Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Friday, 10 May 2019

No 12622, Friday 10 May 2019, Scintillator


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ACROSS
1   Train a bunch of dolphins (6) SCHOOL [DD]
4   Gimmicks of special comedian hilarious at the outset, makes a mark (8) SCHTICKS {S}{Co...n}{Hi...s}{TICKS}
9   Emphatic style associated with ancient Rome? (6) ITALIC [C&DD]
10 Allen put out a small seedling (8) PLANTULE*
12 Ambassador in estate, fit to meet artistic American (8) ESTHETIC {EST}{HE}{TIC}
13 Swami thrashed confiscating old deity in Iran (6) MITHRA [T]
15 Compact weapons? Boomerangs! (4) SNUG<=
16 Conservative Hindus gel well while planning for event (10) SCHEDULING {C+HINDUS+GEL}*
19 Sap and bark of cinnamon loosens stools (10) NINCOMPOOP {CINnaMON}*{POOP}
20 Fit Republican pulls out of debate (4) AGUE ArGUE
23 Sample quote not sufficient to create a stir (6) EXCITE (~eg){EX}{CITE}
25 Small change in her plans accommodated (8) SHRAPNEL* Definition not understood See comments
27 Silly of us to be drinking always, getting wild (8) FEVEROUS {EVER} in {OF+US}*
28 Begging, like a boss (6) ASKING {AS}{KING}
29 Lajpat Rai set down an idealistic society (2-2,4) LA-LA-LAND {LALA}{LAND}
30 Cabbage purchased by Berber (6) KABYLE {KA{BY}LE}

DOWN
1   I cut short jingle after mum gets palpitations (7) SHIVERS {SH}{I}{VERSe}
2   Love speedy ride on a motorcycle? It can cause some pain (9) HEARTBURN {HEART}{BURN}
3   Did Judge wish to be in debt? (6) OPINED {O{PINE}D}
5   100 years young? On the contrary, dead (4) COLD {C}{OLD}
6   Buzz caused by money given to fool us (8) TINNITUS {TIN}{NIT}{US}
7   Company's expression of disgust to confess crime (5) COUGH {CO}{UGH}
8   Woman takes a blow during affair (7) SHEBANG {SHE}{BANG}
11 Rustic lodges said to provide minor setbacks (7) HICCUPS (~ hick cups)
14 Arjun at first sees hidden chocolates imported from place in S. Africa (7)  LESOTHO {LE{Sees}O}THO Anno pending (Addendum - {CHOCOLATES - Ar..n -  CC}* - See comments)
17 Naive man finds software with unknown flair (9) INGENUITY {INGENU}{IT}{Y}
18 Silly bird in party gets letter-bombed (8) DOTTEREL {DO}{LETTER*}
19 Congress rejected from having influenced criminal — that's obligatory (7) NEEDFUL inFLUENcED*
21 London diary said to feature a small poem (7) ECLOGUE {EC}{LOGUE}(~log)
22 Sickness drug imported to Norway, Austria and America (6) NAUSEA {N}{AUS}{E}{A}
24 Complain about foul issued at last (5) CAVIL {CA}{VILe}
26 Regret dismissal of tailender during collapse (4) RUIN {RUe}{IN}

GRID

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60 comments:

  1. Srinidhi10 May 2019 at 07:42

    1d I cut short jingle after mum gets palpitations (7)
    Shivers-palpitations
    Sh-Mum
    I
    Short Jingle -Vers(e)
    12a Ambassador in estate, fit to meet artistic American (8)
    Esthetic-American way of writing aesthetic(artistic American)
    HE, ambassador(His Excellency) in Est(Estate) Tic(fit)
    3d Did Judge wish to be in debt? (6)
    Opined- Did Judge(other way of writing judged)
    Pine is wish inside OD(in debt, Over Due)

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  2. Brajesh10 May 2019 at 07:54

    10A plantule. Anagram of Allen and put

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  3. Brajesh10 May 2019 at 07:57

    1A school a group of fish is called a school and also train some one

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  4. Brajesh10 May 2019 at 08:02

    5d cold C +old C is hundred and hundred years person is old

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  5. Brajesh10 May 2019 at 08:05

    7D cough. CO ugh expression of disgust
    Cough is confess

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  6. Brajesh10 May 2019 at 08:09

    13A Mithra is a Persian God from swamithrashed

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  7. Brajesh10 May 2019 at 08:11

    5d years young contrary -old ?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 May 2019 at 09:52

      100 years = Century = C
      Young ..Opposite is Old
      Dead = Cold

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  8. Lekha10 May 2019 at 08:16

    22d sickness..nausea
    Imported to Norway ,AUStria and AmErica

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  9. Lekha10 May 2019 at 08:20

    28a begging...asking
    Like a boss-as king

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  10. Lekha10 May 2019 at 08:35

    9a Ancient Rome...(italy)
    Emphatic style...(italics-used to emphasize often)

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  11. Kumaresh K R10 May 2019 at 08:53

    15A SNUG (guns <---)
    4A SCHTICKS (S C H + ticks)

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  12. raji narayan10 May 2019 at 08:54

    20a. Republic is R pulling out of debate (argue) is argue which means fit

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  13. Girish10 May 2019 at 08:54

    4a Gimmicks of special comedian hilarious at the outset, makes a mark (8)
    Schticks
    Sch (outset initials from special comedian hilarious) tick from leaves a mark. Gimmicks is the direct definition.
    29a Lajpat Rai set down an idealistic society (2-2,4)
    Anagramize Lajpat rai to get idealistic society - la la land

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  14. D N M Rao10 May 2019 at 09:46

    15ac Guns coming back; 'snugly' clue.

