{THEN}S}

4   Setter gets tender in the same place (4) IBID {I}{BID}

5   Judicious engineer irresponsible after prior leaves (8) SENSIBLE irrESpoNSIBLE*

6 / 7 Moving water, bread and appetiser in Chinese restaurant (6,4) SPRING ROLL {SPRING}{ROLL}

7 See 6

13 Marsh paddled with top of paddle (5) SWAMP {SWAM}{Pa...d}

15 Be in galley, going around and checking thoroughly (10) EYEBALLING*

17 Deaf? Disappear! (4,4) FADE AWAY {DEAF}* [RA]

18 Captive or sniper is wrong (8) PRISONER*

20 Leave surrounded by damaged tins and metal blocks (6) INGOTS {IN{GO}TS*}

22 Wildly brag to star from Casablanca (6) BOGART*

24 Greek god hiding amongst tuberoses (4) EROS [T]

25 Slippery creatures found in steel saucepans (4) EELS [T]

Reference List

He in Spain = EL, Greek = GR, Student = L