No 12770, Saturday 02 Nov 2019, Incognito

ACROSS
8   Rice wine for Munro? (4) SAKI (DD)

9   Opposition in occupied France //  retards electrical supply (10) RESISTANCE (DD)
10 A graduate can usually select, at first, a counting machine (6) ABACUS {A}{BA}{Can}{Usually}{Select}
11 Early fighter fires confusedly around mine (8) SPITFIRE {FIRES*} around {PIT}

12 Carriage entrance found on the way to the attic (8) TRAPDOOR {TRAP}{DOOR}
14 Match following a holy book (6) AVESTA {A}{VESTA}
16 Tribe diverted canal after losing initial approval (4) CLAN {CaNAL*}
17 Lions’ self-respect (5) PRIDE (DD)
18 Type of excuse // without a leg to stand on (4) LAME (DD)
19 Some type of people get into an empty tanker to make a sort of bullet (6) TRACER {T{RACE}ankeR}
21 Hopping stag eaten without a stop (8) STAGNATE {STAG+EATeN} E is to be deleted not A as given in the clue
23 Everything consumed by veterinarian? Thanks. Capital! (8) VALLETTA {V{ALL}ET}{TA}
26 Ably managed to include Eastern Wales’ initial governing principle (3-3) BYE-LAW {ABLY*} around {E}+{Wales}
27 Unique selling proposition dispatchers adopted for holding up pants (10) SUSPENDERS {S{USP}ENDERS}
28 Animal found by team returning to surround an engineer (4) IBEX {XI<=} around {BE}

DOWN
1   Feline felon or thief who nicks Tom, perhaps? (10) CATBURGLAR  {CAT}{BURGLAR}
2   Locking fastener made by learner, in China, having personal identification number (8) LINCHPIN {L}{IN}{CH}{PIN}
3   Take it easy in a post office and get the magic word (6) PRESTO {P{REST}O}
4   Pakistani intelligence agency’s // terror outfit’s // god (4) ISIS (MD)
5   Guess Tim got into a car without a bit of trouble (8) ESTIMATE {ES{TIM}tATE}
6   Befuddle female in revised fable (6) BAFFLE {F} in {FABLE*}
7   Mufasa's brother was a confused rascal after losing a pound (4) SCAR {RASCal*}

13 Bars protests (5) RAILS (DD)
15 A sci-fi feat one may achieve by going to and fro across the International Date Line (4,6) TIME TRAVEL (CD)
17 Austere people Rita puns about (8) PURITANS {RITA+PUNS*}
18 Inner garments to hang around, that is, unmentionables (8) LINGERIE {LINGER}{IE}
20 Middle-eastern head of state caught a little Indian python here, initially (6) CALIPH (Acrostic)
22 Tigers collectively // hide and attack (6) AMBUSH (DD)
24 Impartial umpire held a chemical compound (4) ALUM (T)
25 Tools // usually seen in graphs (4) AXES (DD)

Reference List

Graduate=BA, Thanks=Ta, Eastern=E, Unique selling proposition=USP, Team=XI, Engineer=BE
Learner=L, China=Ch, Personal Identification Number=PIN, Post office=PO, Pound=L, That is=IE

Colour/Font Scheme

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No 12769, Friday 01 Nov 2019, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Repeatedly laugh and ditch (2-2) HA-HA {HA}{HA}
9   Parliamentarians? They are often seen in Tirumala (10) ROUNDHEADS [DD]
10 The Hulk's advertisement (6) BANNER [DD]
11 What witches learn at school? (8) SPELLING [CD]
12 Not at home: taken on a social engagement. That's passé (8) OUTDATED {OUT}{DATED}
14 Punctually, mine explodes around beginning of tunnel after one (2,4) IN TIME {N{Tu...l}IME*} after {1}
16 Doubtful part of Cardiff yeomanry (4) IFFY [T]
17 Land badly managed, in paying guest accommodation (5) PRANG {P{RAN}G}
18 Stowe's famous uncle with some education gets a book (4) TOME {TOM}{Ed...n}
19 She, after losing a bit of attraction, may still be a heavenly creature (6) ANGELA {ANGEL}{A}
21 Aroused? No! (6,2) TURNED ON {NO<=} [RA]
23 Cut a member in front of upper gallery (8) AMPUTATE {A}{MP}{U}{TATE}
26 Pitch tent on American university grounds (6) CAMPUS {CAMP}{US}
27 Place where you have to sign........................ (6,4) DOTTED LINE Definition by example
28 Throws a crustacean without hesitation after losing temper initially (4) LOBS LOBSter

DOWN
1   A cloth piece and a cake for an urchin (10) RAGAMUFFIN {RAG}{A}{MUFFIN}
2   Time, to save for, and when one may come across cats and dogs? (5,3) RAINY DAY [DD]
3   Mountain where an artist is surrounded by his work (6) ARARAT {AR{A}{RA}T}
4   Weapons used to slaughter gnus? (4) GUNS*
5   Sticking, this time, with her band, after loss of some respect (8) ADHERING {AD}{HER}{rING}
6   Hostel leper's holding back a small piece of metal (6) PELLET [T<=]
7   Fabulous garden found in Thaxted, England (4) EDEN [T]
13 Gave out cards, after agreement, with a hint of trickery (5) DEALT {DEAL}{Tr...y}
15 Silent elephant has body odour. Claptrap! (5,5) MUMBO JUMBO {MUM}{BO}{JUMBO}
17 Red army characters' signboards (8) PLACARDS {PLA}{CARDS}
18 Warm clothes for rising hot air currents? (8) THERMALS [DD]
20 Fair type of share (6) EQUITY [DD]
22 Stone an alien and get a fire-cracker (6) ROCKET {ROCK}{ET}
24 Initially Military Headquarters of War? In Madhya Pradesh? (4) MHOW [C&DD]
25 Heroic nature of electronic picture reduced (4) EPIC {E}{PIC}

Reference List
Upper = U, Artist = RA, Bodu odour = BO, Alien = ET, Electronic = E