No 14554, Monday 04 Aug 2025, Incognito

Solution to 5D 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   Father has old wooden border on wall (4) DADO {DAD}{O}

9   Untruth protected by a new foreigner (5) ALIEN {A}{LIE}{N}

10 Everyone at day's end is a friend (4)  ALLY {ALL}{daY}

11 Ground sesame condiment in Thai concoction (6) TAHINI* 

12 Hot soldier goes after retired footballer's large animal (8) ELEPHANT {H}{ANT}<=>{PELE<=}

13 Oddly, I tip moms showing hopefulness (8) OPTIMISM* 

15 Pole with projectile is thin (6) NARROW {N}{ARROW}

17 Fortune won back in city (7) LUCKNOW {LUCK}{WON<=}

19 Around beginning of marathon, master trembles getting speech impediment (7) STAMMER {STAM{Ma...n}ER*}

22 Spill the beans about meat (6) REVEAL {RE}{VEAL}

24 Helped sad sister jumping around after losing first race (8) ASSISTED {SAD+SISTEr}*

26 Wrongly nominates in absence of American names (8) MENTIONS NOMINaTES*

28 Males follow a copper's sharpness at work (6) ACUMEN {MEN}<=>{A}{CU}

30 Legendary spirit? Sounds like gin! (4) JINN (~gin)

31 Silly! Sweet gal leaves stew with oriental eastern bird (5) EAGLE {sweEt+GAL}*{E}

32 Ancient city destroyed to some extent (4) TROY [T]

DOWN

1   Boy leaves snake for mother (4) MAMA MAMbA

2   Name from Earldom in Ickenham (8) DOMINICK [T]

3   Washington mine has one animal (6) WAPITI {WA}{PIT}{1}

4   Cover rejected by Ms Watson results in quandary (7) DILEMMA {LID}{EMMA}

5   In absence of final word of prayer, entertainment arranged shows worldwide means of communication (8) ?N?E?N?T (Addendum - INTERNET ENTERTaINment* - See comments)

6   A slice of bacon is more risky (6) RASHER [DD]

7   Tribe from Hispanic lands (4) CLAN [T]

14 Dried fruit crop (5) PRUNE [DD]

16 Old boy starting to eat sweet eclairs is very fat (5) OBESE {OB}{Eat}{Sw..t}{Ec...s}

18 Lone rook flies around spectator (8) ONLOOKER* 

20 Initially, Ministry of Space gets Ecuadorian capital for plane (8) MOSQUITO {Mi...y}{Of}{Sp..e}{QUITO}

21 Attendant carries animal in corridor (7) PASSAGE {P{ASS}AGE}

23 Old camping equipment's coverage (6)  EXTENT {EX}{TENT}

25 What's used to weigh fish parts? (6) SCALES [DD]

27 Price adjusted after taking away right? Classic! (4) EPIC PrICE

29 Cupid's rose is destroyed (4) EROS*

Reference List

Old = O, New = N, Hot = H, Pole = N, About = RE, American = A, Eastern = E, Boy = B, Old boy = OB, Old = EX, Right = R