Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Thursday, 7 February 2019

No 12543, Thursday 07 Feb 2019, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Cryptologist producing deco? (11) CODEBREAKER {DECO}* [RA]
9   One making charges is apparently a bank client (7) ACCUSER {A}{CC}{USER} CC/Bank?
10 Try to find one maiden — sweet! (7) IMPEACH {1}{M}{PEACH}
11 Eminence is back for parts of statues (5) TORSI {TOR}{IS<=}
12 Old king not beginning to idolise guiding influence (9) TUTORSHIP {TUT}{wORSHIP}
13 Saucy dance? (5) SALSA [CD]
15 Brainy parts of engineers in basement not fully taken (9) CEREBELLA {CE{RE}{BE}LLAr}
18 At 10, new call comes round: "Supply being limited" (9) RATIONING {R{AT}{10}{N}ING}
21 A French child gets a French article from relative (5) UNCLE {UN}{C}{LE}
22 Attack trembling Sheikh before child (no son) and get a lift (9) HITCHHIKE {HIT}{CH}{sHEIK}*
24 Where i led Hindu leader deviously (5) DELHI {I+LED+Hi..u}*
26 Diligently and endlessly decorate British soldier of yore (7) REDCOAT DECORATe*
27 Fugue passages produce titters inappropriately (7) STRETTI*
28 Supports holding Indian woman model in areas of shady activities (11) BACKSTREETS {BACK{STREE}{T}S}

DOWN
1   Punitive person is more refined outside (9) CHASTISER {CHAST{IS}ER}
2   Room style of French company registrar (5) DECOR {DE}{CO}{R}
3   Endless culinary action with fuss — it's torture (9) BASTINADO {BASTINg}{ADO}
4   Having no regular course, the man goes round pest (7) ERRATIC {ER{RAT}IC}
5   A couple of knights, in better shape, force out wool worker (7) KNITTER {KNi...s}{fITTER}
6   Complainer not good, readier to pick (5) RIPER gRIPER
7   Universal chat Clio prepared (8) CATHOLIC*
8   Composer out to wield an axe (4) CHOP CHOPin
14 Saying no leader's giving room to manoeuvre (8) LATITUDE pLATITUDE
16 Robber's not soft, big one making mistakes (9) BLUNDERER (-p+b)BLUNDERER
17 Indian couples follow last word in facilities (9) AMENITIES {AMEN}{I}{TIES}
19 Absurd, scholar being kept out of a kind of vocabulary (7) IDIOTIC IDIOmaTIC
20 Surmises Indian mentor leaves Russian jumbles without head (7) GUESSES {GUru}{mESSES}
22 Star finds that woman objecting initially (4) HERO {HER}{Ob...g}
23 Some drab mob hawking retrograde weapon (1-4) H-BOMB [T<=]
25 Not in the dark about metric measure (5) LITRE {LIT}{RE}

GRID

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36 comments:

  1. sree_sree7 February 2019 at 08:34

    Cc:cash credit, a form of loan account

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    1. Gita7 February 2019 at 08:37

      How is that a Bank?

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    2. sree_sree7 February 2019 at 08:38

      Cc user is a "bank client"

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    3. sree_sree7 February 2019 at 08:40

      Anno: a (cc user)

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    4. Ramki Krishnan7 February 2019 at 08:47

      Chambers gives ACC as abbreviation for ACCOUNT, so I took it as account user :)

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    5. Chaturvasi7 February 2019 at 08:49

      Ramki is absolutely correct and has read my mind perfectly.

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    6. sree_sree7 February 2019 at 09:15

      +1 ramki. I mistook a. But isn't there a diff between holder and user. Technically holder is the client. Not all users are clients.

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    7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao7 February 2019 at 09:26

      I am afraid it still is confusing. I agree client is USER.
      But how is Bank=Account=ACC?

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    8. Chaturvasi7 February 2019 at 10:25

      bank client = acc. user

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    9. sree_sree7 February 2019 at 10:43

      Then it requires a Warrier!

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    10. Kolluru Koteswara Rao7 February 2019 at 10:47

      Ok, I have come across account-holder as bank client. This is new usage.
      What do we call this clue type?

