Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Friday, 15 September 2017

No 12113, Friday 15 Sep 2017, Afterdark


ENGINEERS DAY GREETINGS TO ALL ENGINEERS HERE

ACROSS
1   Games of TT, chess team is involved in (4,7) TEST MATCHES*
9   Shocked major walks out of illegal adjournment after first sitting (7) STUNNED {Si...g}{aDjoUrNmENT}*
10 After having egg, prince becomes like a pig (7) PORCINE {O + PRINCE}*
11 One is immersed in new recipe for making a dish (5) CREPE RECiPE*
12 Improving on negative feedback, the man gets to objective (2,3,4) ON THE MEND {NO<=} {THE} {M}{END}
13 Sword scabbarded often (5) SABRE {ScAbBaRdEd}
15 Robust equipment son pushed to the end (9) STRAPPING (+s)TRAPPING(-s)
18 Gladiator's fight with say, lion returns to America (9) SPARTACUS {SPAR}{CAT<=}{US}
21 Matches a side after dismissing openers (5) EVENS elEVENS
22 Collect record on ship's juicer (9) WINEPRESS {WIN}{EP}{RE}{SS}
24 Resin procured from chambermaid (5) AMBER [T]
26 Nurse's love affair has appeal (7) ENAMOUR {EN}{AMOUR}
27 Impose cutback; cardiologist is heartless (7) INEXACT IN{AXE<=}{Ca...sT} Definition? Anno for IN pending
28 After a small, specialists get holy, start off to become judgmental (11) SENTENTIOUS {S}{ENT}{ENT}{pIOUS}

DOWN
1   Castes abolished after setback; will serve as legal precedents (4,5) TEST CASES {SET<=}{CASTES*}
2   Wife replaces pipe in sink (5) SOUSE SpOUSE
3   Picnicker often invited by men to have mixture (9) MINCEMEAT {M}{pIcNiCkEr}{M}{EAT}
4   It’s tiresome to find Edward's debts (7) TEDIOUS {TED}{IOUS}
5   Hindu leader/priest becomes a reformer (7) HIPSTER {Hi..u}{PRIEST*}
6   Fabric unit is in a corner (5) SERGE {S{ERG}E}
7   Channel Nine loses leadership position, starts looking inside for funnel in business (8) PIPELINE {PIPE}{Lo...g}{nINE}
8   Give pleasure to Bengali uncle's daughter (4) SEND {SEN}{D}
14 Mostly bigotry precedes news for all to see, to begin with at least twice a year (8) BIANNUAL {BIAs}{NN}{U}{At}{Le..t}
16 Avoid taking a large as usual (9) PREVALENT {PREV{A}{L}ENT}
17 Girl artist is suffering from inflammation (9) GASTRITIS {G}{ARTIST+IS}*
19 First course; bird eating primarily venomous moth (7) CHEVRON {Co...e}{HE{Ve...s}RON}
20 When not working, lionesses are composed and immobile (7) SESSILE LIonESSES*
22 Shed tears for losing top position in race (4) WEEP sWEEP
23 Dances for men at school (5) PROMS {PRO}{M}{S}
25 Expression of appreciation, support before victory's wrong essentially (5) BRAVO {BRA}{V}{wrOng}

GRID

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40 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 08:53

    Engineers Day? I did not know. Thank you Col. and greetings to all engineers here.
    Some very good, many doubts- Ad as usual.
    27A- impose could be for 'in', but def. is missing for sure.
    Doubt about 21A- 'Elevens' is sides,right? Not 'A side'.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 September 2017 at 08:54

      Greetings to all Engineers!
      We all know that you help us a lot in anagrams!

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    2. Vasant15 September 2017 at 09:27

      Paddy:15th Sept is celebrated as Engineer's day in honour of Dr. Vishveshwarayya.
      However in North India especially in factories,mills, engineer's day is celebrated on 17th Sept in honour of the Engineering God Vishwakarma

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    3. sree_sree15 September 2017 at 09:45

      When I worked in SAIL Sahibs were not allowed to participate. It's a celebration by workers and mostly in the eastern India. Ofcourse catching up in wherever the Bihari/eastern India migrants exist like Maharastra which declared it an industries day.

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    4. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 09:55

      Thank you Vasant & Prasad.

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 September 2017 at 08:53

    27ac +1
    IMPOSE means EXACT

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  3. sree_sree15 September 2017 at 08:54

    27a impose ->estimate->inexact. Semi colon ->semi intestines-> in in. Cut back in inct.

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    1. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 09:04

      So, ; for in?

