Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Friday, 28 October 2022

No 13696, Friday 28 Oct 2022, Karaoke

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ACROSS
1   Sacking first officer, chiefs came out regrettably to take the responsibility (4,3,5) FACE THE MUSIC {CHIEFS+CAME+oUT}* 
9   Kettledrum sounds like mother-of-pearl (5) NACRE (~knocker??) (Correction (~naker) - See comments)
10 Yukky to look at dilapidated homes (9) LOATHSOME {LO}{AT}{HOMES*}
11 Some get a luxurious car as allowance (7) ALIMONY {A{LIMO}NY}
12 Recruits stupid sentinels ignoring employment norms initially (7) ENLISTS SenTINELS*
13 Topless garment worn by youth in this place (8) THIRTEEN {T{sHIRT}EEN}
14 Guide at Universal Studios highlights entertaining rides primarily (5) USHER Acrostic
18 Japanese art contest about to conclude (5) KENDO {K{END}O}
20 Doctor dining at cocktail (3,3,2) GIN AND IT*
24 Corpse found at last between two states! (7) CADAVER {CA}{f..nD{AVER}
26 It's believed to be harmful to watch explosive backfiring (4,3) EVIL EYE {EYE}{LIVE}<= 
27 Thinkers - They believe in God wearing every second Holy Cross (8) THEORISTS {THE{hOly cRoss}ISTS} I feel this letter pick indicator is not correct
28 Initially Soviet charged Ukraine dropping surface-to-air missiles (4) SCUDS Acrostic
29 Thematic story produced live on-street (4,8)  LOVE INTEREST* 

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1   Copy document containing crooked international scam (9) FACSIMILE {F{I+SCAM}*ILE}
2   Cigar of revolutionary origin (7) CHEROOT {CHE}{ROOT}
3   Cycling in the mind, they sell goods on credit (8) TALLYMEN (-men)TALLY(+men)MEN
4   Euphoric journalist follows unusual tale (6) ELATED {ED}<=>{TALE*}
5   Advocates should have power to review (7) UPHOLDS {SHOULD+P}*
6   Admirable persons' reported power of seeing tricks (4) ICONS {(~eye)I}{CONS}
7   Moderately slow movement at an end perhaps (7) ANDANTE*
8   Support from bottom to top for charter (5) LEASE (+l)LEASE(-l)
15 Resists heartlessly and takes bullets occasionally in consequence (3,6) END RESULT {ENDuRES}{bUlLeTs}
16 Filmmaker shot action scene without dupe (8) CINEASTE {AcTIon+SCENE}*
17 Freethinker is extremely adamant about the dissertation without scientific base (7) ATHEIST {Ad...nT} over {THEsIS}
19 It may happen after wedding - Vedic or otherwise (7) DIVORCE*
21 X-rated content on children under discussion (2,5) AT ISSUE {xrATed}{ISSUE}
22 Highlanders rollaway in vessel (5) SCOTS {S{COT}S}
23 Rip-off child for porridge (6) PRISON {RIP*}{SON}
25 As a result of small fight, religious books returned (3,2) DUE TO {DUEt}{OT<=}

Reference List
Look = LO, Luxurious car = LIMO, International = I, Journalist = ED, Power = P, Rollaway = COT, Vessel = SS, Religious books = OT(Old Testament)


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62 comments:

  1. Hanumantha Rao28 October 2022 at 07:06

    1ac FACE THE MUSIC
    anagram of CHIEFS CAME OUT after sacking O first of Officer

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 October 2022 at 07:07

    Please correct the ENU for clue in 28 Across to (5). I wrongly gave it as (4). Apologies for the slip.

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  3. Hanumantha Rao28 October 2022 at 07:09

    4d Euphoric is ELATED
    journalist ED after unusual tale ELAT

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  4. Orthopaul28 October 2022 at 08:03

    19d. DIVORCE..VEDIC OR..COMBINED ANAG
    14ac. GUIDE..ACROSTIC
    1d. FACSIMILE..F(I in scam*)Ile
    7d. ANDANTE..( AT AN END )*
    2d. CHEROOT..CHE ROOT.. CHE is revolutionary ROOT is origin

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  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 October 2022 at 08:08

    Dr Orthopaul, I know you know the answer for 14AC...!

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    1. Padmanabhan28 October 2022 at 09:05

      Justice must not only be done but seem to be done!

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    2. Orthopaul28 October 2022 at 09:18

      Sorry.. USHER.. wrongly typed as guide instead of usher...my bad

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    3. Padmanabhan28 October 2022 at 09:42

      Excitement and hurry to enter.

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  6. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 09:14

    5 down
    Answer : UPHOLDS ,
    ADVOCATES = UPHOLDS
    SHOULD + P = UPHOLDS

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  7. Hanumantha Rao28 October 2022 at 09:22

    1d copy is FACSIMILE document is FILE
    crooked international scam is ACSIM (anagram of ISCAM)
    FILE contains ACSIM

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  8. AJ28 October 2022 at 09:25

    Lovely crossword! My favourite is 24 ac.

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    1. Padmanabhan28 October 2022 at 09:47

      Agreed. A great clue.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 October 2022 at 11:11

      +1

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    3. Prasanna Rao28 October 2022 at 15:24

      well said AJ mam. Infact,. I solved in wee hours. but few tweaks in anno.
      +3 ...(+2) considered from Paddy's post.

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 October 2022 at 09:25

    Enum for 27 Across 8 or 9 ?

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  10. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 09:25

    23 D
    Answer : PRISON
    Rip plus son anagram ( child = son
    Porridge is a slang for Prison

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  11. AJ28 October 2022 at 09:26

    Must be 9 .

