Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 2 May 2018

No 12306, Wednesday 02 May 2018, xChequer


ACROSS
7   Concerned with member heading country clubs (6) ?R?R?L (Addendum - CRURAL - {C}{RURAL} - See comments)
8   Body's speaker failing to admit old case (5,3) VOICE BOX {V{O}ICE} {BOX}
9   Cold got from study of patient (8) CLINICAL [DD]
10 Claim pin tears nappy (6) ALLEGE {AL{LEG}E} Pin/Leg? See comments
11 Microbe seems to store fat (5) OBESE [T]
12 Form to get married? Apply and throw (6) BEMUSE {BE}{M}{USE}
14 Move around a bit showing what the Duke of Exeter's daughter may do below the waist? (7,4,4) STRETCH ONES LEGS {STRETCH} {ONE'S LEGS}
17 Home restored, let out after a while (2,4) IN TIME {IN} {EMIT<=}
18 Water flowing out of a pipe's mouth, a mere squirt (5) TWERP {WaTER}*{Pipe}
22 Mugger possibly retreating in silence, a black mark? (6) SCORCH {S{CROC<=}H}
23 Close call if son remains on the line (4,4) NEAR MISS {S+REMAINS}*
24 Suitable case for today's feature (8) PROPERTY {PROPER}{TodaY}
25 Not above stealing beginner's thunder (6) BELLOW {BE{L}LOW}

DOWN
1   Coach repeatedly scraps, provide punching tips? (5,4) DRILL BITS {DRILL} {BITS}
2   Forlorn son has to protect daughter after father leaves (6) FRONDS {FR}{ON{D}S*}
3   Pull out from parking lot (5) PLUCK {P}{LUCK}
4   Appeal claiming silver upheld, settling draw or tie (8) LIGATURE {L{I{AG<=}T}URE}
5   The plimsoll line crossed? In this ocean, tricky to be unloaded at full tilt (4-4) PELL-MELL {thE+PLiMsoLL+LinE}*
6   Yield picked up in branch (5) BOUGH (~bow)
8   Valour of enemy stressed a good deal (5,3,5) VALUE FOR MONEY*
13 Harrier runs through gorges as directed (9) AGGRESSOR {R} in {GORGES+AS}*
15 Monumental legend in golf happier abroad (8) EPIGRAPH {EPI{G}RAPH*}
16 Commission ruined without right crop (3,5) CUT SHORT {CUT} {SHO{R}T}
19 Doctor's boring device, a simple boring tool (6) WIMBLE {WI{MB}LE}
20 Forbidding divine area to be seized (5) SCARY {SC{A}RY}
21 Coats of armour primarily worn by knights? On the contrary (5) DAUBS {D{Ar...r}UBS}

GRID

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35 comments:

  1. Raghunath2 May 2018 at 08:36

    7 Concerned with member heading country clubs (6) C RURAL

    Of or relating to the leg, shank, or thigh.

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    1. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 08:39

      +1 heading->chapter->c

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    2. Deepak Gopinath2 May 2018 at 08:41

      How is clubs=rural?

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    3. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 08:42

      Country ->rural. Clubs(joins) surface.

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    4. Raghunath2 May 2018 at 08:42

      RURAL: Country. ahead of country is Clubs : C

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 May 2018 at 08:43

      country=rural

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    6. Deepak Gopinath2 May 2018 at 09:19

      How does 'heading country (RURAL} clubs (C)' become {C}{RURAL}?

      I feel it should have been 'heading country's clubs' which could be read as 'heading country is clubs'

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    7. Raghunath2 May 2018 at 09:31

      Heading country, clubs. How's that?

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    8. Deepak Gopinath2 May 2018 at 09:58

      That's also okay

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  2. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 08:41

    10a pin:round or square leg in the electrical plug.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath2 May 2018 at 09:08

      Not convinced

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    2. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 09:19

      Chambers col. It also has pins:colloq ones legs. My fav archie always sasta "look at those pins". But I was trying to be more politically correct.

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    3. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 09:20

      Sorry, it is states not sasta.

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  3. Raghunath2 May 2018 at 08:43

    Found going tough today.

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  4. C.G. BHARGAV2 May 2018 at 08:59

    The bouncer and the dancer - Part 24

    When the going is tough the tough get going. The PLUCK of Gombu the tough guy would have been the envy of even one from Scotland Yard. Every action of his was CLINICAL.

    In this instance SS not being found together with him was a NEAR MISS. SS with the dancers had left just IN TIME.

    BEMUSED somewhat they had quickly boarded the train which was now in motion. A little while later SS was relaxed - in a 'STRETCH ONES LEG' mood.

    He was soon sleeping and dreaming: The Snangri-la PROPERTY is VALUE FOR MONEY.

    Alas! He woke up SCARY, even as an OBESE guy BELLOWED and woke him up.

    What happened next?

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  5. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 09:07

    15d monumental legend is the def, my understanding.

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  6. Deepak Gopinath2 May 2018 at 09:13

    Found these in Free dictionary

    pins Informal The legs: is steady on his pins.

    (Anatomy) (usually plural) informal a leg

    Informal. a human leg.

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    1. Vasant2 May 2018 at 10:08

      I first encountered pin=leg in a crossword Clue post "My Top Ten Clues of 2015"
      The clue was Times 26295: PIN number?(4,3)
      The answer was Dead Leg

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV2 May 2018 at 10:13

      Your memory is very good particularly in recalling clues.

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    3. Padmanabhan2 May 2018 at 11:40

      +1

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  7. Raghunath2 May 2018 at 09:35

    TWERP was nicely done

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  8. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 09:38

    14a I thght its c&did. Can someone explain the parsing pls.

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    1. Padmanabhan2 May 2018 at 09:56

      Col.'s link explains it. Duke of Exchequer's daughter (his invention) is a torture chamber where one's limbs are painfully stretched.

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    2. Padmanabhan2 May 2018 at 09:57

      Sory- Duke of Exeter.

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    3. Vasant2 May 2018 at 10:10

      A Freudian slip Paddy?

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    4. sree_sree2 May 2018 at 10:22

      Thats what i thought is CD (torture rack stretches both arms and legs, below the waist indicating legs).Col parsing looks charade wp.

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    5. Padmanabhan2 May 2018 at 11:42

      Yes Vasant. Probably always thinking about how to crack ExChequer!

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  9. N Sridhar2 May 2018 at 11:45

    how does throw become bemuse?

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  10. Padmanabhan2 May 2018 at 12:26

    From Free Dic.-
    Verb 1. bemuse - cause to be confused emotionallybemuse - cause to be confused emotionally
    discombobulate, bewilder, throw

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    1. raju umamaheswar2 May 2018 at 13:51

      Throw- to throw out of sync- to bewilder or bemuse.

      In the current Newage lingo: don't throw ! means to spin a yarn, or don't patang udao ! Of course, in the clue, this was not the intention.

      Exchequer does this always in his clues ! He always sends his cheques for a bounce !

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  11. Vasant2 May 2018 at 21:17

    Many Happy Returns Of The Day, Ajeesh. Have a great time Rainmon with lots of fun Kidu.

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