Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Tuesday, 16 April 2019

No 12601, Tuesday 16 Apr 2019, Gridman


Found Gridman unusually tough today, maybe it's because of many CD/DD's

ACROSS
1   If this clue is solved, it is sacked! (2,3,3) IN THE BAG [DD]
5   Island jumper (6) JERSEY [DD]
9   One is wise not to wear it! (5,3) FOOLS CAP [CD]
10 One wearing it is not necessarily one travelling across water (6) BOATER [CD]
12 Notes it's a head cover (4) SOLA {SO}{LA}
13 Is it stacked on one's head? (10) CHIMNEYPOT [CD] Guessed this because of the theme
15 Bogus violin (6) FIDDLE [DD]
17 Hat for sucker? (5) STRAW [DD]
20 Race to get a hat (5) DERBY [DD]
21 Adore fellow tossing a kind of hat (6) FEDORA {ADORE+F}*
24 Depressed, bent on throwing a Balmoral, perhaps (10) BLUEBONNET {BLUE}{BENT+ON}*
27 Round figure? (4) ZERO [CD]
29 Licence for the French eastern road (6) LEEWAY {LE}{E}{WAY}
30 Get secure protective cover on a hot day (8) HAVELOCK {HAVE}{LOCK}
31 ... when thus a new change may be effected with this (6) SUNHAT {THUS+A+N}* Semi&lit
32 Carries to relatives a fur cap (8) BEARSKIN {BEARS}{KIN}

DOWN
1   Swarm in joyous gathering (6) INFEST {IN}{FEST}
2   Reportedly casts a wide net for cave beings (6) TROLLS (~ trawls)
3   Direction from the sage a straw (4) EAST [T]
4   A party to bring shame (5) ABASH {A}{BASH}
6   Show feeling over volume lifted by the egghead (5) EMOTE {TOME<=}{Egg}
7   Shed tears over rising girl isolated (3,5) SET APART {TEARS}* {PAT<=}
8   Racket over man caught in that place — city of siege (8) YORKTOWN Y{OR}K{TOWN} Anno pending (Addendum - {YO{R{KT}OW}N} - See comments)
11 Hang one member to the finish (6) IMPEND {1}{MP}{END}
14 Designing women's group admits one learner (4) ?I?Y (Addendum - WILY {W}{1}{L}{Y} - See comments)
16 Explain — if it goes in, it would be fixed (6) DEFINE DEFINitE
17 Kind wife, no cheat (4) SORT conSORT
18 Eccentrics not even going to dances (8) ODDBALLS {ODD}{BALLS}
19 German miss in an ireful demonstration (8) FRAULEIN*
22 Took rowers back partially to overhaul (6) REWORK [T<=]
23 This won't allow any change in your interest (4-2) LOCK-IN [CD]
25 Master colours record of reminiscences (5) B?A?A (Addendum - BWANA {BW}{ANA} - See comments)
26 Boost described endlessly (5) ELATE rELATEd
28 Said to expose the animal (4) BEAR (~ bare)

GRID

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43 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 08:42

    Agree with Col.
    Had to wear different hats today.

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  2. Vasant16 April 2019 at 08:47

    25D BWANA
    BW=colours=Black and white?
    Ana=record of reminiscences

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    1. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 08:53

      You are right. I did not know ana. On checking, I got the meaning from Free dic.

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  3. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 08:51

    14D- cheated to get WILY.
    On working back, I could get IL from one learner.
    Wily is cunning/ designing.
    W from women.
    But could not explain Y. From group? X & Y?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 April 2019 at 08:54

      I took group as YWCA=Y
      Chambers supports this. Hope this is what GM desired.

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    2. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 08:57

      I thought X & Y chromosomes.

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    3. sree_sree16 April 2019 at 09:01

      Indian army x,y groups!

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 April 2019 at 08:52

    HATs off GM!
    Stumped me on many clues!

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  5. Shrikanth16 April 2019 at 08:53

    Is 15A missing ?

