No 14219, Friday 05 Jul 2024, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   After losing sense initially, flashback is 50% (4) HALF FLAsH<=

9   Cart returning on king's path (5) TRACK {CART<=}{K}

10 Drink with first flier from 28, right? (4) BEER {BEEtle}{R}

11 Claim aluminium limb excels in the beginning (6) ALLEGE {AL}{LEG}{Ex...s}

12 Rolls joint to cover "Peacemaker" Colt in meeting place (8) JUNCTION {J{UN}{C}TION*}

13 Astronaut paces about before meeting administrative NASA heads (8) SPACEMAN {PACES}*{Me...g}{Ad...e}{Nasa}

15 A doctor with one foot's aimlessly floating (6) ADRIFT {A}{DR}{1}{FT}

17 Kelvin leaves wickerwork containers containing small dogs (7) BASSETS BASkETS over S

19 Bird disturbed pile near container (7) PELICAN {PILE*}{CAN}

22 Commanding officer gets approval to initiate expense for starters and biscuits (6) COOKIE {CO}{OK}{In...e}{Ex...e}{

24 No! Canada can discard one container disturbing snake (8) ANACONDA {NO+canADA+CAN}*

26 Game requiring path having permit (8) ROULETTE {ROU{LET}TE}

28 Flier wrongly let another flier (6) BEETLE {BEE}{LET*}

30 Eye problem? Pen letter! (4) STYE {STY}{E}

31 Short NCO changes gears (5) SARGE*

32 Royal Air Force model for rudimentary boat (4) RAFT {RAF}{T}

DOWN

1   Cry "Whiskey" and become sick (4) WAIL {W}{AIL}

2   Infringements of boundary markers (8) OFFENCES {OF}{FENCES}

3   Perhaps burn saint having a lot of paper (6) STREAM {ST}{REAM}

4   Small magazine covers John playing Chinese game (3-4) MAH-JONG {MA{JOHN*}G}

5   Wrongly nicks ear to get treatment for dermis (8) SKINCARE*

6   One stopping nuisance at bar ordered to protect 7 (6) ABATOR {AT+BAR+O} Semi&lit

7   Nothing for Japanese fighter (4) ZERO [DD]

14 A plot devised for a philosopher (5) PLATO*

16 German lady starting to discover hoax (5) FRAUD {FRAU}{Di...r}

18 Essay: "Cure is expensive at first" (8) TREATISE {TREAT}{IS}{Ex...e}

20 Moving mortise? Yes, that's rigid geometric transformation (8) ISOMETRY {MORTISE}*{Y}

21 Forced Irish Republican Army to produce wine (7) MADEIRA {MADE}{IRA}

23 King and queen give shelter to sick assassin (6) KILLER {K}{ILL}{ER}

25 Drunk MBA went ahead and walked slowly (6) AMBLED {MBA*}{LED}

27 Selects optional practical training scheme for beginners (4) OPTS Acrostic

29 Went away from port (4) LEFT [DD]

Reference List

King = K, Right = R, Peacemaker = UN, Colt = C, Foot = FT, Kelvin = K, Small = S, Commanding officer = CO, Model = T, Whiskey = W, Saint = ST, Ordered = O, German lady = FRAU, Yes = Y, Queen = ER

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