No 14815, Tuesday 09 Jun 2026, Incognito

Solution to 18D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered 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   Music composer from Korba, Chhattisgarh (4) BACH [T]

9   Spanish mission that serves as a reminder of Texas Revolution in Mambalam office (5) ALAMO [T]

10 Egyptian goddess is going around South Island (4) ISIS {I{S}{I}S}

11 Shoot covers new season (6) SPRING {SPRI{N}G}

12 Getting tailless dog in south eastern corral (8) SECURING {SE}{CUr}{RING}

13 Hit wound violently in suspense story (8) WHODUNIT*

15 Get dressed, perhaps, and be Nero, fiddling... (6) ENROBE*

17 Most crazy to get a Chinese body part (7) STOMACH {MOST*}{A}{CH}

19 What a groom might get for painting once again? (3,4) NEW COAT [DD]

22 Marshal Omar carries word of peace (6) SHALOM [T]

24 So diesel may be converted into sources of cooking fat (8) OILSEEDS*

26 Person carrying one's moniker, but may be unrelated (8) NAMESAKE [CD]

28 Once saucy ace (6) EXPERT {EX}{PERT}

30 Neurologist possesses some continental currency (4) EURO [HIPS]

31 Street commonly mentioned by Perry Mason in model law (5) DELLA [T]

32 Place to buy half-shorts with Papa (4) SHOP {SHOrts}{P}

DOWN

1   Moist place to store water on top of pitcher (4) DAMP {DAM}{Pi...r}

2   OK, dimes are scattered around hotel in Arab chief's territory (8) SHEIKDOM {OK+DIMES}* over {H}

3   Gross profit from liquor after March, in short (6) MARGIN {GIN}{<=>{MARch}

4   King leaves baskets for son's dogs (7) BASSETS BAS(-k+s)SETS

5   Criminal on island produces building material (8) CONCRETE {CON}{CRETE}

6   One may reflect... MOM or MUM looks the same in this (6) MIRROR [DBE]

7   Logo in the heart of designer (4) SIGN [HIPS]

14 Jerk's tenure in America (5) HITCH [DD]

16 Snake on road panel (5) BOARD {BOA}{RD}

18 Orders, with new note on first of September (8) C?M?A?D? (Addendum - COMMANDS {COMMA}{N}{D}{Se...r} - See comments)

20 Least expensive animal in box (8) CHEAPEST {CHE{APE}ST}

21 Announcement made by tennis referee at beginning of match between belligerent players (4,3) LOVE ALL [CD]

23 Tell untruth before owl flies and go underground, perhaps (3,3) LIE LOW {LIE}{OWL*}

25 General method to get elbow room (6) LEEWAY {LEE}{WAY}

27 Be next to rejected musical instrument (4) ABUT<=

29 Moor is back in space (4) ROOM<=

Reference List

South = S, Island = I, New = N, South Eastern = SE, Chinese = CH, Papa = P, Hotel = H, King = K, Son = S, Road = RD, Note = D

No 14814, Monday 08 Jun 2026, Incognito

Solution to 10A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered 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   Local going after vehicle on highway from London to Leeds? It can lead to reduction in gas (11) CARMINATIVE {NATIVE}<=>{CAR}{M1}

9   Wife leaves lawyer's coat (5) LAYER LAwYER

10 Grand proposal to install gas lines to every house is fanciful thinking (4,5) P?P? D?E?M (Addendum - PIPE DREAM [C&DD] - See comments)

11 American consuming sodium first? Disgusting! (10) NAUSEATING {US}{EATING}<=>{NA}

12 Money held by masseur obtained (4) EURO [T]

13 Cut off from Chris Evert (5) SEVER {T]

15 Warped space on 1st for wool gatherer (8) ESCAPIST {SPACE}*{1ST}

17 Following friend, on this day, turning into a follower of an Oriental faith (8) BUDDHIST {BUD}{THIS+D}*

19 Pertaining to quality of sound arising from ventilator after losing rivet (5) TONAL {veNtiLATOr}*

22 Gas used in Cochrane, Ontario (4) NEON [T]

23 A kind of presentation for electrical socket (5,5) POWER POINT [DD]

26 So, large things are thrown with this (9) SLINGSHOT {SO+L+THINGS}* Semi&lit

27 Son has fun returning female's ground tobacco (5) SNUFF {S}{FUN<=}{F}

28 Point carton out to get device (11) CONTRAPTION*

DOWN

1   Rodent is shy at first, perhaps unsettled, for starters (5) COYPU {COY}{Pe...s}{Un...d}  

2   Are rather confused about metal not available in pure form in nature (4,5) RARE EARTH*

3   Start to produce units manufactured to make feedstocks (6) INPUTS {Pr...e+UNITS}*

4   Adds, "Badly snapped" (7) APPENDS*

5   Indian and Yankee in a motor sport (4) INDY {IND}{Y}

6   Entice ox running around university for performance (9) EXECUTION {ENTICE+OX}* over {U}

7   Throws fine fish on top of salver (6) FLINGS {F}{LING}{Sa...r}

8   Meaning: One drink, after commencement of May (6) IMPORT {1}{PORT}<=>{May}

14 Cod dives strangely consuming current media storage device (5,4) VIDEO DISC {COD+DIVES}* over {I}

16 A new advice: With Italian wine, for starters (9) ANTIPASTI {A}{N}{TIP}{ASTI}

17 In absence of war, brainwash distraught and exile (6) BANISH {BraINwASH}*

18 After school, parent gets choke (7) SMOTHER {S}{MOTHER}

20 The French aristocrat is pardoned (3,3) LET OFF {LE}{TOFF}

21 Rose, you and I punt badly (4,2) WENT UP {WE}{PUNT}*

24 Put in vase and badly ruin before noon (5) INURN {RUIN}*{N}

25 Against rebellious Anglican leaving clan (4) AGIN ANGlIcan*

Reference List

Wife = W, Day = D, Large = L, Son = S, Female = F, Yankee = Y, University = U, Fine = F, Current = I, New = N, School = S, The in French = LE, Noon = N