Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Thursday, 23 November 2017

No 12170, Thursday 23 Nov 2017, Buzzer


ACROSS
9   Issue made evident by wise man, a teacher (7) EMANATE [T]
10 Child going about test without taking a breather (7) NOSTRIL {SON<=}{TRIaL}
11 A gasket seal — dull, beginning to fade (1,4) O RING bORING
12 Properly done cluing all but joy (5,4) CLOUD NINE {DONE+CLUINg}*
13 Furious with finals fate where beaten all ends up (2,1,6) IN A LATHER {fINALs}{fATe}{wHERe}
14 Spy put into the ground (5) PLANT [DD]
15 Old actress and mother you caught on street (3,4) MAE WEST {MA}(~you){EWE}{ST}
17 Shape of DIY pram made-to-order (7) PYRAMID*
19 Poured into a lot, liquid compost (5) MULCH {MU{L}CH}
20 Civil rights activist or revolutionary, an inspiration around American society (4,5) ROSA PARKS {OR<=}{S{A}PARK}{S}
22 C-commotion or stew (9) CARBONADO {CARBON}{ADO}
24 SMS generation have heads buried in accessory (5) EXTRA {tEXT}{eRA}
25 A server let us in after hacking (7) UTENSIL*
26 Being able to adapt in epic final takes pressure off (7) ELASTIC {Ep{LAST}IC}

DOWN1   Manuscript author to write about relative bias (8) NEPOTISM {MS}{I}{TO}{PEN}<=
2   Polite form of address from UP when greeting bachelor (6) SAHIBA {AS<=}{HI}{BA}
3   Country boy he's wild following! (10) BANGLADESH {BANG}{LAD}{HES*} BANG from? See comments
4   Every hotel surrounded by bar in a seaside shack (5,3) BEACH HUT {B{EACH}{H}UT}
5   Starting off with outline for travelling (2,4) ON TOUR cONTOUR
6   ABC non-functional so ... old (4) USED {USE}{D}
7   Those seen entering Charminar market together (3,2,3) ARM IN ARM [T]
8   Natural for hospital wing to be under viral attack (6) FLUENT {FLU}{ENT}
14 Help repair malfunctioning printer say (10) PERIPHERAL*
16 What makes big shots in general filthy rich's capital? (8) ENLARGER {Rich} in {GENERAL}*
17 Revolting to swallow fly in a piece of cake (8) PUSHOVER {SUP<=}{HOVER}
18 First ball to cover in the gap (8) DISTANCE {D{1ST}ANCE}
19 Model heading to jail 20 times more (4-2) MOCK-UP (-l+m)MOCKUP (50x20=1000 or Lx20=M)
20 Team up again in a true sense (6) REALLY {RE ALLY}
21 Rust wore away wheel... (6) ROTATE {ROT}{ATE}
23 ... some corrosion not oddly (2,2) OR SO cOrRoSiOn

GRID

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46 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan23 November 2017 at 08:32

    3D. BANG from "!" (exclamation mark is aka bang)

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  2. Ramki Krishnan23 November 2017 at 08:36

    Challenging grid from Buzzer - definitely no 17D!
    MOCKUP, ROSA PARKS (extended def &lit?), NOSTRIL were favourites.

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  3. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 08:57

    Well done Ramki- about bang.
    Buzzer starts off with a trade mark T.
    Yes, a tough one. Could not get a couple and annos for a few more.
    Rosa parks, Mae West.... old times sake.

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  4. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 09:00

    For 'sup' Free Dic. gives "A small swallow or mouthful,sip". Did not know this.

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  5. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 09:02

    4D- bar gives but- in the sense of exception?

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  6. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 09:04

    23D- 'Or so' was taken out nicely from corruption.

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV23 November 2017 at 09:08

    The workers in the PLANT were IN A LATHER. The USED ELASTIC bag in which the imported O-RING was kept was not to be found. How is the pump going to be repaired and made to ROTATE again?
    A dozen OR SO workers put in EXTRA efforts and searched the entire DISTANCE up to the office room in vain. The Managing Director soon arrived ARM IN ARM with the CEO (his son!). He was from BANGLADESH and spoke FLUENT Bengali. What is going to happen?

