An Air Force special from Incognito.
ACROSS
1 Learner is involved in combat aviation (6) FLIGHT {F{L}IGHT}
4 Aircraft is commonly seen in deserts (6) MIRAGE [DD]
8 Reflected beam has energy for 12 months (4) YEAR {Y{E}AR<=}
11 Pointer is normally seen at the top of a weather-vane (5) ARROW [C&DD]
14 Though born a princess, queen is more impoverished (7) NEEDIER {NEE}{DI}{ER}
15
Monoceros has one grain behind the
United
Nations (7)
UNICORN {UN}{1}{CORN}
16 Act after call for departure and surpass (5) OUTDO {OUT}{DO}
18
Malevolent creature was seen
on
red
carpet, initially (3)
ORC {O}{R}{C}
19 Idiotic! But after Dada left, auricular … (4) OTIC idiOTIC
21 … fibrillation is resuming erratically, for starters. Shoot! (4) FIRE {F}{I}{R}{E}
22 Draw a navigation aid (3) MAP [DD]
23 Setter went back after a month to a
lake in Goa (5)
MAYEM {MAY}{EM<=}
25 Dressed but unwilling to be in church dress at first (7) CLOTHED {C{LOTH}E}{D}
26 Girl with broken net gets communication equipment (7) ANTENNA {A{NET*}NNA}
28
A royal
engineer riding a
posh car is
more uncommon (5)
RARER {R{A}{RE}R}
29 King with foreign money (4) RAND {R}{AND}
31 Ran, after he went away, and grew old (4) AGED manAGED
33 Shun terrorism but hide a predator (6) HUNTER [T]
DOWN
1 Airborne insect lands on spilt gin in front of serviceman, one directly under 1 Lieutenant (6,7) FLYING OFFICER {FLY}{GIN*} {OFFICER}
3
Badge when reversed can become a
gun (3)
TAG GAT<=
5 Type it in front of a government insurer (6) ITALIC {IT}{A}{LIC}
6 Lay honourable person is fit for takeoff (9) AIRWORTHY {AIR}{WORTHY}
7 Air force officer danced, courting Papa (5,7) GROUP CAPTAIN*
12 An air force officer: squadrons displayed in front of a naval officer (4,9) WING COMMANDER {WING}{COMMANDER}
13 Fly an aircraft when I get involved in a scheme (5) PILOT {P{I}LOT}
17
Type of engine designed with
pub torpor (9)
TURBOPROP*
24 The first, after loss of two consecutive letters, longing (6) THIRST {THe fIRST}
27 Nearly time for darkness (5) NIGHT {NIGH}{T}
30
Had gone back for
dit's counterpart (3)
DAH [CD]
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