Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 17 January 2018

No 12216, Wednesday 17 Jan 2018, Aspartame


Answer and annotation of 19A left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM

ACROSS
6    British revolutionary eats one, then second loaf of bread (7) BRIOCHE {BR}{1}{lOaf}{CHE}
7    Let's try to buy stuffing of unprepared pastry (7) STRUDEL {ST{cRUDe}EL*}
9    Come close to disrobed girl being shielded (5) NUDGE {NUD{G}E}
10 Dishonest editor's withdrawal requires authorisation (9) DESIGNING {ED<=}{SIGNING}
11 Grapes for a concubine (7) SULTANA [DD]
13 Fuss about king being guarded by individuals of martial art (6) AIKIDO {A}{I}{K}{I}DO}
15 Thong curled in another thong, maybe (13) UNDERCLOTHING*
19 Deceased leader of gang gets buried at first by religious person (6) O?L?T? (Addendum - OBLATE {mOB}{LATE} - See comments)
20 Small crate of ice-cream midway exported is returned, being illicit (7) BOOTLEG Anno pending (Addendum - {BOx}{GELaTO<=} - See comments)
23 Displaying jewellery with elaborate decor (9) RECORDING {R{DECOR*}ING}
24 Inert liquid is in three parts (5) TRINE*
26 Sprite affects girl and men (7) GREMLIN*
27 Information often needs to be checked for recency (7) NEWNESS {NEW{NeEdS}S}

DOWN
1    Pestles broke shell to reveal skin (4) RIND gRINDs
2    Dined on Meze with little chili, got a skin infection (6) ECZEMA {E{Ch..i}ZEM*}{A} Dined as Anagrind?
3    Solemn music that can occur in a zombie movie (4,5) DEAD MARCH [CD]
4    Ill-mannered king imprisoned being narrow-minded (8) PRIGGISH {P{R}IGGISH}
5    Notice by district inspector: Lot kidnapped one criminal more (10) ADDITIONAL {AD}{DI}{T{1}ON}{AL}
6    Dismiss bachelor with auditor's job (6) BANISH {BA}{NISH}(~niche)
7    Miso soup is somewhat average (2-2) SO-SO [T]
8    Army division executes leader for money (6) LEGION (-r+l)LEGION
12 Lines of code written to describe king of Mongolia, say (10) LANDLOCKED {L}{AND}{L}{OC{K}ED*}
14 Banishing worry being sad (9) WOEBEGONE {WOE}{BEGONE}
16 Totally, ten robbed one bank (8) ENTIRELY {TEN*}{1}{RELY} Robbed as Anagrind?
17 Engineers got time filling in for idiot (6) TOERAG {ERA} in {GOT}*
18 Leave English exam getting highest sectional scores (6) EGRESS {E}{GRE}{Se...l}{Sc...s}
21 Terracotta wagons smuggled into city (6) OTTAWA [T]
22 Family purchases large oven (4) KILN {KI{L}N}
25 Frozen dice are thawed (4) ICED*

GRID

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21 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan17 January 2018 at 08:39

    12D- Lines to give 'L and L'?

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  2. Deepak Gopinath17 January 2018 at 08:45

    Happy Birthday CV

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  3. D.Chandrasekhar17 January 2018 at 09:07

    20A Small crate = BOOT, ice-cream midway=gel (not yet formed) <= returned =LEG.

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  4. sree_sree17 January 2018 at 09:12

    Small crate:Bo(-x)
    Ice cream: gelato midway:a removed gelato ≤- otleg
    Bo otleg

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  5. D.Chandrasekhar17 January 2018 at 09:26

    19A OBLATE , Diceased = LATE, Leader of Gang = BOss , buried ( reversal indicator may be ) ; OB +LATE

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    1. P. Venkatesan17 January 2018 at 09:40

      O (=lead letter of 'of')+b (=first letter of 'buried')+late (=deceased) = OBLATE
      The word 'gang' stands for arranging together - an indicator.
      This is my understanding.

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  6. Vasant17 January 2018 at 09:31

    Happy Birthday, CV Sir.

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 January 2018 at 09:33

    16DN Since rob is rip off, it might work as anagrind

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    1. Satyen Nabar17 January 2018 at 10:46

      May be but certainly not in standard usage. And cannot see 'dined on' as anagram ind by any stretch of the imagination.

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  8. Vasant17 January 2018 at 09:38

    Tough puzzle; didnt get TOERAG and couldnt parse BOOTLEG.
    Thought 3D was D&CD with the second def being cryptic.

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  9. Padmanabhan17 January 2018 at 10:08

    Many Happy returns of the day CV.

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  10. Unknown17 January 2018 at 10:21

    19 A oblate
    Deceased leader of gang mob - m = ob + late

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  11. D.Srinivasan17 January 2018 at 14:22

    Happy Birthday CV sir

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  12. raju umamaheswar17 January 2018 at 15:27

    CV : Happy birthday to you and many happy snruter of the day ! May The Almighty keep you in good health and spirits . Sapna & Raju

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 January 2018 at 17:29

    Happy Birthday CV Sir! 💐🎂

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  14. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2018 at 19:22

    Happy birthday CV sir !

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  15. uryazhs17 January 2018 at 19:50

    Happy birthday CV sir..

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  16. Chaturvasi17 January 2018 at 20:12

    Thanks all for your HBD wishes.

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