Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Thursday, 30 November 2023

No 14033, Thursday 30 Nov 2023, Vidwan

Solution to 18A 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
1   Drunkard drinking 'The Macallan'! At heart is a highlander! (4) SCOT {S{T...mCa...n}OT}
4   It's amateur kind of distress (10) TRAUMATISE*
9   Cooking idli! Guy's hard-working! (8) DILIGENT {IDLI}*{GENT}
10 Online shopping place - a mother's territory mostly (6) AMAZON {A}{MA}{ZONe}
11 Tie? Large one! (4) LACE {L}{ACE}
12 Popular English feature - 'Prejudice' (10) INEQUALITY {IN}{E}{QUALITY}
13 Bachelor routine, almost completely beastly! (6) BRUTAL {B}{RUT}{ALl}
15 A microscopic part like pupil (8) EYEPIECE {EYE PIECE}
17 Victory ends before time for the most bombastic (8) WINDIEST {WIN}{DIES}{T}
18 Bid to make bet? Trade thus in beef! (6) E?F?R? (Addendum - EFFORT {BET with (EF FOR T) becomes BEEF}
19 Old cribs! Set to do childbirth management! (10) OBSTETRICS {O}{CRIBS+SET+TO}*  There's an extra O in the fodder
21 Open, mutinous refusal (4) NOPE*
23 Immediately in favour of not working (6) PRONTO {PRO}{NOT*}
24 Jewish priest embracing US President, retrospectively looks distasteful! (8) INEDIBLE {EL{BIDEN}I}<=
25 Outdated fellow raves about English cosmetics (10) DEODORANTS {D{E}ODO}{RANTS}
26 Royal, mostly ahead of time (4) EARL EARLy

DOWN
2   Friend from church in America (5) CHINA [T] Rhyming slang
3   Experimented with clothes! Party is split into three parts (9) TRISECTED {TRI{SECT}ED}
4   Neighbourhood Jane? (3,4,4,4) THE GIRL NEXT DOOR [CD]
5   Moving out in a car, one going around to pick a professional who repairs car batteries say (4-11) AUTO-ELECTRICIAN {OUT+IN+A+CAR+1}* over {ELECT}
6   Male user senses deceptively small unfathomable quality (15) MEASURELESSNESS {MALE+USER+SENSES}*{S}
7   Dog catching right scent (5) TRAIL {T{R}AIL}
8   Flaunt injury mark? 911 on wheels, say! (6-3) SPORTS-CAR {SPORT}{SCAR} 
14 Right! That is about men at stock exchange giving out zero refund! (9) REIMBURSE {R}{IE<=}{M}{BoURSE}
16 Popular line about hill dweller is puerile (9) INFANTILE {IN}{F{ANT}ILE}
20 United without unity! Somehow brought to harmony! (5) TUNED UNiTED*
22 Love left trapped by mean cold (5) POLAR {P{O}{L}AR}

Reference List
Large = L, Popular = IN, English = E, Bachelor = B, Time = T, Old = O, Small = S, Right = R, Men = M, Left = L

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20 comments:

  1. Rao Pilla30 November 2023 at 09:33

    Re: 19A I wonder if 'old' is typo for 'odd'. Otherwise there doesn't seem to be an anagram indicator for the fodder.

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    1. Srikant Sri30 November 2023 at 10:32

      "Do" is the indicator

      Delete
    2. Rao Pilla30 November 2023 at 10:43

      I checked if 'old' or 'do' can be used as anind on some reference sites
      They are not listed.
      I think 'old' can be used as anind as old is synonymous with defunct.

      Delete
    3. C.G. BHARGAV30 November 2023 at 10:50

      'Do' is found in www.clueclinic.com

      Delete
  2. C.G. BHARGAV30 November 2023 at 10:00

    DILIGENT Vladimir took his well TUNED SPORTS CAR to the AUTO-ELECTRICIAN for a final check up before getting it polished.
    And then he went and asked ' may I take you for a ride?'
    PRONTO came the reply from THE GIRL NEXT DOOR from CHINA:
    NOPE!
    What happened next?

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  3. Padmanabhan30 November 2023 at 11:40

    8D- 911 being connected to Porche 911 (without any indication of Brand,for example) is a little difficult. BTW- 911 is emergency phone no. in U.S. I was struggling with Safety car.

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    1. Prasanna Rao30 November 2023 at 15:00

      9/11 I perceived as attack on twin tower. but in whart way it annotate is quite tough

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    2. Rao Pilla30 November 2023 at 15:07

      Definition does steer us towards a vehicle. '... on wheels, say'

      Delete
  4. Padmanabhan30 November 2023 at 11:46

    Don't we need an indication about slang for 'Nope'?
    On the whole an enjoyable CW with many nice clues. Liked 1 for unity in 20D. Struggled for a while trying to delete U in stead of 1

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  5. Rao Pilla30 November 2023 at 13:01

    Experimented with - tried, clothes(cont ind)
    Party - sect

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  6. Srikant Sri30 November 2023 at 13:18

    18A To make bet - OFFER + T(rade). In beef as anagrind (OFFER + T)* - EFFORT -Bid

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    1. Rao Pilla30 November 2023 at 13:29

      Couple of things.
      1. The substituted word(offer) is anagram fodder?
      2. What is the role of 'thus'?

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    2. Srikant Sri30 November 2023 at 13:37

      1. Yes
      2. Thus seems to be a link word
      ....assuming the anno is correct

      Delete
    3. Sree Sree30 November 2023 at 15:12

      Indirect anagrams are no no. Relook

      Delete
  7. Col_Gopinath30 November 2023 at 16:13

    18A updated in mainpost

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  8. Padmanabhan30 November 2023 at 17:10

    I had put in Effort, but could not parse it. Too deep.

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