Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Friday, 18 January 2019

No 12526, Friday 18 Jan 2019, Neyartha

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ACROSS
1   Rejoinder leading to a career revival (8) COMEBACK [DD]
5   Very dense metal brought by a communist in trouble can't be ignored (6) OSMIUM {a+cOMMUnISt}*
9   Xi matured after training in the compound (9) ADMIXTURE*
11 Mythili adapts selected characters to make an epic poem (5) ILIAD [T]
12 Clue about a rooster in front of the pilot's compartment (7) COCKPIT {COCK}{TIP<=}
14 Kitchen aid suitable for children not fully capable of stretching (7) UTENSIL {U}{TENSILe}
15 Coerce cinema to whip up a summer treat (3-5,4) ICE-CREAM CONE*
17 They may get a beating in the kitchen before a newly married man makes an American dish (4,8) EGGS BENEDICT {EGGS}{BENEDICT}
20 Sailor tucks into a cut vegetable in order to get to the Canadian province (7) ONTARIO {ON{TAR}IOn}
22 Daughter enters a choppy lagoon in a flat-bottomed boat (7) GONDOLA {GON{D}OLA*}
23 Knight with a newborn returns to get a middle-eastern dish (5) KEBAB {K}{BABE<=}
24 Gives up, we hear, on covering the bistro, as the kitchen head makes a fellow go away for pastries (9)  SEEDCAKES (~cede){SEED}{CA(-f+k)KES)
26 Worker on a sailing ship breaks down the freezer after sending out the last letter (6) REEFER FREEzER*
27 One with a note by the inn in-charge on the nature of certain lines in a meteorological map (8) ISOBARIC {1}{SO}{BAR}{I/C}

DOWN
1   Innings full of missed opportunities? (6) CHANCY [CD]
2   Doing an imitation of batting after participation in a ridiculous gimmick (9) MIMICKING {MIMICK{IN}G*}
3   Container with some strong beers for the auditor (3) BOX (~bocks)
4   Tokens including the right time upset one of the male singers with a specific voice type (13) COUNTERTENORS {COUNTE{R}{T}{ONE<=}RS}
6   Fight after a lapse in the modern rifle mechanism (5,6) SLIDE ACTION {SLIDE}{ACTION}
7   Class of climbers ignoring the advertising from the parties involved in a legal contract (5) IVIES Anno pending (Addendum - prIVIES - See comments)
8   Computer component's circuit pulled up after the couple hacks through a tree to retreat (6) MODULE {M{DUO*}LE<=} Indirect anagram
10 A shot in dim conditions? (8,5) EDUCATED GUESS [CD]
13 A polite word about a follower swimming in a Kazakh river is gratifying (11) PLEASURABLE {PLEAS{URA{B}L}E}
16 Enter building to grab the job of a person developing contacts through social meetings (9) NETWORKER {NET{WORK}ER*}
18 Roadblock erected to smuggle in a storage compartment (6) LOCKER [T]
19 Light year alternative revealed by Charlie to get rid of the far right sentence analyzer (6) PARSEC PARSE(-r+c)C
21 Propose to make a stand (5) TABLE [DD]
25 North-bound German composer gets cut off by a taxi (3) CAB BACh<=

GRID

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43 comments:

  1. Suresh M S18 January 2019 at 07:15

    9A ADMIXTURE (xi matured) anagram
    18D LOCKER (roadbLOCK ERected)
    11A ILIAD (mythILI ADapts)
    15A ICE CREAM CONE (coerce cinema) anagram
    25D CAB (Bach-h in reverse)

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  2. Srinidhi18 January 2019 at 07:30

    4D Tokens including the right time upset one of the male singers with a specific voice type (13)
    Countertenors meaning male singers with a specific voice type
    R is right
    T is time
    reverse(upset) One
    put R T and eno inside counters(tokens)

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  3. Srinidhi18 January 2019 at 07:34

    13D A polite word about a follower swimming in a Kazakh river is gratifying (11)
    Pleasurable meaning gratifying
    B is a follower ( Follower of letter A)
    put B inside Ural(a Kazakh river)
    Then put URA(B)L inside Please (A polite word)

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  4. Srinidhi18 January 2019 at 07:36

    10D A shot in dim conditions? (8,5)
    Educated Guess a cryptic definition. I required a lot of crossing letters to make this educated guess :-)

