Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Monday, 11 December 2017

No 12185, Monday 11 Dec 2017, Afterdark


ACROSS
1   Drinking aids found on street by intelligence agency sleuths at last (6) STRAWS {ST}{RAW}{s...hS}
4   Drops off fish returned on second thought (6) SLEEPS {EELS<=}{PS}
9   A man in pound? No an animal (4) LAMB {L{A}{M}B} (Addendum - {L{A}{Man}B} - See comments)
10 Swish, dance in a frenzy to get food, maybe (10) SANDWICHES*
11 Clean cutlery, has a hole holding bagels essentially (6) SPONGE {SPoON}{baGEls}
12 I've left management — editor enforced (8) EXECUTED {EXECUTive}{ED}
13 Nation of men and officer leading with integrity (9) COMMUNITY {CO}{MM}{UNITY}
15 Lives steady, oddly in ship (5) STAYS {S{sTeAdY}S
16 Leader seeking company at Pondy, say with escort (5) SCOUT {Se...g}{CO}{UT}
18 Unit killing heartlessly (9) ?I?O?R?M? Left for any commenter to solve and annotate (Addendum - KILOGRAM - {KillinG}=KG=KILOGRAMS - See comments)
22 Programme to develop farm plot (8) PLATFORM*
23 Class seen in lady, one in fancy house (6) POLISH {PO{L}{1}SH}
25 Settlers having onset of malignant melanoma in eyes reportedly get concessions (10) IMMIGRANTS {I{Ma...t}{Me...a}I}{GRANTS}
26 Part of egg yellow, organic lecithin kills primarily (4) YOLK Acrostic
27 Arrangement is to stay hungry before shoot (6) SYSTEM {StaY}{STEM}
28 Grown-ups, these days have uncontrollable lust (6) ADULTS {AD}{LUST*}

DOWN
1   Police officer consumes meat and eggs before cleaning (7) SHAMPOO {S{HAM}P}{OO}
2   Bird gives out — opening batsman gets a nick (edge) (5) ROBIN {RO}{Ba...n}{1}{Nick} RO for Run out?
3   Occidental woman enters with a bang (7) WESTERN {W}{ENTERS*}
5   Attorney at Los Angeles gutted with worry and hesitation (6) LAWYER {LA}{WorrY}{ER}
6   Having fenni regularly and taking a stand leads to fight (9) ENCOUNTER {fEnNi}{COUNTER}
7   Crack in screen leads to funny result in view (7) SCENERY {SCREEN*}{f..nY}
8   Arrive with stigma of hooking men for fun (13) ENTERTAINMENT {ENTER}{TAIN{MEN}T}
14 Fantastic, no tsunami can reach here (9) MOUNTAINS &lit
17 Articles with 100/0 units of flux discharge energy (7) COLUMNS {C/0}{LUMeNS}
19 Proposed action to drop resistance is antithetical (7) OPPOSED PrOPOSED*
20 Strength of donkeys is in their consumption of school certificate (7) MUSCLES {MU{S}{C}LES}
21 Stock Exchange implements B2C policy (6) COURSE (-b+c)COURSE
24 Firm alloy fused (5) LOYAL*

GRID

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42 comments:

  1. sree_sree11 December 2017 at 08:33

    18a Killing->kg->kilogram

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    1. Col_Gopinath11 December 2017 at 08:34

      The enu is 9

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    2. Ramki Krishnan11 December 2017 at 08:37

      Killing heartlessly -> KG -> Kilograms
      Should have been "units" in the clue as the def?

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    3. Chaturvasi11 December 2017 at 09:01

      My view is we write 1 kg. or 5 kg. (etc. when it is more than one. We don't write kgs. So I think 'unit' could lead 'kilograms' in plural from kg.
      One might argue 'unit' is singular so it can't indicate a plural.

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    4. sree_sree11 December 2017 at 09:20

      18kg is 18 kilograms.

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 December 2017 at 09:24

      Prasad's parsing is apt.

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    6. Padmanabhan11 December 2017 at 17:09

      I feel correct way to express weight is 1 Kg, 2 Kgs. etc.

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    7. sree_sree11 December 2017 at 20:01

      Technically 2kg is 2 X 1kg. Translated, grammatically it becomes 2 kilograms but 2 kilogram is also correct.

