No 14171, Friday 10 May 2024, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Largest dolphin found in Windsor, California (4) ORCA [T]

9   Heather appears in esoteric art (5) ERICA [T]

10 Call for shower of pellets from the sky (4) HAIL [DD]

11 Secret agents surround king, producing pointed objects (6) SPIKES {SPI{K}ES}

12 Replied, "A new sewer is constructed next to top of drain." (8) ANSWERED {A}{N}{SEWER*}{Dr..n}

13 Restore US city tax on commencement of employment (8) RENOVATE {RENO}{VAT}{Em...t}

15 Queasy about hot model's style of performance (6) SHTICK {S{H}{T}ICK}

17 A doctor for canines, amongst other things? (7) DENTIST [C&DD]

19 Warped space? It is medically uncontaminated (7) ASEPTIC*

22 Rapscallion releasing father lion is rowdy (6) RASCAL RApSCALlion Error in fodder, Just P for father?

24 Knotting bootlaces having only one loop instead of two can result  in hindrance (8) OBSTACLE BOoTLACES*

26 Chap wearing scarlet and journalist taken into custody (8) REMANDED {RE{MAN}D}{ED}

28 In my case, a boy gives rise to discomfort (6) MALADY {M{A}{LAD}Y}

30 Returned 1 component (4) PART<=

31 Figurines that may be solid? (5) IDOLS*

32 Dash when changing lane (4) ELAN*

DOWN

1   Catch injured rat sitting on piano (4) TRAP {RAT*}{P}

2   Juliet wrongly took cab to get military footwear (8) JACKBOOT {J}{TOOK+CAB}*

3   Spear lobbed around his heart in Iran of olden times (6) PERSIA {PERS{hIs}A*}

4   Sprats and a bit of egg cooked around 1 for nautical marauders (7) PIRATES {SPRAT+Egg}* over (1} Error in fodder

5   Boy helps musicians (8) BASSISTS {B}{ASSISTS}

6   Mad Hatter's warning (6) THREAT*

7   Perfect penalty (4) FINE [DD]

14 English-men return by middle of day for evacuation (5) ENEMA {E}{MEN<=}{dAy}

16 Cold knoll's iciness (5) CHILL {C}{HILL}

18 Also laid out dressing that can be consumed! (5,3) SALAD OIL*

20 White teeth nobleman sinks into baked goodies (8) PEARLIES {P{EARL}IES}

21 Dominating driver wrongly hoards, after loss of bearing, old gear-wheel at first (4,3) ROAD HOG {HOARDs}*{O}{Ge...l}

23 Chinese expressions of creative imagination and graphic representations (6) CHARTS {CH}{ARTS}

25 A snack American uncle gets with dosa, after spitting out its first bit (6) SAMOSA {SAM}{dOSA}

27 Biblical character from European Union touring South America (4) ESAU {E{SA}U}

29 Watch face and ring (4) DIAL [DD]

Reference List

King = K, New = N, Hot = H, Model = T, Piano = P, Juliet = J, Boy = B, English = E, Cold = C, Bearing = S, Old = O, Chinese = CH