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  5. Dr. Lakshman Prasad18 January 2019 at 08:36

    2D..Doing an imtation.. anagram of gimmick & in..Mimicking.
    22A..Daughter entrs a choppy lagoon..anagram of lagoon& D... Gondola
    12 A..clue about a rooster..pilot's compartment...Cockpit

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  6. Remy18 January 2019 at 08:39

    1 A comeback-rejoinder- career revival.
    14 A.Utensil U+Tensil-e.U-suitable for children+tensile-e almost stretching.
    23 A Kebab babe+k babe-newborn+ K-Knight.
    22 AC Gondola lagoon+D daughter.
    2 Dn Mimicking - Gimmick+in

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  7. PRASAD RV18 January 2019 at 08:46

    23A K+A+BABY-Y = KABAB

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  8. PRASAD RV18 January 2019 at 08:48

    26A ONTARIO
    (ONION-N+TAR)

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  9. Brajesh18 January 2019 at 08:50

    18d locker from roadblock erected

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  10. Brajesh18 January 2019 at 08:55

    26a reefer freezer - z

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  11. Brajesh18 January 2019 at 08:57

    21d table propose- table

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  12. sree_sree18 January 2019 at 09:00

    18d smuggling reads better IMHO.

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  13. PRASAD RV18 January 2019 at 09:07

    27A ISOBARIC
    I+SO+BAR+IC

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  14. Remy18 January 2019 at 09:08

    17Ac Eggs Benedict.get a beating in the kitchen-Eggs+Benedict-Newly married Man.
    +

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  15. John George18 January 2019 at 09:30

    5ac a communist can't dense metal osmium

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  16. John George18 January 2019 at 09:31

    5ac a communist -can't dense metal osmium

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  17. Brajesh18 January 2019 at 10:15

    6d slide action fight-action,lapse-slide

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  18. Murali18 January 2019 at 10:29

    19D PARSEC =(Light year alternative)
    revealed by C(harlie)
    (to get rid of the far right = place C at the right end)
    (sentence analyzer) = PARSE
    Solution PARSE+C

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  19. John George18 January 2019 at 10:29

    8d A couple duo tree elm computer component MODULE

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  20. Radhamani18 January 2019 at 10:45

    6d.
    Slide action
    Def :modern rifle mechanism.
    Fight=action
    Lapse=slide

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  21. Radhamani18 January 2019 at 10:52

    16d
    Networker.
    Def: a person developing contacts through social meetings.

    Anagram of :enter +work(job)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath18 January 2019 at 10:56

      It's anagram of ENTER over WORK and not plus work

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  22. V.L.SRIDHSRAN18 January 2019 at 10:55

    16d enter to grab work( job)
    Networker

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  23. P. Venkatesan18 January 2019 at 11:06

    24a: SEEDCAKES {CA(-F)(+K)E} IN {SEEDS(=CEDES~(=GIVES UP)} = PASTRIES

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  24. Vasant18 January 2019 at 11:13

    3D Box ~BOCKS(Strong beer of Portugal)

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  25. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore18 January 2019 at 11:27

    7d: ivies(climbers) - c̷ivies(civilians, parties in legal contract)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath18 January 2019 at 13:18

      Advertising = C ?

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    2. Deepak Gopinath18 January 2019 at 14:22

      Spelling is CIVVIES

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao18 January 2019 at 15:16

      I think if the singular is civilian, then the plural is civilians. Civvies means civilian clothes. This is my understanding from dictionary.

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  26. N Sridhar18 January 2019 at 11:52

    1D Chancy

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  27. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore18 January 2019 at 12:12

    1d: chancy(CD)

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  28. Vasant18 January 2019 at 15:01

    7D:(-pr)IVIES.

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    1. Vasant18 January 2019 at 15:14

      Privy meaning A relation of interest or identity between parties. (see privity)

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    2. Deepak Gopinath18 January 2019 at 15:17

      Thanks Vasant

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao18 January 2019 at 15:18

      Apt answer, Vasant. Great solve!

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  29. Vasant18 January 2019 at 17:35

    Was there a theme of food and goodies? Ice cream cones, Eggs Benedict, Kebab, Seed cakes, Box, Table, Utensil.

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