Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

No 12288, Wednesday 11 Apr 2018, Sunnet


Answer and anno for 24A left for a first-time commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   Allow stress after replacing nitrogen with phosphorus (6) ACCEPT ACCE(-n+p)PT
4   A man covered with strange silver (8) ARGENTUM {A}{R{GENT}UM}
10 Limiting fraud by punishing monetarily (9) CONFINING {CON}{FINING}
11 Open on time (5) OVERT {OVER}{T}
12 Acne cured by copper ball (5) DANCE {D}{ACNE*} D-Detective/Copper? See comments
13 Damage before diamond is immersed in fruit extract (9) PREJUDICE {PRE}{JU{D}ICE}
14 Neat lifter? (7) RUSTLER [CD]
16 Consume mould outside Norway (4) DINE {DI{N}E}
19 Natural and mostly thick liquid (4) PURE PUREe
21 Some like banal flower arrangement (7) IKEBANA [T]
24 Fortune on Evergreen's ship of pleasure (9) H?P?I?E?S (Addendum - HAPPINESS {HAP}{PINE}{SS} - See comments)
25 Country house practice say (5) MANOR (~manner)
26 Wild thorn's point (5) NORTH*
27 Reviewed noisy plea of group of islands (9) POLYNESIA*
28 Lamb from Spain for example is seen near our time zone (8) ESSAYIST {ES}{SAY}{IST}
29 Cruel Virginia pierced man of wisdom (6) SAVAGE {SA{VA}GE}

DOWN
1   Subscribers of sacred liquid found outside church (8) ACCEDERS {AC{CE}DERS*}
2   Saint pulled up evil in boat (8) CANONISE {CANO{SIN<=}E}
3   Cat family's darling (5) PRIDE [DD]
5   Shred small date plant (7) RAGWEED {RAG}{WEE}{D}
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By Krzysztof Ziarnek Kenraiz - Own work, GFDL, Link
6   Chess rating to nearly satisfy English facility (9) ELOQUENCE {ELO}{QUENCh}{E}
7   Paper article on little relative (6) THESIS {THE}{SIS}
8   Mother has a little tequila problem (6) MATTER {MAT{Te...a}ER}
9   Nada's a fastener (6) ZIPPER [DD] (Addendum - {ZIP}{PER} - See comments)
15 Silly topless youth disturbed rudely (9) LOUTISHLY {SILLY+yOUTH}*
17 Chemical from polished asian gem (8) MAGNESIA*
18 Union to damage one in anger (8) MARRIAGE {MAR}{R{1}AGE}
20 Excuses given by representative entering river near Telangana (7) EXEMPTS {EXE}{MP}{TS}
21 Slight trace of Bedouin Sultan (6) INSULT [T]
22 Try a Monopoly card (6) CHANCE [DD]
23 Provides alternatives (6) SPARES [DD]
25 Lunacy to steer and turn around national carrier (5) MANIA {MAN}{AI<=}

GRID

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48 comments:

  1. sree_sree11 April 2018 at 08:33

    9d nada->zip, a->per. My understanding

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    1. Ramki Krishnan11 April 2018 at 09:06

      +1

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    2. Deepak Gopinath11 April 2018 at 09:07

      Thanks Prasad

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    3. Chaturvasi11 April 2018 at 09:15

      How is nada = zip?

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    4. Padmanabhan11 April 2018 at 09:17

      Both a holder,tightener probably.

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    5. RameshJ11 April 2018 at 09:18

      Nada stands for Zero. Same as Zip

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    6. Chaturvasi11 April 2018 at 09:33

      Thanks. I knew/know nada = zero. But didn't know about zip = zero.

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    7. Raghunath11 April 2018 at 09:36

      Zip is zero in US English

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    8. Raghunath11 April 2018 at 09:37

      NADA is nothing in Spanish

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    9. sree_sree11 April 2018 at 09:44

      Courtesy JOKER, BATMAN:zero,zilch,zip,nada. All meaning nothing.

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    10. vdsprasad49@gmail.com11 April 2018 at 09:58

      I knew none of these meanings but the crossings helped me get the answer. For a moment I thought of the Tamil naadaa used to keep pajamas in place!