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  6. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 08:53

    Yes

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  7. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 08:56

    15A- Bogus violin- Fiddle- DD

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  8. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 08:59

    12A- Is it short form of Solar?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 April 2019 at 09:06

      You are right, in the sense that it is incorrectly used as solar!
      Chambers has this meaning too:
      A sun helmet made of sola pith (also, incorrectly, solar)

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    2. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 09:13

      Oh! Thank you, did not know that. I was also thinking it to be solar (to protect from sun)

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  9. Ramki Krishnan16 April 2019 at 09:02

    Racket over man caught in that place — city of siege (8)
    Racket = ROW, man = KT (knight), that place = YON
    ROW around KT, and in YON => YO(R(KT)OW)N

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    1. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 09:04

      Good one Ramki. One of the tougher ones today.

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    2. sree_sree16 April 2019 at 09:06

      Good one. Was stuck at Kt for knight.

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    3. Shrikanth16 April 2019 at 09:06

      +1

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    4. Vasant16 April 2019 at 09:18

      +2

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2019 at 11:43

      I could only go up to 'yon'...Beyond that it was ?????? all the way!

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    6. sree_sree16 April 2019 at 13:20

      I got yon(der) , row and k/n/m for man. Got town from surface. And since its gridman, man had to be KT. And peace.(continuing ref to style of setters).

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  10. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 09:02

    13A- Chimney is called stack & pots are carried on one's head.

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  11. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 09:19

    Is this havelock?

    https://www.google.com/search?q=tennis+cap+worn+by+Lendl&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=vTu1F2mZ8h6SqM%253A%252Cq_zFAkGP5JfK5M%252C_&vet=1&usg=

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  12. Ramani16 April 2019 at 09:32

    I miss usual GM. May be with the intention of making us walk independently in stead of hand-holding every time, he tried to wear a different hat.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 April 2019 at 09:37

      Yes, he can wear several hats!

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    2. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 10:14

      ....with ease. He can switch modes at the drop of a hat!

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  13. kalsri195216 April 2019 at 10:17

    14 down. Wily

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  14. Amita Baviskar16 April 2019 at 15:12

    Yorktown had me stumped. KT for man? Really?
    Also, Bwana and Sunhat. Didn't get those.
    Interesting to see Gridman spring a surprise!

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    1. Vasant16 April 2019 at 16:16

      Man=Chessman, often found in crosswords

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    2. sree_sree16 April 2019 at 17:17

      Kt is the lowest title of a knight.

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    3. Vasant16 April 2019 at 18:33

      I think Kt is symbol in American Chess system. The international chess system abbreviation is N.
      Pawn is P in Am. System while there is no symbol in Int. System. So in American system if Pawn moves to e4 it is written as PK4 whereas in Int system it is written as e4. Similarly for Nf6 in international system, Americans would write KtB3

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    4. Vasant16 April 2019 at 18:34

      Correction KtKB3

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    5. sree_sree16 April 2019 at 20:59

      Very interesting evolution. Kt belongs to descriptive notation in vogue till the algebraic notation came in. Since K was already alloyed for king, knight is kt. N is a relic of a fairy chess piece called NightRider. Surprised no setter has used S for knight.

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  15. Padmanabhan16 April 2019 at 18:54

    I did not know this difference in systems. Thank you. I will look out. Probably Americans in chess faded out after Bobby Fischer.

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    1. Vasant16 April 2019 at 19:32

      Yes. Till date there have been only a few American Chess players. Paul Morphy, the 19th century genius, Marshall(famous for the Marshal attack) & of course Robert Fisher.

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    2. Vasant16 April 2019 at 19:33

      I should have said only a few famous American Chess players.

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    3. Vasant16 April 2019 at 23:50

      Nowadays I seem to forget my openings. Marshal attack is in the Ruy Lopez opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bb5..

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    4. Vasant16 April 2019 at 23:51

      Frank Marshal device his attack against Capablanca..

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