Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

Sunday, 26 August 2018

The Sunday Crossword No 3010, Sunday 26 Aug 2018,


ACROSS
1   Clip showing enclosure in court (4) DOCK [DD]
3   Unite in the morning before gala arranged by friend (10) AMALGAMATE {AM}{GALA*}{MATE}
10 Tense, run away, disgraced (7) STAINED STrAINED
11 Beaming, getting help back in storm (7) RADIANT {RA{AID<=}NT}
12 Settled purpose consuming odd members of sect formerly (9) ENSCONCED {EN{SeCt}{ONCE}D}
13 Texture of wood, small quantity (5) GRAIN [DD]
14 Concise news hardest to broadcast (5,3,5) SHORT AND SWEET*
18 Part of garment, hot in essence, displayed with revolutionary pieces with colour (8,5) SHOULDER STRAP {S{H}OUL} and {PARTS}{RED}<=
20 Month's resistance in westward border area (5) APRIL {R} in {LIP}{A}<=
21 City clubs developed big dream (9) CAMBRIDGE {C}{BIG+DREAM}*
23 Medium possessed by high voice? Be fearful (7) TREMBLE {TRE{M}BLE}
24 Engineers, hurt, turned back (7) REWOUND {RE}{WOUND}
25 Small stations endlessly restricted by crazy plan (10) MASTERMIND {MA{S}{TERMINi}D}
26 Speaker's paid attention to crowd (4) HERD (~heard)

DOWN
1   Inspector meaning to secure quiet deal (8) DISPENSE {DI}{S{P}ENSE}
2   Tea, very large order? On the contrary (5) CHAOS {CHA}{OS}
4   Restorative lunch perhaps disrupted by gambling? Not good (9) MEDICINAL {ME{DICINg}AL}
5   Sensational line, universal and clear (5) LURID {L}{U}{RID}
 Ready to fight in war, grandad gets agitated (2,7,5) AT DAGGERS DRAWN*
7   A place equipped for experiments on flower and stone (9) ALABASTER {A}{LAB}{ASTER}
8   Area covered by text entirely (6) EXTENT [T]
9   Wild about online troublemaker, a bully initially protected by relative (14) UNCONTROLLABLE {UNC{ON}{TROLL}{A}{Bully}LE}
15 Terrible bores with poetry lacking energy as commentators (9) OBSERVERS {BORES*}{VERSe}
16 Smoother southern group in front of club (5,4) STEAM IRON {S}{TEAM} {IRON}
17 Declines, upset, to accept advance? Brilliant (8) SPLENDID {DIPS<=} over {LEND}
19 Outlaw thanks farm finally for fowl (6) BANTAM {BAN}{TA}{farM}
21 Stuff including English dairy product (5) CREAM {CR{E}AM}
22 Put out party treat (5) DOUSE {DO}{USE}

GRID

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