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  2. sree_sree11 December 2017 at 08:36

    9a L(Aman)b: no an L(am-(an)b

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  3. Ramki Krishnan11 December 2017 at 08:39

    7D: Crack in screen leads to funny result in view (7) SCENERY
    How does "leads to" get Y from FUNNY? Should give initial characters right?

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    1. Col_Gopinath11 December 2017 at 08:43

      I took result as the indicator to take the last letter

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  4. Ramki Krishnan11 December 2017 at 08:44

    Liked COURSE, MOUNTAINS and LOYAL a lot - thanks AD :)

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  5. Vasant11 December 2017 at 09:00

    21D was my favorite for its surface story gelling beautifully with wp. Thanks AD.

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  6. Chaturvasi11 December 2017 at 09:04

    In cricket score cards r.o. means run out.

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  7. Ramani11 December 2017 at 09:29

    Without reference got many. Thanks AD.

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  8. Kishore11 December 2017 at 09:33

    Happy Birthday, AfterDark!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 December 2017 at 10:12

      Happy Birthday, AD!
      Normally, one gets presents on birthday. Today, we got a good satisfying present from you. Thanks.

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    2. Shrikanth11 December 2017 at 11:31

      Happy Birthday to you too Kishore :)

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 December 2017 at 12:22

      Happy Birthday to you Kishore!!!

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  9. Col_Gopinath11 December 2017 at 10:40

    Happy Birthday Shrikanth

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  10. C.G. BHARGAV11 December 2017 at 10:42

    Happy Birthday Shrikanth

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  11. Ramani11 December 2017 at 10:48

    Many more happy returns AD!

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  12. C.G. BHARGAV11 December 2017 at 11:05

    On a birthday,
    * Some may wish to feed the poor in the COMMUNITY.
    * A few others after a SHAMPOO, POLISH their shoes before getting dressed and go to a WESTERN or other movie with family/friends for ENTERTAINMENT.
    * Some are into buying KILOGRAMS of sweets for distribution.
    * One might SCOUT for that odd dress among COLUMNS.
    * How about going to the MOUNTAINS to enjoy the SCENERY?
    Of COURSE children and ADULTS too would do something or the other that STAYS in their memory for sometime.

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  13. Ramki Krishnan11 December 2017 at 11:24

    Happy birthday AD!

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  14. Satyen Nabar11 December 2017 at 11:41

    Many happy returns of the day Shrikanth! Have a great year :)

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  15. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan11 December 2017 at 11:54

    Happy birthday Kishore & Shrikanth !

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  16. Vasant11 December 2017 at 12:13

    Happy Birthday Kishore and Shrikant

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  17. Vanchinathan11 December 2017 at 12:16

    I had a good laugh over the "observation" on grown ups in 28A. And 1A was enjoyable bringing to mind a crime scene being combed for clues.

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  18. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 December 2017 at 13:27

    Happy Birthday Srikanth! 🎂 💐

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  19. Ramki Krishnan11 December 2017 at 13:28

    Happy birthday Kishore!

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 December 2017 at 13:28

    Happy Birthday Kishore! 🎂 💐

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  21. PKPSwami11 December 2017 at 13:39

    Lovely x'ie. Nicely clued.1A& 27A fodder to one's lateral thinking ability.1D- police officer is SPeats meat 'ham'ok. but leaves out eggs.Isn't it sir?put simply a good entertaining puzzle from AD. Thank you,sir.

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  22. Shrikanth11 December 2017 at 15:19

    Thanks Sir

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  23. uryazhs11 December 2017 at 15:56

    Entertaining puzzle.. Thank you Afterdark sir..

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  24. Raghunath11 December 2017 at 16:12

    Happy Birthday and best wishes, Shrikanth!

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  25. Ramani11 December 2017 at 16:17

    Happy birthday to you Kishore!

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  26. raju umamaheswar11 December 2017 at 16:50

    Happy birthday to you , KISHORE & SHRIKANT. Many happy snruter of the day. God bless you both with good health, long life and peace of mind.

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  27. Padmanabhan11 December 2017 at 17:15

    Joining late after an outing of a few days.
    Happy Birthday and Many Happy returns of the Day to Shrikanth & Kishore. Live long and keep us entertained with your CW's for many more years.

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  28. ranger11 December 2017 at 18:48

    Happy birthday Kishore and Shrikant, wish you both many happy returns of the day.

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  29. Satyen Nabar11 December 2017 at 20:23

    Many happy returns of the day Kishore!

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  30. Kishore11 December 2017 at 21:41

    Thanks, folks

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