Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Monday, 19 March 2018

No 12268, Monday 19 Mar 2018, Sunnet


Time for ablutions.
Answer and anno for 14A left for a first-time commenter till 10AM.

ACROSS
1   River bird is an entertainer (6) DEEJAY {DEE}{JAY}
4   Cuts into three pieces with stir-fried wing inside (8) TRISECTS {TRI{SECT}S*}
10 Hold up graduates in cleaning area (9) WASHBASIN {WASH}{BA'S}{IN}
11 Relating to nose of an animal (5) RHINO [DD]
12 Damp note stops conflict (5) WATER {WA{TE}R}
13 Risk coming to exercise (9) ADVENTURE {ADVENT}{URE}
14 Again pass a note with two measures (7) R?E?A?T (Addendum - REENACT {RE}{EN}{ACT - See comments)
16 Partly scrolled list (4) ROLL [T]
19 Bob's chopper is light blue (4) SAXE {S}{AXE}
21 Bits of rice idly dipped in mango chutney and drumstick (7) MORINGA {MO{Rice}{Idly}NGA*}
Moringa oleifera pods NP.JPG
By Krish Dulal - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
24 Each and every one has gun for blowing away the head of deadly reptile (9) ALLIGATOR {ALL}{1}{GAT}{fOR}
Alligator Canberra Zoo.jpg
By Bignuts - Own work, CC0, Link
25 Loaded poker hand (5) FLUSH [DD]
26 Examples about donkeys without heart (5) CASES {C}{ASsES}
27 To finish off a philosopher's bridal collection (9) TROUSSEAU {To}{ROUSSEAU}
28 Measured concentration of bird and classified (8) TITRATED {TIT}{RATED}
29 Permits gaps (6) PASSES [DD]

DOWN
1   Declining low charge (8) DOWNWARD {DOWN}{WARD}
2   Substitutes viciously raze sets (8) ERSATZES*
3   Church leaves room for gold (5) AMBER chAMBER
5   Hurry on and spill (3,4) RUN OVER [DD]
6   Diamond's in a forsaken water outlet (9) SPRINKLER SPaR(+in)INKLER
7   Group register for the audience (6) CLIQUE (~click)
8   Display hesitation in rain (6) SHOWER {SHOW}{ER}
9   When liberal social worker is inclined (6) ASLANT {AS}{L}{ANT}
15 Possibly nail a sage to show absence of pain (9) ANALGESIA*
17 Elected certain house underwriters (8) INSURERS {IN}{SURE}{RS}
18 Soak pits in English city, though revolutionary, have some supporters (8) BATHTUBS {BATH}{BUT<=}{Su...s}
20 Permit setter to jump into poisonous nettle (7) ENTITLE {ENT{I}TLE*}
21 Glass obtained from raised edge around the entry points of Outer Ring Road (6) MIRROR {R{ORR}IM}<=
22 Tap union found in Strand (6) FAUCET {FA{U}CET}
23 Hidden near Troy (6) CLOSET {CLOSE}{T}
25 Festival of Life — St. Augustine (5) FESTA [T]

GRID

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32 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath19 March 2018 at 08:35

    Photograph of a 1Across-CCS-THCC meet at the THCC Families blog in the link below

    When 1Across-CCS-THCC met

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  2. Padmanabhan19 March 2018 at 08:49

    Nice big gathering Col. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. Padmanabhan19 March 2018 at 08:52

    Superb enjoyable CW. Soaked in it for an hour- as good as turning on the FAUCET and soaking in the BATHTUB. A Pangram to boot.

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    1. Chaturvasi19 March 2018 at 09:22

      Padmanabhan, are you speaking from your experience in a jacuzzi in the US or from your kuliyalarai in Chennai?

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    2. Padmanabhan19 March 2018 at 09:35

      Faucet and bathtub are from U.S. and shower is from India (when water is available!!)

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  4. Padmanabhan19 March 2018 at 08:52

    Ure was new to me.

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  5. KARTHIK19 March 2018 at 09:07

    26A) how do we get c?
    does about = c?
    19A) similarly does bob's =s

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  6. Padmanabhan19 March 2018 at 09:37

    C from Circa- approximate/ about
    Bob's? Awaiting clarification from experts.

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  7. Sudha A19 March 2018 at 09:40

    14A Reenact......Note (re) measures (en) and (act)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath19 March 2018 at 09:44

      Well done Sudha. Hearing from you after a long time

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  8. Sudha A19 March 2018 at 09:45

    I am Sudha from Pondicherry ....right now a house wife .....A crossword and scrabble addict and I have been following this blog for a very long time....I enjoy the comments and parsing of clues here as much as I enjoy solving them....

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  9. Padmanabhan19 March 2018 at 09:47

    That is what keeps us addicted to the blog.

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  10. RameshJ19 March 2018 at 11:14

    Thanks every one for the feedback.
    I had 'Roll' also as part of the theme.

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  11. Vasant19 March 2018 at 11:27

    Lovely puzzle!Not only themed pangrams are Sunnet's forte but the clues themselves are extremely good.Thanks Sunnet.

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  12. Ramki Krishnan19 March 2018 at 14:58

    Liked the deletion indicators that fit very smoothly in the surface e.g.24A, 27A, 6D
    Refreshing to see Indian abbreviations (RS) in the clue.
    Thanks Sunnet!

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  13. Ramki Krishnan19 March 2018 at 15:00

    On a different note:
    The Guardian has a new setter for cryptics - Vulcan (2nd grid published today). Same person as our Vulcan of THC?

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    1. Vasant19 March 2018 at 18:06

      I put the same question last Monday. Vulcan is absent here since 2 runs. But setting style seems British with no & Lit clues that was the trademark of Vulcan here.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath20 March 2018 at 08:31

      Not correct Vulcan has been appearing regularly last three being 9 Dec, 8 Jan and 17 Feb

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  14. vdsprasad49@gmail.com19 March 2018 at 16:49

    4A and 25D are straight/'quick' clues rather than cryptic. Unusual for TH cw's.

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    1. Vasant19 March 2018 at 18:29

      Sir both are cryptic clues. 4A is anagram-container clue while 25D is telescopic clie

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    2. Ramki Krishnan19 March 2018 at 19:42

      25D is a double def. FLUSH means "loaded" (rich) and also is a poker hand.

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    3. vdsprasad49@gmail.com19 March 2018 at 21:37

      I agree with Vasant but
      4A. I meant to say 'cuts into three pieces' led me to the answer and there was no need to read the clue further or parse it.
      25D. Answer is festa and the clue begins with 'festival'!

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    4. Vasant19 March 2018 at 22:37

      Sir, some clues can be bifd..bunged in from definition..what you have done is just that..

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