No 14482, Monday 12 May 2025, Incognito

Solution to 27D 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   French gold for German lady (4) FRAU {FR}{AU}

9   Musk exported by Spanish city football club (5) BARCA BARCelonA

10 State: "Remove fins from tuna fish and mince" (4) UTAH {TUnA+fisH}*

11 Old students from Alabama university get consecutive letters before start of internship (6) ALUMNI {AL}{U}{MN}{In...p}

12 Charity criminal boss starts to accept? Turn it over! (8) DONATION {DON}{Ac...t}{IT<=}{ON}

13 Saint has desire to get one tailless fish (8) STURGEON {ST}{URGE}{ONe|

15 Using bands, ties snare inside ship (6) STRAPS {S{TRAP}S}

17 Save actress and meat vendor (7) BUTCHER {BUT}{CHER}

19 Cigarettes... and pants worn by queen (7) GASPERS {GASP{ER}S}

22 Indian father retreats with pain (6) APACHE {PA<=}{ACHE}

24 Rate program and set up (8) APPRAISE {APP}{RAISE}

26 Left one foot behind cafe construction for refurbishment (4-4) FACE-LIFT {L}{1}{FT}<=>{CAFE*}

28 Steady and least shaky around top of base (6) STABLE {STA{Base}LE*}

30 Food item first removed from soft fruit concoction (4) TOFU {aOFT+frUit}*

31 Lift anchor around one (5) HOIST {HO{1}ST}

32 Assist that chap with record (4) HELP {HE}{LP}

DOWN

1   Type of test one may expect during Dental Examination (4) ORAL [C&DD]

2   Recruit moves around military leader's plant (8) TURMERIC {TUR{Mi...y}ERIC*}

3   Force old boy to apply gel around top of injury (6) OBLIGE {OB}{L{In...y}GE*}

4   Ride, surrounded by explosive stuff, to produce missile (7) TRIDENT {T{RIDE}NT}

5   A mine gas that turns into a mineral (8) MAGNESIA*

6   Disemboweller's drain (6) GUTTER [DD}

7   Mafia boss's headgear is next to Oscar's head (4) CAPO {CAP}{Os..r}

14 Partly true... People's representative can be president (5) TRUMP {TRUe}{MP}

16 City is average at first (5) PARIS {IS}<=>{PAR}

18 Yes, 8 went around in vision (8) EYESIGHT {E{YES}IGHT}

20 Has Oprah wrongly spelt Egyptian rulers? (8) PHARAOHS*

21 Murderer has a point: to become an officer (7) CAPTAIN {C{A}{PT}AIN}

23 Little one hugging that lady is an angel (6) CHERUB {C{HER}UB}

25 Language Papa has to translate (6) PASHTO {P}{HAS+TO}*

27 Very eager, in the past, to go before girl (4) A?O? (Addendum - AGOG {AGO}{G} - See comments)

29 Small Yankee flower (4) LILY {LIL}{Y}

Reference List

French = FR, University = U, Saint = ST, Ship = SS, Queen = ER, Left = L, Record = LP(Long Play), Old boy = OB, Explosive = TNT, Point = PT, Girl = G, Yankee = Y