No 14120, Tuesday 12 Mar 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.

ACROSS

8   Leaves found in archipelago estuary (4)  GOES [T]

9   Start throwing stone (5) ONSET*

10 Love one in custody of Mr Sharif (4) OMAR {O}{M{A}R}

11 Mount art containing some Arabic letters (6) ARARAT {AR{ARAbic}T}

12 Manage by cooking prune for person who came in second (6-2) RUNNER-UP {RUN}{PRUNE*}

13 Greek hero used soy preparation before starting to shave (8) ODYSSEUS {USED+SOY}*{Sh..e}

15 & 17 Give company wrong count and get a refreshing drink (6,7) TENDER COCONUT {TENDER}{CO}{COUNT*}

17 See 15

19 Whip South Carolina eggs (7) SCOURGE {SC}{0}{URGE}

22 Engineers strive to make fasteners (6) RIVETS*

24 Barges in? Isn't rude, perhaps... (8) INTRUDES*

26 Throw cobras at tumblers? (8) ACROBATS*

28 Type of bone with facility beginning to shift? Ribs! (6) T?A?E? (addendum - TEASES {T}{EASES}{Sh..t} - See comments)

30 Clots leaving livestock milling around European capital (4) KIEV lIVEstocK*

31 Organ for one who continues to defy death? (5) LIVER [DD]

32 Bony heel (4) LEAN [DD]

DOWN

1   Animal cut out from pasteboard (4) BOAR [T]

2   Spanish media's love for a type of coffee (8) ESPRESSO {ES}{PRESS}{0}

3   Blood covering it results in disease (6) GOITRE {GO{IT}RE}

4   Supporter of Russian monarchy having extraordinary traits captures Soviet leader (7)TSARIST {TSARI{So...t}T*}

5   Abnormally constricted office worker gets spasm (8) STENOTIC {STENO}{TIC}

6   Book containing a direction for Asian national (6) KOREAN {KOR{E}AN}

7   Graduate rejected United Kingdom's capital (4) BAKU {BA}{UK<=}

14 What one may wear when it is hot in the outskirts of Delhi? (5) DHOTI {Del{HOT}hI}

16 Bird that landed on the moon? (5) EAGLE [GK]

18 Rocky turntables wobble in absence of right thickness, for starters (8) UNSTABLE  TUrNtABLES*

20 Cannot travel across America? Useless! (8) UNUSABLE {UN{US}ABLE}

21 Young lady, I have a letter (7) MISSIVE {MISS}{I'VE}

23 Change into female holding small book (6) EVOLVE {E{VOL}VE}

25 Trains and coaches (6) TUTORS [DD]

27 Commanding officer has Indian monetary token (4) COIN {CO}{IN}

29 Test damaged box camera after removing cobra (4) EXAM {boX+cAMEra}*

Reference List

Type of Bone = T, Spanish = ES, Direction = E, Graduate = BA, Commanding officer = CO, Indian = IN