No 14144, Tuesday 09 Apr 2024, Incognito

Rangoli by Gowri

Artwork by Prasanna

Solution to 19A 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   Eisenhower follows boy's bicycle (4) BIKE {IKE}<=>{B}

9   Host runs around university giving direction (5) SOUTH {SO{U}TH*}

10 Uniform container returned for detachment (4) UNIT {U}{TIN<=}

11 A sort of agreement torn by criminal (6) RENTAL {RENT}{AL}

12 Be nice at first before lying badly without harmful effect (8) BENIGNLY {BE}{Nice}{LYING*}

13 No virus can travel around second piece of protective gear (3,5) SUN VISOR {NO+VIRUS}* over {S}

15 America follows large Indian state capital (6) LUSAKA {USA}<=>{L} and {KA}

17 In a ship, a device to snare governors (7) SATRAPS {S{A}{TRAP}S}

19 Earmarks a poster containing a small sketch at first (7) ?S?I?N? 

22 Roman statesman cooked rice in company (6) CICERO {C{RICE*}O}

24 Spirit remover? (8) EXORCIST [CD]

26 Crazy saloon keeper giving away opal to get paraffin (8) KEROSENE {SaloON+KEEpER}*

28 Mince pie with calcium, carbon and vomit inducer no longer recommended (6) IPECAC {PIE*}{CA}{C}

30 African following Yankee (4) ZULU Definition by example

31 Engineer consumes bone and sweetener (5) BRIBE {B{RIB}E}

32 She would take off and drop (4) SHED SHE'D

DOWN

1   Concealed European skin (4) HIDE {HID}{E}

2   Not right! Rove around for remnant of earlier meal! (4,4) LEFT OVER {LEFT}{ROVE*}

3   Hymns initially sung after lamps are arranged (6) PSALMS {Sung}<=>{LAMPS}*

4   What you may see before these clues... or after them (7) NUMBERS Definition by example

5   Hing-less preparation results in a disease (8) SHINGLES*

6   Judicial persons' rates (6) JUDGES [DD]

7   Assassinate king? Sick! (4) KILL {K}{ILL}

14 Playing harmonium, not horn, shows basic taste (5) UMAMI hArMonIUM*

16 Relative takes girl's rulers (5) KINGS {KIN}{G'S}

18 Adages show reasonably basic sense, for starters (8) PROVERBS {PROVE}{Re...y}{Ba..c}{Se..e}

20 Augment Indian position in cricket field (8) INCREASE {IN}{CREASE}

21 Hereditary unit is containing son's origins (7) GENESIS {GENE}{S}{IS}

23 Old American possessing ring with key leads to mass emigration (6) EXODUS {EX}{O}{D}{US}

25 Spanish exclamations about four Roman fruits (6) OLIVES {OL{IV}ES}

27 Birds captured by Three Musketeers (4) EMUS [T]

29 Salesman has drinks (4) ALES [T]

Reference List

Boy = B, University = U, Uniform = U, Criminal = AL(Capone), Large = L, Ship = SS, Company = CO, Engineer = BE, European = E, King = K, Girl = G, Indian = IN, Son = S, Key = D