No 14588, Saturday 13 September 2025, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Combat dead in part of hospital (4) WARD {WAR}{D}
9 In the beginning, organise distillates using our smell (5) ODOUR {Organise}{Distillates}{OUR}
10 Eve's mate evicting Basil from Islamabad in a tizzy (4) ADAM {islaMAbAD}*
11 Pokes around, covering Joule's city (6) SKOPJE {POKES}* around {J}

12 A cold churchman? That's right! (8) ACCURATE {A}{C}{CURATE}
13 10 cover renovated hotel in long winded TV show to raise money (8) TELETHON {TEN} around {HOTEL}*
15 Teresa travels for festival (6) EASTER*
17 Energy in concentrated beams of light spells out letters (7) LEASERS {L{E}ASERS}
19 Support European husband or wife (7) ESPOUSE {E}{SPOUSE}
22 A couple of extras see you (3-3) BYE-BYE {BYE}{BYE}
24 Admits on board, "Planes crashed after long dash" (8) EMPANELS {PLANES}*<=>{EM}
26 Underground take-away (8) SUBTRACT {SUB}{TRACT} underground to be split and read as under ground
28 Went ahead, carrying a military policeman, and walked with disability (6) LIMPED {L{I}{MP}ED}
30 Girl with energy produces strong wind (4) GALE {GAL}{E}
31 Keys in on keyboard,// "Sorts" (5) TYPES [DD]
32 Teen rejects eligibility exam in India (4) NEET<

DOWN
1 Between beginning of Jan., and end of Dec., a king gives a card (4) JACK {Jan}{A}{deC}{K}
2 Padre sat awkwardly, connecting devices (8) ADAPTERS*
3 Mary's husband and Juliet dashed hopes (6) JOSEPH {J}{HOPES}*
4 Drug produced by boss and murderer has energy (7) COCAINE {CO}{CAIN}{E}
5 Goes for revenue (8) PROCEEDS [DD]
6 Crazy gunners start shooting in Chennai of yore (6) MADRAS {MAD}{RA}{Shooting}
7 Require pale model (4) WANT {WAN}{T}
14 European men return Yankee's foe (5) ENEMY {E}{MEN<}{Y}
16 Stand in support of painter? (5) EASEL [CD]
18 Once again performs at Screen relaunch (8) REENACTS*
20 Nurse hugged by matron may give a trinket (8) ORNAMENT {EN} in {MATRON}*
21 Communist record for bureaucratic rigmarole (3,4) RED TAPE {RED}{TAPE}
23 Nourishing food found in halibut territory (6) BUTTER [T]

25 It may be French or North European (6) POLISH [DD]
27 State: "University rejected headwear" (4) UTAH {U}{HAT<}
29 First lady gets new flat (4) EVEN {EVE}{N}

REFERENCE LIST

Dead=D, Joule=J, Cold=C, Energy=E, European=E, Military Policeman=MP, King=K, Juliet=J, Gunners=RA(Royal Artillery), Model=T, Yankee=Y, Nurse=EN(Enrolled Nurse), University=U, New=N