No 14356, Saturday 14 Dec 2024, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Brand symbol's record? Nothing! (4) LOGO {LOG}{O}
9 12 dozen? //That's very disgusting! (5) GROSS {DD}
10 Bachelor’s pain (4) ACHE {T}
11 Wrongly cared about student's crib (6) CRADLE {CARED* about L}
12 Increased depth from eastern enclosure for holding animals, indeed (8) DEEPENED {DEE{E}{PEN}ED}
13 Confuse insect going round feral rodent at first (8) BEWILDER {BE{WILD}E}{Rodent}
15 Game for vegetable and juice? (6) SQUASH {MD}
17 Pretty girls have a right to make money (7) DOLLARS {DOLL{A}{R}S}
19 It can be found online and is made up of wee bits (7) WEBSITE*
22 Push student's digging implement (6) SHOVEL {SHOVE}{L}

24 Giving answer: "Call about European layer" (8) REPLYING {R{E}{PLY}ING}
26 Husband always takes left in corridors (8) HALLWAYS {H}{AL{L}WAYS}
28 See! Wrong hate results in hate... (6) LOATHE {LO}{HATE*}
30 Only auditor's soul (4) SOLE {~SOUL}
31 Ladies get direction for levels (5) EVENS {EVE{N}S}
32 Pacific California male (4) CALM {CAL}{M}

DOWN

1 Heavenly maiden loses one unit of time (4) HOUR {HOURi}

2 Go to get overdraft with legal document... It's a value of established reputation (8) GOODWILL {GO}{OD}{WILL}

3 Concurred, it's a vice (6) AGREED {A}{GREED}

4 Does what is necessary, perhaps, to repair old engine first before commencement of restoration in ship (7) SOLDERS {S{OLD{Engine}{Re......on}S}

5 Perhaps, taxpayer gets directions with notice pinned to donkey's tail (8) ASSESSEE {ASS}<=>{E}{S}{SEE}

6 Behind entrance, lies gold and cake (6) GATEAU {GATE}{AU}

7 Long ago, you three expelled ring leader (4) THEE {THrEE}

14 Eastern chop-chop time (5) EPOCH {E}{CHOP*}

16 Devil took seat with a bridge player (5) SATAN {SAT}{A}{N}

18 Freed and let out again (8) RELEASED {RE-LEASED}

20 Uses a coy arrangement to make a condiment (3,5) SOY SAUCE*

21 Boy hurries to get implements for cleaning (7) BRUSHES {B}{RUSHES}

23 Spread salve around centre of gravity of control devices (6) VALVES {SALVE*} around {graVity}

25 North European language// used for getting good finish (6) POLISH {DD}

27 Over a plaything? (4) ATOP {A}{TOP}

29 Condition of whales' hearts? (4) HALE {T}

REFERENCE LIST

Nothing=O, Student=L, Eastern=E, Right=R, European=E, Husband=H, Left=L, Direction=N(orth), California=Cal, Male=M, One=I, Overdraft=OD, Directions=E(ast) and S(outh), Gold=Au, Bridge Player=N(orth), Boy=B.