Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Thursday, 4 July 2019

No 12669, Thursday 04 Jul 2019, Arden


ACROSS
1   Drink and music — starts getting pally all around (6) GRAPPA {Ge...g}{Pa..y}{All} over {RAP}
4   One drinks soft drink, daughter gets award (8) ACCOLADE {AC{COLA}{D}E}
10 Crack vital code for a sweet life in Rome (5,4) DOLCE VITA*
11 Wastage under fine thread (5) FLOSS {F}{LOSS}
12 Plight of regular setter to break into two (7) BETROTH {B{sEtTeR}OTH}
13 Discomfort like involving one in sex, say... (7) MALAISE {MAL{A{1}S}E}
14 ...and you are told it's not proper (5) UNDUE (~ and you)
15 Breach chosen along border (8) INFRINGE {IN}{FRINGE}
18 Harry managed to block capital (8) HARANGUE {HA{RAN}GUE}
20 Article is hidden inside another, Lord! (5) THANE {TH{AN}E}
23 Everything in Delhi gets a scrub, no work today (7) SABBATH {SAB}{BATH}
25 Arab people found in the desert, mostly (7) SARACEN {SA{RACE}Nd}
26 Can it be found in Lakshadweep and Andamans? No chance! (5) PANDA [T] Semi&lit
27 They are fancy book binds (9) NOVELTIES {NOVEL}{TIES}
28 Complaint about side protecting partner in crime (8) DIABETES {DI{ABET}ES*}
29 Town evacuated, hold forth in bar (6) TAVERN {To{AVER}wN}

DOWN
1   Party animal's complaint over a fish (8) GADABOUT {G{A}{DAB}OUT}
2   Set a table, decolam at the top is worn thin (7) ABLATED {A+TABLE}*{De...m}
3   People carry mobile phone leading to a series of events (9) PHENOMENA {PHONE*}{MEN}{A}
5   Forced march — campaign will flatter to deceive (5,9) CHARM OFFENSIVE {MARCH*}{OFFENSIVE}
6   Not on everything, limited to internals (5) OFFAL {OFF}{ALl}
7   One opposed due sharing (7) AVOWING {A}{V}{OWING}
8   Followed the girl finally (6) ENSUED {EN{SUE}D}
9   With war a possibility, there is opportunity for one to succeed (8,6) FIGHTING CHANCE {FIGHTING}{CHANCE}
16 Among other things I learnt about India from both sides (5,4) INTER ALIA {I}{LEARNT*}{IndiA}
17 Tension grips the city, I will leave the bard (8) TENNYSON {TEN{NY}SiON}
19 Country secret could be ascertainable (7) ALBANIA AscertAINABLe* [CA]
21 Records reach assembly within four... (7) ARCHIVE {ARCH{IV}E*}
22 ... the pill bug therefore infects a media device (6) ISOPOD {I{SO}{POD}
24 Informed about fighting in Aden regularly (5) AWARE {Ad{WAR}En}

Reference List
Daughter = D, Fine = F, One = A, Opposed = V


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22 comments:

  1. Vasant4 July 2019 at 09:30

    Beautiful puzzle. Arden weaves magic today. Thanks Arden.

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  2. Vasant4 July 2019 at 09:32

    Prasad:A in B=B in A in a down clue can be found in 21d today too.

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    1. sree_sree4 July 2019 at 10:11

      I have no problem with simple in/within/without. After all a comma is a setters license, to place it explicitly or not. But when a directional proposition like to or from are used I think that license is withdrawn. "To be in" clearly indicates which one of the fodder is tagged to "in". That's all.

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  3. Avtaar4 July 2019 at 11:31

    Excellent puzzle. Found it tough

    13A, 25A and 28A super

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  4. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 11:31

    8 dn: SUE = Girl ? How Sir ?

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    1. Vasant4 July 2019 at 11:41

      Name of a girl.
      If there is follow in the clue, this girl has to be there:-)

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    2. sree_sree4 July 2019 at 11:44

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_(name)

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    3. sree_sree4 July 2019 at 11:49

      Legal term follow/pursue, Latin term sequi/sue. Sue, as ref to Marie-Joseph Sue, French writer.

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2019 at 11:50

    8Dn What is the containment indicator for girl Sue?

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    1. sree_sree4 July 2019 at 12:04

      Finally! (Its been used before, you can get it)

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2019 at 12:16

      Is 'finally' on double duty for 'end' and also as containment ind?

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao4 July 2019 at 12:17

      Finally meaning "in the end". This is what Prasad meant in his message.

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    4. Vasant4 July 2019 at 12:25

      Sue inside end(finally=in the end) EN(Sue)D

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2019 at 12:29

      Thanks Prasad, KKR and Vasant!
      Finally the tube light started functioning!!

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  6. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 13:09

    Thanks a lot for the clarifications.

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  7. Chaturvasi4 July 2019 at 13:29

    Re 28a
    Should 'about' as anag signal follow or precede the fodder? Pl give considered reply by (if possible) citing examples.

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    1. Avtaar4 July 2019 at 17:08

      I agree, sir. Couldn’t find meaning of about that works before the fodder and can be an instruction to jumble

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    2. Sumit4 July 2019 at 17:12

      I don't think `about' works as an anagram indicator before the fodder. The definition of about that gives the sense of movement is `moving here and there'.

      Here, in this particular clue, `side' is the fodder. If we want to signal that the word side is moving here and there, you would say, `side is moving here and about' and not `moving here and about side'. The latter is not meaningful

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    3. sree_sree4 July 2019 at 19:35

      I took "about" applied to complaint and the clue as CA.

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  8. Crimsonking4 July 2019 at 16:23

    Lots of 'complaints' today - gout, diabetes, even malaise..

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  9. Amita Baviskar4 July 2019 at 16:39

    Nice and tough!

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