Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Saturday, 27 April 2019

No 12611, Saturday 27 Apr 2019, Incognito


Across

1. Baron not having stuff to colour leather (8) BLACKING {B}{LACKING}
5. Free-wheels  // in lands next to sea (6) COASTS (DD)
10. Sanskrit aphorism formulated by ultras without learning (5) SUTRA {UlTRAS*}
11. Indian warrior king's headgear retained in your area in the beginning (9) KSHATRIYA {K}{S}{HAT}{Retained}{In}{Your}{Area}

12. Covet a mad bird or missile (6) AVOCET {COVET+A*}

13. A type of wheel that controls cattle in Germany (8) STEERING {STEER}{IN}{G}
15. Pen with custom (5) WRITE {W}{RITE}
17. Everyone following Western tabloid get interior decoration material (9) WALLPAPER {W}{ALL}{PAPER}
19. Oxidise an egg before cross young army officer has tea brewed (9) OXYGENATE {O}{X}{Y}{GEN}{TEA*}
20. Classification date was mechanically written (5) TYPED {TYPE}{D}
21. Final pant before croaking? (4,4) LAST GASP (CD)
23. Napping general swallowed by snake (6) ASLEEP {AS{LEE}P}
27. Top person to look after (6,3) NUMBER ONE Anno not clear See comments
28. Smell of a gypsy (5) AROMA {A}{ROMA}
29. Splotches spoilt satin skirt at first (6) STAINS {SATIN*}{Skirt}
30. Top Gun pilot's // loose cannon? (8) MAVERICK (DD)

Down

1. Arabs travel to this port (5) BASRA {ARABS*}
2. Writer with sex appeal has unknown power (9) AUTHORITY {AUTHOR}{IT}{Y}
3. Rogue knight's holding part of a church (5) KNAVE {K}{NAVE}
4. Weapon United Kingdom hid in the north east (4) NUKE {N{UK}E}
6. Place the ball is kept when taking a penalty kick // then and there (2-3-4) ON-THE-SPOT (DD)
7. Technological fantasy movie created by the Supreme Court of India and the Film Institute initially (3-2) SCI-FI {SCI}{Film}{Institute}
8. Flabbergasted by // unsteady movement (9) STAGGERED (DD)
9. Caucasian fibs while telling diplomatic untruths (5,4) WHITE LIES {WHITE}{LIES}
14. Hops wildly after hard work in a bad working environment (9) SWEATSHOP {SWEAT}{HOPS*}
15. Court daughter with money and ultimate poems in forests (9) WOODLANDS {WOO}{D}{L}{AND}{poemS}
16. Washington's first lady's initially rustic and raw (9) EVERGREEN {EVE}{Rustic}{GREEN}
18. Sprinkle on a seasoned sausage (9) PEPPERONI {PEPPER}{ON}{I}
22. Mambas lost initial momentum and danced this dance (5) SAMBA {MAmBAS*}
24. Wager  // an anti vampire weapon (5) STAKE (DD)
25. Lark played in a renovated National Park (5) PRANK {N+PARK*}
26. Cheese found wrapped in taffetas (4) FETA (T)

Reference List
Baron=B, Learning=L, King=K, Germany=G, With=W, Western=W, Egg=O, Cross=X, Young=Y, Army officer=Gen, Date=D, General=Lee
Sex appeal=It, Unknown=Y, Knight=K, United Kingdom=UK, North=N, East=E, Supreme Court of India=SCI, Daughter=D, Money=L(Pounds), First lady=Eve, A=I (A=One=I)

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27 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan27 April 2019 at 08:37

    27A: I think the reference is to the idiom "Look after number one"

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    1. Kishore27 April 2019 at 08:38

      Correct, Ramki

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    2. sree_sree27 April 2019 at 09:32

      I just took number as the other number (one under anaesthetic)!

