No 14587, Friday 12 Sep 2025, Incognito

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ACROSS

8 & 13 What Uri Geller supposedly did? Snoop? (4,5)

9   Agreement to marry and fight? (10)

10 Quit right before director leaves plan (6)

11 US island makes ancient clocks (8)

12 They are useful when you want to make a drink on the rocks e.g., tonic cocktail with a bit of soda (3,5)

14 Tree-lined road has a place for holding meeting (6)

16 Ran special edition (4)

17 Implements used to make stool (5)

18 Park in London for Dr. Jekyll's alter ego (4)

19 Cold drink consumed by police team? (3,3)

21 Boy in Berlin manufactured small cutting tools (8)

23 It contains public representative on undulating dune! It's fresh! (8)

26 Permits Greek insects (6)

27 French author follows Medusa, for example, to get cheese (10)

28 Only 7 returned (4)

DOWN

1   Funnily, I select cop for kind of sight a sniper probably needs (10)

2   Conceded Matt died horribly (8)

3   Noel composition about new name for one of The Beatles (6)

4   Silly sage gets old (4)

5   Some Africans and Angus danced (8)

6   Prepare rum pie for person watching cricket match near the crease (6)

7   Intermediate Elon manufactured (4)

13 See 8 Across (5)

15 Contorted nude Romeo on easel, for example. Get it? (10)

17 Mistakenly insert ad for goods taken in exchange as part payment for goods sold (5-3)

18 Large buildings housing aged gets old pieces of luggage (8)

20 Model wrongly urged to walk with slow and heavy steps (6)

22 Drinks counter stores breakfast food for panhandler (6)

24 Women dancing without pole gets cat-call (4)

25 Fifth oracle's god (4)