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  12. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 09:33

    22 down
    Answer : SCOTS = HIGHLANDERS
    VESSEL SS
    Rollaway = COT
    Rollaway in vessel : S COT S,

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  13. Hanumantha Rao28 October 2022 at 09:34

    10 a :- yukky to is LOATHSOME
    look is LO
    at AT
    dilapidated homes is HSOME

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  14. Hanumantha Rao28 October 2022 at 09:40

    6d:- admirable persons ICONS
    Power of seing is Eye reported as I
    tricks are CONS so answer is ICONS

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  15. Brajesh28 October 2022 at 09:52

    27 a theorists theist -beliver in God and ors from Holy Cross

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  16. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 10:04

    8 D
    LEASE = CHARTER
    EASEL = SUPPORT
    Bottom to top means jumble EASEL
    becomes LEASE

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    1. D.Chandrasekhar28 October 2022 at 10:37

      It is not a 'jumble'

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    2. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 11:26

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    3. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 11:55

      Bring L from EASEL, bottom to top, LEASE,
      I think this is ok

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    4. Padmanabhan28 October 2022 at 13:19

      It is ok. Notcorrect to call it jumble.

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    5. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 13:35

      Thanks for clarification

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  17. B N Acharya28 October 2022 at 10:07

    9A NACRE (Mother of Pearl) sounds like NAKER (Kettledrum}
    11A ALIMONY (ALLOWANCE) LIMO (car) in ANY (some)
    18A KENDO (JAP ART) END (conclude)min KO (CONTEST- knock out)
    24A CADAVER (BODY) D (last letter of found) in CA and AVER (CAL State and Aver is state)
    28A SCUDS (Missiles) acrostic

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  18. Sarathi28 October 2022 at 10:22

    17 D
    Answer : ATHEIST = Freethinker
    Extremely AdamanT = A T
    THESIS is dissertation without scientific base = THEIS insert this in
    A T
    A THEIS T = ATHEIST

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  19. RR28 October 2022 at 10:24

    12 a, recruits = enlists, ignoring employment norms, initially
    = (S(-en)tinels), anagram

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  20. RR28 October 2022 at 10:37

    13 A
    Solution = Thirteen
    Topless Garment = Shirt - s = hirt
    Youth= teen
    Hirt + teen = thirteen

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  21. RR28 October 2022 at 10:38

    13 a , in this place, definition

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  22. RR28 October 2022 at 10:42

    25 A,
    Solution = die to
    Religious books, returned
    Eid< + OT<
    = die to

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 October 2022 at 11:10

      How do you account for small fight?!

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 October 2022 at 11:20

      It's 25dn

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    3. RR28 October 2022 at 11:46

      Does small fight indicate head to head reversal of religious and books?

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 October 2022 at 11:54

      My hunch is fight = Duel
      Make it small, so duel - l becomes due.
      Due to = As a result of (Definition)

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    5. RR28 October 2022 at 12:02

      Thanks sir ji, you are right. My bad, a novice.

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    6. Ramki Krishnan28 October 2022 at 17:16

      "short" works better as deletion indicator for last letter IMO.

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  23. DrBhanuMurthy28 October 2022 at 10:48

    20.a dining at anagram to gin and it....meaning cocktail.

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  24. D N M Rao28 October 2022 at 11:00

    26 Ac EVIL EYE – {{EYE}{LIVE}<=}

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 October 2022 at 11:08

    3dn TALLYMEN MENTALLY TALLY to go up from bottom to top (cycling)

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  26. AJ28 October 2022 at 11:12

    15ac END RESULT: as a consequence
    Resists: endures : ENDRES( -U, heartlessly)
    Bullets , occasionally: ULT
    (ENDRES)(ULT)

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  27. Remy28 October 2022 at 11:14

    16 dn cineaste-filmmaker.
    actionscene*-con-dupe

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  28. Murali28 October 2022 at 11:16

    29A LOVE INTEREST ( LIVE ON STREET)*

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  29. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 October 2022 at 11:17

    Nice grid. Thoroughly enjoyed solving. Thanks for the entertainment KKRgaru. 🙂

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  30. RR28 October 2022 at 11:36

    3d, solution = tallymen
    Cycling of mentally, for in the mind.

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  31. Aravind sivakumar28 October 2022 at 12:04

    14A Usher, acrostic.

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  32. Prasanna Rao28 October 2022 at 15:21

    11a - (A(LIMO)NY)
    some - ANY
    Car - LIMO
    This is my Fav. today's grid by KKR. few puzzles yet to finish. Thoroughly enjoied.

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  33. Padmanabhan28 October 2022 at 15:43

    Thank you KKR for the nice time.

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  34. Ramki Krishnan28 October 2022 at 17:23

    DIVORCE, ALIMONY, USHER, FACSIMILE were some favourites today. Thanks KKR!

    One question - I thought A wearing B implies A inside B (if you are wearing a dress, you are inside the dress). But in 13A and 27A it seems to have been used the other way around?

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    1. Sree Sree28 October 2022 at 18:21

      British informal
      Wear:tolerate/accept/swallow.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 October 2022 at 19:31

      Thanks Ramki! As per Chambers thesaurus "wear" means "assume/have" besides others. So, I felt 'wear' can be used either way.

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  35. Sree Sree28 October 2022 at 18:22

    9a correction needed Col. As solved above kettledrum:naker

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  36. Sree Sree28 October 2022 at 18:28

    25d grammatical: books can't return by themselves "we're returned" !

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  37. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan28 October 2022 at 18:40

    Fav clues DIVORCE & USHER. Enjoyed solving the grid KKR sir !

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  38. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 October 2022 at 19:32

    Thank you all for solving the grid.

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