No 14300, Tuesday 08 Oct 2024, Incognito

Solution to 22A 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   Destroy discharge (4) SACK [DD]

9   He took possession of paddle for a mercenary CA who lead a coup in Seychelles (5) HOARE {H{OAR}E}

10 Endlessly erotic food (4) ROTI eROTIc

11 Get man to make an attractive thing (6) MAGNET*

12 Arrange to carve small hams (8) OVERACTS {TO+CARVE}*{S}

13 Itinerant Bihari went around east and then North Ireland in Roman times (8) HIBERNIA {BIHARI}* over {E} and N}

15 Disinter old ornithologist who founded the Congress party (6) EXHUME {EX}{HUME}

17 Man at Indore first gets unleavened bread (7) CHAPATI {CHAP}{AT}{In...e}

19 Brother stuck amidst English yew might raise this in surprise (7) EYEBROW {E}{YE{BRO}W}

22 Female on long narrow mountain top produces electrical kitchen equipment (6) ?R?D?E (Addendum - FRIDGE {F}{RIDGE} - See comments)

24 Counting frames from athletic club amidst insults (8) ABACUSES {AB{A}{C}USES}

26 Parting message in Japan, say, on half a dozen hermits initially leaving vihara (8) SAYONARA {SAY}{ON}{vihARA}

28 Bat noise (6) RACKET [DD]

30 City in Manipur, India (4) PURI [T]

31 A herb concoction for de-addiction? (5) REHAB*

32 Grandma eats a leavened bread (4) NAAN {NA{A}N}

DOWN

1   Mummy in custody of Alabama man (4) MAMA [T]

2   Shivering, dip knees to a superficial level (4-4) SKIN-DEEP*

3   Horny substance? It is in the middle of a facial feature (6) CHITIN {CH{IT}IN}

4   Fried food from Pakistan or any similar starters (7) PAKORAS {PAK}{OR}{Any}{Si...r}

5   Counter in church yard burial ground (8) CEMETERY {CE}{METER}{Y}

6   Destroyed the war decoration made from plant materials (6) WREATH*

7   Group protecting head of terrorists? Let it remain... (4) STET {S{Te...s}ET}

14 Choir playing "Blood of the Gods"? (5) ICHOR*

16 Setter carries rings and pole for animal (5) MOOSE {M{OO}{S}E}

18 Rear half of dinosaur appears in the institute's books (8) THESAURI {THE}{dinoSAUR}{I}

20 Healthy boy and nuncio jumping? Good! (8) BOUNCING {B}{NUNCIO*}{G}

21 A traitor initially held in custody of father gets a kind of Indian bread (7) PARATHA {P{A}{RAT}{Held}A}

23 Do visit doctor before operation by Indian (4,2) DROP IN {DR}{OP}{IN}

25 Arrange a beer with love for organism requiring oxygen for life (6) AEROBE {A+BEER+O}*

27 Be next to broken tuba (4) ABUT*

29 Lane changing style (4) ELAN*

Reference List

Small = S, East = E, North = N, Brother = BRO, English = E, Female = F, Athletic Club = AC, Church = CE, Yard = Y, Pole = S, Institute = I, Boy = B, Good = G, Operation = OP, Indian = IN