No 13184, Tuesday 02 Mar 2021, Incognito

Solution to 1D  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

1   Poles separately included in amounts quoted for king’s daughter (8) PRINCESS {PRI{N}CE{S}S}

5   Horrible cigar falls to pieces after time (6) TRAGIC {CIGAR*}<=>{T}

10 Haryana town’s lemur (5) INDRI [DD]

11 Ex-American President has vessel for means to survive in the jungle (9) BUSHCRAFT {BUSH}{CRAFT}

12 NE room was refurbished for actress (Norma Jean) Mortenson (6) MONROE

13 Small submarine command for a group of creatures (8) SUBORDER {SUB}{ORDER}

15 Chinese tea used in Tethys only (5) HYSON [T]

17 Self-centred European obtained first integrated circuit (9) EGOTISTIC {E}{GOT}{1ST}{IC}

19 Unreal, like the root of a negative number (9) IMAGINARY [DD]

20 US gas compound is used for measuring magnetic field (5) GAUSS*

21 At this place, after half a dozen balls, he got runs with some excitement (4,4) OVER HERE {OVER}{HE}{R}{Ex...t}

23 Reserve support (6) BACKUP [DD]

27 Region lay around the old soldier (9) LEGIONARY*

28 Tax-men going around Ontario get golf clubs (5) IRONS {IR{ON}S}

29 Bury the new trainee (6) INTERN {INTER}{N}

30 A place to cry on can be found at the side of the road (8) SHOULDER [DD]

DOWN

1   Sister goes back around one in the afternoon to get a light splitter (5) P?I?M (Addendum - PRISM {P{S{1}R<=}M} - See comments)

2   Invest one shilling in India and get a country of islands (9) INDONESIA {IND{ONE}{S}IA}

3   Capital! His leader leaves the chair and gets nothing (5) CAIRO {ChAIR}{0}

4   Cries, when boss is upset (4) SOBS*

6   Neck and groin are injured in appraisal (9) RECKONING*

7   Magnificent thousand (5) GRAND [DD]

8   Waterfalls that can blur the eyes of the beholder? (9) CATARACTS [DD]

9   My pun does transform into a pen-name (9) PSEUDONYM*

14 Engineers and soldier hold the brace for the mechanic (9) REPAIRMAN {RE}{PAIR}{MAN}

15 The common people first heard of election in the middle of 1010, in retrospect (9)(3,6) See comments HOI POLLOI {He..d}{01{POLL}01<=}

16 Next door resident found in the locality after the gangster went away (9) NEIGHBOUR NEIGHBOURhood

18 Oddly adorn Turk on highway (5,4) TRUNK ROAD*

22 Number of weight-lifters? (5) EIGHT [T]

24 Good bye! Pass away surrounded by gold (5) ADIEU {A{DIE}U}

25 Who, for example, is a model? (5) POSER [DD]

26 Legend that’s part of my theories (4) MYTH [T]

Reference List

Poles = N,S, Time = T, European = E, Runs = R, Taxmen = IRS, New = N, Sister = SR, Shilling = S, Engineers = RE(Royal Engineers)

No 13183, Monday 01 Mar 2021, Anon

Solution to 26A  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

1   Devotees in aid of casino rebuilding (11) AFICIONADOS*

9   Heartless goon at boundary commits crime (7) OFFENCE {OaF}{FENCE}

10 Sibling, menacing, removes nail regularly (6) SISTER SinISTER

11 In Arkansas’ borders, lady remains (5) ASHES {Ar..{SHE},,aS}

12 Ineffective sailor vacates subleases at sea (7) USELESS SUbLEaSES*

15 European starts dancing at new eatery (4) DANE Acrostic

16 Doctor tempers ire at boundaries (10) PERIMETERS*

18 Withdrawing from resort with gin cocktail (10) RETREATING {RETREAT}{GIN*}

20 From the East, steal a Kamarupan language (4) ABOR {ROB}{A}<=

23 Overwhelm head constable interrupting dinner (7) SCUPPER {S{Co...e}UPPER}

24 Model father leaves or remains? (5) RELIC REpLICa

26 Head to rule without trepidation at first (6) ?T?T?E (Addendum - STATUE STATUtE - See comments) 

27 Remains of crash scattered initially at retreats (7) ASHRAMS {ASH}{RAM}{Sc...d}

28 Benevolent towards returning Mayas odd, pitiable (11) SYMPATHETIC {MaYaS<=}{PATHETIC}

DOWN

2   End up with European language lacking nuance initially (6) FINISH FINnISH

3   Heartless leader becomes cook (4) CHEF CHiEF

4   Fascinations with regular tomb meetings (10) OBSESSIONS {tOmB}{SESSIONS}

5   Pardons sailor who answers (8) ABSOLVES {AB}{SOLVES}

6   Watch over across the waters, it is said (7) OVERSEE {OVER}{SEE(~sea)}

7   Strainers in firm spacecraft (9) COLANDERS {CO}{LANDERS}

8   Deaf Ghanaian safeguards sheepskin coat (6) AFGHAN [T]

13 Let men test broadcast in colony (10) SETTLEMENT*

14 Ban of coaster is ludicrous (9) OSTRACISE*

17 Carry on action, maintain pace (4,4) KEEP STEP {KEEP}{STEP}

19 Wordlessly, feline returns to European country without animal leader (7) TACITLY {CAT<=}{ITaLY}

21 Song for dance these days (6) BALLAD {BALL}{AD}

22 Script of elite class? Not quite (6) BRAHMI BRAHMIn

25 Start off, humiliate headquarters (4) BASE aBASE

Reference List

Sailor = AB, Father = PA