Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Friday, 19 April 2019

No 12604, Friday 19 Apr 2019, Arden


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ACROSS
1   Ferreting away wild shrub (9,4) WAYFARING TREE*
10 Steps are not long in summer, perhaps (5) ADDER lADDER
11 Playing test, India is the most exquisite (9) DAINTIEST*
12 Consume from bottom to top, reject hot food in the city (9) EDINBURGH {(+e)EDIN(-e)}{H+GRUB<=}
13 Recollect a song? Name is "horny beast" (5) NYALA {A}{LAY}{N}<=
14 Plane on rail, get the drift? (7) MIGRATE {MiG}{RATE}
16 Prickly pear becomes utopian (7) OPUNTIA*
18 Stew about how the German trailed behind (7) CHOWDER {C}{HOW}{DER}
20 Proof to resolve where the shouting comes from (7) ROOFTOP*
22 Said to be an old stunt (5) ANTIC (~ antique)
24 Rain on grass, odd rain creates a medley (9) POTPOURRI {POT}{POUR}{RaIn}
26 Stop print — true/false (9) INTERRUPT*
27 Lost direction? Don't get colder (5) ICIER dIRECtIon*
28 Click a selfie, Ken (3,3,7) GET THE PICTURE [DD]

DOWN
2   Liberal in supplementing, spoiling it (7) ADDLING {ADD{L{ING}
3   Revolutionary spirit, endless spirit (9) FIREBRAND {FIRE}{BRANDy}
4   Jockey's claws, as they say (5) RIDER (~ clause = RIDER)
5   Another hour, begin with one next to you (9) NEIGHBOUR*
6   Big man in a small function, drinking vermouth (5) TITAN {T{IT}AN}
7   May be neat, on being included (7) ELEGANT {E{LEG}ANT*} Semi&lit
8   "Wet shoe? Get a wiper", you're told (5,8) WATER MOCCASIN {WATER}{MOCCASIN} (~ viper)
9   I sup over a takeaway dish (5,2,6) STEAK AU POIVRE {I+SUP+OVER+A+TAKE}*
15 Working parent will quarrel regularly about transport (9) ENRAPTURE {PARENT*}{qUaRrEl}
17 Treated our people here, it's difficult to get a specialist (9) UROLOGIST {OUR*}{LOG}{ITS*}
19 Musical group exposed, better after a month (7) OCTETTE {OCT}{bETTEr}
21 Hunter's mistake, breaking rank (7) TERRIER {T{ERR}IER}
23 Dolly takes a small weight (5) CARAT {CAR{A}T}
25 African king, accepted in Spain (5) TUTSI {TUT}{SI}

Reference List

Song = LAY, Plane = MiG, Rail = RATE, About = C, The (In german) = DER, Grass = POT, Function = TAN, Vermouth = IT, On = LEG(Side in cricket), People (In Hindi) = LOG, Dolly = CART, Accepted (In Spanish) = SI

GRID

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47 comments:

  1. Srinidhi19 April 2019 at 07:33

    1A Ferreting away wild shrub (9,4)
    Wayfaring Tree-Shrub
    Anagram(wild) of Ferreting Away
    8D "Wet shoe? Get a wiper", you're told (5,8)
    Water Moccasin- a type of Viper -homophone(you're told) of Wiper
    Water-Wet
    Moccasin- a type of shoe, hence the question mark(?)
    9D I sup over a takeaway dish (5,2,6)
    Steak au Poivre-dish
    Anagram( away from takeaway) of I Sup Over A Take

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  2. Brajesh19 April 2019 at 07:43

    20a rooftop from proof to anagram

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  3. Remy19 April 2019 at 07:55

    11 a daintiest-Exquisite-Test+India-anag.
    16 a Oountia-prickly pear.Anag of utopian.
    20 a rooftop ANAG of proof to.Shouting from rooftop.
    24 a potpourri-Medley.rain - pour,Grass-pot,odd rain -ri=pot+pour+Ri-
    17 d Urologist- Specialist.our-uro+log-people,+it's.-ist.

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  4. Remy19 April 2019 at 07:59

    Compensating for 20 a
    21 d Terrier-hunter dog.err-mistake,rank-tier.err+tier=terrier

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    1. Deepak Gopinath19 April 2019 at 08:19

      Please give anno correctly ERR+TIER will be ERRTIER

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    2. Nadathur Rajan19 April 2019 at 13:52

      ERR in TIER = T(ERR)IER (hunter)
      breaking - content indicator

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  5. Jayalakshmi arumugam19 April 2019 at 08:22

    10ac adder ladder-l
    16ac opuntia (utopian)*
    1ac wayfaring tree (ferreting away)*
    11ac daintiest (test india)*

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  6. Ganesan Pancharatnam19 April 2019 at 08:23

    15. Working parent will quarrel regularly about transport
    Parent* + qUaRrEl = enrapture

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  7. Jayalakshmi arumugam19 April 2019 at 08:25

    4dn rider
    claws (clause-rider)

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  8. Ganesan Pancharatnam19 April 2019 at 08:27

    16. Prickly pear becomes (utopian)* = opuntia

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  9. Remy19 April 2019 at 08:29

    Sorry Sir,It should be t(err)ier.

