Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Saturday, 13 January 2018

No 12214, Saturday 13 Jan 2018, KrisKross


Across

1. Bank in Paris — it's extremely inexpensive (8) CHEAPEST {C'{HEAP}EST}
5. Assistants bottling many chemicals (6) AMIDES {A{M}IDES}
9. Audio guides in another country (8) OVERSEAS {~OVERSEES}
10. Blue — doing miserably after impressive beginning (6) INDIGO {Impressive}{DOING*}
12. Losing head in panic is wrong (5) ERROR {tERROR}
13. Translated top poetry, for example (9) PROTOTYPE {TOP+POETRY*}
14. Substitute horse belonging to rider in Germany (6) RINGER (T)
16. Ship's doctor is in luck (7) FRIGATE {F{RIG}ATE}
19. Leo sadly leaves ruined college in general state of disuse (7) NEGLECT {ColLeGE}* IN {NET} General=net? See comments
21. Tour regularly to study an architectural style (6) TUSCAN {ToUr}{SCAN}
23. Common to cut with new saw (9) HACKNEYED {HACK}{N}{EYED}
25. A fraction of it is described by article (5) TITHE {T{IT}HE}
26. Mackerels essentially dying in floor of river (6) AMAZON Anno pending See comments
27. Freedom of speech? (8) GLIBNESS (CD)
28. He could travel through snow to enter round shelter, not hot (6) ESKIMO {hE}{SKIM}{O} &lit   {E{SKI{MOh<=} See comments
29. Divers like to dress mostly in a casual fashion (8) ASSORTED {AS}{TO+DRESs}*

Down

1. Prepared well to crack cryptic code (6) COOKED {CODE}* around {OK}
2. New mode of education through programming, in general (1,8) E LEARNING {IN+GENERAL*} semi-&lit
3. Question a model (5) POSER (DD)
4. Mark a run (7) SCARPER {SCAR}{PER}
6. Takes care of painting old, surprisingly popular instruments (9) MANDOLINS {MAN}{{OLD*}{IN}S}
7. Maid: One welcomed by lady in trouble (5) DAILY {LADY}* around {I}
8. You and I visited the beach close to England and had a bath (8) SHOWERED {SHO{WE}RE}{englanD}
11. Upbeat game? (4) GOLF {FLOG<=}
15. Recycling area in the theatre? (5,4)  GREEN ROOM (CD)
17. Are old folks housed in suitable place to stay? (9) APARTMENT {AP{ART}{MEN}T}
18. Beginning to move slowly, fractured a toe (8) INCHOATE {INCH}{A+TOE*}
20. They give delight to many kids, ultimately (4) TOYS {TO}{manY}{kidS} semi-&lit
21. Takes baby steps to start driving modern sled (7) TODDLES {TO}{Driving}{SLED*}
22. Let out from pound, relaxed (6) LEASED {L}{EASED}
24. First-class joke (5) CRACK (DD)
25. Excessive drinking at bar, to start with, is not allowed (5) TABOO {T{At}{Bar}OO}

Reference List
Paris it=C'est, Many=M (Thousand), New=N, Article=The, Hot=H, Like=As
A=Per, Popular=In, One=I, You and I=We, Are old=Art, Pound=L

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

GRID
Bhargav's Tale

THE SMART ESKIMO

The ESKIMO kid's knowledge came through E-LEARNING.
But his DAILY life was rather boring wihout TOYS.
The kid's father worked in a company which LEASED a defunct FRIGATE and repaired it.
On the trial run the kid went along OVERSEAS with his father and stayed in a service APARTMENT.
He COOKED up a CRACK plan to get some ASSORTED toys. He made a list and typed it using a GOLF -ball printer.
Wonder what he did next?

He ordered the toys from AMAZON!!


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39 comments:

  1. Raghunath13 January 2018 at 08:33

    26. Mackerels essentially dying in floor of river (6) AMAZON Anno pending

    'in' in the clue should have been 'on' so the anno becomes AMAZe + ON. E from mackErels

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    1. Raghunath13 January 2018 at 08:35

      Floor: AMAZE. Sorry maybe 'of' should read as 'on'

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    2. Vasant13 January 2018 at 08:43

      Plausible

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    3. sree_sree13 January 2018 at 09:02

      Amaze -e is visible in the clue. Of/on!!!

