No 13211, Friday 02 Apr 2021, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Whip large tree (4) LASH {L}{ASH}

9   Administered glucose initially... vein is ruptured... (5) GIVEN {Gl...e}{VEIN*}

10 Despatch vessel (4) SHIP [DD]

11 Excited Jordanian ran away to border (6) ADJOIN JOrDanIAN*

12 Fellow actors consume some dates and cooking apples (8) COSTARDS {COSTAR{Da..s}S}

13 Old female dog returns after cat is injured. It’s a freak happening (3,2,3) ACT OF GOD {O}{F}{DOG<=}<=>{CAT*}

15 Dig up doctor having superiority (6) DREDGE {DR}{EDGE}

17 King goes around carrying swimming equipment and stabbing with dagger (7) KNIFING{KNI{FIN}G*} 

19 Idiotically lie: “Debs? They are things that can be eaten” (7) EDIBLES*

22 Bob’s starting to operate in apartments (6) FLOATS {FL{Op...e}ATS}

24 Identity found in manner of uttering “Mishap” (8) ACCIDENT {ACC{ID}ENT}

26 Floating agnostic is drifting (8) COASTING*

28 Bird’s large victim (6) OSPREY {OS}{PREY}

30 Pulls guts out (4) TUGS*

31 Like 23 9 condition was in 32 14, with this clue, some solvers might get this (5) STUCK Definition by example

32 Tale legal action action against Zulu channel (4) SUEZ {SUE}{Z}

DOWN

1   Regularly stained construction material (4) SAND StAiNeD

2   Junk’s worth (5,3) THROW OFF {WORTH}* [RA]

3   Gone back around midnight twice... for a drink (3,3) EGG NOG {E{niGht}{niGht}NOG<=}

4   Silly advocate dropping note on egg and fruit (7) AVOCADO {ADVOCAte}*{0}

5   Biased and badly considered, in absence of credit (3-5) ONE-SIDED cONSIDErED*

6   East European possesses Sulphur and little explosive device... Flee! (6) ESCAPE {E{S}{CAP}E}

7   Obtain diamonds? It’s a breeze (4) WIND {WIN}{D}

14 Container with a line in waterway (5) CANAL {CAN}{A}{L}

16 Colour of ogre entrails, to some extent (5) GREEN [T]

18 Most horrible stain is dispersed by English saint (8) NASTIEST {STAIN}*{E}{ST}

20 Wrongly dub tapes in capital (8) BUDAPEST*

21 Favourite joint’s Chinese disease (7) HANGOUT {HAN}{GOUT}

23 Help animal first (6) ASSIST {ASS}{1ST}

25 Criminals hide bird between ends of conduits (6) CROOKS {C..d{ROOK}u..S}

27 Responsibility’s upon you and me (4) ONUS {ON}{US}

29 Always, first lady has right (4) EVER {EVE}{R}

Reference List

Large = L, Old = O, Female = F, Large = OS, Zulu = Z, East = E, European = E, Diamond = D, Line = L, English = E, Right = R

No 13210, Thursday 01 Apr 2021, Vulcan

Solution to 24A 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   A controversy brewing in glasshouse (12) CONSERVATORY*

10 Standard time followed, say (7) AVERAGE {AGE}<=>{AVER}

11 Circular field left untidy (7) LEAFLET {LEA}{LEFT*}

12 Disconnected from a very dry page — boring (6) ABRUPT {A}{BRU{P}T}

13 It’s not a colourful story? (5,3) WHITE LIE [CD]

15 Supporters present in stand going wild (9) ADHERENTS {AD{HERE}NTS*}

16 Dark horse, say (5) NIGHT (~knight)

17 Son’s delighted — heading off, full of energy (5) SAPPY {S}{hAPPY} 

19 Metal pane, perhaps one attached to a door (9) NAMEPLATE*

22 Freed/ let out again (8) RELEASED RE-LEASED

24 Emotionally affected without end — you got me (6) ?O?C?E (Addendum - TOUCHE TOUCHEd - See comments)

26 State evacuated one thousand people — basically huge (7) IMMENSE {StatE}<=>{1}{M}{MEN}

27 Partnering with a left leader that’s two-faced (7) ALLYING {A}{Left}{LYING}

28 Misuse of the semantics draws criticism (12) CHASTISEMENT*

DOWN

2   In another resort is where we are (2,5) ON EARTH*

3   It’s all men do (4,5) STAG PARTY [CD]

4   Be in shock and look upset (4) REEL<=

5   Nothwithstanding an absence of diversity (3,3,4) ALL THE SAME [DD]

6   Old section with abstract style (2,3) OP ART {O}{PART}

7   Christmas cake you will reportedly book (4,3) YULE LOG (~you'll){YULE}{LOG}

8   New map covering a North American country (6) PANAMA {P{A}{NA}MA*}

9   Missing the first biggest show (6) ATTEST fATTEST

14 No matter what happens in New York, a contest goes about (2,3,5) IN ANY EVENT {IN}{A}{NY}{EVENT}

16 Don’t worry about it — easy peasy (2,7) NO PROBLEM [DD]

17 Mark runs through injury (6) STRAIN {ST{R}AIN}

18 Controversial European on microphone (7) POLEMIC {POLE}{MIC}

20 Sale of university in process (7) AUCTION {A{U}CTION}

21 Come out with energy and mingle (6) EMERGE {E}{MERGE}

23 With it, chap nearly choked (5) APNEA [T] Semi&lit

25 Crazy clubs (4) BATS [DD]

Reference List

Page = P, Son = S, Thousand = M, Old = O, Runs = R,  University = U, Energy = E