Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Sunday, 20 August 2017

Special, Sunday 20 Aug 2017, Dr Satyen Nabar


Three answers per commenter (Annotations compulsory) till 6 PM.
Please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
6   Stand and obstruct (5)
7   Cancel decision to spend too much time on horseback (8)
10 Cheat, lie endlessly? Become scrupulous (7)
11 Versatile Creole, originally Greek artist (2, 5)
12 Complete mutation of lice with similarly placed gene variants (7)
13 Fickle drug courier conceals pill (7)
14 What my agent having power of attorney can do is remarkable (11) (Note: Clue edited here but not in Across Lite version)
19 Warning of danger, fled desperately wearing tattered cloth (3, 4)
21 Pus collection? To operate, pay me thousand extra at first (7)
23 Place offering best view to notice fleeing beauty (7)
25 Hot in Vegas? Usually it’s butter (2, 1, 4)
26 Abstain from food, become lean? Hectic life (4, 4)
27 Accessory of a Mafia member kidnaps daughter (3-2)

DOWN
1   Characters taking shower to get rid of bedbug at squalid places (8)
2   Bottle of astonishingly colourless liquid used as antifreeze (6)
3   Lively reprimand (10)
4   Bare in pond (4)
5   Boy raved about modifying word (6)
6   It goes up and down! Understand? Understood (6)
8   Breeze great at yacht races (7)
9/17 Many work too hard, get stroke (5, 5)
13 One can’t score with young lady above (6, 4)
15 Fearless monster disregarding bit of injury captures everybody (7)
16 They help climbers repair tool shed (8)
17 See 9
18 Killed for having lost honour (6)
20 Disturbed dealing endlessly with rejection (6)
22 Blueprint with detailed design of flat (6)
24 Supermodel angelically shows poise (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at Dr SN 15

Enjoy.

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57 comments:

  1. Ramani20 August 2017 at 10:33

    24D Supermodel angelically shows poise (4)ELAN (T)
    20D Disturbed dealing endlessly with rejection (6)DENIAL (DEALIN-G)*
    16D They help climbers repair tool shed (8)TOEHOLDS*

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  2. Vasant20 August 2017 at 10:37

    11A: AL GRECO (CREOLE+G)*
    8D:REGATTA (GREAT AT)*
    5D: ADVERB (B+RAVED)*

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  3. raju umamaheswar20 August 2017 at 10:39

    11 across: EL GRECO- anagram of Creole & G= artist

    6 down : SEE SAW -See= understand , saw- understood= SEESAW fairground item

    4 down: MERE = Bare . Mere also means a lake or a pond

    Good start _ good luck to all others. Only bouquets for DR Satyen .

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    1. Satyen Nabar20 August 2017 at 10:44

      :) Raju ...Take one more. El Greco done by Vasant

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 August 2017 at 11:04

    7A : OVERRIDE {OVER+RIDE}
    10A : ETHICAL {CHEAT LIE-i}*
    15D : GALLANT ( ALL in GIANT-i)

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  5. Raghunath20 August 2017 at 11:05

    14A What my power of attorney can do is remarkable (11) SIGN IF I CAN’T
    23A Place offering best view to notice fleeing beauty (7) ad VANTAGE
    9/17D Many work too hard, get stroke (5, 5) C(OVER,DRIVE)

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    1. Raghunath20 August 2017 at 11:08

      14A was beautiful as is 9/17.

      Slight issue with the 'to' before notice conveying a verb, whereas it's a noun.

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    2. Satyen Nabar20 August 2017 at 11:09

      Tx Raghu! Point noted

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  6. Fraser Simpson20 August 2017 at 11:08

    12A Complete mutation of lice with similarly placed gene variants (7) ALL + ELIC*
    21A Pus collection? To operate, pay me thousand extra at first (7) EMPYEMA (PAY + ME + M + E)*
    22D Blueprint with detailed design of flat (6) PLAN + AR(t)

    Very nice, Doctor. I especially liked 14A!

