Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Thursday, 6 December 2018

No 12490, Thursday 06 Dec 2018, Afterdark


ACROSS
9   Army is prejudiced, ignores President and follows military leader (7) MARTIAL {Mi...y}{pARTIAL}
10 Condition of player? Gutted as visibility is restricted by glasses (7) PROVISO {Pl..eR}{O{VIS}O}
11 Fabric can stretch once retaining density (7) SPANDEX {SPAN}{D}{EX}
12 Opening for training lions, train to be caged (7) NOSTRIL {NOS{TR}IL*}
13 Chief doctor, one fixing my heart by therapeutic generation of heat in body (9) DIATHERMY {Do...r}{1}{MY+HEART}*
15 Old-fashioned trouser relaunched outside of US (5) RETRO TROusER*
16 Difficult to restrain a horse that's pale (7) HAGGARD {H{A}{GG}ARD}
19 Died by gunshot, one sent off to prison (7) DUNGEON {D}{GUN*}{ONE*}
20 Cook with cilantro, a standard ingredient (5) ROAST [T]
21 Commentary is against an international organisation leader executed in the past (5-4) VOICE-OVER {V}{OIC}{Ex...d}{OVER}
25 Agitation by British is nonsense (7) BLATHER {B}{LATHER}
26 Viral disease contracted through food containing salmonella primarily; have eggs without yolk (7) MEASLES {MEA{Sa...a}L}{EggS}
28 Positive terminal of battery has carbon, generating heat around centre of the body (7) CATHODE {C}{ATH{bODy}E*} I'm confused
29 Fabric Anne used to cover Kelvin and nurse (7) NANKEEN {NAN{K}E*}{EN}

DOWN
1   Interested getting a leading motorcar: secondhand (6) AMUSED {A}{Mo...r}{USED}
2   Mystery articles seen after a progression of events (6) ARCANA {ARC}{AN}{A}
3   Misled by letters from Bengali educationist (4) LIED [T]
4   Potion can be procured from priest at 10, near Ireland (6) ELIXIR {ELI}{X}{IR}
5   Watchful peon attacked, keys taken from the centre and escaped at the borders (4-4) OPEN-EYED {PEON}*{kEYs}{Es...eD}
6   Demonstration is on Monday by the beach mostly, countering engineering college (10) MONSTRANCE {MON}{STRANd}{EC<=}
7   Ferocious tiger ate a cluster of feathers (8) AIGRETTE*
8   To summarise, first braise with oil, serve with spoon on the side (4,4) BOIL DOWN {Br...e}{OIL}[DO}{W}{s..oN}
14 An idol found on earth (10) HEARTTHROB {EARTH}* [RA]
16 Perhaps a book by writer about a restricted database (8) HARDBACK {H{A}{R}{DB}ACK}
17 Man hires a railway worker with a promise, in legal terms (8) GUARANTY {GU{A}{R}{ANT}Y}
18 Separated man's cover is blown in the end (8) DIVORCEE {DI{COVER*}E}
22 Proof of a man's character fetches name and fame at the end (6) IMMUNE {1}{M}{MU}{N}{famE}
23 One replacing a round in bombardment at Kashmir, perhaps (6) VALLEY V(-o+a)ALLEY
24 Take offence at teens being wayward while crossing road (6) RESENT {R}{TEENS*}
27 Relative paraded at the centre (4) AUNT flAUNTed

GRID

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15 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao6 December 2018 at 08:39

    28AC confusion deepens!
    CATHODE is:
    The negative electrode in an electrolytic cell or electronic valve or tube.
    The positive terminal of a primary cell such as a battery (opp. anode).
    as per dictionaries

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  2. sree_sree6 December 2018 at 08:54

    confusion is because of electric cell vs galvanized cell. technically explained better https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/16785/positive-or-negative-anode-cathode-in-electrolytic-galvanic-cell

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    1. Vasant6 December 2018 at 11:17

      We deal with both daily. By convention Anode is the positive terminal.

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    2. Padmanabhan6 December 2018 at 11:52

      Since current flow inside the battery is the reverse of the circuit, inside the battery the terminals are also reversed. What we conventionally call anode outside of a cell, becomes cathode inside the cell- It could have been more explicit by stating 'inside the battery.'

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    3. Vasant6 December 2018 at 12:04

      It could have been clued as Battery terminal

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  3. sree_sree6 December 2018 at 08:55

    21a i took international:I, organisation leader:CEO executed in OVER.

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    1. Amita Baviskar6 December 2018 at 09:43

      +1

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao6 December 2018 at 10:03

      I think this interpretation is wrong. I don't find justification for E=executed

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    3. Shrikanth6 December 2018 at 10:31

      E for execution doesn't come here. sree_sree's interpretation was V O(I + CEO )VER. That is a possible anno. But I didn't intend that however. On hindsight this one sounds better and 'executed' could have been avoided in the wordplay also.

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao6 December 2018 at 11:04

      Oh, I made a mistake in "execution"! Apologies.

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  4. Padmanabhan6 December 2018 at 11:57

    Anode cathode-
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leclanch%C3%A9_cell
    Read the 2nd line-
    a cathode (positive terminal) of carbon, a depolarizer of manganese dioxide (oxidizer), and an anode (negative terminal) of zinc (reductant).[4][5] The chemistry of this cell was later successfully adapted to manufacture a dry cell.

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  5. Mysteryblogger126 December 2018 at 21:07

    Can you explain 21a - against is v? I got the word. I + CEO + over. But anno not clear. Gowri

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    1. sree_sree6 December 2018 at 21:16

      against:versus is either vs or V. as per col, OIC is an international organisation. "E" leader (of) execution. in the past:OVER.

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  6. Mysteryblogger126 December 2018 at 21:10

    14d also - I couldn't get the anno though I got the word.

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    1. Vasant6 December 2018 at 21:20

      It is a reverse anagram. Earth rearranged with throb as anagram indicator will give you heartthrob.

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