No 14090, Tuesday 06 Feb 2024, Incognito

Solution to 28A 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.

All squared up :-)

ACROSS

8   Father's after Oscar (4) PAPA [a...noPqr...z]

9   Oliver's dance? (5) TWIST [CD]

10 Poems from Rhodesia (4) ODES [T]

11 Central Asian sailor follows another sailor (6) TARTAR {TAR}{TAR}

12 New York prison's tribal get together in Oceania (4-4) SING-SING [DD]

13 Double food for dog? Chayote and pickled relish! (4-4) CHOW-CHOW [MD]

15 Fly groups within the estate, for starters (6) TSETSE {The}{SETS}{Es...e}

17 Rice dish made by spreading bran around one ingredient at first, and including a bit of yoghurt (7) BIRYANI  {B{1}{RAN}{In...t} over {Yo...t}

19 Mark of injury allowed to become red (7) SCARLET {SCAR}{LET}

22 Say softly, "Reject the drink... reject the drink" (6) MURMUR {RUM<=}{RUM<=}

24 Military commander has right once more to get jelly like substance (4-4) AGAR-AGAR {AGA}{R}{AGA}{R}

26 North African captures Indian at first, one with disease (8) BERIBERI {BER{In...n}BER}{1}

28 Ammunition that is pointless? (6) D?M?U? (Addendum DUMDUM [C&DD] - See comments)

30 Good source of water (4) WELL [DD]

31 Groan awkwardly producing gas (5) ARGON*

32 Work hard, cutting logs (4) SLOG*

DOWN

1   A couple of mothers' uncle in India (4) MAMA {MA}{MA}

2   Discarded Acts (8) CASTAWAY {ACTS}* [RA]

3   Popular actor at church gives source of energy (6) STARCH {STAR}{CH}

4   GI's jaws moved displaying cutting devices (7) JIGSAWS*

5   Erstwhile office assistant with spasm cannot tolerate wide range of temperature (8) STENOTIC {STENO}{TIC}  Definition seems to be off?

6   Rodent consumes a bit of sugary dish made of whipped cream (6) MOUSSE {MOU{Su...y}SE}

7   Signify average (4) MEAN [DD]

14 Henry and King adopting artificial intelligence at university to compose Japanese poem (5) HAIKU {A}{AI}{K}{U}

16 Tales wrongly stated in upright stone slab (5) STELA*

18 Avengers make agents of chemical warfare (5,3) NERVE GAS*

20 Stern Tom's worried at last (8) REARMOST {REAR}{TOMS*}

21 Traitor gets gin cocktail and some snacks for sailors (7) RATINGS {RAT}{GIN*}{Sn...s}

23 To a large extent, very masculine to capture impala at first (6) MAINLY {MA{Im...a}NLY}

25 Very enthusiastic rat moves around lair (6) ARDENT {AR{DEN}T*}

27 When returning, housekeeper carries fencing equipment (4) EPEE [T<=]

29 America has initially focussed on unidentified flying objects (4) UFOS {U{Fo...d}{On}S}

Reference List

Right = R, Church = CH, Henry = H, King = K, University = U