No 14249, Friday 09 Aug 2024, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   President's team (4) SIDE [T]

9   Bird loses a large feather (5) QUILL {QUaIL}{L}

10 Repeat, "European Commission is in front of head office" (4) ECHO {EC}{HO}

11 Photographic equipment arrived with artists (6) CAMERA {CAME}{RA}

12 Boy hugged by Chary daily (8) CHARLADY {CHAR{LAD}Y}

13 Burns church in the twenties (8) SCORCHES {SCOR{CH}ES}

15 Uniform news spreading around institute is foolish (6) UNWISE {U}{NW{I}SE*}

17 'e is an intellectual? (7) EGGHEAD {Egg}

19 Write on paper: "Author's way of going on strike" (3,4) PEN DOWN [C&DD]

22 Believes and struts around (6) TRUSTS*

24 Hemp root transported in ship's base (4,4) HOME PORT*

26 Door put under a spell (8) ENTRANCE [DD]

28 Doctor Evil is bad? Nonsense! (6) DRIVEL {DR}{EVIL*}

30 Affix one's hand, poster (4) SIGN [DD]

31 Poe leaves Ethiopia in turmoil for West Indian country (5) HAITI eTHIopIA*

32 Mat despatched from emirate is manufactured for North Atlantic island (4) EIRE EmIRatE

DOWN

1   Mail wrongly delivered in capital (4) LIMA*

2   Deep study resulting from crashing cars here (8) RESEARCH*

3   Pulverise melon, for example (6) SQUASH [DD]

4   See... see 1 cod swimming (7) DIOCESE*

5   Going around grasslands? Undiluted fun! (8) PLEASURE {P{LEAS}URE}

6   Chap dropped with a cry (6) FELLOW {FELL}{OW}

7   Drop barn (4) SHED [DD]

14 American soldier retreats in vehicle in Havana, for example (5) CIGAR {C{GI<=}AR}

16 Tailor's waste water channel (5) SEWER [DD]

18 Sailor's in the alcoholic spirit (8) ABSINTHE {ABS}{IN}{THE}

20 Without energy, coiled viper's indeed disadvantaged (8) DEPRIVED {DE{VIPeR*}ED}

21 Cad following woman that is showing bike stunt (7) WHEELIE {HEEL}<=>{W} and {IE}

23 Shoot around the middle of the month in season (6) SPRING {SPRI{moNth}G}

25 After dam bursts, gets rid of capital (6) MADRID {DAM*}{RID}

27 Fix fluttering mainsail after leaving Siam (4) NAIL maiNsAIL

29 Easterner disposing trees in pieces to make money (4) EARN EAsteRNer

Reference List

Large = L, Artists = RA, Church =CH, Uniform = U, Institute = I, American soldier = GI, Sailor = AB, Energy = E, Woman = W