No 11767, Tuesday 02 Aug 2016, Incognito

ACROSS
8 Money found twice in Kumta, Karnataka (4) TAKA [T]
9 Non-professionalism of a ship's officer standing in front of a Kashmiri town station master (10) AMATEURISM {A}{MATE}{URI}{SM} URI Garrison was one of the stations under my maintenance control when I was posted in Baramulla from 87 to 90.
10 Expression of reverence for a girl in residence (6) HOMAGE {HOM{A}{G}E}
11 Parishioners give up extraordinary porn and reform in U-boat Alley (5,3) IRISH SEA  pArISHIonERS*
12 Stop quietly in front of ape showing some rage and display part of a book (8) ENDPAPER {END}{P}{APE}{Rage}
14 Bad reputation of Indian lady followed by confused May (6) INFAMY {IN}{F}{MAY*}
16 With a bit of raspberry, pie can be made ready to eat (4) RIPE {Ra...y}{PIE*}
17 Edible tuber returned by an ancient South American (5) MAYAN {YAM<=}{AN}
18 -10, as a Roman might write (4) VIII {XVIII - X}
19 Strangely, crushed Easter lily exudes salt compound (6) EERILY {EastER+lILY}
21 Engine housings made by gyrating belly dancers after departure of Byrd running amok (8) NACELLES {bELLy+dANCErS}*
23 Dressing a boy covered with mud (5,3) SALAD OIL {S{A}{LAD} OIL}
26 PM's father's plant (6) MAYPOP {MAY}{POP}

27 Because king first exiled head showing creativity (10) ASTUTENESS {AS}{TUT}{Ex...d}{NESS}
28 Thing on a list regularly seen during diathermy (4) ITEM dIaThErMy

DOWN
1 Ma, is anyone confused about a condiment? (10) MAYONNAISE*
2 'appy male dances and gets fruit (3,5) MAY APPLE*
3 Fictional dupe ma creates (4-2) MADE-UP*
4 I'm going back carrying silver for wise men (4) MAGI {AG} in {I'M<=}
5 Aid miner haphazardly from surface line running between poles (8) MERIDIAN*
6 Famous cooking show, in short, shows irate Frenchman throwing nan (2,4) MR CHEF FREnCHMan*
7 Micro, small and medium enterprises created by setter around South Madras, initially (1,1,1,1) MSME {ME} around {South}{Ma...s}
13 Synthetic material found during bone-yard renovation after removal of bed (5) RAYON bONe-YARd*
15 Bowler's feat hiding six balls under a young girl (6,4) MAIDEN OVER {MAIDEN} {OVER}
17 Play some composition and people dance around these (8) MAYPOLES*

18 Nordic figure made by using minced yak liver (8) VALKYRIE*
20 Some Vicar uses a flier (6) ICARUS [T]
22 Plant money around master (6) CAMASH {CA{MA}SH}

24 Take Aluminium along with two bits of Sodium, too (4) ALSO {AL}{SOdium}
25 Reel back and give lascivious look (4) LEER <=

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No 11766, Monday 01 Aug 2016, Incognito

ACROSS
8   Top medal or .... (4) GOLD [DD]
9   Soldiers' endurance training trip came to Ruhr erroneously (5,5) ROUTE MARCH*
10 Red strand (6) MAROON [DD]
11 Organ is in favour of country (8) PROSTATE {PRO}{STATE}
12 Fastest pirates sailed around Land's End (8) RAPIDEST {PIRATES|}* around {lanD}
14 Sister's evil arrangement to get precious metal (6) SILVER {EVIL}* in {SR}
16 Composer residing in Korba, Chhattisgarh (4) BACH [T]
17 The endless fight to fling (5) THROW {THe}{ROW}
18 Loop back to Lido, perhaps (4) POOL <=
19 Sage dancing around a couple of ladies made foolish mistakes (6) GAFFES {SAGE}* around {FF}
21 Tabasco, for example, may lead to fiery lip (3,5) HOT SAUCE {HOT} {SAUCE}
23 Sailor and German soldier make plenty (8) ABUNDANT {AB}{UND}{ANT}
26 Reckless around Kangaroo Island initially and dissolute (6) RAKISH {RA{Ka...o}{Is..d}SH}
27 Loyal support to Albert with support to a Scotsman’s church (10) ALLEGIANCE {AL}{LEG}{IAN}{CE}
28 Propellers are outside a river skiff in the beginning (4) OARS Acrostic

DOWN
1   Beach policeman takes a taxi to an airport at first (10) COPACABANA {COP}{A}{CAB}{AN}{Ai...t}
2   Scold Monisha gallivanting around capital of Delaware (8) ADMONISH {MONISHA}* around {De...e}
3   Brother, New Zealand has some enthusiasm — it will get a medal, perhaps (6) BRONZE {BRO}{NZ}{En...m}
4   Assault Miss Spring (4) JUMP [MD]
5   Nonet was confused about instrument (5,3) TENON SAW*
6   “Peanut” Jimmy changes sides finally and forms consortium of companies acting in concert (6) CARTEL CARTE(-r+l)L
7   Child leaves premium whiskey for highlander (4) SCOT SCOTch
13 Illuminating device that is carried to Roman Catholic hospital (5) TORCH {TO}{RC}{H}
15 They despatch bad spirits, so Rex cries violently (10) EXORCISERS*
17 Island's model male is in Asia (8) TASMANIA {T}{AS{MAN}IA}
18 Under a flat wooden piece, you'll find 100 organisms (8) PLANKTON {PLANK}{TON}
20 Sportsperson’s dealer in hot property has right ... (6) FENCER {FENCE}{R}
22 ... goal to obtain black material in the beginning (6) TARGET {TAR}{GET}
24 Run with a rifle part made by Lieutenant under tree (4) BOLT {BO}{LT} [DD]
25 Small part of bulletin/yearbook (4) TINY [T]

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