No 14147, Friday 12 Apr 2024, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Shoot sack (4) FIRE [DD]

9   Periodic communication has four directions by property owner giving house on rent (10) NEWSLETTER {N}{E}{W}{S}{LETTER}

10 Airman at sea in dock (6) MARINA*

11 RAF left 1 floating, anti-drowning device (4,4) LIFE RAFT*

12 Great! Mel distributed wire! (8) TELEGRAM*

14 Permits walls to be built around hole (6) ALLOWS {ALL{O}WS*}

16 Apartment level (4) FLAT [DD]

17 Where silly ideas may be swept? (5) ASIDE* &lit

18 Inform William the archer (4) TELL [DD]

19 For example, girl gets copper plate at first to make an item of tableware (6) EGGCUP {EG}{G}{CU}{Pl..e}

21 After skipping reunions, indecent exposure may be foreseen (8) EXPECTED {EXPECTED+REUNIONS}* = {INDECENT EXPOSURE}

23 Conduct dry run on coffin carrier (8) REHEARSE {RE}{HEARSE}

26 Previous journalist survived (6) LASTED {LAST}{ED}

27 Soon, Muscat may produce space travellers (10) COSMONAUTS*

28 Immovable... but moving at high speed? (4) FAST [DD]

DOWN

1   PLA frigate is flying a standard with skull and crossbones (6,4) PIRATE FLAG* 

2   Horribly inept ward is sorry (8) PENITENT {INEPT*}{ENT}

3   United Nations exposition is partial (6) UNFAIR {UN}{FAIR}

4   French leave part of raw olives (4) AWOL [T]

5   8 having gone out of the romance, she ain't hot anymore (3,5) OLD FLAME [C&DD]

6   Master Oliver's having alcohol (6) STEROL [T]

7   Boy returns charge for meat (4) BEEF {B}{FEE<=]

13  Corn labyrinth one is trapped in (5) MAIZE {MA{1}ZE}

15  Prepare edible stew for animal (10) WILDEBEEST*

17 Endlessly hoping to get small tablets for headache (8) ASPIRINS {ASPIRINg}{S}

18 Checks and scolds (5,3) TICKS OFF [DD]

20 In empty cannery, place a quantity of paper that's greasy (6) CREAMY {Ca.{REAM}..rY}

22 North European, but can be French too (6) POLISH [DD]

24 In Greece, Cupid rose awkwardly (4) EROS*

25 Setter rejected American birds (4) EMUS {ME<=}{US}

Reference List

Girl = G, On = RE, Ward = ENT, Boy = B, Small = S