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  2. Kishore27 April 2019 at 08:37

    Friends, I will respond to you in the evening as I am going out of town. In the meantime, please do check out yesterday's comments on the theme of that puzzle

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  3. Padmanabhan27 April 2019 at 08:57

    I had a doubt about 'Evergreen' w.r.to Washington in 16D. I tried to find it in the given link, but could not. On googling, I found this-
    It is the only state named for a president. Washington was nicknamed “The Evergreen State” by C.T. Conover, pioneer Seattle realtor and historian, for its abundant evergreen forests. The nickname was adopted by the Legislature in February, 1893.

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  4. Padmanabhan27 April 2019 at 09:00

    It's not just a hat trick
    But much more!
    Ask for more and you
    Will not be punished any more
    Dil mange more!

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    1. Kishore27 April 2019 at 15:53

      By the way, Paddy, more is just watered down thayir ;)

      For hat trick, refer to 11a

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  5. Padmanabhan27 April 2019 at 09:08

    I was held up a bit in SE corner- Prank & Aroma. Was toying with odour which I could not of course parse and trying to take only NP from National Park.

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  6. Padmanabhan27 April 2019 at 09:08

    Thank you Ramesh for the excellent blog.

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  7. sree_sree27 April 2019 at 09:31

    11a headgear(crowns/covering) is a letter pick indicator. K&s are not individual components, IMU.

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  8. Chaturvasi27 April 2019 at 09:42

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  9. raju umamaheswar27 April 2019 at 09:59

    CV. YES , if you Say So ! Si, Senor

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  10. Padmanabhan27 April 2019 at 10:07

    I had my doubt too about S. But Raju has provided so many!

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  11. D N M Rao27 April 2019 at 10:33

    Incognito comes with a thin veil today.

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    1. Kishore27 April 2019 at 15:55

      You mean you can see through it 😱

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    2. D N M Rao27 April 2019 at 19:55

      Deciphering has not been that difficult.

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  12. Chaturvasi27 April 2019 at 10:55

    Sorry. I am revising the above comment (since deleted) more carefully.
    11. Indian warrior king's headgear retained in your area in the beginning (9) KSHATRIYA {K}{S}{HAT}
    In surface reading 's is possessive.
    In wordplay it is 'is'.
    in the setter's wp, we are required to ignore the apostrophe and take s as part of charade.
    This is peculiar. Not sure if it is OK.

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  13. Amita Baviskar27 April 2019 at 10:59

    Enjoyed this! Thank you, Incognito.

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    1. Kishore27 April 2019 at 15:54

      Thanks, mam

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    2. Kishore27 April 2019 at 15:57

      Btw, if you know Hindi or Konkani, please have a go at my (with a friend) puzzles at Crossword Unclued.

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  14. Chaturvasi27 April 2019 at 11:37

    Off topic
    Amita Baviskar: Re a sentence in my Comment the other day.
    From your Comments here over all these days, I could guess you are a well-educated person.
    I was merely writing that a certain word would be in the knowledge of an educated person.
    It was never my intention to suggest that it was not known to you.
    Yet if the written sentence came across that way, I am sorry.
    I did know that you were objecting to the use of the word because in your opinion it was none-too-common.
    While I encourage Indian references in THC, I would not rule out our occasional use of rare words. To anyone who has not met that word so far, it becomes known via THC.
    Regards.

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  15. Chaturvasi27 April 2019 at 11:45

    As a postscript, I may add that some expressions such as 'nary a ...' and 'needs must', that are known to us, may not be known even to young persons in English-speaking countries. If while writing, this phrase comes to my mind, I will not hesitate to use it, at the risk of my reader thinking I am old-fashioned.

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  16. maradnusro27 April 2019 at 15:31

    All good things must come to an end at least in this cycle. I dread Monday it may be xChequer. Buzzer. Vulcan or Justis.

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  17. maradnusro27 April 2019 at 15:32

    For "Justis" read Hypatia

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  18. Vasant27 April 2019 at 20:33

    Any of the two Ms could have gone.. The blogger chose the second.

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