Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Thursday, 14 September 2017

No 12112, Thursday 14 Sep 2017, The Phantom


ACROSS
1   Bananas overripen and spoil (6) DAMAGE {MAD<=}{AGE}
5   Fellow repeatedly tackling champion gets praise (8) ACCOLADE {AC{CO}{LAD}E}
9   Again one tucks into slice of a bakery product (7) BISCUIT {BIS}{CU{1}T}
10 Touching story continues (6) RENEWS {RE}{NEWS}
11 Bigamist in essence said to lack principles (6) AMORAL {bigAMist}{ORAL}
12 Dealing in old coins (8) EXCHANGE {EX}{CHANGE}
13 In deep trouble, Arthur half-heartedly submitted resignation (9) DEPARTURE {ARThUR} in {DEEP}*
15 Pictures from inside a stadium (5) IDEAS [T]
17 I shall recite passage in church (5) AISLE (~ i'll)
19 Dope trying to control mob is abused (9) OPPRESSED {DOPE}* over {PRESS}
22 Premature ending in film's main cause of trouble (8) MISCHIEF {MISt}{CHIEF}
23 Toxic chemical's discharged when abandoned ship capsized (6) P?E?O? (Addendum - PHENOL - {LONE+sHiP}<= - See comments)
25 Not so tough for one during festival to spend time (6) EASIER EAS(-t+i)IER
26 Hire one to sculpt a Goddess (7) HEROINE*
27 Weak displaying sign of being tired in the extreme (8) WEARIEST {WE{ARIES}T}
28 Time to crush doctrine of terror (6) DISMAY {D{ISM}AY}

DOWN
2   Set of snaps from camera finally left behind (5) ALBUM {c...rA}{L}{BUM}
3   Crossing a lake from one country to another country (7) AUSTRIA AUSTRalIA
4   Euro and Mark: similar in value? (8) EQUALITY {E}{QUALITY}
5   When a bowler's not included for no obvious reason (2,3,4,2,1,3) AT THE DROP OF A HAT [CD]
6   Novice's dynamic, superseding Bishop in clergymen's office (6) CURACY Anno pending (Addendum - {CU(-b)}{RACY} - See comments)
7   Rope's length often wasn't three feet (7) LANYARD {L}{wAsNt}{YARD}
8   Belittle individual receiving degree after degree? (9) DOWNGRADE DOWN{GRADE} Anno pending (Addendum - {D}{OWN}{GRADE} - See comments)
14 Reject lie fabricated by China about India-Bhutan border (9) ELIMINATE {ELI}{M{In...aN}ATE} (Correction - {ELI}*{M{I}{b...aN}ATE} - See comments)
16 Willing as usual to cut soft grass (8) PREPARED {P}{RE{PAR}ED}
18 Indian city that's right now not favoured in a relative sense (7) LUCKIER {LUCKnow}{IE}{R}
20 Variety of glasses with unlimited view (7) SPECIES {SPEC{vIEw}S}
21 Run through article without reading? (6) PIERCE {PIE{R}CE}
24 Game over, in other words the end (5) OMEGA {GAME+O}*

GRID

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47 comments:

  1. Vasant14 September 2017 at 08:32

    8D I took it as degree after degree= D and grade ..individual=own

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  2. Chaturvasi14 September 2017 at 08:32

    Clue 5d is very good.

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  3. sree_sree14 September 2017 at 08:33

    6d cub(novice)+racy-b
    8d d(degree) +own(individual)+grade

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  4. Vasant14 September 2017 at 08:33

    14D: is it for the first time that a cockney rhyming slang has been used in THC?I dont remember seeing it before

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    1. Vasant14 September 2017 at 09:02

      CV Sor:can you confirm?

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    2. Vasant14 September 2017 at 09:03

      Typo:Sir

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    3. Vasant14 September 2017 at 09:55

      14D: doesnt it use a cockney rhyming slang?
      Mate=china plate.

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    4. Chaturvasi14 September 2017 at 11:16

      I think I have used Cockney rhyming slang on occasions bur I can't cite examples as my dB is searchable only by solution/clue and not by clue type.

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    5. Raghunath14 September 2017 at 11:56

      You're correct, Vasant. MATE: China. Have used it once earlier in THC. Don't think this or similar words have been used.

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  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 September 2017 at 08:35

    23AC: PHENOL<
    Abandoned = LONE<
    PH should be from SHIP (alternate letter pick up signal missing?)

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    1. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 08:50

      Anything to do with chemical pH?

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    2. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 08:52

      Chemical discharged- pH comes out?

