No 14481, Saturday 10 May 2025, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 / 9 / 3 "Tough teen," spoken wrongly by mistake (4,2,3,6) SLIP OF THE TONGUE {TOUGH TEEN}* [RA]
9 See 8
10 Flying parakeet leaving pear tree (4) TEAK {parAKeET}*
11 Despicable person got back taking a long time (6) TOERAG {GOT}< over {ERA}
12 Meant, "Indian nursed" (8) INTENDED {IN}{TENDED}
13 Legal tender only for stuff from Kashmir (8) CASHMERE {CASH}{MERE}

15 Test gold and distribute (6) ORDEAL {OR}{DEAL}
17 How a cheetah is// seen? (7) SPOTTED [DD]

19 Communist record results in bureaucratic approach (3,4) RED TAPE {RED}{TAPE}
22 Type of oil container carried by Indian transportation company (6) CANOLA {CAN}{OLA}
24 / 26 A part of the launderer's trade's// urgent agenda (8,8) PRESSING BUSINESS [DD]
26 See 24
28 Try //"Luck" (6) CHANCE [DD]
30 Post repaired material after getting rid of tear (4) MAIL {MAterIaL}
31 Golf paraphernalia?// They may be found in such places... (5) CLUBS [DD]
32 Wild party can be gory (4) ORGY*

DOWN
1 Male voice is included in musical tour (4) ALTO [T]
2 Hate a pro wrongly for producing a spring loaded topper (5,3) OPERA HAT*

3 See 8
4 Tiger marks// found on NCO's sleeves (7) STRIPES [DD]
5 Wandering desert ox gets sugar of some kind (8) DEXTROSE*
6 Drunk individual died after saint (6) STONED {ONE}{D}<=>{ST}
7 King gets beer and some kind of cabbage (4) KALE {K}{ALE}

14 Letter from Nainital pharmacist (5) ALPHA [T]
16 Apes gambol around northern tree (5) ASPEN {APES}* around {N}
18 Funnily, even aces disappear (8) EVANESCE*
20 Will maker use a bit of tungsten in toaster repair? (8) TESTATOR {T} in {TOASTER}*
21 Spills stout after operation and chooses not to participate (4,3) OPTS OUT {STOUT}*<=>{OP}
23 Spanish exclamation about river bird (6) ORIOLE { OLE} around{RIO}

25 Extra from old tax (6) EXCESS {EX}{CESS}
27 Old city with a large mountain range (4) URAL {UR}{A}{L}
29 Heads of committees of government schools are just parts of the machinery, perhaps (4) COGS [Acrostic]

REFERENCE LIST

Indian=In, Gold=Or, Individual=One, Died=D, King=K, Operation=Op, Old=Ex, Large=L.