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    4. sree_sree13 January 2018 at 09:06

      Mariann Webster online dictionary lists "on" as archiac meaning of of. So it's amaz(-e) on

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    5. Ramki Krishnan13 January 2018 at 13:11

      Yes. AMAZE(floor) -E (mackErels essentially dying) + ON (of) was the anno I had in mind.
      of = on to mean "about, regarding" etc. Chambers also lists it. e.g. I am going to speak of Kalidasa. I am going to speak on Kalidasa.

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  2. Raghunath13 January 2018 at 08:47

    28A anno is not clear

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    1. sree_sree13 January 2018 at 09:00

      E (ski) Mo (-h). He is the definition. Not lit in my understanding.

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    2. Padmanabhan13 January 2018 at 09:02

      E from?

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    3. Raghunath13 January 2018 at 09:07

      +1 for the anno. SKI though HOME reversed - H

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    4. sree_sree13 January 2018 at 09:07

      It's (ski in home) reversed with h deleted.

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    5. Vasant13 January 2018 at 09:12

      Nice one Prasad

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    6. Padmanabhan13 January 2018 at 09:14

      +1

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    7. Ramki Krishnan13 January 2018 at 13:13

      Prasad's anno is what I had in mind.
      It is not an &lit since "He could be" is not part of the wordplay. But I intended it to be an extended def clue, with the whole clue defining Eskimo.

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  3. Padmanabhan13 January 2018 at 09:01

    17D- Where do we get 'Art' from?

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    1. Vasant13 January 2018 at 09:05

      Are Old(old form of are=art)(Thou art more lovely and temperate-sonnet 18, Shakespeare)

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    2. Padmanabhan13 January 2018 at 09:16

      Thank you Vasant.

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    3. Ramki Krishnan13 January 2018 at 13:14

      Thou art indeed correct, Vasant! :)

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    4. Vasant13 January 2018 at 13:56

      😀😀

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  4. Padmanabhan13 January 2018 at 09:04

    Crisp clues as usual from Kriskross. A few clarifications needed,though.

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  5. sree_sree13 January 2018 at 09:28

    17a "in general" as "on the whole" is net of.

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  6. Ganesan Pancharatnam13 January 2018 at 09:33

    17D. In Shakespearan English, 'are' used today was known as 'art' thou art indeed Lord,

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  7. Raghunath13 January 2018 at 09:56

    TABOO, APARTMENT, COOKED,E LEARNING amongst some well written clues.

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  8. Satyen Nabar13 January 2018 at 10:05

    19A Net (posting from Chambers Crossword Dictionary)

    2 overall, general, broad, total, inclusive, final, ultimate

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  9. Padmanabhan13 January 2018 at 11:38

    Seems to net everything!

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  10. raju umamaheswar13 January 2018 at 13:50

    E-LEARNING is a novel clue-- a departure from the usual standard clues and in keeping with modern technical language. I liked it immensely and is an addition to our glossary in cryptic solving. We must gwt on to such innovations more.

    Oversees as guides ? I thought it meant only to supervise and guides' may be a bit out?

    CHEAPEST i alos a nice wordplay of c'est with Heap= Bank?

    HACK+N+EYED for saw is clever wordplay but simple to deduce, if one didn't fall for the decoy meaning of SAW+ proverb or adage ! .

    A very refreshing gird from Kriss-Kross ! Encoe KK !!
    This is where I feel that the Indian minds are surpassing the British compilers

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  11. raju umamaheswar13 January 2018 at 13:51

    encore amd not encoe !

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  12. Ramki Krishnan13 January 2018 at 16:21

    Nice story and pic, Bhargav!

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  13. C.G. BHARGAV13 January 2018 at 16:28

    Thanks. Picture was drawn by my grandson Vyasa...!!

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  14. Padmanabhan13 January 2018 at 17:53

    So, according to CGB, Amazon has reached the Eskimo as well!
    Nice picture by your grandson. Kudos to him.

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  15. Arvind Ramaswamy13 January 2018 at 22:26

    Found it a little tough today! Could not get Cooked, Ringer, Scarper, Amazon and Assorted...

    Many lovely clues.. my fav picks are Cheapest, Frigate, Hackneyed, eLearning, Mandolins and Apartment...

    Enjoyed the grid Ramki! Thanks for the fun..

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