No 13991, Tuesday 10 Oct 2023, Incognito

Solution to 2D 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

8   Body part from the elbow (4) HEEL [T]

9   One fighter's love for friend (5) AMIGO {A}{MIG}{O}

10 Alien captures President in portal leading outside (4)  EXIT {E{XI}T}

11 One who demonstrates precipitation (6) SHOWER [DD]

12 Place of worship has a model format (8) TEMPLATE {TEMPL{A}{T}E}

13 Chinese pilot Mao, for example (8) CHAIRMAN {CH}{AIRMAN} Semi&lit

15 Employed couple in boat (2,4) AT WORK {A{TWO}RK}

17 Operating person's male issue hides itch (7) SURGEON {S{URGE}ON}

19 About other ranks following soldier's diet (7) REGIMEN {MEN}<=>{RE}{GI}

22 Boa with newt's head is illegally taken (6) STOLEN {STOLE}{Newt}

24 Inform, "Day is not far" (8) DISCLOSE {D}{IS}{CLOSE}

26 Large mouse goes around circling gate (8) ENORMOUS {E{NOR}MOUS*}

28 Type of shed not built behind pasture (4-2) LEAN-TO {NOT}*<=>{LEA}

30 Large plant in street (4) TREE [T]

31 Right, including one to take to the floor in protest (3-2) LIE-IN {LIE{1}N}

32 Test damaged box camera after cobra creeps out (4) EXAM {boX+cAMEra*

DOWN

1   Net stored by Holmes' housekeeper (4) MESH [T]

2   Playing the fool by changing direction in king's installation (8) ?L?W?I?G (Addendum - CLOWNING C(-r+l)LOWNING - See comments)

3   Spoil before male sheep gets beach grass (6) MARRAM {MAR}{RAM}

4   Hears 51 guns (7) LISTENS {LI}{STENS}

5   Moor team arranged for Dr Watson as related to Sherlock, perhaps (8) ROOMMATE*

6   Cry after cry, "Chicken" (6) YELLOW {YELL}{OW}

7   Fog from Michigan street (4) MIST {MI}{ST}

14 Hot female relative's hangout (5) HAUNT {H}{AUNT}

16 Mistakenly hears birds (5) RHEAS*

18 Personal aims can be mistakes in football (3,5) OWN GOALS [DD]

20 Lift lead is damaged! It is jinxed! (3-5) ILL-FATED*

21 Yes. Returned after soy sauce had a hint of dill in voyage (7) ODYSSEY {YES}<=>{SOY*}  over {Dill}

23 Goods vehicles drop right birds (6) LORIES LORrIES

25 Mum's speechless (6) SILENT [DD]

27 Legendary violinist from North East Romania (4) NERO {NE}{RO}

29 Sports group's drink with a drop of milk (4) TEAM {TEA}{Milk}

Reference List

Fighter = MIG, Model = T, Chinese = CH, Soldier = RE and GI, Day = D, Gate = NOR, 51 = LI, Street = ST, Hot = H, Right = R

No 13990, Monday 09 Oct 2023, Incognito

Solution to 16A 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

7   Prohibits watering holes (4) BARS [DD}

8   Nude relative consumes hot roll before commencement of dinner (9) UNCLOTHED {UNCL{HOT*}E}{Di...r}

10 Absorbent orb's lost and missing (6) ABSENT ABSorbENT

11 General, after drinking a bit of liquor, produces material capable of causing bodily harm (8) ALLERGEN {GENERAL+Li...r}*

12 Organise vocals in forerunner of some East European languages (8) SLAVONIC*

14 Time. (6) PERIOD [DD]

16 Mix drug with Yankee's drink (7) ?H?S?E? (Addendum - WHISKEY {WHISK}{E}{Y} - See comments)

18 Danger signal often seen in Russia or China (3,4) RED FLAG [DD]

21 Tamil actor gets small residence for Jobs (6) CHORES {CHO}{RES}

23 Extraordinary rum label! It may save you from rain... (8) UMBRELLA*

25 Circuit around street having carbon monoxide, for example, may result in final breath (4,4) LAST GASP {LA{ST}{GAS}P}

27 Girl with circular land unit measuring around 2400 square feet (6) GROUND {G}{ROUND}

29 Perhaps, Peter Scot is very highly classified (3-6) TOP-SECRET*

30 Keen part of Kannada video (4) AVID [T]

DOWN

1   Lakh danced around palindromic music group in a kind of mysticism (8) KABBALAH {K{ABBA}LAH*}

2   Land surrounded by water? Misleading to some extent... (4) ISLE [T]

3   King's first love is surrounded by horrible aunts (6) SULTAN {SU{Love}TAN*}

4   Superficial wound from the very beginning (7) SCRATCH [DD]

5   Lac poles break and fall down (8) COLLAPSE*

6   Writer donating gold becomes god (4) THOR auTHOR

9   Because of song for two with love (3,2) DUE TO {DUET}{0}

13 Counsellor releases advertisement for Sir Lancelot's face saving device (5) VISOR adVISOR

15 Hunt for gun (5) RIFLE [DD]

17 Trapped English players with devilish dare (8) ENSNARED {EN}{SN}{DARE*}

19 At last saint left book on island's legendary land (8) ATLANTIS {AT}{LAst}{NT}{I'S}

20 Stay and consume drink (7) SUPPORT {SUP}{PORT}

22 Earth shaking core? (5) HEART*

24 Chance upon model wearing neck adornment in capital (6)  BOGOTA {GO}{T} in {BOA}

26 Antelope's hat? (4) TOPI [DD]

28 Operation by criminal to get gem (4) OPAL {OP}{AL}

Reference List

Drug = E, Yankee = Y, Street = ST, Girl = G, Advertisement = AD, English = E, Partners = N,S(North and South in Bridge card game), Saint = ST, Book = NT(New Testament), Island = I, Consume = SUP, Model = T, Operation = OP, Criminal = AL(Capone)