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    11. Vasant7 February 2019 at 10:50

      It is a charade, isn't it?
      Acc+user with a break and abbreviation.

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    12. Bhavan7 February 2019 at 12:01

      While we are trying to fit annos, may be the answer could be taken as - a cc(credit card) user

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    13. Chaturvasi7 February 2019 at 16:06

      This is really a nice suggestion.

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  2. Deepak Gopinath7 February 2019 at 08:43

    As of this morning I have received 24 submissions towards the Anniversary Special. Solutions can still be sent, as cut off time is end of day on Friday 08Feb

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  3. Vasant7 February 2019 at 10:48

    There were some unusual words (Bastinado, Stretti, Cerebella) but the WP was so clear, didn't have any problems to get them.
    Thank you Gridman for an enjoyable puzzle.

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  4. Padmanabhan7 February 2019 at 11:28

    But I thought cerebella (plural of cerebellum) was not that new.

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  5. Padmanabhan7 February 2019 at 11:30

    Col. to take a look at late entries in yesterday's blog.

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    1. Col_Gopinath7 February 2019 at 11:46

      If it's regarding Mysterblogger, I've seen them

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  6. Col_Gopinath7 February 2019 at 11:47

    Paddy your submission for the anniversary CW is awaited

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    1. Padmanabhan7 February 2019 at 12:35

      I am 2 short Col. Trying to figure it out.
      Yes, it is about the mystery blogger.

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  7. Bhavan7 February 2019 at 12:00

    I hope CV sir does not mind if I spark a debate.

    In my opinion 1Ac illustrates why nouns as anagram indicators do not really work.

    To produce 'deco', 'code' is either 'breaking' or 'broken'. But not 'breaker'. Which is why adjectives and verbs are probably better suited (to me anyway).

    Thoughts?



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    1. Vasant7 February 2019 at 14:54

      I read somewhere that nounal anagrinds should never be used but of late I see them very frequently.

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    2. sree_sree7 February 2019 at 15:24

      my view "ek ? , sau ..... maaf". but it really should be looked from the point of average solver on how teasing it is for him. As long as it is not aimed at defeating the solver, such playfulness maybe OK. like this one, cryptoloGIST, deco-> code looking for RA word break automatically takes to breaker. Unless ofcourse I am not counted in the average block

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    3. Padmanabhan7 February 2019 at 15:52

      You are not definitely counted in the average block! Far above it.
      Sometimes you get annos not thought of by the setter himself.

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    4. Chaturvasi7 February 2019 at 16:10

      Bhavan, I am never averse to solvers raising questions on clues.
      Yes, 'breaker' may not be the aptest anag signal here.
      I may not have thought too hard.

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  8. Padmanabhan7 February 2019 at 12:40

    I feel you have a valid point about aninds.

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  9. N Sridhar7 February 2019 at 12:43

    8D- How does 'out to weild an' result in deletion of 'in' please

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  10. sree_sree7 February 2019 at 12:47

    out= not in

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  11. N Sridhar7 February 2019 at 12:58

    ok thanks

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  12. Vips7 February 2019 at 13:38

    Can anyone plz explain anno of 1ac? Not able to understand.Thanks.
    #newbie

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    1. Vasant7 February 2019 at 15:02

      It is a reverse anagram:code when broken gives deco.. See comments of Bhavan@12:00

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    2. Chaturvasi7 February 2019 at 18:48

      On second thoughts, codebreaker may be read/seen as code breaker. A breaker is a wave that dashes on a rock and splashes. It falls as DECO.

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    3. Vasant7 February 2019 at 21:47

      Still a noun Sir.

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    4. Chaturvasi8 February 2019 at 01:37

      My view is that every nounal anag signal may not be dismissed. Codebreaker clearly leads to breaker of code or even breaker of [a] code.
      Trap of rule-breaker may lead to LURE.
      Music of stone-breaker to NOTES.
      Instrument of lawbreaker to AWL.
      I won't use say moonbreaker as the expression does not exist and there cannot be such a person - breaker of moon.

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  13. Amita Baviskar7 February 2019 at 18:03

    Gridman is the best! Concise, elegant clues and interesting words. Thank you.

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