No 14876, Wednesday 19 Aug 2026, Incognito

Solution to 29A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only 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   Top revolutionary has a migraine, for example (8) HEADACHE {HEAD}{A}{CHE}

5   Spin one penny and get a vegetable (6) TURNIP {TURN}{1}{P}

10 I endlessly chill diced fruit (5) LICHI {I+CHILl}*

11 Hip bistro changes into bars (9) PROHIBITS*

12 Image broadcast around Romeo is an optical illusion (6) MIRAGE {MI{R}AGE*}

13 Having teeth, consumed after need developed, taking in a bit of toffee (8) EDENTATE {ATE}<=>{NEED*} over {To...e}

15 Item produced from night-break (5) THING*

17 Sailors are safer sailing near pole (9) SEAFARERS {ARE+SAFER}*{S}

19 Go in... Unwind tape and wrongly enter inside (9) PENETRATE {P{ENTER*}APE*}

20 Wrongly spike caps (5) KEPIS*

21 Exceptional sixth sense Alice developed (8) ESPECIAL {ESP}{ALICE*}

23 Cuts dried fruits (6) PRUNES [DD]

27 Funny procedure to give birth to offspring (9) REPRODUCE*

28 I mislaid Homer's poem (5) ILIAD {I}{LAID*}

29 Office worker of yore, sometimes working in a pool (6) T?P?S? 

30 Group with Frenchman gets disease (8) GANGRENE {GANG}{RENE}

DOWN

1   Delhi luminary has depression on organ (5) HILUM [T]

2   Musical instrument made from air conditioning wire with charged particle (9) ACCORDION {AC}{CORD}{ION}

3   Drink in silver container is getting old (5) AGING {A{GIN}G}

4   Jumps, removing books from bookshops (4) HOPS booksHOPS

6   Flag shown by sailor following workers' body (5,4) UNION JACK {JACK}<=>{UNION}

7   Iran destroyed a currency (5) NAIRA {IRAN*}{A}

8   Has sheriff's men starting to search extensively in ship (9) POSSESSES {POSSE}{Se...h}{S{Ex...y}S}

9   Best quality stuff from cracked pot with portrait maker (3-6) TOP-DRAWER {TOP}{DRAWER}

14 Plant sugar on return behind a health resort (9) ASPARAGUS {SUGAR<=}<=>{A}{SPA}

15 Highly classified stuff... privileged information to be kept under the hat? (3-6) TOP-SECRET {SECRET}<=>{TOP}

16 Manage to communicate, "Procure a crucifix" (3,6) GET ACROSS {GET A CROSS}

18 Dear, I've old writing instruments put together earlier (9) EXPENSIVE {IVE}<=>{EX}{PENS}

22 Remove insects from police pup and arrive unexpectedly (3-2) POP-UP {POlice+PUP}

24 Regretting madly returning without arrangement of rent (5) RUING RetUrnING

25 Slide around moving like a crab (5) SIDLE*

26 Letter from Tibet available (4) BETA [T]

Reference List

Revolutionary = CHE, Penny = P, Romeo = R, Ship = SS, Old = EX