Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Sunday, 17 June 2018

Special, Sunday 17 Jun 2018, Raju Umamaheswar


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


ACROSS
1   Notes made on staff (5)
4   Wearable and throwable? (6,3)
9   Pure as the driven snow? yeah. animated heroine! (4-5)
10 Yank a spirit! (5)
11 Palindromically allude?  yes (5)
12 Guns I'll put in vessel (9)
13 Attribute of a writer (7)
15 This crossword is in this tongue (7)
18 Encountered problem with plants in bad weather (7)
20 Snake is done in queen, when clasped (7)
21 An acorn---it can delvelop into a plant (9)
23 One must turn to part of Bible to find him (5)
25 Some carry out handywork for early life (5)
26 Stop administering sodium to insect (9)
27 Support from below bringing European articles forward (9)
28 Visitor expected? so it sounds! (5)

DOWN
1   Villain involved in arms etc? (9)
2   Derisively put away? (5)
3   Fear to gamble after business dispute (9)
4   Group of soldiers ordered to conceal equipment (7)
5   Fight invoilving welter-weights of no importance (7)
6   Force out ace, moving  right to left (5)
7   Sewing kit for home economist (9)
8   Drink tea, say? All right (5)
14 Be persuaded to visit (4,5)
16 Gandering about this pastime (9)
17 Churchmen put in that special decoriation on tomb (9)
19 Such a dancer more violent from 13 across? (7)
20 Peacemakers brought  in to secure hot spot (7)
21 Animal --shy cat--losing mother (5)
22 Sailor on ridng on a horse, losing direction? hate it! (5)
24 Harangue losing half the voters (5)

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76 comments:

  1. Ramani17 June 2018 at 10:33

    16d Gandering about this pastime (9)GARDENING*

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  2. Jayalakshmi arumugam17 June 2018 at 10:37

    13ac ascribe
    a scribe(writer)
    28ac Guest (Guessed)
    22dn abhor ab(sailor) hor(se)

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  3. P. Venkatesan17 June 2018 at 10:37

    28a: guest {~guessed} = visitor

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  4. Ramani17 June 2018 at 10:38

    1D Villain involved in arms etc? (9)MISCREANT*

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  5. Ramani17 June 2018 at 10:39

    26D Stop administering sodium to insect (9)TERMI(NA)TE

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  6. P. Venkatesan17 June 2018 at 10:40

    1d: miscreant {in+arms+etc}* = villain

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  7. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 10:46

    Karthikeyan. send me your email ID

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  8. Vasant17 June 2018 at 10:46

    1D: Miscreant (IN ARMS ETC)*
    1A: Music CD
    2D: Scoff DD

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  9. Vasant17 June 2018 at 10:49

    Making up for 1D
    3D CO WAR DICE

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  10. P. Venkatesan17 June 2018 at 10:49

    21a: carnation {an a corn it}* = plant

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 June 2018 at 10:55

    7D : Sewing kit for home economist (9) HOUSEWIFE {DD}

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  12. P. Venkatesan17 June 2018 at 10:57

    Compensating for 28a
    11a: refer (reading bothways) = allude

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  13. Satyen Nabar17 June 2018 at 11:11

    14D COME ROUND DD

    21D COYPU COY + PU(-ma)

    25A YOUTH (T)

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 June 2018 at 11:12

    15A : This crossword is in this tongue (7) ENGLISH {Easy}
    21A : An acorn---it can delvelop into a plant (9) CARNATION {An acorn---it}*

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  15. P. Venkatesan17 June 2018 at 11:13

    Compensating for 1d
    25a: youth (T) = early life

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  16. selvaganesh17 June 2018 at 11:15

    9A SNOW WHITE

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 11:24

      Selvaganesh, please give the annotation also

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  17. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 11:17

    11A- Refer- Def. allude- palindrome

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  18. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 11:17

    2D- Scoff- CD

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  19. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 11:20

    17A- English- CD

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 June 2018 at 11:28

    My last one in place of 21 Across

    10A : Yank a spirit! (5) FORCE {DD}

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  21. Fraser Simpson17 June 2018 at 11:30

    8D  Drink tea, say? All right (5) “T” + OKAY
    19D Such a dancer more violent from 13 across? (7) TWISTER (2 defs.)
    20D Peacemakers brought  in to secure hot spot (7) S(UN)TRAP

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    1. Vasant17 June 2018 at 11:55

      19D: shouldnt the cross reference clue be 18A instead of 13A?

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    2. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 13:28

      Yes, attribute it to Rajuism!

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    3. raju umamaheswar17 June 2018 at 19:19

      No, 18 across as a TWISTER ( a form of storm- tempest) is my intention-- from the dance genre TWIST as in aao twist Kare !

      I don't confuse my solvers by Rajuisms !

      Sorry for the late response as my guests called over for lunch have just left.

      Hope everyone sees my comments in response.

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    4. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 20:26

      You have not read Vasant's query properly

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    5. raju umamaheswar17 June 2018 at 20:45

      I see it now. He's right. This was an error. Sorry.

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  22. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 11:34

    MB,
    I think 10A needs checking. Does nit tally with crossings.

