No 14671, Monday 22 Dec 2025, Incognito

Solution to 10A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered 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 answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

7   Cry at sea (4) AHOY [CD]

8   Explain, "It's intricate" (9) ELABORATE [DD]

10 Foreigners having right in Assam (6) ?L?E?S ()

11 New iPod lost in MIT centre (8) MIDPOINT {MI{N+IPOD}*T}

12 Go back and sketch (8) WITHDRAW {WITH}{DRAW}

14 Reveal evil changes by United Nations (6) UNVEIL {EVIL}*<=>{UN}

16 Poster about meandering river came (7) ARRIVED {A{RIVER}*D}

18 Insects behind tea-cup (7) CHALICE {LICE}<=>{CHA}

21 Saint, with tears, removes clothes (6) STRIPS {ST}{RIPS}

23 Filming a sort of star (8) SHOOTING [DD]

25 Mother takes vehicle on island to get some pasta (8) MACARONI {MA}{CAR}{ON}{I}

27 Small stones starting to litter behind burial site (6) GRAVEL {Li...r}<=>{GRAVE}

29 Clearly inform: "Place" with this type of clue (3,6) PUT ACROSS {PUT}{ACROSS}

30 Suspend in Changanassery (4) HANG [T] What a coincidence. I am blogging on the train and it is just crossing Changanaserry

DOWN 

1   Colder hill has rice transplanted around it (8) CHILLIER {HILL} in {RICE}*

2   Park in London for literary doctor (4) HYDE [DD]

3   I'm leaving Emirates to make promotional trailer (6) TEASER EmiRATES*

4   Why moa dances on small ricks of dried grass? (7) HAYMOWS {WHY+MOA}*{S}

5   Abe leaving shoulder bag when travelling for migration with motive of mining precious metal (4,4) GOLD RUSH {SHOULDeR+baG}*

6   Mexican food available in Delta, Colorado (4) TACO [T]

9   What nine playing around university experienced? (5) ENNUI {ENN{U}I*}

13 Model leaving Tahiti... making for Caribbean country (5) HAITI tAHITI*

15 Virginia permitted manservant (5) VALET {VA}{LET}

17 Displace cones at northern church lodge (8) ENSCONCE {CONES}*{N}{CE}

19 Pertains to business firms (8) CONCERNS [DD]

20 Actor Justin overacting partially (7) USTINOV [T]

22 Vagrant's tense on sloping road (5) TRAMP {T}{RAMP}

24 Endlessly more gas producing intense pleasure? (6) ORGASM {MORe+GAS}*

26 Wager in Canterbury (4) ANTE [T]

28 To some extent, brash yachter is pale (4) ASHY [T]

Reference List

Saint = ST, Small = S, University = U, Model = T, Northern = N, Church = CE,  Tense = T