Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Friday, 22 September 2017

No 12119, Friday 22 Sep 2017, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Release grip of property ownership (8) FREEHOLD {FREE}{HOLD}
5   Transfer prisoner so unrightfully (6) CONVEY {CON}{VErY}
9   Bordering on what Ram may be doing (8) ABUTTING [DD]
10 Glittery decoration in a mart in Selaiyur (6) TINSEL [T]
12 Refer to location that is mentioned (4) CITE (~site)
13 End of dispute in colony (10) SETTLEMENT [DD]
15 What is left in central fresco gallery (6) ESTATE {frESco}{TATE}
17 Small, stony archaeological piece (5) SHARD {S}{HARD}
20 Doctors as a group give limited picture (5) IMAGE {IMA}{GivE}
21 Require note having Latin version (6) ENTAIL {E}{LATIN*}
24 No general detail (10) PARTICULAR [DD]
27 It's a terrible old custom of our country (4) SATI* &lit
29 What springs from rubbing off lustre (6) RESULT*
30 That woman keeps single weaver's device as cherished possession (8) HEIRLOOM {HE{1}R}{LOOM}
31 Time to make certain there's no second term (6) TENURE {T}{ENsURE}
32 Legal right of English people in Orient (8) EASEMENT {EAS{E}{MEN}T}

DOWN
1   Ref can emerge from this country (6) FRANCE*
2   Ownership that's fair and just (6) EQUITY [DD]
3   Dislike 'cover point' (4) HATE {HAT}{E}
4   Look! No-good weapon (5) LANCE gLANCE
6   State work in a direction (5) OPINE {OP}{IN}{E}
7   Deeply felt, six accept agitated scaler (8) VISCERAL {VI}{SCALER*}
8   King left eruditely disconcerted in late-December period (8) YULETIDE ErUDITELY*
11 Way a marginal marking is made about the engineer (6) STREET {ST{RE}ET}
14 Tennis player clobbered limitlessly (4) ASHE bASHEd
16 A place to meet in boulevard (6) AVENUE {A}{VENUE}
17 Hurries up with political gloss (4) SPIN <=
18 Discourage girl's rip-it posture (8) DISPIRIT {DI'S}{RIP+IT}*
19 So raring to break the defence force (8) GARRISON*
22 The old man's part in prisoner's break (6) PAROLE {PA}{ROLE}
23 Thousand times felled by fate (6) KISMET {K}{TIMES*}
25 You needn't do anything to earn this title (5) IDLER [CD]
26 Ring a note for new arrival (5) ARENA {A}{RE}{N}{A}
28 Correct time to feel sorry (4) TRUE {T}{RUE}

GRID

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23 comments:

  1. RameshJ22 September 2017 at 08:40

    9a I had it as {a}{butting}

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    1. Col_Gopinath22 September 2017 at 08:47

      Actually that is what I meant by the DD

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    2. Col_Gopinath22 September 2017 at 08:48

      Bordering on = ABUTTING
      what Ram may be doing = A BUTTING

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    3. RameshJ22 September 2017 at 08:59

      So it becomes a charade and not a DD

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    4. Col_Gopinath22 September 2017 at 09:01

      To get a charade where does the A come from?

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    5. Chaturvasi22 September 2017 at 09:12

      The original clue was
      Bordering on what Ram may be give us
      At the last minute I felt some may take it as "a butt".
      To get the -ing inflection, I changed it as published.
      But this ignores 'a'.
      Should have been more careful in these revisions done over the phone. Utmost care is taken but sometimes slips do get in.
      The present clue is none-too-perfect. I am to blame.

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    6. Chaturvasi22 September 2017 at 09:38

      what Ram may give us - a butting (if a bit ugly) or a butt
      what Ram may be doing - butting (we don't get 'a', as it is pointed out above)

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    7. Nadathur Rajan22 September 2017 at 22:28

      Not DD but D&CD

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao22 September 2017 at 08:55

    Smooth offering from GM
    Thank you Sir!

    Back in Hyderabad!

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  3. Padmanabhan22 September 2017 at 09:26

    Welcome back KKR. I am sure you had a great time out there with your grandson. It is never enough- however long it may be.
    I was more concerned about the false capitalisation of Ram in 9A that I did not miss the A.
    More CD?DD's in this run?
    Why 'Political gloss' for spin?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao22 September 2017 at 10:16

      Thanks Paddy. My great times continue. My daughter and grandson also came with us on a long holiday!

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  4. Padmanabhan22 September 2017 at 11:35

    Wow!

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  5. Padmanabhan22 September 2017 at 11:39

    Arthur Ahse's 1975 Wimbledon final is unforgettable even after so many years. Unfortunate he passed away very young- one of very early victims of AIDS (after blood transfusion)

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  6. Padmanabhan22 September 2017 at 14:23

    A humorous take on English as a language and its name by ET in its Editorial today-

    http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31815&articlexml=Its-Time-for-a-New-Name-for-English-22092017016026

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  7. Ramki Krishnan23 September 2017 at 08:10

    500th puzzle from Gridman (as per the stats in the page) - not including the many he would have set before the blog started. Congratulations and hats off, Rishi sir!

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    1. Deepak Gopinath23 September 2017 at 08:30

      Ramki, 500th is on my blog only. He has many many more as he was setting for the Hindu long before I started this blog. If I am not wrong he has already crossed 1000

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    2. Ramki Krishnan23 September 2017 at 08:52

      Yes sir - that's what I mentioned above. I am sure only CV would know how many he has set (knowing how meticulous he is!)

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    3. Deepak Gopinath23 September 2017 at 10:01

      Didn't notice the second part of your first message :-)

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  8. Chaturvasi23 September 2017 at 10:27

    Thanks everybody for noting the landmark. Yes, I have crossed the 1000 mark. As per serial number, it has crossed 990. Some unnumbered specials (like those when I set fresh grids including the words you all suggested, specials to mark say All Fools Day, etc., were quickly set and published, perhaps out of turn. Thanks again for your encouragement. This number doesn't take into account puzzles I set for Frontline, Target, Sportsworld, The Telegraph (sports page), Evening News of London, American Reporter and a Madras magazine - these may be 200+.

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