No 14354, Thursday 12 Dec 2024, Incognito

 Solution to 4D 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

8 Present American soldier with a foot on his backside (4) GIFT {GI}{FT}

9 Meal available in Kunlun, China (5) LUNCH {T}

10 Norwegian capital invested in Czechoslovakia (4) OSLO {T}

11 Animals found in desolate landscapes (6) ELANDS {T}

12 Doctors! Be finest to get advantages... (8) BENEFITS*

13 Rewrites pages about lubricant material lost due to deterioration in quality (8) SPOILAGE {PAGES* around OIL}

15 Suspend an engineer at last in aircraft parking building (6) HANGAR {HANG}{A}{en....eR}

17 Conceals remains behind saint (7) STASHES {ST}<=>{ASHES}

19 Wing part alien built around part of robot (7) AILERON {ALIEN* around RObot}

22 Nobleman and king near top of turret (6) KNIGHT {K}{NIGH}{Turret}

24 Half of Dumdum's landslip arising from wet, runny soil (8) MUDSLIDE {DUMdum}* RA

26 Summon a bus driven around carrying drunk peon (8) SUBPOENA {A BUS* around PEON*}{A BUS< around PEON*} See Comments. 

28 Mix gray with the French diamond pattern (6) ARGYLE {GRAY*}{LE}

30 Returned last month with European. Give up? (4) CEDE {DEC<}{E}

31 Horror story character's// machine for lifting// bird (5) CRANE {MD}

32 Bird in Severn estuary (4) ERNE {T}

DOWN

1 Invoice// Clinton (4) BILL {DD}

2 In America, tinsel is used to make items of kitchen equipment (8) UTENSILS {U{TINSEL*}S}

3 Sadly, to some extent, Kansas' state (6) ALASLKA {ALAS}{KAnsas}

4 Gave a cold shoulder and rejected buns kept on mattress (7) ?N?B?E? {BUNS<}{BED} See comments.

5 Small Chinese hag travels with one in Chinese city (8) SHANGHAI {S}{HAN}{HAG*}{I}

6 A couple of females lie amidst money in Dracula's bed (6) COFFIN {CO{FF}IN}

7 Apartment initially looking awful covered by foot (4) FLAT {F{Lo.....ng}{Awful}T}

14 & 16 Recommend:// Add one term to the lexicon, perhaps (3,2,1,4) PUT IN A WORD {DD} 

16 See 14

18 Settle in tenner forged by Chinese (8) ENTRENCH {TENNER*}{CH}

20 Executive committee records contain upper class sweetheart's poems (8) ECLOGUES {EC}{LOG{U}{swEet}S}

21 Limp Alaskan protects animals (7) IMPALAS {T}

23 Rodent's got endless power and is followed by that lady (6) GOPHER {GOt}{P}{HER}

25 Sketcher rejecting prize (6) DRAWER<

27 American journalist's not new (4) USED {US}{ED}

29 Carry bear having new breathing organ in chest (4) LUNG {LU{N}G}

REFERENCE LIST

American Soldier=GI(Joe), An=A, Saint=ST, King=K, The(in) French=Le, Last Month=Dec(ember), America=US, One=I, Female=F, Foot=Ft, Chinese=Ch, Upper Class=U, Power=P, Journalist=Ed(itor), New=N.