No 14197, Monday 10 Jun 2024, Incognito

Solution to 1D 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   That lady has right German address (4) HERR {HER}{R}

9   Returning Engineers follow second in command adopting retired doctor's bidding (5) ORDER {ER<=}<=>{cOm...d} over {DR<=}

10 A police department gets drug (4) ACID {A}{CID}

11 Dresses and travels around (6) SKIRTS [DD]

12 I am sitting before a portrait painter. It's awesome (8) IMPOSING {I'M}{POSING}

13 Sorceresses chasing model get jerky, convulsive movements (8) TWITCHES {WITCHES}<=>{T}

15 See? Copper on street gets pest... (6) LOCUST {LO}{CU}{ST}

17 Oozed predigested compound after drip was removed (7) EGESTED prEdiGESTED

19 Kind of person who can solve this clue without looking at it or at the grid, perhaps when cooking spicy Chinese... (7) PSYCHIC {SPICY+CH}*

22 Slaughtering dog nor bird (6) DRONGO*

24 Wrongly sell gong and fly (4-4) LONG-LEGS*

26 In absence of sweetheart, gaze at a chop being minced for soup (8) GAZPACHO {GAZe}{A+CHOP}*

28 Direction by European king for festival (6) EASTER {EAST}{ER}

30 Setter, accompanied by Albert, gets some food (4) MEAL {ME}{AL}

31 List letters for a short time (5) SPELL [DD]

32 Aluminium, sulphur and oxygen too (4) ALSO {AL}{S}{O}

DOWN

1   Bill magistrate? (4) ?E?K (Addendum - BEAK [DD] - See comments)

2   Allocates professional taxes (8) PRORATES {PRO}{RATES}

3   Travelling bachelors giving up ale to get soup (6) BORSCH BaCHelORS*

4   Steed trotting, carrying soldier, is most tense (7) EDGIEST {ED{GI}EST*}

5   Having Greek fruits, engages in unarmed combat (8) GRAPPLES {GR}{APPLES}

6   Scrape around unit used by astronomers (6) PARSEC*

7   Animal caught by Bengali onlooker (4) LION [T]

14 Bet what a happy dog does endlessly when with queen (5) WAGER {WAG}{ER}

16 Smart saint gets gin manufactured (5) STING {ST}{GIN*}

18 Other ranks' covered by duty to remove spirits (8) EXORCISE {EX{OR}CISE}

20 Big waste in fossil fuel (8) COLOSSAL {CO{LOSS}AL}

21 In case of deluge, sappers get baffled (7) FLOORED {FLOO{RE}D}

23 North American tree produces highly flammable sticky jelly (6) NAPALM {NA}{PALM}

25 Require the French sewing implement (6) NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}

27 Final word of prayer found in testament (4) AMEN [T]

29 Bearing brewed teas (4) EAST*

Reference List

Right = R, Engineers = Sappers = RE(Royal Engineers), Model = T, See = LO, Street = ST, Chinese = CH, European = E, King = ER, Albert = AL, Soldier = GI, Greek = GR, Queen = ER, Saint = ST, Other ranks = OR, North = N, American = A, The in French = LE