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  23. P. Venkatesan17 June 2018 at 11:41

    Replacement for 25a:
    12a: Artillery {art(ill)ery} = guns

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  24. Srinidhi17 June 2018 at 11:48

    4A: Wearable and throwable? (6,3)
    Bowler Hat (A Cryptic Definition)
    4D: Group of soldiers ordered to conceal equipment (7)
    Brigade
    Rig(equipment) inside Bade (ordered)
    18A: Encountered problem with plants in bad weather (7)
    Tempest
    Encountered is Met(perhaps a reversal indication is missing?)
    Pest is Problem with plants

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 June 2018 at 11:48

    Correction 10 Across answer.

    10A : Yank a spirit! (5) PLUCK {DD}

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  26. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 June 2018 at 12:10

    DN 6 Force out ace, moving right to left (5) EXPE[-rt+L]
    DN 14 Be persuaded to visit (4,5) COME ROUND DD
    DN 17 Churchmen put in that special decoriation on tomb (9) HAT[CH MEN]T*

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  27. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 June 2018 at 12:12

    20 A SERPENT [ S (ER) PENT ) def : snake
    17 D HATCHMENT ( churchmen - CHMEN inside THAT * )

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  28. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 June 2018 at 12:17

    5 D WRESTLE ( welter* Involving S - WEIGHTS - Weight ? ) def: fight

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  29. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 12:18

    Yet to be solved

    Across - 9(Annotation), 23, 27

    Down - 24

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  30. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 June 2018 at 12:32

    Sub for 17 D
    24 D ORATE ( electORATE , Def: HARANGUE)

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  31. KARTHIK17 June 2018 at 12:33

    23A) ENOCH; cd; character in Bible
    24D) ORATE;
    defn: Harangue voter = electorate and loses first half

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  32. KARTHIK17 June 2018 at 12:36

    27A) UNDERPROP ; european articles UN & DER ; forward = PROP; defn: Support from below

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    1. Col_Gopinath17 June 2018 at 12:38

      Anno not correct

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    2. KARTHIK17 June 2018 at 12:45

      european articles UNDER and comes first (brought forward)
      from below = PROP;
      Defn: support

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    3. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 13:13

      From below is not PROP

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    4. raju umamaheswar17 June 2018 at 19:10

      To prop up up someone from the bottom : Heave-ho ?

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    5. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 20:25

      Sorry I don't agree that from below = PROP

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  33. KARTHIK17 June 2018 at 12:51

    9A) DD
    "animated heroine" and "pure as the driven snow"

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  34. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 13:21

    Anyone has any ideas about PROP in 27A?

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    1. KARTHIK17 June 2018 at 13:56

      Guess "bringing" is carry which is "PROP"
      defn: support from below

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  35. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 13:42

    Would it be Undergrip?

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  36. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 13:45

    No. I think it IS Propounder,with Un & DER brought forward to make it underprop.

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    1. Vasant17 June 2018 at 14:38

      Great cracking Paddy!

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    2. KARTHIK17 June 2018 at 14:51

      however there is an extra "O" for which there is no deletion indicator

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  37. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 13:49

    Propounder is support.

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  38. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 15:03

    Thank you for the special Raju.
    Can we have the annotation for 27A and 9A

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    1. raju umamaheswar17 June 2018 at 19:02

      27 acroto prop underneath; support; uphold. UNDERPROP= Kartikeyan has parsed as above correctly.

      9 across: SNOW WHITE: Again, Kartikeyan has given the annotation correctly. Yeah was used to reassert the defintion.

      Thanks Col for posting the crossie. I am happy there are no Sabhaash nor any bash from any one !

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV17 June 2018 at 19:12

      We like your crosswords and also your baashas.

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  39. KARTHIK17 June 2018 at 15:54

    27A) defn: Support from below
    european articles UN & DER and comes first (brought forward) = UNDER
    bringing is carry which is PROP
    Soln: UNDERPROP

    9A) DD
    "animated heroine" and "pure as the driven snow"
    SNOW WHITE is animated heroine
    as pure as the driven snow is a phrase used to mean entirely pure and as white as the driven snow

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    1. sree_sree17 June 2018 at 17:05

      Prop is a term for Forward (player strum) in rugby.

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    2. sree_sree17 June 2018 at 17:44

      Snow-white:white (pure/chaste/white) as snow ttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow-white

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    3. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2018 at 18:19

      What's the role of 'yeah' in 9A?

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    4. C.G. BHARGAV17 June 2018 at 18:47

      The word 'Yeah' makes me think of a tongawala crying ' Yeah Hey Yeah' to DRIVE the horse.

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  40. C.G. BHARGAV17 June 2018 at 16:36

    DEVELOPMENT ON SUNDAY:

    APROPos the loss of a pearl necklace the PROPrietor of Shangri-la thought it PROPer to report the matter in the Police Station. They advised him to also check with the Lost PROPerty Department. Not finding it there he PROPelled himself to a jewellery shop and bought one. He PROPosed to give it to Rita.
    He secretly gave it to her and said "Remember. NO PROPaganda"
    Then he felt he should one day PROPOSE.

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  41. Padmanabhan17 June 2018 at 17:02

    apPROPriately & PROPerly PROPagated!

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  42. raju umamaheswar17 June 2018 at 19:08

    Col: Every one prefers the Acrosslite and we better revive it ! It is user friendly, unless we adopt any other better software . What exactly went wrong?

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