No 14198, Tuesday 11 Jun 2024, Incognito

Solution to 3D 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   Money used in Lancashire (4) CASH [T]

9   Said, "Sorry! A game... Golf... is followed by journalist?" (10) APOLOGISED {A}{POLO}{G}{IS}{ED}

10 Country gun thrown around midday by law-man (6) UGANDA {UG{dAy}N*}{DA}

11 City lass gave erroneously (3,5) LAS VEGAS*

12 Secluded ladies to tour (8) ISOLATED*

14 Parents consuming sodium in country (6) PANAMA {PA}{NA}{MA} 

16 Criticises cooking vessels (4) PANS [DD]

17 Revealed bread mix (5) BARED*

18 Crosswords, in short, from Indian on Rhode Island (1,1,1,1) I N R I {IN}{RI}

19 Guard southern entrance (6) SENTRY {S}{ENTRY}

21 Wrongly chase the fastest animals on land (8) CHEETAHS {CHASE+THE}*

23 Dare to have English statute in American state (8) DELAWARE {D{E}{LAW}ARE}

26 Odd tail-less fish dances (6) RUMBAS {RUM}{BASs}

27 A crore in America move in no time around centre of Dallas (3,7) TEN MILLION {IN+NO+TIME}* over {daLLas}

28 Dirty? Not right! Arrange to make neat! (4) TIDY DIrTY*

DOWN

1   Mass from last drop of oil left inside dismantled gear-case (5-5) LARGE-SCALE {oiL} and {L} in {GEAR-CASE}*

2   Sprinkling less hing can result in disease (8) SHINGLES*

3   Empty container kept in another container (6) ?A?A?T (Addendum - VACANT  {VA{CAN}T} - See comments)

4   Bird... initially foolish bird (4) FOWL {Fo...h}{OWL}

5   A moped travels around American Tom's residence? (8) MOUSEPAD {A+MOPED}* over {US}

6   Animal, with time, becomes bird (6) PIGEON {PIG}{EON}

7   Type of cheese rejected in platefuls (4) FETA [T<=]

13 In Colorado, rich people have this type of architecture (5) DORIC [T]

15 Spoils part of heath with large and small swamps (10) MARSHLANDS {MARS}{He..h}{L}{AND}{S}

17 Barley ground using electric current at end of July or every 6 or 24 months (8) BIYEARLY {BARLEY}* over {I}{julY}

18 Private note received by resident (8) INTIMATE {IN{TI}MATE}

20 Vehicle going around university area gives shock (6) TRAUMA {TRA{U}M}{A}

22 Decapitating fish and making a mistake (6) ERRING hERRING

24 Retiring gamekeeper carries weapon (4) EPEE [T<=]

25 Ruler from Middle East rejected one road (4) EMIR {M E<=}{1}{R}

Reference List

Golf = G, Journalist = ED, Law-man = DA, Indian = IN, English = E, Right = R, Left = L, Large = L, Small = S, Electric current = I, Note = TI, University = U, Area = A, Middle East = ME, Road = R