No 14065, Saturday 06 Dec 2024,Incognito

ACROSS

8   Greek having sex appeal and courage (4) GRIT {GR}{IT}

9   Stagnant position on a railway (10) STATIONARY {STATION}{A}{RY}

10 Cut down on intake and passed away holding alien (6) DIETED {DI{ET}ED} 

11 Flowers! Flowers placed around ship! (8) BLOSSOMS {BLO{SS}OMS}

12 Excitedly pat mower for getting parasite (8) TAPEWORM*

14 Prince having one new doctor in custody (6) ANDREW {A}{N{DR}EW}

16 Skis laid out to form "X"? (4) KISS*

17 Award got before Papa (5) OSCAR (alpha,...oscar, papa, ....zulu)

18 Part from Yosemite Museum (4) ITEM [T]

19 Oscillating fan use is risky (6) UNSAFE*

21 I spot ape running around... it's fitting (8) APPOSITE*

23 Huge deficit in fossil fuel (8) COLOSSAL {CO{LOSS}AL}

26 They may help to draw straight lines for kings, for example (6) RULERS [DD]

27 Once again, production is fun! (10) RECRECATION {RE-CREATION}

28 Record: "It's a piece of paper currency" (4) NOTE [DD]

DOWN

1   Girl leaves provision of water for plants to model resulting in displeasure (10) IRRITATION IRRI(-g+T}TATION

2   Saint says, "Speak haltingly" (8) STUTTERS {ST}{UTTERS}

3   Familiar with American journalist starting to take offence (4,2) USED TO {US}{ED}{Take}{Of...e}

4   Hit boy and young animal (4) LAMB {LAM}{B}

5   Crazy Imran! Out to get a legendary creature! (8) MINOTAUR*

6   New nude is transported around America (6) UNUSED {UN{US}ED*}

7   Stuff starting to melt after car crash (4) CRAM {Melt}<=>{CAR}*

13 Doctor takes tea and coffee (5) MOCHA {MO}{CHA}

15 English church reader brewed tea for the voting populace (10) ELECTORATE {E}{LECTOR}{TEA*}

17 Old poems cover beginning of adventure abroad (8) OVERSEAS {O}{VERSE{Ad,,,e}S}

18 Shoe insert kept on holy book? That's rude! (8) INSOLENT {INSOLE}{NT}

20 How one might be travelling abroad in relation to a ship or aircraft? (6) ABOARD* Semi&lit

22 Average ward's pop or mom, perhaps (6) PARENT {PAR}{ENT}

24 For example, tandoor mentioned in above note (4) OVEN [T]

25 SOS sent out from shaking sailors' den (4) LAIR sAILoRs*

Reference List

Greek = GR, Sex appeal = IT, Railway = RY, Alien = ET, Ship = SS, Girl = G, Model = T, Journalist = ED, Boy = B, English = E, Old = O, Holy Book = NT(New Testament), Average = PAR