SunWeb16 by Athos

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ACROSS
8 Did she invest in Acme Oils (8)
9 Guillotine the guillotined, to be going in the that direction (6)
10 The Scotsman is back in his London lair (6)
11 Oh how spineless, this fun guy is not so nice (8)
12 The Queen frosts around her ruddy cake (6)
13 Sounds both male and Sharon (8)
15 ... so good, you can sit on it, I hear (4)
17 Did I mention my anger at the sign of the dagger (7)
19 Its not for cornflakes that I slow down (7)
22 Length by breadth, you could almost stage an event here (4)
24 One was looking at one's nose with this (5-3)
27 Desmond was the winner. (6)
29 You could be wrong and in pain after tea with this edible pet (8)
30 Abundant high ball from the crease (6)
31 A vicar, of course (6)
32 Your entree to Dublin south, I hear (8)

DOWN
1 Tin monkey for starters (6)
2 Bill went out of his mind tilting at one like Don Quixote (8)
3 A lady enumerator (8)
4 Fore and aft around, to remove by force (4,3)
5 I had a blow to get one (6)
6 Bright and merry around the holemaker in the west (6)
7 Press it smaller (8)
14 After tea this would ruffle your hair (4)
16 Like a native hardwood, all right (4)
18 He could be a manager of his own boat (8)
20 This spotted hen has six legs (8)
21 Did Roger smuggle these guns through a window (8)
23 Get this retinue together again (7)
25 Rodney is around with Sidney and not very nice (6)
26 Eastern Member with anger could rule here (6)
28 Listen in the vessel for the cutters (6)


Full Solution
ACROSS
8 camisole.
ACME OILS [anagram]
9 headed.

10 Camden.
CAM [MAC back] + DEN
11 ringworm.
RING [ O ] + WORM [spineless = invertebrate]
12 cerise.
ER + ICES [anagram]
13 ferryman.
FERRY [ sounds very ] + MEN [male], or [both sounds like BOAT + MAN = FERRYMAN], or CHARON [ferryman to Hades]
15 sofa.
[So far sounds like] SO FA
17 obelisk.
Cross[anger] + Reference[mention] symbol = OBELISK
19 slacken.
C + [OR] +N + [F] + LAKES [deletion ]
22 area.
ARE + [N] + A [deletion]
24 cross-eye.
CROSS -EYE
27 desist.
DES + IST = STOP[period]
29 terrapin.
T + ERR + APIN [ anagram of PAIN]
30 bumper.
BUMPER
31 caviar.
A + VICAR [anagram]
32 Terenure.
UR + ENTREE [anagram]

DOWN
1 canapé.
CAN + APE
2 windmill.
WILL + MIND [anagram]
3 countess.
COUNTESS
4 tear off.
FORE + AFT [anagram]
5 shiner.
SHINER
6 Galway.
GAY + AWL [anagram]
7 decrease.
DECREASE
14 ease.
[T] + EASE
16 okay.
OAKY [anagram]
18 bargeman.
B + MANAGER [anagram]
20 ladybird.
LADYBIRD
21 casement.
[Roger] CASEMENT
23 reunite.
RETINUE [anagram]
25 sordid.
S + ROD + ID [anagram]
26 empire.
E + MP + IRE
28 shears.
S + HEAR + S

Solved Grid