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  15. Prasanna Rao10 May 2019 at 10:42

    5d....100 = C ; years of young - OF A SPECIFIED AGE i.e old C+{old}...COLD
    8D...WOMEN - SHE; B from blow ; A from affair...SHEBA...

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    1. Padmanabhan10 May 2019 at 11:00

      Blow is bang. So, SHE BANG
      See Kumaresh solve above.

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  16. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 10:53

    Anno for lala land,
    29a: la la land(idealistic society) - {lala(Lajpat rai)+(land=set down)}
    19a: nincompoop(sap) - {(cinn̷a̷mon*=bark of cinnamon)+(poop=stools)}

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  17. P. Venkatesan10 May 2019 at 11:10

    19D: NEEDFUL {INFLUENCED (-) INC }* = OBLIGATORY

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  18. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 11:16

    Scintillator too bright today!

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  19. Suresh10 May 2019 at 11:33

    4 Arjun at first sees hidden chocolates imported from place in S. Africa (7)

    14D LESOTHO. Not sure how this works. Arjun at first is A 'sees' is CC. ACC with LESOTHO anagrams to chocolates

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    1. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 12:14

      Hidden is a deletion indicator. Chocolates-(a,c,c). (c's). Imported anaind.

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    2. Padmanabhan10 May 2019 at 12:47

      Is (sees=C's) okay? Isn't some homophone indicator needed?
      We may justify it later, but to get it in the first place is difficult.

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    3. Suresh10 May 2019 at 13:57

      Actually I also do not like Imported as an anind

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    4. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 14:00

      C noun:Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter c

      But the debate is not settled. C->see vs see->c.

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    5. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 14:01

      Imported:foreign/strange.

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    6. VMA Nair10 May 2019 at 16:52

      How Wordplay FROM definition works?

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    7. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 18:04

      If to as towards/target works then from as source/basis should be OK. But I have very limited knowledge in syntax.

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    8. Vasant10 May 2019 at 18:45

      Clue seems a stretch. A composite anagram with a homophones makes it pretty indirect. And to compound it WP from def is not grammatical.
      Maybe something else is going on.

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  20. Prasanna Rao10 May 2019 at 11:34

    paddy sir.....I searched for equal words both blow \ bang....so I struck up here. thanks for the anno.

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  21. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 12:13

    23a: excite(stir)- {exa̷m̷p̷l̷e̷(-sufficient)+(cite=quote)}
    30a: kabyle(berber) - ka(by)le=cabbage

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  22. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 12:18

    6d:tinnitus(buzz) - {(tin=money)+(nit=fool)+(us)}

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 May 2019 at 12:54

    26Dn : Regret dismissal of tailender during collapse (4)

    26D : RUIN {RU-e}{IN}. During = In.

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    1. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 13:47

      Its interesting to note that if tailender is taken in the same sense of endlessly, (-d)urin(-g)* gives the same. Just saying.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 May 2019 at 15:40

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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  24. Padmanabhan10 May 2019 at 13:00

    13A- Mithra-T- swaMI THRAshed- Old Persian/ Zoroastrian divinity
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra

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  25. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 13:19

    11d: hiccups(setbacks) - {(hic~hick=rustic)+(cups=lodges)}
    2d: heartburn(pain) - {(heart=love)+(br̷i̷s̷k̷=speedy)+(run*=drive)}
    18d: dotterel(dd), silly & bird, - {(do=party)+(letter*)}

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    1. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 13:44

      Only 5 per commentator pls. 2d needs revision

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  26. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 13:52

    Yet to be done
    Across 25,27
    Down 17,21,24
    2d and 22d anno corrections

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  27. Crimsonking10 May 2019 at 14:50

    25a Shrapnel def small change check https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/shrapnel
    Definition 2

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  28. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 15:14

    27a: feverous(wild) - {of)+(us)+(ever=always)}*

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  29. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 15:19

    24d: cavil - (ca=about)+(vile̷)

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  30. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 15:26

    22d: nausea(sickness) - {(n)+(a)+us(e=drug)a}

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  31. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 15:27

    22d N A US(e)A, imo. A is license plate code of Austria.

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  32. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 15:29

    23a anno by Dr.k @12:13

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  33. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 15:38

    17d: ingenuity(flair) - {(ingenue̷=naive)+it=information technology = software)+(y=Unknown)}

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  34. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 May 2019 at 15:45

    2d: heartburn(pain) - {(heart=love)+(burn=speedy drive on motorcycle causing rapid combustion)}?

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  35. Kolluru Koteswara Rao10 May 2019 at 17:21

    25AC Shrapnel is loose coins/small change as per Australian/NZ slang

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  36. sree_sree10 May 2019 at 18:02

    17d I had
    Naive:taken(taking) in
    Man:gent
    Software:UI (user interface)
    Unknown y.
    Finds:gets as containment ind
    IN GEN(ui)T Y.

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  37. Padmanabhan10 May 2019 at 18:13

    Col.,
    Prasad's anno for 14D given @ 12.12

    chocolates- CCA.- CC for 'Sees' & A from Arjuna first
    The doubt is about imported as anind.

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  38. Scintillator10 May 2019 at 18:48

    Under "See" in Chambers - The third letter of the alphabet (C, c)

    Thanks to all for solving. Theme?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 May 2019 at 19:14

      Cold, shivers, nausea, ague, hiccups, heartburn, cough, feverous... that's all I could spot!

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  39. raju umamaheswar10 May 2019 at 19:36

    SHEBANG. Also means a drinking establishment. This word often features in cryptic crossword with that meaning. This is the first time I have come across its other meaning. Jing bang lot , shebang !

    Too many unusual clueing today, though enjoyable.

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  40. Col_Gopinath10 May 2019 at 19:40

    Will update the post with corrections after I get home tomorrow

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