No 14066, Monday 08 Jan 2024, Incognito

Solution to 14D 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

8   A group of similar people, perhaps, compete to ascertain one with fastest speed (4) RACE {DD]

9   Liquid available in Ottawa Terminal (5) WATER [T]

10 Top animal gets cross (4) APEX {APE}{X}

11 Effect on non-Indian insult (6) RESULT {RE}{inSULT}

12 Last condiment (4,4) ROCK SALT {LAST}* [RA]

13 How a bespectacled person might look? Awkwardly? How silly! (8) OWLISHLY*

15 Pilot officer manufactured ointment (6) POMADE {PO}{MADE}

17 Make a man of cloth give up his habit? (7) DEFROCK [CD]

19 Male child carries list for some cheese (7) STILTON {S{TILT}ON}

22 Small piece of furniture is steady (6) STABLE {S}{TABLE}

24 Wallowing pigs ruin rebellion (8) UPRISING*

26 They too run after English canine (3,5) EYE TOOTH {THEY+TOO}*<=>{E}

28 Some parts of very pleasant city (6) VENICE {VEry}{NICE}

30 Monster squashing orange after discarding central portion (4) OGRE ORanGE*

31 Possibly least unit of magnetic flux density (5) TESLA*

32 Young lady from "Admissions" (4) MISS [T]

DOWN

1   Wan friend has energy (4) PALE {PAL}{E}

2   Odd! Parent without ward accepts convoluted clue by setter (8) PECULIAR {PARent} over {CLUE*}{I}

3   Change stick (6) SWITCH [DD]

4   Floors Yankee behind shop on Sunday (7) STOREYS {Y}<=>{STORE} on {S}

5   Stupid person's top (8) CRACKPOT [TOP}* [RA]

6   Managed to some extent some money for payment to criminal (6) RANSOM {RAN}{SOMe}

7   Who invented the telephone? Engineer and two students! (4) BELL {BE}{LL}

14 When bird goes away, raise temperature and produce grain (5) W?E?T (Addendum - WHEAT {When}{HEAT} - See comments)

16 Doctor's personal sink (5) DROWN {DR}{OWN}

18 Cigars having revolutionary origins? (8) CHEROOTS {CHE}{ROOTS}

20 Wrongly laments about a final title (4,4) LAST NAME {LAMENTS}* over {A}

21 Titled lady and a couple of learners left dull game (7) DUCHESS {DUll}{CHESS}

23 Gambler is improving (6) BETTER [DD]

25 Show endlessly "Red Meat", perhaps (6) REVEAL {REd}{VEAL}

27 Yes, Goa organised Indian activity for physical and mental well-being (4) YOGA {Y}{GOA}*

29 Charlie has distributed money (4) CASH {C}{HAS*}

Reference List

Indian = IN, On = RE, Small = S, English = E, Energy = E, Yankee = Y, Sunday = S, Student = L, Revolutionary = CHE, Yes = Y, Charlie = C