Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 23 August 2017

No 12093, Wednesday 23 Aug 2017, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Rajini, for one, who ensures a large audience (5-6) CROWD-PULLER [CD]
9   Worker's back, carrying an Indian wrap, for an empress (7) TSARINA {ANT<=} over {SARI}
10 Bad dogs, say, among a set of fishermen, say (7) BAITERS (~biters ?) Not sure if this is right (Addendum - {B{A}ITERS} - See comments)
11 Mean person is dumped in French river (5) MISER {M{IS}ER} I thought Mer in French is Sea?
12 Odd sort of fighter? (9) IRREGULAR [DD]
13 Put back into shape fire-damaged top of turret (5) REFIT {FIRE*}{Tu...t}
15 Mother finds the French Right bungling (9) MALADROIT {MA}{LA}{DROIT}
18 Story is of local resident going round a luxury car (9) NARRATIVE {N{A}{RR}ATIVE}
21 A section, in short, is skilled (5) ADEPT {A}{DEPT}
22 It may go to the dull-headed (6,3) DUNCES CAP [CD]
24 Miss West has ultraviolet shade (5) MAUVE {MA{UV}E}
26 Somehow I must start living with essentially big activity promoters (7) STIMULI {I+MUST}*{Li...g}{bIg}
27 Divert tourer racing to the East (7) REROUTE {TOURER*}{E}
28 Peeling hood discarded — put away where it may belong (11) PIGEONHOLED*

DOWN
1   Tin goes across English river in this boat (9) CATAMARAN {CA{TAMARA}N} Is the river Tamara or Tamar?
2   Approves timeless wine variety, begins settling (5) OKAYS {tOKAY}{Se...g}
3   I get a raid foiled, by the grace of God (3,6) DEI GRATIA*
4   Element makes posh queen essentially chummy (7) URANIUM {U}{RANI}{chUMmy}
5   Free artist involved in defamation (7) LIBERAL {LIBE{RA}L}
6   Regretting bankruptcy, with a little gravity (5) RUING {RUIN}{G}
7   Thoroughly cooked! Sabaash! (4-4) WELL-DONE [DD]
8   He employs you and me with odd leer (4) USER {US}{lEeR}
14 Forces in a revamp connected with court (8) FORENSIC*
16 Not a parade for the living (4,5) DEAD MARCH [CD]
17 LET edited dubious property document (5,4) TITLE DEED*
19 Moving slowly in great part of a country with girl (7) INCHING {IN}{CHINa}{G}
20 Seaport dispatched grass (7) ESPARTO*
22 Time of day that had us kneeling in part (4) DUSK [T]
23 Provide a shade of elegance to joke (5) EQUIP {El...e}{QUIP}
25 A learner goes after American university that is regular (5) USUAL {US}{U}{A}{L}

GRID

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29 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan23 August 2017 at 08:33

    10A: I read it as BITERS around A, but the container ind (among) doesn't look right.
    Bad dogs, say, surrounding a group of fishermen, say(7) maybe?

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  2. sree_sree23 August 2017 at 08:35

    10a biters among a ->b(a)items
    1d river is tamar

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    1. Padmanabhan23 August 2017 at 08:38

      In that case how do we get the extra A? An English river?

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    2. sree_sree23 August 2017 at 09:02

      Sorry for typo. I also think "a" missing.

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    3. VMA Nair23 August 2017 at 12:31

      C(A)(TAMAR)AN?? With across = A, in = container ind, goes = just for surface?

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    4. Chaturvasi23 August 2017 at 15:15

      Thanks for pointing this out. This clue could have been handled better. Escaped in all checks.

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    5. Richard23 August 2017 at 20:53


      Some of the bloggers may be aware that the word 'catamaran' had its origin from the Tamil word "Kattu maram". I had learnt it in college.


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    6. Vasant23 August 2017 at 21:54

      Richard it is a pleasure to see your comment. Hope you come here more often as of old & regale us with such nuggets of information

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  3. Suresh23 August 2017 at 08:36

    10a I thought A was being inserted into Biters. Not sure how amongst can be an indicator here

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  4. Padmanabhan23 August 2017 at 08:37

    I gave myself a 'Sabaash' for starting late (on paper) and finishing before the deadline. No outside reference.
    Filled 'reset' for 13A and struggled to get 14D until I 'refit' it.
    Needed confirmation for Esparto & 'Die Gratia'.

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 August 2017 at 08:53

    It was a smooth ride all the way!
    Thanks GM. :)

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  6. sudarshan s. rao23 August 2017 at 09:01

    Gridman as usual . Enjoyable crossword puzzle. I loved it

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  7. Mona Sogal23 August 2017 at 09:52

    Very enjoyable. Loved 'Miss West' and Stimuli :)

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  8. raju umamaheswar23 August 2017 at 10:14

    Today's crossie was completed by me in less than approx 12 minutes ! The easiest ever !

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    1. Vasant23 August 2017 at 10:21

      7D!

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    2. raju umamaheswar23 August 2017 at 13:47

      Thanks for the starred crossword of Neyartha. I completed it yesterday. I rummaged the lot of Hindu collections but have only from 2003 to 2006, which I collected in Nairobi. I pick at random and solve to clear the backlog !

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    3. Padmanabhan23 August 2017 at 14:06

      This one is a starred CW from Gridman- not Neyartha as we usually expect. Pl. read Neyartha's comment in this regard (which led to this starred CW) recalled by CV.

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  9. Ramani23 August 2017 at 11:23

    22a CAP to be coloured! - doing an MB

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  10. PKPSwami23 August 2017 at 11:48

    7d to 8d by GM gratia thanks to21a,18a ..25d of GM. Most satisfying puzzle.Thanks GM.

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  11. Padmanabhan23 August 2017 at 14:47

    Off track-
    Requesting Col.'s attention to read today's editorial in ET about his favouorite fruit- AVACADO!

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  12. Deepak Gopinath23 August 2017 at 14:55

    Happy Birthday Bhala

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  13. Padmanabhan23 August 2017 at 16:10

    Happy Birthday & many happy Returns of the day,Bhala. have a great day.

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 August 2017 at 16:52

    Happy Birthday Bhala!

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