Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

No 12602, Wednesday 17 Apr 2019, Arden


ACROSS
9   Material — one in German plant (7) MULLEIN {MULL}{EIN}
10 Ward off, change rules, keep record (7) REPULSE {R{EP}ULSE*}
11 Position almost on the point of temperature scale (7) RANKINE {RANKINg}{E}
12 Song is perhaps extremely dirty and vile (7) DYNASTY {DirtY}{NASTY}
13 Hand over and fuss about sick animal (9) ARMADILLO {ARM}{AD{ILL}O}
15 The best entry in the literary fest (5) ELITE [T]
16 Model stopped short of strip and torture (7) PARAGON Anno pending (Addendum -{PARe}{AGONy} - See comments)
19 Flyer's bottom covered halfway (7) KESTREL {KE{STReet}EL}
20 Brace for one in two (5) TWAIN {TW{A}IN}
21 In sentence they're linked (5,4) CHAIN GANG [CD]
25 It seems new model goes for long dress (7) APPAREL APPARE(-nt+l)L
26 Appropriate time to be exposed to some money (7) IMPOUND {tIMe}{POUND}
28 Talk about love — I see there is total confusion (7) CHAOTIC {CHA{O}T}{I}{C}
29 Caught it in true performance (7) RECITAL {RE{C}{IT}AL}

DOWN
1   Southern army manoeuvres involve Navy in Turkish port (6) SMYRNA {S}{MYR{N}A*}
2   Meeting seen to be regularly held by choice (6) PLENUM {PL{sEeN}UM}
3   Diner inside, limited entry (4) DELI [T]
4   Counterfeit one in French currency (6) UNREAL {UN}{REAL}
5   Free to go into pistol and jam (8) GRIDLOCK {G{RID}LOCK}
6   Time to hunt, being candid and mature (4,6) OPEN SEASON {OPEN}{SEASON}
7   Cold drink, even beer is more fashionable (8) CLASSIER {C}{LASSI}{bEeR}
8   So, spring is fine (4,4) VERY WELL {VERY}{WELL}
14 Descend or ascend? Greek character has not kept his word (10) DEGENERATE Anno pending (Addendum - {ETA}{RENEGED}<= - See comments)
16 Bread's nice, I will go for peanuts (8) PITTANCE {PITTA}{NiCE}
17 Prepare a set, come back again (8) REAPPEAR*
18 Scrag, spike and string (8) NECKLACE {NECK}{LACE}
22 Collectors' colony (6) APIARY [CD]
23 The upper class in a town have clear vision (6) ACUITY {A}{C{U}ITY}
24 Remove resin from lady's finger, could be very annoying (6) GADFLY {LADYs+FinGer}*
27 Under pressure take a measure (4) PACE {P}{ACE}

GRID

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21 comments:

  1. sree_sree17 April 2019 at 08:33

    14d eta reneged<=

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  2. sree_sree17 April 2019 at 08:38

    16a PARt(AGONy)

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  3. Chaturvasi17 April 2019 at 08:50

    sree_sree Congrats on your annos.
    In 16a, the first component may be PAR[e] (strip)

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  4. Padmanabhan17 April 2019 at 08:53

    Strip can also be part? As in a strip of the whole.

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  5. Padmanabhan17 April 2019 at 08:54

    27d- Ace from A?

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    1. Prasanna Rao17 April 2019 at 15:44

      Thanks Padmanaban sir....I too thinking the same.....sree-sree anno's are outstanding today.

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  6. Padmanabhan17 April 2019 at 08:58

    28A- Typo in anno. T to replace Y.

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  7. Padmanabhan17 April 2019 at 08:59

    Expecting Gridman today.

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  8. ranger17 April 2019 at 09:19

    Chaturvasi@0850 That's what I meant

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  9. Vasant17 April 2019 at 10:04

    This was a wonderful puzzle! Many aha moments. Especially getting Kestrel on WP only, Gridlock and open season from crossings and WP. Biffed Paragon. Rankine from WP. Thanks Arden.

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  10. Amita Baviskar17 April 2019 at 10:06

    Enjoyed this very much! Thank you, Arden.

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  11. Amita Baviskar17 April 2019 at 10:09

    I didn't get Gridlock and Dynasty, and then had that chagrined "of course!" moment when I checked the answers here.

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  12. Col_Gopinath17 April 2019 at 11:06

    At Palakkad for a wedding. Left in a hurry in the morning. Sorry for typos. Will update in the evening as I am driving back to Bangalore to get there in time for voting tomorrow

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  13. raju umamaheswar17 April 2019 at 13:06

    Degenerate —- beautifully constructed . The wordplay is superb.

    27 down. Pace. Another possible clueing for. Under pressure , take a measure could be: (p) inch, but for the connecting word above Impound.


    Enjoyed the grid Arden . Thanks

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  14. Prasanna Rao17 April 2019 at 15:41

    col.sir..22d and 24d..was awesome. glad to know about "Gadfly" during election time. Thank you Arden. however, the word APIARY meant for beehives. in order to collect the honey the word Collector's given in puzzle. please correct me if I am wrong.

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  15. Padmanabhan17 April 2019 at 18:25

    Collectors are bees and their colony is beehive.Hence a CD.

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