No 14905, Wednesday 23 Sep 2026, Incognito

Standing-in for Colonel today 

ACROSS
8 Emperor's generous to some extent (4) NERO [HIPS]

9 Girl with Ralph drops student's diagram (5) GRAPH {G}{RAlPH}
10 Finished / 6 balls (4) OVER [DD]
11 To push wildly and get effect (6) UPSHOT*
12 Tour permits 3 kids born to the same mother at the same time (8) TRIPLETS {TRIP}{LETS}
13 One who sets free sub-letter? (8) RELEASER {RE-LEASER}
15 Mixed broth shakes finally and pulsates (6) THROBS {BROTH*}{shakeS}
17 Alien in print media fixes in advance (7) PRESETS {ET} in {PRESS}
19 Once again corrects article from mistaken dieters (2-5)  RE-EDITS*
22 Guy at the Spanish place of worship (6) CHAPEL {CHAP}{EL}

24 Old boy with European saint turned out to be respectful (8) OBEISANT {OB}{E}{SAINT*}
26 Concentrated bombardments for dams (8) BARRAGES [DD]
28 Angry boss accepts note (6) HEATED {HEA{TE}D}
30 Part of body found in Washington (4) SHIN [HIPS]
31 Athletic Australian soldier starting to like expedition (5) AGILE {A}{GI}{Like}{Expedition}
32 Something for holding cold sauce (4) CLIP {C}{LIP}

DOWN
1 That chap gets a penny for stack (4) HEAP {HE}{A}{P}
2 Female feline, having lost eye, I hear, carries child in legendary creature's lair (4,4) LOCH NESS {Li(~EYE)ONESS} around CH

3 Stones silver seat at random (6) AGATES {AG}{SEAT*}

4 Pound Yankee's source of power (7) BATTERY {BATTER}{Y}
5 Author Agatha organised charities without American capital (8) CHRISTIE {CHaRITIES*}

6 Elbow broken by regiment's cricket player (6) BOWLER {ELBOW*}{R}
7 Singlet from Galveston (4) VEST [HIPS]
14 Mud in possession of Uncle Arthur (5) EARTH [T]
16 Conductor's club? (5) BATON [CD]
18 Excitedly melt gear to produce wire (8) TELEGRAM*
20 Send Chinese after German row (8) DESPATCH {CH}<=>{DE}{SPAT}
21 Adore women with gold on vessel (7) WORSHIP {W}{OR}{SHIP}
23 Apparently includes immediate ancestor (6) PARENT [HIPS]
25 Repeats E, E, E, .... for radioman around end of sortie (6) ECHOES ECHO{sortiE}S
27 A revolutionary's pain (4) ACHE {A}{CHE}
29 Give out wrong item (4) EMIT*

REFERENCE LIST

Girl=G, ALIEN=ET, The Spanish=The in Spanish=EL, Old Boy=OB, European=E, Note=TE, Australian=A, Soldier=GI, Cold=C, Penny=P, Child=Ch, Silver=Ag, Regiment=R, Chinese=Ch, Germen=De, Women=W