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    2. sree_sree15 September 2017 at 09:13

      Two "in"s

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    3. Vasant15 September 2017 at 09:13

      Prasad:that seems too roundabout.But this is really great reverse engineering

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    4. Satyen Nabar15 September 2017 at 09:17

      Impose does not mean inexact! Sorry but that is indeed engineering the clue to fit the answer:)

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    5. sree_sree15 September 2017 at 09:17

      I too agree.

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    6. sree_sree15 September 2017 at 09:23

      http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/impose/4

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    7. Shrikanth15 September 2017 at 10:11

      Folks sorry for the mistake. The original clue was Contents of Protinex actually are indistinct. Received a call at the last minute because asking for a change since a brand name was involved. I didn't have access to the puzzle. I was thinking the word was exact and sent this clue by text with the anno as 5. No one reverted post that. Strange they didn't.

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  4. Satyen Nabar15 September 2017 at 08:54

    27A I wonder if Afterdark has perhaps inadvertently clued the word Exact instead of Inexact? Impose=exact. Cutback=axe rev + ct.

    Greetings to all engineers!

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  5. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 08:56

    2D-'replaces' for removing? I was trying to fit in W for P.

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  6. Vasant15 September 2017 at 09:10

    Greetings to all Engineer's on Engineer's day.
    While most answets went on fairly quickly...Send was the last one in...I was trying all known bengali uncles..mama, mesha, kaku, phupha..send as delight too was new...also inexact posed a problem..just bifd it from crossings

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    1. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 09:41

      Send- Is the def. just 'Give'? It fits, but then why is pleasure there for?

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    2. Vasant15 September 2017 at 09:55

      Send:to transport with delight

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 September 2017 at 09:34

    Greetings to all engineers!

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  8. Raghunath15 September 2017 at 09:48

    Best wishes to all engineers.

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  9. raju umamaheswar15 September 2017 at 13:40

    Why should a Bengali uncle be only SEN? Is it the usual name for an uncle? I haven't heard !It could be also DEB or DAS ? or even HAQ (Bangladeshi)

    Send as a verb 'to give pleasure ' is incomplete to send= transport is a bit off -- usually it is to send up , isn't it?

    On the plus side, CHEVRON for a moth and SESSILE = mobile are meanings learnt today. Thanks AFTERDARK- you do lead us unto new lights and trails !

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    1. Shrikanth15 September 2017 at 14:42

      http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=send&title=thes

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 September 2017 at 17:29

      SEN and NAIR were known to be appearing in the crosswords for the last 30 years!

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  10. raju umamaheswar15 September 2017 at 13:42

    Happy GINGERWATER day to all who are drunk on it ! When will we have a CRYPTC solvers day ? Why not create one here ? Say on 5th of August ?

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  11. raju umamaheswar15 September 2017 at 13:42

    read CRYPTIC

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  12. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 14:14

    Off track-
    A nice clue in yesterday's ET:
    Forced coins in Ireland-one's coated in enamel (7)

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    1. Vasant15 September 2017 at 17:29

      INCISOR..I(COINS)*R
      Got it after getting 4D

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    2. Vasant15 September 2017 at 21:47

      I think there was a typo in the clue
      Forged instead of forced

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  13. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 14:28

    More interesting one from today-
    Had proof that tea needed blending without delay (2,3,4,2,1,3)
    Remember Phantom's clue yesterday? What a coincidence!

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    1. Vasant15 September 2017 at 15:13

      How do you solve these puzzles?pen on paper?

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  14. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 15:34

    Sometimes like that ( since as you know, 6 grids are repeated i have a few blanks for them) and on other occasions in Parthasarathy's website-

    http://sparthasarathy.biz/crosswords/economictimes/indexcw_et.html

    I occasionally get a copy of ET also- both for reading and doing the CW. They have 3 editorials, the last of which is usually a lighter humorous one. I have learnt a lot of new high sounding words there. Quite interesting. You can read it on line as well.

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    1. Vasant15 September 2017 at 16:28

      I used to read the 3rd editorial once and used to enjoy them a lot...now I dont solve the ET puzzles..but after your mentioning am solving todays after a long time..

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    2. Vasant15 September 2017 at 16:53

      Solved. Liked 2D,7D,12A,14A,16A,17A(nice one!) &19A

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    3. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 17:48

      Yes, I did too- comparatively simple except for a few. 7D was really good.
      2D is waht I meant as a repeat of yesterday's clue in TH.
      CV says these CW's are repeats, but probably after so long. Looks new to me anyway.

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    4. Vasant15 September 2017 at 21:49

      I also couldnt discern any repeat clues

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  15. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 15:39

    Here is the link to today's topic- launch of new I phones by Apple-
    http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31815&articlexml=With-This-Apple-Anti-Gravity-Works-15092017018022

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  16. Padmanabhan15 September 2017 at 15:44

    On a few occasions, I have done it on the grids supplied by you as well.(excel sheet)

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