    He directed his son to take the measurement and go to the Chor Bazaar in the PERIPHERAL part of the city. REALLY? Do you mean to say I should go there and search? Yes, go and get a few O-Rings of the measured size....

    Later - the job was done. Do I need to say that the entire plant was on CLOUD NINE?? !!

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  8. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 09:11

    Nepotism is implied- CEO being the son of MD!

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  9. C.G. BHARGAV23 November 2017 at 09:23

    Years back we had set up a small-scale rubber plant in Ambattur Industrial Estate and among other things supplied O-Rings to Sumeet mixie factory.

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  10. Vasant23 November 2017 at 09:25

    Super puzzle!
    Still havent got the parsing of USED.

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    1. Ramki Krishnan23 November 2017 at 09:43

      If ABC are defunct you have to USE D 😊

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    2. Shrikanth23 November 2017 at 09:47

      6D is not D in my opinion. A,B and C are non-functional, so Use D. Its a CD

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    3. Shrikanth23 November 2017 at 09:48

      OK sorry. The D I mentioned is a part of anno. But Vasant I guess you get the drift now

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    4. Vasant23 November 2017 at 11:25

      Thanks Ramki and Shrikanth. Nice clue!

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  11. Chaturvasi23 November 2017 at 09:50

    OK. Now a daring call.
    Type one name of a THC setter. And against that write a superlative comment.
    E.g., Most innovative, most whatever.
    Only positive (not in the sense of comparative degree) comment. No critical or derogatory comment, please

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    1. Kishore23 November 2017 at 09:59

      Buzzer gets your synapses buzzing!

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    2. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 10:03

      Sunnet- The eternal 'Pangram'mer.

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    3. Kishore23 November 2017 at 10:04

      KrissKross makes you run crisscross from one part of the grid to another

      Gridman makes you want to take permanent residence in the grid and become Chaturvasi

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    4. C.G. BHARGAV23 November 2017 at 10:06

      Incognito - Darling of the masses popular for easy puzzles.

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    5. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 10:14

      ....and a great 'theme'r!

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    6. sree_sree23 November 2017 at 10:52

      Gridman: A GR mind of slots and lights

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    7. sree_sree23 November 2017 at 10:56

      incognito: gin co neat pasand hai

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  12. Ramki Krishnan23 November 2017 at 10:41

    Dr X's grids are just what the doctor ordered :)

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  13. C.G. BHARGAV23 November 2017 at 10:46

    xChequer: Ex-cellent puzzles making one to check, check. Er before one finishes.

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  14. Vasant23 November 2017 at 11:28

    Kriskross grids are simply amazingly criss crossed

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  15. Vasant23 November 2017 at 11:29

    Many Happy Returns Of The Day, Dr. Satyen Nabar

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  16. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 November 2017 at 11:35

    GM - Makes me wait for his serve.
    ARDEN - Most enjoyable brain-teaser!

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  17. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 11:37

    Happy Birthday & Many Happy returns of the day,Doc.

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  18. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 11:55

    Walker (Phantom) walks the tightrope- strictly as per the letter of the law, no jungle rules.

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  19. Vasant23 November 2017 at 12:13

    Spinner bowls top class doosras across the grid

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  20. Padmanabhan23 November 2017 at 12:17

    Readable?

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  21. raju umamaheswar23 November 2017 at 13:29

    Many happy returns of the day, Doc Nabar !

    The Doc never gives a dhokKa but a good dhakka and jhadka to your brains when he sets his skeleton of grids, leaving you to give it the necessary flesh and tendons !

    Arden is an ardent setter .

    Gridman is great in his sexual innuendoes and double entendres !


    Vasant brings a lot of spring in his refreshing clues.

    Col & Skulldugger change their doppleganger images deftly !

    Bhargav always bargains for a good doggerel !

    Afterdark's clues always non-pluses and minuses.

    Scintillator's job is to stimulate your neural nerves and cause a panic attack !

    Krisskross never crosses the Laksman Rekha !

    Phantom leads to spasms of fantasy with his spectral clues.





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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 November 2017 at 15:11

    Happy Birthday Doc!

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  23. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 November 2017 at 18:27

    Happy birthday Doc !

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