Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

Sunday, 1 January 2023

Special, Sunday 01 Jan 2023, IXL 2022 Prelim 1, Fraz


Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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43 comments:

  1. 4d DANSEUSE: ballerina
    (Sudanese)* wobbly indicates anagram

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  2. 11A: EMIGRATE {EMI{..G}RATE|
    3d: AGENDA {A}{G{END}A}
    25D: TIPS {SPIT<--}

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  3. 9a ESPLANADE - areas for strollers [T]
    4d DANSUESE - ballerina
    {Sudanese*}

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  4. 16ac fetish f(e(gre)t)ish
    3dn agenda (a) g(end)a g(eorgi)a
    9ac Esplanade (T)

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  5. 16a- GREETS * anag of egrets
    23a - A(R)IL - sick-ail ; red-R

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  6. The answer is correct, but how is Apple = CORE? Centre is not the container indicator

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  7. 10A- Ebn- Black= CoffeE (ultimately) Bon= Good in French
    Ebon
    13A-Ultimo= Last month- U L(T)IMO
    High class=U
    Ce;ebrity's car= Limo
    In front of trheatre T

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  8. Replacement
    19a SCORER - game official
    Apple centre = core
    brought in - Container indicator
    {s(core)r}

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  9. 16A- Fetish= Charm
    F(ET)ISH
    ET= Egret's wings. Swimmer=Fish

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  10. 6d INFORM: rat
    Doing well : in form

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  11. 17D Christmas decor (HOLLY) around LOW (near the ground) - HOLLOWLY - meaninglessly
    22D LETHAL - Associated with death - Warrant - LET by Shakespearean prince HAL
    26A FORTIETH - TIE (band) rides FORTH (onward) - 2.5% of one

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  12. My third
    18d ABLUSH: visibly embarrassed
    A(a) ; BUSH: former US president
    L: student
    A B(L)USH

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  13. 27a AMPULE = Container of medicine in America
    A MULE =A drug smuggler, carrying P = soft

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  14. 18d D. ABLUSH =Visibly embarrassed
    A BUSH = A Former US President, embracing
    L =Student

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  15. Yet to be solved
    Across - 7,8,14,21,24
    Down - 1,5,12,15,20

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  16. Replacement
    5d CLIENT LIST - business contacts
    legal claim - lien
    {silt*} <=> {lien} in {ct}

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    1. Right answer - but it is a reversal of SILT (to give TLIS) and not anagram. "Dredging up" is the reversal indicator.

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    2. Thanks champ. Got it
      So this is the correct anno perhaps
      [{<=silt} <=> {lien}] in {ct}

      A doubt though.
      Dredging stuff - silt
      So isn't only 'up' the reversal indicator?

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  17. 12d GENERALITY
    came down = alit (past tense of alight)
    alit in (energy)*
    def: vague statement

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  18. 24a EQUITATION = Riding a horse
    (E(QUIT)(AT)(I)ON)
    Eon=long stretch, stop=quit, at=at,
    One=I

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  19. 15d TURGENEV = Russian novelist
    VENT = Opening, Up becomes TNEV
    URGE = Press
    TNEV about URGE = TURGENEV

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  20. My last two

    1d NORSEMAN = Guy from Europe
    (NOR)(NAMES<) Not=Nor, Calls=Names
    14a NINETY = Cardinal
    NET in YIN<
    Gain=Net, Yin= Dark side

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    1. 1d Slight tweak - Nor is And not

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    2. From free dictionary....
      yin′ and yang′
      n.
      (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin), and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang), whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.

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  21. In place of 24a done by Sathia

    7a SO LONG = I'm leaving
    Sage = SOLON
    A bit of ginger is first letter G

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  22. 15D TURGENEV; Russian novelist. URGE in VENT<=

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    1. good solve Jacob......I got the answer. but tough to annotate. very tough round. for me will take light years to solve the entire grid. Thank you col.sir for the taste and complexity of prelim. round.

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  23. You will solve them also in the coming weeks!

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  24. 8A - GOAL LINE
    Definition: Pitch marking
    Hold back nothing = GO ALL IN
    Close to the = End of 'the' = E
    {GO ALL IN}{E}

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  25. I think 8 ac still remains.

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  26. Ok. Sree Lakshmi has solved it.

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