Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Sunday, 14 January 2018

Special, Sunday 14 Jan 2018, Dr Satyen Nabar


Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1   Faint in the bathroom perhaps while partying at nightclubs (3, 2, 3, 5)
10 Girl about to tackle primarily unchaste husband and break up (5)
11 Dieter’s goal - Cut off junk, I hear (4, 5)
12 Swindler’s idea to protect corrupt party (3, 6)
13 Groove to frenetic techno? No energy (5)
14 Sprucing up restores dignity (7)
16 Fellows with smouldering remains of passion get married first (7)
18 Stop terror around globe (7)
20 Choirs performing at Mass get baptismal robe (7)
22 Give access to man entering underground passage (5)
24 Two creatures having trouble with attacker (9)
26 Traditional head of college meets idiot wearing lilac dress (9)
27 Fairy tale writer threatening to kidnap maiden (5)
28 What a father wears to an affiliation proceeding? (9, 4)

DOWN
2   Pathetic university prudes seized (7)
3   More rational in a different way (9)
4   All performers playing express disapproval about appeal (5)
5   Long story about astonishing items relating to knowledge (9)
6   I love pasty-faced resident of American state (5)
7   Letter with record of ghastly lies about model (7)
8   Scatter-brained about love, female admirer primarily conjures fantastic notion (6, 2, 5)
9   Still together (2, 3, 4, 4)
15 Bird of prey can fly; go all over the place catching rats primarily (9)
17 Unions force back leader of industry in fits of fury (9)
19 Dance with sailor knocking back alcoholic delicacy (3, 4)
21 Host forgot oddly whimsical language (7)
23 Bit of discrimination (5)
25 What lips may be at the end of fight? (5)

Across Lite Version can be accessed at Dr SN 18

Enjoy.

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56 comments:

  1. Vasant14 January 2018 at 10:40

    2D:USURPED U+PRUDES*
    6D:I O WAN
    13A:NOTCH TECHNO(-e)*

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  2. P. Venkatesan14 January 2018 at 10:42

    13a: (TECHNO-(e))* = notch = groove

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  3. raju umamaheswar14 January 2018 at 10:50

    24 across: ASS+AIL+ANT - attacker- two creatures - ass+ant+trouble= ail

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  4. Fraser Simpson14 January 2018 at 10:51

    10A Girl about to tackle primarily unchaste husband and break up (5) LA(U)G + H (gal rev.)

    8D Scatter-brained about love, female admirer primarily conjures fantastic notion (6, 2, 5) FLIGHT(O + F + FAN + C)Y

    17D Unions force back leader of industry in fits of fury (9) MAR + R(I)AGES (ram rev.)

    Enjoyable puzzle, Doc!

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  5. raju umamaheswar14 January 2018 at 10:53

    9 down: AT THE SAME TIME-- still ( CD)

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  6. raju umamaheswar14 January 2018 at 10:55

    25 down: SPLIT- Lips may be split - anagram of lips and end of fight - T

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV14 January 2018 at 11:18

    24 across: ASS AIL ANT
    21 down: SWAHILI (WHIMSICAL-MC)*
    Host: M aster of C eremonies
    28 across: PATERNITY SUIT (CD)
    Enjoyed the clues immensely.
    Thanks Doctor.

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    1. Satyen Nabar14 January 2018 at 11:20

      Thanks CGB! :) 24A Assailant is done by Raju. Can take one more.

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  8. P. Venkatesan14 January 2018 at 11:21

    11a: drop (=cut off)-waist (~waste)

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  9. C.G. BHARGAV14 January 2018 at 11:29

    26 across: (C) (L{ASS}ICAL)*

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  10. Raghunath14 January 2018 at 11:31

    1a Faint in the bathroom perhaps while partying at nightclubs (3, 2, 3, 5) OUT ON THE TILES
    12a Swindler’s idea to protect corrupt party (3, 6) G(YP,ART*)IST
    6a Traditional head of college meets idiot wearing lilac dress (9) C{L(ASS)ICAL*}

    Very nice clues!

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    1. Satyen Nabar14 January 2018 at 11:33

      Thanks Raghu! :) Can take one more in place of 6A.

