No 14221, Monday 08 Jul 2024, Incognito

Solution to 12A 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   Suspend street entertainment due to lack of time (4) STOP {ST}{OPera}

9   Undeliverable mail from deceased landlord (4,6) DEAD LETTER {DEAD}{LETTER}

10 University Republican man is pressing (6) URGENT {U}{R}{GENT}

11 What one gets when one dissolves salt in water? Answer! (8) SOLUTION [DD]

12 Understood what is done with pleats when wearing a sari (8) ?A?H?R?D (Addendum - GATHERED [DD] - See comments)

14 Bantu composition covering red-head's headgear (6) TURBAN {TU{Red}BAN*}

16 Feel absence of young lady (4) MISS [DD}

17 Goes underwater and passes away around 5 (5) DIVES {DI{V}ES}

18 Part of building overhead? (4) ROOF [DD]

19 Fruit with Queen Elizabeth's more hideous (6) UGLIER {UGLI}{ER}

21 Find gramophone record's finished (8) DISCOVER {DISC}{OVER}

23 Backpack containing Pak snack mixture (8) KNAPSACK*

26 Operations cover spasm in study of sight and light (6) OPTICS {OP{TIC}S}

27 Original part of program: Procure fish and start eating (6,4) SOURCE CODE {SOURCE}{COD}{Ea...g}

28 Payment tendered by tenant is torn (4) RENT [DD]

DOWN

1   Movie fan and astronomer's common pursuit (10) STARGAZING [DD]

2   Addresses second chief of pizzeria on processed cheese (8) SPEECHES {S}{Pi...a}{CHEESE*}

3   Journalist authored it originally, to some extent (6) EDITOR [T]

4   Girl in glasses (4) LASS [T]

5   Brazilian president gets note in America and emits high-pitched rhythmic sound (8) ULULATES {U{LULA}{TE}S}

6   Motor part erratically rotates losing energy (6) STATOR ROTATeS*

7   That lady's love for leading main (4) HERO {HER}{0} Main typo for Man

13 Goliath slayer's father captures six (5) DAVID {DA{VI}D}

15 A welfare measure: Perfume for a teenager? (10) ADOLESCENT {A}{DOLE}{SCENT}

17 Drake's silly! Hoards silver in Knight times? (4,4) DARK AGES {DARK{AG}ES*}

18 Male birds and kangaroos rest badly (8) ROOSTERS {ROOS}{REST*}

20 Meaning "bring in" (6) IMPORT [DD]

22 "Rain Man" screening (6) SHOWER [DD]

24 No one gives out a quarter for midday (4) NOON {NO+ONe}

25 Ken's king at present (4) KNOW {K}{NOW}

Reference List

Street = ST, University = U, Republican = R, Queen Elizabeth = ER, Second = S, Note = TE, Energy = E, Quarter = E, King = K