No 14571, Saturday 23 August 2025, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Insect gets right drink (4) BEER {BEE}{R}
9 Cruise along shoreline (5) COAST [DD]
10 Consumer appears in trousers (4) USER [T]
11 Person displaying// rain (6) SHOWER [CD and D]
12 Boy correct about seaside resort (8) BRIGHTON {B}{RIGHT}{ON}

13 Design changed to absorb pressure and energy for moving at high velocity (8) SPEEDING {S{P}{E}EDING*}
15 Fast dances from girls having operation (6) GALOPS {GAL{OP}S}
17 22 Laos cat's holiday spot (7,6) COASTAL RESORT {LAOS CAT}* [RA]
19 Art seen in part of bridge in old city (7) SPARTAN {SP{ART}AN}
22 See 17 Across (6)
24 Doctor wrongly singes bandage (8) DRESSING {DR}{SINGES*}
26 Resident of box turning tops getting large sums of prize money (8) JACKPOTS {JACK}{TOPS*}
28 Lives in tents around university and university grounds (6) CAMPUS {CAMP{U}S}
30 Island mentioned in Minsk yearbook (4) SKYE [T]

31 Retains silly pekes (5) KEEPS*
32 Girl leaves game for precious stone (4) RUBY {RUgBY}

DOWN
1 In short, queen's wager with husband (4) BETH {BET}{H}
2 Fighters rolling barrels around front of wineshop (8) BRAWLERS {BARRELS*}around {Wineshop}
3 Tax coir to be twisted (6) OCTROI*
4 Bachelor in vehicle storage area produces junk (7) GARBAGE {GAR{B}AGE}
5 Hang saint and make telephone call (6,2) STRING UP {ST}{RING UP}
6 Four pecks from former American president chased by the Spanish (6) BUSHEL {BUSH}{EL}
7 After losing wife, owner is confused in city (4) RENO {OwNER}*
14 Call head of police honey endlessly (5) PHONE {Police}{HONEy}
16 Some non-vegetarian food wrap is recycled, no? (5) PRAWN {WRAP}*{N}
18 Statues, for example, and two arks renovated around end of October (8) ARTWORKS {TWO ARKS}* around {octobeR}
20 Where one may come face to face with four stony presidents... (8) RUSHMORE [CD}

21 Yes, rejected after soy containing a bit of dirt spoiled long journey (7) ODYSSEY {YES<}<=> {Dirt} in {SOY*}
23 York development covers north eastern archipelago (6) ORKNEY {YORK}* around {N}{E}

25 Old tax surplus (6) EXCESS {EX}{CESS}
27 Boats in Newark sailing-club (4) ARKS [T]
29 Protuberance in gum-bottle (4) UMBO [T]

REFERENCE LIST

Right=R, Boy=B, Pressure=P, Energy=E, University=U, Girl=G, Husband=H, Bachelor=B, Saint=ST, The (in) Spanish=EL, Wife=W, No=N, Old=Ex