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  11. Ramki Krishnan14 January 2018 at 11:32

    18A: FORBEAR (FEAR around ORB)
    22A: ADMIT (M in ADIT)
    23D: TASTE (dd)

    Nice grid Doc, thanks! Still working on anno for one of the clues though :)

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    1. Ramki Krishnan14 January 2018 at 11:34

      Ok got it now :)

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    2. Satyen Nabar14 January 2018 at 11:35

      Thanks Ramki! :) I am consumed by curiosity...Which one?

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    3. Ramki Krishnan14 January 2018 at 11:43

      21D

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    4. Ramki Krishnan14 January 2018 at 11:45

      Saw later that it has been solved above by CGB

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    5. Satyen Nabar14 January 2018 at 11:46

      Perhaps should have been... Host's forgotten oddly whimsical language. Thanks Ramki

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  12. Padmanabhan14 January 2018 at 11:34

    20A- Chrisom- Baptismal robe- CHOIRS M
    27!- Grimm- Fairy tale writer- (GRIM) kidnapping M

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  13. Padmanabhan14 January 2018 at 11:38

    11A- Trim Waist- Dieter's goal
    Cut off- Trim
    Junk i hear- Waist (waste heard as waist)

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    1. Vasant14 January 2018 at 12:04

      I had put in Thin instead of Trim.It didnt affect the crossings but Trim is correct.

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    2. Padmanabhan14 January 2018 at 12:40

      I too considered thin,but 'cut off' made me go fro trim.

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  14. Padmanabhan14 January 2018 at 11:38

    Doc,
    Hope all 3 are correct. Joined late and yet to complete.

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  15. P. Venkatesan14 January 2018 at 11:44

    14a: tidying (=dignity*) = sprucing up

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  16. P. Venkatesan14 January 2018 at 11:52

    Replacing 13a
    3d: other (=more)-wise (=rational)

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  17. raju umamaheswar14 January 2018 at 11:52

    Heights of fancy is the level of these clues ! Very delectable . 11 across can be THIN WAIST TOO? PADDY? SLIM chance ! OUT ON THE TILES reminded me of my Bombay days in College ! Many clues are of 26 style ! YOu can be called a 12 across with words, Doc when you conjure up decoys ! THOROUGHLY enjoyed an hour of absolute bliss on this Sunday > Thanks Doc

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    1. Satyen Nabar14 January 2018 at 11:58

      Thanks Raju as always! :) Was great fun setting it. And even more fun to have fantastic solvers like you crack it.

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  18. sree_sree14 January 2018 at 11:53

    Completed without much outside help, doc. Thanks.

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  19. Vasant14 January 2018 at 12:07

    Lovely puzzle, Dr. Challenging and satisfying.

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  20. Satyen Nabar14 January 2018 at 12:08

    To be solved...

    Across 16

    Down 4, 5, 7, 15. 19

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  21. P. Venkatesan14 January 2018 at 12:27

    My last, replacing 11a
    5d: epistemic =(epic (=long story)+items)* = relating to knowledge

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  22. sree_sree14 January 2018 at 12:28

    4d epistle ep (lies*) over T
    15G GYRFALCON CAN GO FLY R
    19D RUM BABA RUMBA AB<-

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  23. Satyen Nabar14 January 2018 at 12:31

    Just two more left...

    16A and 4D

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  24. Padmanabhan14 January 2018 at 12:38

    Superb puzzle Doc. Enjoyed it as much as our pongal delicacies (no rum....!)

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  25. Deepak Gopinath14 January 2018 at 13:13

    16A - MEMBERS {M}{EMBERS}
    4D - TUTTI {TUT}{IT<=}

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  26. Deepak Gopinath14 January 2018 at 13:14

    Thank you Dr Satyen

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  27. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 January 2018 at 15:40

    Started late. I could complete only now.
    Expected it to be over of course.
    Thanks Doc, nice grid!!!

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  28. Mona Sogal14 January 2018 at 21:10

    Wonderful grid. Loved 1A, 22A, 28A
    Googled for 20A and 5D

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  29. Mona Sogal14 January 2018 at 21:26

    Superb grid. Loved 1A, 22A, 28A
    Some new words :)

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