No 14507, Tuesday 10 Jun 2025, Incognito

Solution to 9A 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   Caution! Washington is ahead of Royal Navy! (4) WARN {WA}{RN}

9   Puts back a structure (5) S?U?A (Addendum - STUPA {PUTS}<={A} - See comments)

10 Ambience in Saurashtra (4) AURA [T]

11 After fish, endlessly lick bulb (6) GARLIC {GAR}{LICk}

12 Think deeply, friend, about ebbing tide (8) MEDITATE {M{TIDE<=}ATE}

13 Hand over wine and document for travelling abroad (8) PASSPORT {PASS}{PORT}

15 Mixing beer with feet? Sorrowful! (6) BEREFT {BEER}*{FT}

17 Asks Kim, "Knitting monkey cap?" (3,4) SKI MASK*

19 Concluded on basis of reasoning, "Bird is tailless, indeed" (7) DEDUCED {DE{DUCk}ED}

22 Change stick (6) SWITCH [DD]

24 Discovers sun rotating and going round our planet (8) UNEARTHS {UN{EARTH}S*}

26 Baker's escape from prison (5,3) BREAK OUT [RA]

28 Semi-spherical structure over front of door has hole! It's ill-fated... (6) DOOMED {DOME}{Door} over{O}

30 Mislead to some extent, "Land in water" (4) ISLE [T]

31 Team in revised set leaves (5) EXITS {E{XI}TS*}

32 Ruler seen in the mirage (4) EMIR [T]

DOWN

1   Ceremonial war dance from Mahakaushal (4) HAKA [T]

2   Man clues wrongly: Personification of America (5,3) UNCLE SAM*

3   Mad man and Yankee caught in shop demolition (6) PSYCHO {PS{Y}{C}HO*}

4   Hands over vehicle rejected by MIT staff initially (7) SUBMITS {BUS<=}{MIT}{St..f}

5   Mike and I, at first, begin lacquering exquisite jawbone (8) MANDIBLE {M}{AND}{I}{Be..n}{La...g}{Ex...e}

6   Male flower, sir (6) MASTER {M}{ASTER}

7   Boy with animal's a rude child (4) BRAT {B}{RAT}

14 Crooked like borough in London (5) ASKEW {AS}{KEW}

16 Meat from broken shelf (5) FLESH*

18 For example, Hesperus' drinking glass (8) SCHOONER [DD]

20 Fully removed our depot building (8) UPROOTED*

21 Reduce dog shadow (7) CURTAIL {CUR}{TAIL}

23 London flower placed back to cover meat (6) THAMES {SET<=} over {HAM}

25 Most senior engineer led Estonia (6) ELDEST {LED*}{EST}

27 Lady leaves highest mountain for others (4) REST eveREST

29 Removing flare from damaged fireplace? It's heroic! (4) EPIC fIrEPlaCe*

Reference List

Yankee = Y, Caught = C, Mike = M, Male =M, Boy = B