Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 28 November 2018

No 12483, Wednesday 28 Nov 2018, Vulcan


ACROSS
1   Temper tantrums one displayed in matches (11) TOURNAMENTS*
8   Dispose of mobile phone, say (4) SELL (~cell)
9   Single shoe, one without the second in store (5-5) STAND-ALONE {S{sTore}ANDAL}{ONE}
10 It's wound in gold, by the way (6) OBITER {O{BITE}R}
11 Stopped to embrace in bed (7) BLOCKED {B{LOCK}ED}
13 To be always within a certain limit? At no time (9) NEVERMORE N{EVER}MORE Anno pending
15 Rowdy perhaps would demand this (5) DOWRY* Semi&lit
16 Group having tea at home (5) CHAIN {CHA}{IN} 'Secure' yesterday is 'Group' today!!
18 Fungus that's rare maybe (9) EARTHSTAR*
22 Politician appearing in real time broadcast (7) TRUMPET {TRU{MP}E}{T}
23 Mistakes uncommon, rare with army (6) ERRATA {RARE}*{TA}
26 This drug, Ecstasy, starting to react, must hurt badly (5,5) TRUTH SERUM {E+React+MUST+HURT}*
27 Composition of top users (4) OPUS [T]
28 Took advantage of a disciple, tantric leader a phoney (11) CAPITALISED {A+DISCIPLE+Ta...c+A}*

DOWN
1   Rock artist's outro in high voice (7) TREMBLE [DD?]
2   Section kept/left dark (5) UNLIT {UN{L}IT}
3   No way this drink is a remedy (7) NOSTRUM {NO}{ST}{RUM}
4   Hostile, say (4) MEAN [DD]
5   Head led out after salute (6) NODDLE {NOD}{LED*}
6   Indecent American, a social misfit basically (9) SALACIOUS {A+SOCIAL}*{US}
7   Engage target listener (6) ENDEAR {END}{EAR}
12 Indian rebel leader held during protest (5) GROAN {G{Re..l}OAN}
14 Mysterious one with magnetic waves (9) ENIGMATIC {1+MAGNETIC}*
17 Capital of Hungary, a fine city (6) HARARE {Hu...y}{A}{RARE}
19 Either Malibu is somewhat hot or warm (7) THERMAL [T]
20 A perfect time to enter and surprise (7) ASTOUND {A}{S{T}OUND}
21 Raises after one takes 6 games! (4,2) SETS UP [DD]
24 Heritage roads announced (5) ROOTS (~routes)
25 Daring rituals that display courage (4) GRIT [T]

GRID

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24 comments:

  1. sree_sree28 November 2018 at 08:38

    1d IMU, (artists) outdo:portion of music:m in treble. rock is def.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath28 November 2018 at 08:43

      Where did you get 'outdo' from?

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    2. sree_sree28 November 2018 at 08:47

      Sorry typo. (Typing from mobile). Its outro.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 November 2018 at 08:53

      I can't agree Prasad.
      Outro is the concluding part of music. So, we should be considering C rather than M

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    4. Vasant28 November 2018 at 11:23

      Outro is piece of music. so M inside Treble. Rock is the definition

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 November 2018 at 11:53

      It is not only a piece of music. It could be the concluding section of some music, TV or radio programme, game, etc.

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 November 2018 at 08:52

    13AC I felt it is:
    N+EVERMORE
    to be always=evermore
    limit[edge] of certain=N

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    1. sree_sree28 November 2018 at 08:54

      +1 but couldn't anno how n gets in front.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 November 2018 at 09:00

      It is A on B or vice versa

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    3. sree_sree28 November 2018 at 09:43

      I have a doubt on the def. Nevermore is never anymore or never again, which means not repeating. At no time implies not even once! Do they mean same?

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  3. Padmanabhan28 November 2018 at 08:58

    Could it be a DD?

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  4. Padmanabhan28 November 2018 at 09:00

    I have a doubt about 21D-
    6 games is A set- how can we get 'sets'?

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    1. sree_sree28 November 2018 at 09:04

      The set is over(up) after anyone takes 6 games in a row.

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    2. Col_Gopinath28 November 2018 at 09:13

      It has to be in a row. Not necessarily just 6 games. At 6-5 the set is not yet over

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 November 2018 at 09:21

      Not even six games can give you set. It can be 10-8 to win

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    4. sree_sree28 November 2018 at 09:31



      I am not clear on the "necessary and sufficient" rule yet. I only pointed out on how to read sets up.

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    5. Padmanabhan28 November 2018 at 10:00

      KKR,
      10-8 is not in a set- it is the (deciding) match tiebreak. A set is either 6-4 or 7-5.
      My quwation was how A set become sets?

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    6. sree_sree28 November 2018 at 10:17

      That way even 7-5 is a tie breaker. The rule is 6 in 10 serves. At 5-5 its a tie and whatever follows is a tiebreaker.

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    7. Deepak Gopinath28 November 2018 at 16:30

      6-0 is a set

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  5. Satyen Nabar28 November 2018 at 09:32

    13A Hi! I think setter's intention is ...To be always within a certain limit? = Never More. (When one is 'Always within a certain limit', one is 'Never beyond a certain limit' i.e Never More)
    At no time = direct defn.

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  6. VDS Prasad28 November 2018 at 10:30

    1A. For a while I took 'temper tantrums' as the definition but of course soon realised it is an anagram of 'tantrums one'. A great clue! Thank you, Vulcan.

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