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  7. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan20 August 2017 at 11:13

    6 A. STALL (DD)
    19 A. RED FLAG ( fled rag * , def : warning of danger )

    2 D. GLYCOL (T)

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  8. Vasant20 August 2017 at 11:28

    Lovely Puzzle, Dr. Favorites were 6D, 9&17 D, 25A & 13D.

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  9. Nadathur Rajan20 August 2017 at 11:32

    1d R{[-b]ATH}OLES
    2d ROLLICKING [2]
    13d MAIDEN OVER [d&cd]

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    1. Vasant20 August 2017 at 11:35

      Isn't 13D a charade
      Young lady=maiden
      above=over

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    2. Satyen Nabar20 August 2017 at 11:40

      Yes

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    3. Raghunath20 August 2017 at 11:41

      The top or bottom issue appears in Bedbug.

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    4. Satyen Nabar20 August 2017 at 11:44

      Hi Raghu.. Bedbug is abbreviated as B in Chambers

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    5. Raghunath20 August 2017 at 11:46

      Oh, I took it as bed: Foundation of Bug. You mean Chambers crossword dic?

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    6. Satyen Nabar20 August 2017 at 11:49

      In Chambers, bedbug has the following entries
      1 B 05 B flat 06 chinch

      It seems the bedbug is comically referred to as B flat :)

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    7. Satyen Nabar20 August 2017 at 11:50

      Yes The Chambers Crossword dictionary

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    8. Raghunath20 August 2017 at 11:55

      😡

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  10. Deepak Gopinath20 August 2017 at 11:34

    23A - VANTAGE (-ad)VANTAGE
    26A - FAST LANE {FAST} {LEAN}*
    27A - ADD-ON {A}{D}{D-ON}

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  11. Deepak Gopinath20 August 2017 at 11:36

    Last 3 to be solved

    Across - 13, 25

    Down - 18

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 August 2017 at 11:50

    Lovely fare. I was on 25A today! Thanks Doctor. :)

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  13. sree_sree20 August 2017 at 11:54

    13a mutable mu(tab)le
    18d fallen

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  14. Satyen Nabar20 August 2017 at 12:00

    All done and dusted in no time at all! Thanks everyone :)

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  15. Raghunath20 August 2017 at 12:00

    Despite the CD player being outdated nowadays, Doc's is always in top class condition

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  16. Deepak Gopinath20 August 2017 at 12:02

    25A is still to be solved

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  17. Deepak Gopinath20 August 2017 at 12:04

    Raju please refrain from answering clues which have not been solved even if you are giving out the answers in an oblique manner

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    1. Vasant20 August 2017 at 12:11

      Col:I think he was substituting for the repetition of answer (El Greco).

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    2. raju umamaheswar20 August 2017 at 12:17

      That's right. I was following Dr's request to replace. Normally, I do not even take a replacement chance. I have no intentions otherwise ! Col. Sorry for the misunderstanding !

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    3. Deepak Gopinath20 August 2017 at 12:22

      Your replacement answer als had a second answer with oblique reference to 13A

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  18. Padmanabhan20 August 2017 at 12:16

    27A- Add on- Accessory- A D DON
    Entering late and running out of clues. Too many good clues to list, significant being very significant!

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  19. Padmanabhan20 August 2017 at 12:24

    25A- On a roll- DD- Winning in Vegas/ On a roll of bread.
    At least I was able to get one in.
    Thanks MB for remembering.

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  20. Padmanabhan20 August 2017 at 12:24

    Done Col. Thank you.

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  21. Deepak Gopinath20 August 2017 at 12:25

    That's it then Thanks Dr Satyen

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  22. Padmanabhan20 August 2017 at 12:27

    Selling like hot cakes. On a roll?

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  23. Ramki Krishnan20 August 2017 at 13:14

    Nice crossie Doc! All over by the time I logged in :)

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  24. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 August 2017 at 22:32

    Great clues, Dr!
    I solved the grid at my own time here.
    Loved 14AC

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