Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 16 May 2018

No 12318, Wednesday 16 May 2018, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Get a result from intruder (11) GATECRASHER {GET+A}* [RA]
9   Northern climb just beginning (7) NASCENT {N}{ASCENT}
10 Note: 1000 left. Railway to start another union (7) REMARRY {REMARk}{RY}
11 Look around essentially grim nest (5) EYRIE {EY{gRIm}E}
12 Method in favour of church somewhat rude (9) PROCEDURE {PRO}{CE}{RUDE*}
13 Royal in time, getting note, will be of like mind (5) AGREE {AG{R}E}{E}
15 Not a chance to back sailor harbouring rare pest (6,3) NORWAY RAT {NO{R}WAY} {TAR<=}
18 A fraction of evil's odd height overwhelming model is destroyed (9) EIGHTIETH {EvIl}{GH{T}IETH*}
21 Bridge part rusts badly (5) TRUSS*
22 Works out homework for schoolchildren (9) EXERCISES [DD]
24 This animal may be seen in many a large zoo (5) NYALA [T] &lit
26 Clear, crafty, can be sat upon (7) RIDABLE {RID}{ABLE}
27 Think! I remove A-Z from the journal! (7) IMAGINE {I}{MAGazINE}
28 Study camp reportedly intended to produce happiness (11) CONTENTMENT {CON}{TENT}{MENT}(~meant)

DOWN
1   Drink again, without AA, regale merrily! (6,3) GINGER ALE {aGaIN+REGALE}* (Correction - {aGaIN}{REGALE}* - See comments
2   Pushed up others carrying a shocking weapon (5) TASER {RES{A}T}<=
3   Very smart to get clip without one person on mountain (9) CLEVEREST {CLip}{EVEREST}
4   Follow aunt and cop fleeing (3,4) ACT UPON*
5   Hide in port (7) HARBOUR [DD]
6   Royal French beloved's fabric (5) RAMIE {R}{AMIE}
7   Repeated our run after female making swishing sound from sari (8) FROUFROU {F}{OUR*}{F}{OUR*}
8   Ditch king in colour (4) DYKE {DY{K}E}
14 Growths of Communists having achieved wage revision (8) RAGWEEDS {R{WAGE*}EDS}
16 At 10, non-English poet gets assistant (9) ATTENDANT {AT}{TEN}{DANTe}
17 Will try a people's model (9) TESTAMENT {TEST}{A}{MEN{T}
19 Oriental bird follows the sea lanes at last (7) EASTERN {thE}{seA}{l..eS}{TERN}
20 Entertainer on French island is inimical (7) HOSTILE {HOST}{ILE}
22 A long time over last book (4) EZRA {E{Z}RA}
23 Like some measures I see following junior reporter (5) CUBIC {CUB}{I}{C}
25 A tree at end of grange is blazing (5) AFIRE {A}{FIR}{g...gE}

GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 37

SS was expected to ACT UPON the instructions given him and he did just that.

The ATTENDANT was not HOSTILE and the PROCEDURE of handing over the envelope was over within minutes.

In a mood of CONTENTMENT he went to the bar in the EASTERN corner of the main dining hall in the restaurant.

He ordered his Irish mule ( Irish whiskey, GINGER ALE and Lime mix).

Soon the restaurant was full including a few GATE CRASHERS. SS could hear the FROU FROU of the RAMIE nylon dresses of Kayal and Lily. 

Soon the stage would be set AFIRE with their dance numbers.

Another clever if not the CLEVEREST move by SS to get right back into his plan.

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22 comments:

  1. P. Venkatesan16 May 2018 at 09:07

    1a: Is 'crasher' from 'result'?
    1d: in think the anno should be
    {aGaIN}{REGALE}*
    4d: Is 'fleeing' an anagram indicator?

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  2. Padmanabhan16 May 2018 at 09:13

    1A- When GET A crashes you get gate. So it is a gatecrasher.
    1D- The way you have put it Gin comes first. So the whole thing is the anagram fodder.
    4D- Yes

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    1. P. Venkatesan16 May 2018 at 09:18

      Thank you.

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    2. Padmanabhan16 May 2018 at 09:24

      Probably you may be right about 1D.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 May 2018 at 09:33

      You are right Venkatesan.
      GIN requires no cocktailing!

