No 13708, Friday 11 Nov 2022, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Actress that The Rolling Stones don't pick up? (4) MOSS [DD]

9   Damaged sedan in the mountains (5) ANDES*

10 Ape, policeman and Yankee (4) COPY {COP}{Y}

11 Customer's right in court (6) CLIENT {C{LIEN}T}

12 Heard chap in front of disco perhaps gives training (8) GUIDANCE {(~guy)GUI}{DANCE}

13 State: "Military officer loves collecting Republican publicity material" (8) COLORADO {COL}{0}{R}{AD}{0}

15 Assistant Secretary despatched agreement (6) ASSENT {A}{S}{SENT}

17 Receive very soft feathers and descend (3,4) GET DOWN {GET}{DOWN}

19 Leaves German components (7) DEPARTS {DE}{PARTS}

22 A bar built around Arizona market (6) BAZAAR {A+BAR}* over {AR}

24 Bade Lear, "Rewrite, be capable of comprehension" (8) READABLE*

26 Makes signs: "Guest is confused about start of service" (8) GESTURES {GUEST+IS}* over {Se...e}

28 Croon about princess's turnout (6) SIDING {SI{DI}NG}

30 River from Erode region (4) ODER [T]

31 President's rocking in bed (5) BIDEN*

32 Next to bone-yard renovated after body went missing (4) NEAR {boNE+yARd}

DOWN

1   Throw ball and dish (4) BOWL [DD]

2   Tories' ad redrawn to show space rock (8) ASTEROID*

3   Kind of Ray to include right slogan (6) MANTRA {MANT{R}A}

4   A law-man and soldier's operating system to produce musical pieces (7) ADAGIOS {A}{DA}{GI}{OS}

5   Make a ball-park guess from extensive land around central Denmark after independence (8) ESTIMATE {EST{I}{denMark}ATE}

6   Fiddles around mid-afternoon and runs (6) SCRAMS {SC{a..eRn..n}AMS}

7   Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' dubious competence in exporting cement (4) OPEC  cOmPEtenCe*

14 After circular letter, extraordinarily large final letter from the Greeks (5) OMEGA {O}{MEGA}

16 Travelling nationals leaving Sion for city in Brazil (5) NATAL NATionALs

18 Clothes cupboard's drawback? Boer is confused (8) WARDROBE {DRAW<=}{BOER*}

20 Drops sailor with old naval ship for starters (8) ABANDONS {AB}{AND}{O}{Na..l}{Ship}

21 Indecent about South Africa's holy war (7) CRUSADE {CRU{SA}DE}

23 Changes broken slate around end of summer (6) ALTERS {ALTE{s...eR}S*}

25 Blood group despatched? It's not there (6) ABSENT {AB}{SENT}

27 Concludes: English daughter has son (4) ENDS {EN}{D}{S}

29 Revolting Indian agent gives up dieting... Gets bread (4) NAAN {iNdiAN+Agent}*

Reference List

Yankee = Y, Court = CT, Publicity material = AD, German = DE, Princess = DI, Right = R, Lawman = DA, Soldier = GI, Operating system = OS,  Independance = I, Sailor = AB, Old = O, Blood group = AB, English = EN, Daughter = D, Son = S

No 13707, Thursday 10 Nov 2022, Incognito

Solution to 22D 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.

ACROSS

8   Cat-call from home-owner (4) MEOW [T]

9   Change trains when moving, carrying that thing with round bearing (10) TRANSITION {TRAINS}* over {IT} plus{O} and {N}

10 Chemical part of chalk alight (6) ALKALI [T]

11 Ran exotic cruise carrying rector and daughter (8) SCURRIED {SCU{R}IE}{D}

12 Men leaving Westminster renovation for scamsters (8)  TWISTERS WESTmInSTeR*

14 Very happy journalist is covering deceased (6) ELATED {E{LATE}D}

16 Worried, a dame left Magdalene in narrow valley (4) GLEN maGdaLENe

17 Dark thing is blown up (5) NIGHT*

18 Remove coal from criminal Al Capone's nucha (4) NAPE {al+cAPoNE}*

19 Accepts, "Girl is wearing winding saree" (6) AGREES {A{G}REES*}

21 Climbed a steepled church initially and finished (8) ASCENDED {A}{St...d}{Ch...h}{ENDED}

23 Enacts in accordance with documents that need to be filled up (8) PERFORMS {PER}{FORMS}

26 Before model wrongly bares heart (6) BREAST {T}<=>{BARES*}

27 Victor, in Seattle, wanders displaying airs (10) VENTILATES {V}{IN+SEATTLE*}

28 Commercial establishment's head office gets piano (4) SHOP {'S}{HO}{P}

DOWN

1   Shout, "Wolf runs away guardedly at first, showing sign of disease" (6,4) YELLOW FLAG {YELL}{WOLF*}{Away}{Gu...y}

2   Administers oath to fold new saris (6,2) SWEARS IN*

3   Dress excited stripteaser in absence of press (6) ATTIRE  sTRIpTEAser

4   Fish having low sound? (4) BASS [DD]

5   Cooked up ten clues fit for consumption (8) ESCULENT*

6   Bird in South Africa gets chest bones (6) STERNA {S{TERN}A}

7   Commanding officer and setter arrive (4) COME {CO}{ME}

13 With beginners, symbol in Greek means addition (5) SIGMA Semi&lit

15 Once, print media rejected most popular announcement (10) EXPRESSION {EX}{PRESS}{NO 1<=}

17 Diseased tonsils cover middle of pharynx and holes used for breathing (8) NOSTRILS {NOST{phaRnyx}ILS*}

18 Number over South, East, North and South-East? That's gibberish! (8) NONSENSE {N}{ON}{S}{E}{N}{S}{E}

20 Girlish English females tee off (6) EFFETE {E}{FF}{TEE*}

22 Little animal is initially trained by Picasso, for example (6) C?B?S? 

24 First: Female's right for eternity (4) EVER {EVE}{R}

25 Piece of land mentioned in TANSI tender (4) SITE [T]

Reference List

Bearing = N(North), Rector = R, Daughter = D, Journalist = ED, Girl = G, Model = T, Victor = V, Head Office = HO, Piano = P, South Africa = SA, Commanding Officer = CO, Once = EX, Over = ON, English = E, Female = F, Right = R