No 13537, Friday 22 Apr 2022, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Yankee residing in Indian state is a painter (4) GOYA {GO{Y}A}

9   Push sideways and steal (5) SWIPE [DD]

10 Placed cap around head of arrow (4) LAID {L{Ar...w}ID}

11 Himalayan guide’s turn of phrase (6) SHERPA*

12 English girl with a railway messenger (8) EMISSARY {E}{MISS}{A}{RY}

13 For starters, a bright spot coloured in some shining amber’s X-coordinate (8) ABSCISSA Acrostic

15 Senate endlessly works around start of century and passes laws (6) ENACTS {SENATe}* around {Ce...y}

17 Graduate school, before long, gets woodwind instrument (7) BASSOON{BA}{S}{SOON}

19 Perhaps, Tamil Nadu embraces, for example, Puducherry’s law (7) STATUTE {STAT{UT}E}

22 Disposing torn sash from steakhouse ruins, make money with great difficulty (3,3) EKE OUT sTEaKhOUsE*

24 Kidnapped sailor Edward carrying pipe (8) ABDUCTED {AB}{DUCT}{ED}

26 Allies’ HO arranged for fuel (5,3) SHALE OIL*

28 Arranged notes, around end of lesson, for poem (6) SONNET {SO{l...oN}NET*}

30 A mud building for Russian parliament (4) DUMA {A+MUD}*

31 Serenades Indian girl on board ship (5) SINGS {S{IN}{G}S}

32 Spot rejected toys (4) TOPS<=

DOWN

1   Insect found in bergamot herb (4) MOTH [T]

2   Prohibit storage equipments in living quarters for 5 (8) BARRACKS {BAR}{RACKS}

3   Large vehicles for prizes (6) OSCARS {OS}{CARS}

4   Badly scared about current bike accessory (7) SIDECAR {S{I}DECAR*}

5   Tiger prowls around soldiers in military unit (8) REGIMENT {REGI{MEN}T*}

6   Anchorage may be found in this state (6) ALASKA [GK]

7   Baked food roasted initially in seaside venue (4) PIER {PIE}{Ro...d}

14 First ledger in financial institution is devoid of any entries (5) BLANK {B{Le...r}ANK}

16 Name plate includes model’s designation (5) TITLE {TI{T}LE}

18 Excitedly shout about love around university’s eastern shed (8) OUTHOUSE {OUTH{0}{U}S*}{E}

20 Once a tit flew around low grade ore (8) TACONITE*

21 Girl student with soldier is brave (7) GALLANT {GAL}{L}{ANT}

23 Setter left coal-mine, wandering to get lubrication equipment (6) OILCAN {COAL+mINe}*

25 Stop German nurse leaving emergency room (6) DESIST  {DE}{SISTer}

27 Carry and hide uranium in India’s main aircraft manufacturing company (4) HAUL {HA{U}L}

29 See drunk author leaving house party clumsily (4) ESPY {houSE+PartY}*

Reference List

Yankee = Y, English = E, Railway = RY, School  S, Sailor = AB, Indian = IN, Girl = G, Ship = SS, Large = OS, Current = I, Model = T,  University = U, Eastern = E, Student = L, German = DE, Emergency Room = ER

No 13536, Thursday 21 Apr 2022, Incognito

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

8   Freelancer’s flair (4) ELAN [T]

9   Excited emir chased legendary streaker (10) ARCHIMEDES*

10 Meteor Resort is far away (6) REMOTE*

11 Hid heads of some extinct dinosaurs around island (8) SECRETED {Some}{Ex...t}{CRETE}{Di...s}

12 Agitate returning spur and some pieces of riding equipment (8) STIRRUPS {STIR}{SPUR<=}

14 Eccentric landowner evicting lad gets fame (6) RENOWN {laNdOWNER}*

16 Poet’s banned on radio (4) BARD (~barred)

17 Whiskey and drinks in Cymru (5) WALES {W}{ALES}

18 Heal stray dog by middle of September (4) CURE {CUR}{s..tEm..r}

19 Horrible noise about dead scientist (6) EDISON {E{D}ISON*}

21 Aunt and lass danced in Queens (8) SULTANAS*

23 Tavern hostesses served idli-sambar after removing bits of imported leaves (8) BARMAIDS {iDlI+SAMBAR}*

26 Sum of first four squares and product of first three primes (6) T?I?T? (Addendum - THIRTY  {1²+2²+3²+4² =2x3x5=30} Definition by examples - See comments)

27 Mesmerises worried parent with devious ruse (10) ENRAPTURES {PARENT*}{RUSE*}

28 At times, without using ATM, one gets neckwear (4) TIES {aT+tImES

DOWN

1   Send the lad wrongly to get the first person to receive cards (6,4) ELDEST HAND* 

2   Adrift, nude moor released painter (8) UNMOORED*

3   Entrance with gold and baked sweet (6) GATEAU {GATE}{AU}

4   In America, kills some police sergeants (4) ICES [T]

5   Drops princess’s vehicle in front of driving school at first (8) DISCARDS {DI'S}{CAR}{Dr...g}{Sc...l}

6   Lower reputation of university official hugging setter (6) DEMEAN {DE{ME}AN}

7   Nothing more than a water body (4) MERE [DD]

13 In exchange for cash, disposes some electrical devices, I hear (5) SELLS (~cells)

15 Fight, followed by diatribe, with leaders of injured enemy soldiers, for getting assurances (10) WARRANTIES {WAR}{RANT}{In...d}{En..y}{So...s}

17 Entered with bad intent before end of rodeo (4,4) WENT INTO {W}{INTENT*}{r..eO}

18 Tea followed by street fights for vehicles (8) CHARIOTS {CHA}{RIOTS}

20 South African military police get a new boat (6) SAMPAN {SA}{MP}{A}{N}

22 Tesla designed motor car model that is most recent (6) LATEST {TESLA*}{T}

24 Perhaps spots bent cane (4) ACNE*

25 Certain letters in possession of usurer (4) SURE [T]

Reference List

Whiskey = W, Dead = D, Princess = DI, With = W, Military Police = MP, Motor car model = T