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    4. P. Venkatesan16 May 2018 at 10:28

      Thank you KKR.
      Regarding 'fleeing' at 4 down, I have checked earlier crosswords in ths blog and found that Sankalak (1d of THC dated 13.12.2011), Dr. Satyen Nabar (23a of Special Sunday dated 20.8.2017) and WGC IIT(M) (15d of Special Sunday dated 3.5.2015) have used 'fleeing' as deletion indicators. Of course Afterdark has used it as anagrind in his THC dated 15.6.2015 (3 down). Hence my doubt whether it is deletion indicator or anagrind.

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 May 2018 at 11:22

      Fleeing can mean breaking loose or take off. So, as the situation demands, the setter can use.

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    6. P. Venkatesan16 May 2018 at 11:24

      Got it sir.

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    7. Padmanabhan16 May 2018 at 11:35

      Venkatesan,
      You seem to have done a lot of research and home work. Thank you for all the ref.'s. It is always a pleasure to be reminded about old CW's.

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    8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 May 2018 at 12:21

      +1

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  3. Padmanabhan16 May 2018 at 09:15

    With due respect to all setters, doing a Gridman puzzle is like home coming. Lots of 28A.
    Struggled a bit for 6& 7 D and the SW corner.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 May 2018 at 10:07

      +1 For 'home coming!'

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    2. maradnusro16 May 2018 at 15:46

      +1 welcome back. 7d was , in my humble opinion, atypical of Gridman

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  4. Ramani16 May 2018 at 10:55

    + confidence booster

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  5. Vasant16 May 2018 at 12:38

    A Journey And A Crossword.
    Mangalore to Karwar. 8.00 AM. Three colleagues, THC purchased.
    We start off, chit chatting.Pass MRPl, MFCL; stop for fuel. First pass, I get Nascent, Procedure, Agree, Truss, Nyal, Contentment.
    Fuel filled, we pass NIIT Suratkal. Picturesque scenery, coconut tress lined on either side of the road. Backwaters from time to time.
    Kundapur. We stop for tea.I make a stab at the down clues. Taser, Act Upon, Dyke, Attendant, Testament, Eastern, Hostile, Cubic, Afire fall.
    We start again. Batkal. "You know, Yaseen Batkal?"my colleague, who belongs to Manglore and is behind the wheel asks."The blast guy?""Yeah, he belongs to this place..people call Batkal mini Pakistan"."But BJP won from here"
    1A, I mull over the clue..certainly looks a RA..a ha!Gatecrasher! Ginger ale looks like it at 1D..I biff it...shall see the parsing later..cleverest and harbour fall. 10A looks likes Remarry. I ink it..6D..hmm..R?M?E..four letter word for beloved in French..Amie..I ink that..shall conform later.
    Eightieth & Exercises fall. We reach Murudeshwar..Incredible temple on the sea shore..Gopuram(you have to take a lift to reach the top)..Huge statue of Shiva being painted. We have ourselves snapped in front of the Gopuram. 4 copies, laminated..Rs.60 each. We refresh ourselves with fruit juice & start for the final leg.
    5 minutes after start, Norway Rat, Ezra, Ridable, Imagine fall. Grid completed before the journey.

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    1. Chaturvasi16 May 2018 at 13:01

      Very nice.
      I once stayed overnight in Suratkal college hostel when a party of us were taken from place to place while attending a family wedding.

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    2. Padmanabhan16 May 2018 at 13:57

      Vasant,
      Thank you for the nice travelogue. Blog is getting to be more interesting.
      Journey through scenic roads in good company and with a Gridman CW (on paper!) to boot!! You can't ask for more.

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    3. Vasant16 May 2018 at 20:38

      Yes Paddy..couldnt have asked for more..one of the most wonderful drives I've had.

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    4. Vasant16 May 2018 at 20:43

      Didnt knew such workd existed.
      A wonderful stay at Mangluru..meeting Richard...official work nicely done..a few new friends added..a splendid journey with Gridman in company..as you said..what more can one ask?

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 May 2018 at 12:41

    1 Get a result from intruder (11) GATECRASHER {GET+A}*

    I think it could be a Reverse Anagrammed clue?!

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  7. Padmanabhan16 May 2018 at 14:00

    Thanks to Venkatesan's ref. I dug out TH CW No. 10333/ 13.12.2011 by Sankalak and solved again and went through the blog as well (interesting comments though only 14)

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