No 13988, Friday 06 Oct 2023, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Girl arranges sum to get adhesives (4) GUMS {G}{SUM*}

9   Feel thus when initially ordered rest in the sack (5) BORED {B{Or...d}{Rest}ED} Semi&lit

10 Not identified in a short time (4) ANON [DD]

11 Seem waste paper is crumpled after discarding stew (6) APPEAR {wAste+PAPER}*

12 Drug dealers hiding many items at first in personal boxes containing some organs (8) CHEMISTS {CHE{Many}{It..s}STS}

13 Wrongly dials Ram to get naval officers (8) ADMIRALS*

15 Cider processed after adding a bit of yeast produces frozen CO₂ (3,3) DRY ICE {CIDER}* over {Ye..t}

17 Satisfying cast includes 49 Romans (7) FILLING {F{IL}LING}

19 Funny American swamped by letters from a Chinese dynasty (7) AMUSING {A}{M{US}ING}

22 Look! Greek leader has a javelin! (6) GLANCE {Gr..k}{LANCE}

24 Lets cash distribution in bags (8) SATCHELS*

26 For example, sterilizing violent canine having large glands in the front (8) CLEANING {C{L}ANINE*}{Gl...s}

28 Stay on sea (6) REMAIN {RE}{MAIN}

30 Inflict knife wounds on bats flying back (4) STAB <=

31 J&K town's dance music (5) SAMBA [DD]

32 Payment for occupying right ward (4) RENT {R}{ENT}

DOWN

1   Mix mud with a little paint and discard (4) DUMP {MUD*}{Pa..t}

2   Ale and spice concoction is particularly exceptional (8) ESPECIAL* 

3   One bear walks around island in European peninsula (6) IBERIA {1}{BER{I}A*}

4   Rambling person without issue is in church? Correct! (7) PRECISE {PERson}*{C{IS}E}

5   Include last part of sum in appendix (8) ADDENDUM {sUM}{<=>{APPEND} (Correction - {ADD}{END}{sUM} - See comments)

6   In large town, a vole initially makes hole (6) CAVITY {C{A}{Vole}ITY}

7   Decay around egg found in part of plant (4) ROOT {RO{O}T}

14 Standard procedure for dentist's equipment (5) DRILL [DD]

16 Tin and aluminium channel for water (5) CANAL {CAN}{AL}

18 Most poor English pass away in home, perhaps (8) NEEDIEST {NE{E}{DIE}ST}

20 Cheers wildly about male student starting to produce plotters  (8) SCHEMERS {SCHE{M}ER*}{St...t}

21 Is my Goa extraordinary in this type of reproduction? (7) ISOGAMY*

23 Carelessly, errand boy loses rod within short distance (6) NEARBY {ERrANd+BoY}*

25 Sailor Brown's cloth (6) TARTAN {TAR}{TAN}

27 Note missed from wind instrument and string instrument (4) LUTE fLUTE

29 Taverns in North and South (4) INNS {IN}{N}{S}

Reference List

Girl = G, Large = L, On = RE, Right = R, Issue = SON, Church = CE, English = E, Male = M, Note = F

No 13987, Thursday 05 Oct 2023, Arden

Solution to 6D 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Trophies taking over facades (5-3) COVER-UPS  {C{OVER}UPS}

5   Not on complete upset (6) OFFEND {OFF}{END}

10 Broken ankle — I'm resembling a human being (7) MANLIKE {ANKLE+IM}*

11 Miss Turner's worker in a shrub (7) LANTANA {L{ANT}ANA}

12 Moving forward without or stunt? (5) DWARF ForWARD*

13 Discharge area, protecting soldiers (9) SECRETION {SEC{RE}TION}

14 Deal with groups carrying on their intellectual property (5,7) TRADE SECRETS {TRADE}{SEC{RE}TS}

18 Materialise position by coincidence (12) HAPPENSTANCE {HAPPEN}{STANCE}

21 Bar to accommodate, by the way (9) ROADHOUSE {HOUSE}<=>{ROAD}

23 Subject of you formally getting married (5) THEME {THE{M}E}

24 On the subject of aeronautics a foresight is lacking, I see (7) AVIONIC {A}{VisION}{I}{C}

25 Lastly one final agenda — accepting it as very exclusive and snobbish (7) ELITIST {onE}{LIST} over {IT}

26 "Gale force" — movie on a rookie flyer (6) EAGLET {GALE}*{ET}

27 Nothing to scan with this instrument? (8) OTOSCOPE {O}{TO}{SCOPE}

DOWN

1   Invitation daily, no trouble since it's funny (6) COMEDY {COME}{DailY}

2   In front with party support in UP, could be tough (6) VANDAL {VAN}{DAL}

3   Check pressure and strengthen (9) REINFORCE {REIN}{FORCE}

4   Extremely happy — such appeals end disturbance (7,2,5) PLEASED AS PUNCH *

6   It's a crime to take out of enclosure (5) F?N?E ()

7   Organic chemical dumped in the river — he is questioned (8) EXAMINEE {EX{AMINE}E}

8   Fantastic gain in medicine — find out (8) DIAGNOSE {D{GAIN*}OSE}

9   Twelve banks can produce a rare, unexpected phenomenon (5,4,5) BLACK SWAN EVENT*

15 Changing tack, turns around for some drinks (9) COCKTAILS {CO{TACK*}ILS}

16 A line had these kinds of animals (8) CHORDATE {CHORD}{ATE}

17 Modernising state, going steady (8) UPDATING {UP}{DATING}

19 Farmer in Orissa keeping sheep (6) MERINO [T]

20 Place support underneath the furniture (6) SETTEE {SET}{TEE}

22 "They're layers", one says so (5) HENCE (~hens)

Reference List

Soldiers = RE(Royal Engineers), On = RE, Married = M, Movie = ET, Support = TEE