Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

Monday, 10 April 2023

No 13835, Monday 10 Apr 2023, Incognito

Solution to 1D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS
7   Broadcast idea on air for show showcasing some answers in this puzzle (Continued in 9 Down) (4,5) AERO INDIA*
8   Common people organise Ohio poll before fourth of April (3,6) HOI POLLOI {OHIO+POLL}*{aprIl}
10 French love including right mail (6) ARMOUR {A{R}MOUR}
11 Bets wind moves around bedroom furniture perhaps unsuitable for Chang and Eng (4,4) TWIN BEDS*
12 "Doctor, sick boy having sex appeal makes boring device" (5,3) DRILL BIT {DR}{ILL}{B}{IT}
14 Juliet gets a bean for South American cat (6) JAGUAR {J}{A}{GUAR}
16 Gruesome female horse circles taxi (7) MACABRE {MA{CAB}RE}
18 Successive rulers from a family, I hear, pass away... Horrible! (7) DYNASTY {(~die)DY}{NASTY}
21 Native American having information about knock-out (6) DAKOTA {DA{KO}TA}
23 Yankee leaves military music groups for making sashes to be worn around upper limbs (8) ARMBANDS {ARMy}{BANDS}
25 For example boxing fruit on broken thing (8) FIGHTING {FIG}{THING*}
27 Irritated Nero captured soldier in province (6) REGION {RE{GI}ON*}
29 Extraordinary night amidst fish giving natural discharge of electricity (9) LIGHTNING {LI{NIGHT*}NG}
30 Observed new bishop's domain at first (4) SEEN {N}<=>{SEE}

DOWN
1   Rare rat bits strewn around one in seal-able glass containers containing soil and plants (8) ?E?R?R?A (Addendum - TERRARIA {RARE+RAT}* over {1} - See comments) 
2   Therefore, see alone (4) SOLO {SO}{LO}
3   Angel and actress endlessly getting massage (6) CHERUB {CHEr}{RUB}
 Give orders to socially engage around Indian court (7) DICTATE {D{I}{CT}ATE}
5   Flashy person's Jap pony galloping around island (8) POPINJAY {JAP+PONY}* over {I}
 Flat piece found in physics laboratory (4) SLAB [T]
9   See 7 Across (5) 
13 Perhaps, plain bit of gorilla nostrils (5) LLANO [T]
15 Chinese living in Georgia and an African country (5) GHANA {G{HAN}A}
17 About directories of the most successful pragmatists (8) REALISTS {RE}{A LISTS}
19 Do petals transform into pollywogs? (8) TADPOLES*
20 Watering hole profit? It's a snip (7) BARGAIN {BAR}{GAIN}
22 Pivotal part of taxi alcove (5) AXIAL [T]
24 Optical illusion from image shifting around centre of the Sahara desert (6) MIRAGE {MI{R}AGE*} Seems to be an error here for Anno of R (Addendum - {MI{t...aRa...t}AGE*} Semi&lit - See comments)
26 Very big embrace by Earl (4) HUGE {HUG}{E}
28 Surprised and sudden intake of breath from girl sitting on snake (4) GASP {G}{ASP}

Reference List
Right = R, Boy = B, Sex appeal = IT, Juliet = J, Bean = GUAR, Knock-out = KO, Yankee = Y, New = N, Bishop's domain = SEE, See = LO, Indian = I, Court = CT, Island = I, About = RE, Earl = E, Girl = G

24 comments:

  1. 24d centre "the saha R a desert"'

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    1. R is in centre of the whole phrase: the sahara desert.

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    2. Good one Prasad. Could never think of it that way, in spite of the solution staring you in the face.

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  2. 1 down solved easily, let others try πŸ‘

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  3. Though I knew about Siamese Twins, I did not know their names, It was a revelation. Thank you for the link Col.

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  4. I fully agree with you about pen and paper experience. Nothing to beat it.

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  5. 1D, sealable glass containers containing soil and plants = TERRARIA
    RARE RAT BITS STREWN AROUND ONE
    [RARE RAT I]*

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  6. Though getting all easily, some parsings needed a bit of work.

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  7. The Air show that was promised earlier during the American rounds- setter's fav.topic.

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  8. Yes, sir. For me too, paper is better than keyboard.

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  9. Thanx Kishore for a lovely crossie. A breeze! I even got R from The Sahara Desert.
    My cod - DYNASTY, TWIN BEDS.

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  10. Btw - Paddy tells me u r a PGW fan.
    Here's to that! 🌷

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  11. As usual excellent grid by my fav. Incognito. aha moments with JAGUAR, MACABRE,TERRARIA.

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