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    11. sree_sree11 April 2018 at 11:14

      BTW NADA hit TN in Dec, 16.

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  2. KARTHIK11 April 2018 at 08:44

    Interesting and satisfying today; thanks SUNNET

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  3. Ramki Krishnan11 April 2018 at 09:04

    12 Acne cured by copper ball (5)
    Copper = penny (old coin) = d

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    1. Deepak Gopinath11 April 2018 at 09:07

      Thanks Ramki

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    2. Padmanabhan11 April 2018 at 09:11

      Great, Ramki. Never thought about it. Just wondering.

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    3. Raghunath11 April 2018 at 09:40

      So will old coin be cu and policeman D? I think it is stretching it

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    4. sree_sree11 April 2018 at 09:49

      Copper is any low value coin as per chambers. Penny(denarius) is the lowest coin. But I took as 1982 lincoln memorial copper penny.

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  4. Ramki Krishnan11 April 2018 at 09:06

    Smooth grid - 14A was my COD. Thanks Sunnet!

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 April 2018 at 09:12

    8Dn Anno needs a small correction Sir.

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  6. Padmanabhan11 April 2018 at 09:14

    Sunnet is our PM- Pangram Master. Neat interesting enjoyable puzzle.

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  7. RameshJ11 April 2018 at 09:17

    Thanks for the feedback folks. Theme?

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    1. Vasant11 April 2018 at 10:09

      Austen's Pride and Prejudice?
      Dance, Manor, Dine, etc.

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    2. Vasant11 April 2018 at 10:11

      And ofcourse Marriage!

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    3. Padmanabhan11 April 2018 at 10:21

      ...and Pride.

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    4. RameshJ11 April 2018 at 10:36

      Yes. Pride & prejudice is the theme. The theme words are from two famous quotes for the book. "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" & "Every savage can dance"

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    5. Padmanabhan11 April 2018 at 10:44

      Great work Ramesh. The 2 quotes have been nicely weaved into the Pangram.

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    6. Vasant11 April 2018 at 10:56

      +1

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  8. Brajesh11 April 2018 at 09:30

    24a happiness pine is evergreen SS for ship happy no idea as h and p were available

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  9. vdsprasad49@gmail.com11 April 2018 at 09:55

    One of my most satisfactory solves as I could parse all except one - 6D. Thanks to Sunnet and Col.

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    1. Padmanabhan11 April 2018 at 10:20

      ELO rating points is the method of Chess GM's. Here is an interesting tidbit about it-

      The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go.

      "Elo" is often written in capital letters (ELO), but it is not an acronym. It is the family name of the system's creator, Arpad Elo (1903–1992), a Hungarian-born American physics professor.

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    2. maradnusro11 April 2018 at 15:46

      Thank you

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  10. Deepak Gopinath11 April 2018 at 10:07

    Anyone got the theme?

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    1. Vasant11 April 2018 at 10:13

      Sir, See my 10:09..

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    2. Padmanabhan11 April 2018 at 10:22

      Prejudiced to leave out Pride?

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    3. Vasant11 April 2018 at 10:24

      Not left out. Sentence begins with that. Pride and Prejudice.

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV11 April 2018 at 18:43

    The bouncer and the dancer part 5

    As the emeriti and others waxed ELOQUENT students found enough and more MATTER to write many a THESIS.
    The couple's HAPPINESS grew by the day as their income was NORTH bound.
    Without CONFINING to farming they opened a small DINE and DANCE restaurant with PURE organic food on offer.

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  12. Vasant11 April 2018 at 20:48

    Boo boo in Guardian cryptic puzzle today. This despite having a crossword editor.

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    1. Vasant11 April 2018 at 20:53

      Everybody would know a scientist would end with -logist & not ligist.

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  13. Chaturvasi12 April 2018 at 04:57

    Both clues lead to correct answers. The mistake arises from a typo in the grid.
    I hadn't visited Guardian or fifteen squared until I saw your post. Now I have added a Comment in 15sqd.

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