No 14754, Monday 30 Mar 2026, Incognito

Solution to 25A 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

1   Disclosures from relatives travelling around Ontario (11)  REVELATIONS {REVELATI{ON}S*}

9   Silver containing liquor's growing old (5) AGING {A{GIN}G}

10 After dismantling a trap, soldiers start to tackle flat (9) APARTMENT {A+TRAP}*{MEN}{Ta...e}

11 Gradually... like climbing stairs (4,2,4) STEP BY STEP [DD}

12 Type of pie made by female network (4) FLAN {F}{LAN}

13 Small and fine modification covering length (5) ELFIN {E{L}FIN*}

15 Do without stags? (3,5) HEN PARTY [CD]

17 Funnily, Dick owns something usually found near an airstrip (8) WINDSOCK*

19 Appraised turncoat followed by editor (5) RATED {RAT}{ED}

22 Sadly, unfinished salad is returned (4) ALAS SALAd<=

23 Communication devices for use in prisons? (10) CELLPHONES [CD]

26 Bird sitting on fort starts to attack in retaliation in kind (3,3,3) TIT FOR TAT {TIT}{FORT} with {To}At..k}<=

27 From the latter part, treasurer is more certain (5) SURER [HIPS]

28 Quick training not recommended for aviators! (5,6) CRASH COURSE [C&DD]

DOWN

1   Increase serai construction (5) RAISE*

2   After Virginia, Georgia accepts financial instruments for vagrants (9) VAGABONDS {VA}{GA}{BONDS}

3   Meet and work together, fabricating lies about artificial intelligence (6) LIAISE {LI{AI}SE*}

4   Peter, a Zulu, produces aerial equipment used in the circus (7) TRAPEZE {PETER+A+Z}*

5   Selects back street after operation (4) OPTS {ST<=}<=>{OP}

6   Suspect all tamers ill treated (5,1,3) SMELL A RAT*

7   Look after average Zoroastrian (6) PARSEE{SEE}<=>{PAR}

8   Coloured fluid in pig-pen is smelly (6) STINKY {ST{INK}Y}

14 Attic fans turning? Splendid! (9) FANTASTIC*

16 Buyer's follower follows purdah to some extent (9) PURCHASER {CHASER}<=>{PURdah}

17 Eccentric mother in law throwing away lemon to produce ghostly creature (6) WRAITH {moTHeR+In+lAW}*

18 Chinese badly hate consuming eastern animal (7) CHEETAH {CH}{E{E}TAH*}

20 Take away weapons from maids running around rebel leader (6) DISARM {DISA{Re..l}M*}

21 Before game of chance, baron's drunk (6) BLOTTO {LOTTO}<=>{B}

24 Run back with directions and give medical aid (5) NURSE {RUN<=}{SE}

25 Couch possessed by abbess of Accra (4) ?O?A (Addendum - SOFA [T] - See comments)

Reference List

Female = F, Length = L, Editor = ED, Zulu = Z, Street = ST, Operation = OP, Chinese = CH, Eastern = E, Baron = B