Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Saturday, 21 October 2017

No 12142, Saturday 21 Oct 2017, Gridman

Across

1. Royal newspapers besiege old national party (8) PRINCESS {PR{INC}ESS}
5. Model goes after clear but mixed shade (6) CLARET {CLEAR*}{T}
9. Darts thrown at old man of fame (7) STARDOM {DARTS*}{O}{M}
10. Tackle // power repairer? (7) LINEMAN (DD)
11. Facilities created for seeing (9) PROVISION {PRO}{VISION}
12. Fair about right monastery resident (5) FRIAR {FAIR*}{R}
13. Free Oriental journey (4) RIDE {RID}{E}
14. Setter reflects the said girl's at hospital to decorate (9) EMBELLISH {ME<=}{~BELLE=BELL}{IS}{H}
17. Crime that was not done from without (6,3) INSIDE JOB (CD?) Surface seems off
19. Resonance from the chowkidar (4)  ECHO {T)
23. Is cutting into tree for fibre (5) SISAL {S{IS}AL}
24. Markedly affected by setter confessing he's hard put (9) IMPRESSED {I'M}{PRESSED}
25. Crazy // area of London (7) BARKING (DD)
26. Pasta dish Mercara violinist tucked in (7) RAVIOLI (T)

27. Every utterance initially a record that is ultimately very high praise (6) EULOGY {Every}{Utterance}{LOG}{verY} "that's" instead of "that is" would have given a better cryptic reading ?
28. Two girls, almost complete in integration — a view for the optimist? (8) GLASSFUL {G}{LASS}{FULl}

Down

1. Document lets old man have a little sly fun (8) PASSPORT {PA}{Sly}{SPORT}
2. Shortly — thus! (2,1,4) IN A WORD (D&Defn by example)
3. He carries the drivers with him (6) CADDIE (CD)
4. Get-together of top mountaineers, perhaps (6,7) SUMMIT MEETING (CD)
6. Get father everything — the earth! (8) LANDFALL {LAND}{F}{ALL}
7. What is left such as 16 Dn. (7) REMAINS (DD)
8. It's plain frozen (6) TUNDRA (CD)
10. Soldier cut business exam (5,8) LANCE CORPORAL {LANCE} {CORP}{ORAL}
15. Is plastic // giving way? (8) YIELDING  (DD)
16. Remains of a creature that couldn't get across (8) ROADKILL (CD)
18. It's breathing space for all of us (7) NOSTRIL (CD)
20. Abandoned actors not working (4,3) CAST OFF {CAST}{OFF}
21. You and I, fit and fit to be tried (6) USABLE {US}{ABLE}
22. Doesn't go for foliage (6) LEAVES (DD) Doesn't go = leaves?

Reference List
Old national party=INC, Model=T, Old=O, Man=M, Right=R, Oriental=E, 'S=IS, Hospital=H, Girl=G, Girl=Lass, Old man=Pa
Father=F, You and I=Us

Colour/Font Scheme
Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

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37 comments:

  1. sree_sree21 October 2017 at 08:38

    22d go->function/work

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  2. Suresh21 October 2017 at 08:47

    22d from the standpoint of foliage leaves don’t go.

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  3. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 08:58

    I see 'old man' in different forms.

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  4. sree_sree21 October 2017 at 08:59

    1a INC is still official party. Old?

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    1. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 09:01

      ... been there for a long time.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao21 October 2017 at 09:12

      Probably, with so many splits in the party, the grand old INC is extinct!

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  5. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 09:00

    17A-DD seems fine,
    Inside job is a crime, that is done from within or 'not without'.

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    1. Vasant21 October 2017 at 12:36

      I took 17A as a CD-looks fine to me too.

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  6. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 09:02

    1A- Is princess royal or royalty? Adj./ noun?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao21 October 2017 at 09:09

      Royal as noun stands for Royal Person too.

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    2. sree_sree21 October 2017 at 09:13

      Princess Royal is a Substantive title customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to his or her eldest daughter.
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Royal

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    3. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 09:15

      Oh! Did not think of it.
      Yes, he is royal & he is a royal- both are right.

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    4. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 09:16

      Thank you KKR & Prasad.

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 October 2017 at 09:05

    Nice grid and nice blog. Thanks to both.

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  8. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 09:08

    Ramesh's blog is taken for granted to be superb as much as his pangrams.

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  9. Ramani21 October 2017 at 09:44

    5 DDs and 6 CDs - an unusual for Grindman?

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  10. Deepak Gopinath21 October 2017 at 10:06

    Surprising that the solution for 7D appears verbatim in the referred clue 16D. A major lapse by Gridman

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    1. Chaturvasi21 October 2017 at 10:35

      7d looks not at any part of the clue 16d but at the solution which I'd ROADKILL for which another word is REMAINS.

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    2. Chaturvasi21 October 2017 at 10:35

      * is

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    3. Vasant21 October 2017 at 12:35

      I didn't find any lapse. In fact the two were the last ones in for me.

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV21 October 2017 at 10:14

    The Chef of an Italian restaurant made such RAVIOLI that soon turned out to be his PASSPORT to STARDOM.
    A PRINCESS heard about this and arranged for an INSIDE JOB. She CAST OFF her Royal image and slipped out despite BARKING dogs and tight security PROVISION.
    IN A WORD she had great food, Ravioli, GLASSFUL of wine, et al.
    Whether her joy RIDE came to be known, REMAINS to be seen.

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  12. Padmanabhan21 October 2017 at 11:12

    Shall we offer the Princess GLASSFUL of CLARET in stead?

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  13. raju umamaheswar21 October 2017 at 12:58

    Though very inhuman, ROADKILL is a very good cryptic clue. So is LANCE CORPORAL> Enjoyed today's crossie ! Thanks Gridman.

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  14. Ramani21 October 2017 at 13:32

    Solution 5th round up. One mistake. :(

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  15. Vasant21 October 2017 at 13:42

    IXL:Results of 5th round are out

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    1. raju umamaheswar21 October 2017 at 21:36

      Thanks Vasant. No reds in my grid !

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    2. Vasant21 October 2017 at 22:58

      💪💪👍👍👍👍

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    3. Vasant21 October 2017 at 23:00

      Since this was an easier grid, now time matters. I took 33 minutes which I felt was a bit on the higher side. Supersolvers would have sub 15 min times.

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