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    3. Vasant14 September 2017 at 08:53

      I took SHIP minus is (is discharged-toxic chemical's to be read as tox chemical is)

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    4. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 08:54

      IS or IC?

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    5. Vasant14 September 2017 at 08:55

      And since everything is to be reversed so is deletion of IS. Very clever!

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    6. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 08:56

      Is the def. only 'Toxic'? Then-
      Abandoned- Lone
      Chemical discharged when ship capsized - pH coming out of ship.

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    7. Vasant14 September 2017 at 08:57

      Paddy IS (LONE+sHiP)<

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    8. Vasant14 September 2017 at 08:58

      Def: Toxic Chemical

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    9. sree_sree14 September 2017 at 09:06

      Good solve

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    10. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 09:41

      Thank you Vasant. I missed the 'is' hidden in 'chemical's'. Good one.

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    11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 September 2017 at 10:12

      Good solve, Vasant.

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    12. Raghunath14 September 2017 at 19:26

      Did think of using pH, HP etc, but was not satisfied

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  6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 September 2017 at 08:47

    How is it that I am seeing the online version immediately after midnight IST?
    Of course, the online version today did not have 25AC!

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    1. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 08:50

      My online version had the clue for 25A, but had to be filled in letter by letter manually- I mean it did not move on to the next letter after filling one square.

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    2. Ramani14 September 2017 at 08:59

      My online version still does not show 25a. Thanks to Col for uploading the net version at 00.05hrs, wherefrom I got it.

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    3. sree_sree14 September 2017 at 09:32

      It has been coming out between 0001 and 0015 for past one month. I solve before going to sleep. 25a wasn't there.

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  7. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 08:47

    23A- I don't remember Phantom using within/ without earlier. Got caught by it as usual. Trying for elimination.
    Many annos cleared by the blog.

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  8. Satyen Nabar14 September 2017 at 09:35

    5D is a great clue Phantom. Loved the neat topical surface of 14D. Thanks:)

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    1. Raghunath14 September 2017 at 09:45

      Thanks Doc.
      The anno I had in mind for 14D was Mate around I & Bhutan border, as border is in singular, and I is for India in the ICAO list.

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  9. Esha_iitm14 September 2017 at 10:13

    Liked many clues, AISLE was very clever...
    11 ac- AMORAL is lacking in principles, how to get it from 'to lack principles'?
    4 d-ditto... equality is similarity in value... similar in value is just equal na?

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    1. Raghunath14 September 2017 at 12:42

      11A: I had earlier written 'to be lacking principles', but removed it inadvertently.

      4D: Should have been similarity. Overlooked the noun & adjective aspect.

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  10. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 12:19

    A doubt about 'Aisle'. Is I'll abbreviation for both I will & I shall?

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    1. Raghunath14 September 2017 at 12:43

      I'll contraction I will or I shall.

      http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=ill&title=21st

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    2. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 13:09

      Thank you Raghu. I thought so but I had not come across earlier.

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  11. raju umamaheswar14 September 2017 at 15:53

    What's the purpose of -again- in the 9 across clue? Why is it coloured and undeerlined in the clue ?

    I had to stay put outside the box for quite a few clues. Phantom has fanned my fire quite !

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    1. Vasant14 September 2017 at 16:15

      Bis=again. It is coloured to highlight it is part of answer and underlined as link is given to see how bis=again

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    2. raju umamaheswar14 September 2017 at 20:47

      Thanks, Vasant. I got the answer BISCUIT alright , but wondered why BIS= again ! but still why?

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    3. Padmanabhan14 September 2017 at 21:41

      Raju,
      The problem is you don't follow Col.'s notations. The underlining of again denotes that it takes you to a link which explains that the meaning of 'Bis' is again. Try clicking and reading.

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    4. Vasant14 September 2017 at 21:45

      True Paddy..Col. puts in so much hard work in the blog...hats off to him

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    5. raju umamaheswar14 September 2017 at 23:51

      Thanks Paddy & Vasant. I agree that I'm rather cursory. Of course ,I know that underlining is done for one to click and get to another site, which I always do, especially when the Col does this for songs, dances and others , pointing references . I never can undervalue the pains and efforts undertaken by the Col & Ramesh to use colours. I'll never have that patience! I could hardly guess that Bis= twice -- a far cry , especially when any and all abbreviations are used in crosswords. My apologies for my peremptory comments to the Col and all of you !

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  12. ranger14 September 2017 at 18:10

    1 Ac. 5D and 14D, excellent clues

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