Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Thursday, 15 June 2017

No 12034, Thursday 15 Jun 2017, Afterdark



ACROSS
6   Onset of inflammation in thorax, one earlier was most painful (7) ACHIEST {A}{CH{In...t}EST}
7   Hope Rahman shows a musical production (5) OPERA [T]
9   Pain in 2 hands (4) HARM {H}{ARM}
10 Countless dead; king taken by the French, shot on the head (10) NUMBERLESS {NUMB}{ER}{LES}{Shot}
11 Primarily Telugus have roots in Andhra, half left to another country (8) THAILAND {Te...s}{HAIL}{ANDhra}
13 Order to leave son in a new country (6) BOSNIA {BOSs}{IN+A}*
15 Called out everyone and departed (4) DIED DIallED
17 Say, blended tomato, 80% strained gets red at the top and more natural (5) PURER {PUREe}{Red}
18 Sign in the reverse, write name above that to get a holiday, say (4) NOEL {N}{LEO<=}
19 Concentrate on priest's side, rabbi is there (6) ELIXIR {ELI}{XI}{R} Why 'is there'?
20 Military leader infiltrates a column that is disoriented in general (8) COMMUNAL {Mi...y} in {A+COLUMN}*
23 Bound by rigid grass all around (10) RESTRICTED {RE{STRICT}ED}
26 Force rejected protocol following new rule (4) NORM {N}{fORM}
27 Misplaced directions led to Indian dish becoming a Mexican sauce (5) SALSA Anno pending (Addendum - SAL(-n+s)SA - See comments)
28 See, being sober/steady is +ve (7)  OBSERVE {SOBER*}{VE}

DOWN
1   Scan table found in reference books (5,5) THUMB INDEX {THUMB} {INDEX}
2   That woman's not interested about sources of medical condition (6) HERNIA {HER}{Not}{In...d}{Ab..t}
3   Particle's temperature’s zero in the morning (4) ATOM {A{T}{O}M}
4   No change to hire doctor in a month (8) NOVEMBER {NO}{VE{MB}ER}
5   Upset vegetable is returned (4) KEEL <=
6   Embarrassed to go after one (5) ABASH {A}{BASH}
8   Cut off from bases destroyed, blocked by endless icefall (7) ABSCISE {ICe}<= in {BASES}*
12 Physicist dead; a car crash (5) DIRAC {D}{I}{CAR*}
14 Bloodthirsty slayers at first pick a gun in a rowdily environment (10) SANGUINARY {Sl...s}{A+GUN}*{IN}{A}*{Ro...lY}
16 Complaint on pay-off, painlessly settle (7) ILLNESS paINLESSLy*
17 Fan’s break up is an aberration (8) PARTISAN {PART}{IS}{AN} What's the role of 'aberration'?
21 PM's silent but smart... (6) MODISH {MODI}{SH}
22 ...accept and first acknowledge, for the most part... (5) AGREE {And}{GREEt}
24 ...discriminated and often trolled (4) TOLD TrOlLeD
25 To be around hospital is primarily useful to you, when old (4) THOU {T{H}O}{Us...l}

GRID

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37 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 June 2017 at 08:49

    27ac: SALNA N replaced by S, SALSA

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  2. Padmanabhan15 June 2017 at 09:10

    Seems to be 2 sides of a coin.
    Half of Andhra is Telengana!

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    1. Unknown15 June 2017 at 12:02

      Andhra and Telangana are exclusive to each other,in today's parlance.By Andhra,we refer to the present residuary state,post bifurcation of the erstwhile combined Andhra Pradesh.

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    2. raju umamaheswar15 June 2017 at 13:17

      A case of of నేను చెప్పలేనుte about the State of affairs ?

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  3. Padmanabhan15 June 2017 at 09:12

    I could not get salna in either Free dic. or Chambers.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 June 2017 at 09:17

      Agree. But it is a very popular dish in Tamil Nadu.

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    2. Col_Gopinath15 June 2017 at 10:00

      Salna is the gravy served with Biryani

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  4. Padmanabhan15 June 2017 at 09:17

    Salna is South Indian type of kurma?

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  5. Kishore15 June 2017 at 09:51

    Congratulations to Afterdark on his 100th puzzle. I am not sure why it is 99 in the side panel. I have his confirmation that this is 100th

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    1. Col_Gopinath15 June 2017 at 09:59

      He had mentioned yesterday that 100 included one published in some other magazine

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    2. Kishore15 June 2017 at 11:12

      That explains it. Thanks

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  6. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2017 at 10:34

    Following seen on facebook. I think it pertains to the CBSE CW finals held in Delhi end of last year

    Catch me on DD National From 19th June 3pm, featuring in India's First Crossword Contest On Television.
    Watch the young brains from all over India compete for the National Crossword Champion Title.
    For more info www.crypticsingh.com

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2017 at 10:40

      See the video of the ad at the following link

      https://www.facebook.com/anjali.singh.33234/videos/10211272697025876/

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    2. Shrikanth15 June 2017 at 10:43

      Wow. Super

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    3. Satyen Nabar15 June 2017 at 12:14

      Great news Colonel! Congrats!

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    4. Col_Gopinath15 June 2017 at 13:43

      No congrats to me. I have no role in that event

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    5. Satyen Nabar15 June 2017 at 14:24

      Oh ok...just saw the video now.

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    6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 June 2017 at 17:24

      Good news for the crossword community. Let us hope the best minds win!
      It is surprising why DD is saying for the first time crossword programme is aired!
      I remember the days when Wockhardt Cup program in mid-90s was telecast in DD

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    7. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2017 at 18:32

      KKR this is not live, it is a recorded program of the finals held in Dec 16

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    8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 June 2017 at 18:33

      Oh, I thought it is going to be in few weekly elimination rounds.

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  7. Shrikanth15 June 2017 at 10:52

    Guess the NINA has been missed

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  8. Padmanabhan15 June 2017 at 11:26

    'Thanks all. My Hunderdth.' is the Nina and I am too late to get it.
    Congrats.

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  9. Satyen Nabar15 June 2017 at 12:13

    Congrats on the century! Carry on clueing Sir :)

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  10. raju umamaheswar15 June 2017 at 13:37

    9 across: H_ARM= pain in 2 hands ;H for hand -arm for two hands ? Very ambidextrous clue.

    14 down: SANGUINARY- why 'rowdily' when 'rowdy' would suffice? IL has been herniated ?

    AFTERDARK : congratulations for your 100th to continue to nonplus us , more or less , in each of the clue that follows the next !

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  11. Ramki Krishnan15 June 2017 at 14:03

    Congrats AD on the century! Onwards to 200 and more :)

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 June 2017 at 14:26

    Congrats After dark! Next target should be a double ton!!

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  13. Vasant15 June 2017 at 14:39

    Could get to the puzzle in the afternoon. Spotted the Nina right away...was on the lookout for it as per yesterday's comments..
    Found the century puzzle a tad difficult than the usual AD fare..Salsa, Sanguinary, Purer, Partisan, all took time to crack & parse. Thanks AD..keep going going..

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  14. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 June 2017 at 16:44

    Congrats AD :)

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  15. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 June 2017 at 17:26

    Best wishes AD! I look forward to many more crosswords from you.

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  16. pavalamani pragasam15 June 2017 at 18:52

    Congrats, AD!

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  17. Shrikanth15 June 2017 at 19:48

    Thanks to all of you. It's been a great experience because of your patience.

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  18. Eswaran N16 June 2017 at 00:08

    27 ac . Salan _ Mirch ka salan. S replacing N and 'becoming' Salsa?

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