Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 5 September 2018

No 12414, Wednesday 05 Sep 2018, Scintillator


ACROSS
1   Honey being told to kiss Jack (6) NECTAR (~neck){NEC}{TAR}
4   Northern state worth good change and development (8) UPGROWTH {UP}{WORTH+G}*
9   Union leader's tip: "India — extremely perfect state" (6) UTOPIA {Un..n}{TOP}{IndiA}
10 Question stated without essence, was on shaky grounds (8) QUAVERED {QU}{AVErRED}
12 Look like engineer put together without a son (8) RESEMBLE {RE}{asSEMBLE}
13 Small apartment where artists work (6) STUDIO [DD]
15 Some programmes on TV are so vivid (4) LIVE [DD]
16 Government blocks wife meeting chief in a defence post (10) BRIDGEHEAD {BRID{G}E}{HEAD}
19 Devious show of acrobats entertains one out to have a riot (10) CIRCUITOUS {CIRCU{1}{OUT}*S}
20 Counterfoil carries overruled exceptions (4) STUB<=
23 Opponents long for control button (6) SWITCH {S-W}{ITCH}
25 Target bang for buck in developing North Zone (4,2,2) ZERO IN ON {ROI} in {N+ZONE}*
27 Buildings of education and of abandoned businesses (8) EDIFICES {ED}I{ofFICES} I from?
28 Eg, Sikh touring in Scotland, unsociable (6) SKEIGH*
29 One name for article — only women had to propose? (8) NOMINATE {NO M(1+n-an)AIN}{ATE} Only women should be 'no men' and not 'no man' if my anno is correct
30 A century, and another (century no. 2), right away (2,4) AT ONCE {A}{TON}{C}{cEn...y}

DOWN
1   Court adjourned, somewhat reluctant to be impartial (7) NEUTRAL RELUctANT*
2   Angry about voter being a turncoat (9) CROSSOVER {CROSS}{OVER}
3   A team, over little time, draws nil — they are taken at face value (6) AXIOMS {A}{XI}{O}{MS}
5   Put a stop to publicity (4) PLUG [DD]
6   Engineers examined carefully and faced with masonry (8) REVETTED {RE}{VETTED}
7   Tapped by the police, taking drugs (5) WIRED WIR{E}D Anno pending (Addendum - [DD] - See comments)
8   Remarkably odd, not a hairy animal (7) HYDROID {ODD+HaIRY}*
11 Good understanding of erroneous literacy rate at last dropping (7) CLARITY* LITeRACY
14 Post-promotion, one quits panels delivering justice for charges (7) ADJURES {AD}{JURiES}
17 Old bird stretching wing (9) EXTENSION {EX}{TENSION}
18 Japanese ointment for joint (8) JUNCTION {J}{UNCTION}
19 Tank letting go of a faulty canister (7) CISTERN CaNISTER*
21 Wailing woman to prohibit mostly gullible people (7) BANSHEE {BAN}{SHEEp}
22 Where seer could be lodged? (6) SOCKET [CD]
24 Largely innocent man can be a bull in a china shop? (5) IDIOM {IDIOt}{M}
26 Ran hands over a soft fabric (4) FELT [DD]

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31 comments:

  1. KARTHIK5 September 2018 at 08:41

    7 Dn) DD; tapped by the police / taking drugs

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 September 2018 at 08:43

    wired adjective

    Supplied or secured with wire
    (also wired up) taking drugs (slang)
    In a tense, nervous state (slang)
    Connected to the Internet (informal)

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  3. KARTHIK5 September 2018 at 08:44

    9A) should the anno be {U+TOPI+A}; leader's tip = TOPI; India extremely = A

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 September 2018 at 08:48

    29AC It does not fit in any combination, I felt

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    1. sree_sree5 September 2018 at 09:01

      Logically even a single man rules out only women. Grammatically its said no men.

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    2. sree_sree5 September 2018 at 09:10

      But I took "name for" as I being named for a.

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  5. KARTHIK5 September 2018 at 08:53

    10A) A doubt; Question=Q; how are we getting "U"

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    1. sree_sree5 September 2018 at 09:00

      Question is qu

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    2. KARTHIK5 September 2018 at 09:25

      Is it in usage; Question = QU; I have experienced so far Q for Question

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 September 2018 at 09:29

      If you refer to Chambers, you will find QU for queen and question

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    4. KARTHIK5 September 2018 at 09:36

      Thanks KRK

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  6. sree_sree5 September 2018 at 09:11

    27a even I can't annotate I.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 September 2018 at 09:21

      +1

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    2. Vasant5 September 2018 at 09:33

      Tongue in cheek, Prasad. You can hazard a guess e.g. Building on double duty & EDI=Education Department of India:-)

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    3. sree_sree5 September 2018 at 13:03

      no need for double duty, buildings+building will still be buildings. but is building of education lead to EDI.

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  7. Vasant5 September 2018 at 09:31

    29A:thought it was ok
    Only women=No man
    Only women are allowed; No man is allowed.

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    1. KARTHIK5 September 2018 at 09:34

      I took the anno as
      only women as "NOMEN"
      one for "A"
      name for article as "IT"
      {A+IT+NOMEN}*

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    2. Vasant5 September 2018 at 09:46

      That would be indirect anagram. And Scontillator would never attempt that.

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    3. KARTHIK5 September 2018 at 09:50

      I missed it. Thanks Vasant

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  8. Vasant5 September 2018 at 10:33

    Theme:Words related to Electrical connections.
    Live, CIRCUITous,Switch, Neutral, Crossover,Plug, Wired,Extension, Junction, Socket.

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  9. Scintillator5 September 2018 at 14:41

    Apologies for being selfless @27A - too late to rectify before I found out.

    I thought about 29A and I think "No man" is grammatical: No man has managed to achieve this = Only women have managed to achieved this.

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  10. Padmanabhan5 September 2018 at 16:45

    +1- nice way of putting it.
    Electric CW!

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV5 September 2018 at 19:11

    Plug and play.

    Most of the equipment we buy these days are of the plug and play type.

    All you need is to insert the plug in the socket and switch on the equipment.

    The socket will be wired inside with a neutral and the live wires will be taken inside PVC tubes maybe with some crossovers and in a circuitous route to the main junction.

    One should be cautious while using extension cords.

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  12. Padmanabhan5 September 2018 at 20:22

    More so in India where the voltage is 220 V. People tend to take it easy here with plug in points all over the place underneath tables, dining tables and close to the floor.

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    1. Vasant5 September 2018 at 20:54

      Even in US, where single phase voltage is 110V. Voltages above 50V are dangerous.

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