No 14728, Friday 27 Feb 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   After fighting, start to prod and twist (4) WARP {WAR}{Prod}

9   Mahmood, a singer found in Agartala, Tripura (5) TALAT [T]

10 After dropping girl, villager minced calf flesh (4) VEAL VilLAgEr*

11 Spot something on the bulletin board (6) NOTICE [DD}

12 Remain motionless! Buck in front of a net is agitated! (8) STAGNATE {STAG}{A+NET}*

13 Current church man is absolutely correct (8) ACCURATE {AC}{CURATE}

15 Melted ghee covering egg spread around top of toast for German polymath (6) GOETHE {GHEE}* over {O} and {To..t}

17 Non-believer, perhaps, at robbery (7) ATHEIST {AT}{HEIST} Why perhaps?

19 Say "I do" again? (7) REMARRY [CD]

22 Do well in Klamath river (6) THRIVE [T]

24 Strong desire to achieve limit with charged particle (8) AMBITION {AMBIT}{ION}

26 Collie going around duke died, hit when moving (8) COLLIDED {COLLI{D}E}{D}

28 Passion to posses silver plant (6) LOVAGE {LOV{AG}E}

30 Chess piece one may leave with uncle (4) PAWN [DD]

31 Disney at Zulu dance (5) WALTZ {WALT}{Z}

32 Throw sots around (4) TOSS*

DOWN

1   Before commencement of October, May produces sauce (4) MAYO {Oc...r}<=>{MAY}

2   Update it erroneously showing lack of this (8) APTITUDE*

3   Greek goddess, then, is in custody of Australian Army (6) ATHENA {A{THEN}A}

4   In sleeping place, heavy drinker went red (7) BLUSHED {B{LUSH}ED}

5  Choke stern gal at sea (8) STRANGLE*

6   Show niece running around 5 (6) EVINCE {E{V}INCE*}

7   Philosopher from Banaskantha (4) KANT [HIPS]

14 Nab animal with child (5) CATCH {CAT}{CH}

16 Oprah returns for one of the Marx brothers (5) HARPO<=

18 Worried POW tends to give up one's job (4-4) STEP-DOWN*

20 Vacate it by mistake and energise (8) ACTIVATE*

21 Distributes a medal without North African leader (7) MANDELA {A+MEDAL}* over {N}

23 After one, sand covers large cay (6) ISLAND {1}{S{L}AND}

25 Central American country where six footer consumes half of lizard (6) BELIZE {BE{LIZard}E}

27 Path for consuming some medicine or a lozenge initially (4) ORAL {OR}{A}{Lo...e}

29 Having flatulence, husband gets large cut (4) GASH {GAS}{H}

Reference List

Current = AC, Duke = D, Died = D, Zulu = Z, Australian = A, Army = A, Child = CH, North = N, Large = L, Husband = H