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  10. Brajesh19 April 2019 at 08:30

    5d neighbour. Anagram of begin +hour

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  11. Ganesan Pancharatnam19 April 2019 at 08:33

    10. Steps are not long in summer, perhaps .= (l)ADDER

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  12. Ganesan Pancharatnam19 April 2019 at 08:42

    28. Click a selfie, Ken
    Get the picture (CD)

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  13. Padmanabhan19 April 2019 at 08:46

    Is it a CD?

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  14. Ganesan Pancharatnam19 April 2019 at 08:48

    My last one
    26. Stop print — true/false
    (Print true)* = interrupt.
    False anag. Indicator

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  15. Balaji19 April 2019 at 08:53

    14A. Plane on rail, get the DRIFT. MIGRATE. {MIG}{RATE}
    18A. STEW about how the German trailed behind. CHOWDER. {C}{HOW}{DER}
    2D. Liberal in supplimenting, SPOILING IT. ADDLING. {ADD{Liberal}ING}
    3D. REVOLUTIONARY spirit, endless spirit. FIREBRAND. {FIRE}{BRANDy}

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  16. Brajesh19 April 2019 at 08:59

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  17. Balaji19 April 2019 at 08:59

    23D. Dolly takes a SMALL WEIGHT. CARAT. {CAR{A}T}

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  18. Brajesh19 April 2019 at 09:03

    11 a Edinburgh h from hot consume- dine and food - grub so Ana gram of dine grub and h

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    1. Vasant19 April 2019 at 09:10

      Please check anno. I thought the Cryptic instruction was very clear in this clue

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  19. B N Acharya19 April 2019 at 09:33

    12A ANTIC (stunt) Antique -old

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  20. B N Acharya19 April 2019 at 09:36

    19D OCTETTE-musical group OCT-month ETTE- better exposed (first and last letters removed)

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  21. B N Acharya19 April 2019 at 09:38

    25D TUTSI-African TUT -King; SI yes in spanish

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  22. sashi19 April 2019 at 10:46

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    1. Deepak Gopinath19 April 2019 at 11:15

      Your comment has been removed as no annotation has been given

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  23. Prasanna Rao19 April 2019 at 10:47

    5d) Another hour, begin with one next to you (9) = Anagram of HOUR+BEGIN..NEIGHBOR.
    11a) Playing test, India is the most exquisite (9)= Test + India....Daintiest.
    Today's puzzles I feel quite tough.

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  24. B N Acharya19 April 2019 at 11:19

    13A NYALA N (A LAY) <---

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  25. Padmanabhan19 April 2019 at 11:23

    Anno for 12A-
    Consume- Dine
    Bottom to top- EDIN
    Reject food- GRUB=<
    Hot-H
    EDIN BRUG H

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    1. Padmanabhan19 April 2019 at 12:20

      I made a typo. It is EDIN BURG H.
      H will come at the end, isn't it?

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    2. sree_sree19 April 2019 at 13:05

      Yes. (+e)din(-e) hgrub<=.

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  26. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 April 2019 at 11:30

    7Dn : ELEGANT {LEG in NEAT*}....ON : Leg side in cricket.

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  27. Deepak Gopinath19 April 2019 at 11:49

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 27
    Down - 6

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  28. RameshJ19 April 2019 at 11:51

    27a icier ( direction- don't*)

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    1. Padmanabhan19 April 2019 at 12:23

      Good one.
      "Direction lost don't" would be the prose order/ I mean explanation.

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    2. sree_sree19 April 2019 at 13:19

      Direction* = don't +(get) icier(cold)

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  29. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 April 2019 at 11:56

    6DN T[IT]AN
    small function= TAN [as in maths]
    IT=Italian vermouth

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  30. Padmanabhan19 April 2019 at 12:21

    I was wondering how vermouth became IT. Thank you.

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  31. Anonymous19 April 2019 at 13:49

    10A. ADDER ... Steps = Ladder; LADDER-L as it says ( not long) = Summer

    11A. DAINTIEST ...anag. of Test India

    16A. OPUNTIA.... Anag. Oh Utopian

    20A. ROOFTOP... Anag. Of Proof to

    17D. UROLOGIST... Treated OUR + People ( LOG in Hindi here (in India)+ its

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