Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

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Friday, 1 December 2023

No 14034, Friday 01 Dec 2023, Arden

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ACROSS
1   Follows time frames (6) TRACKS {T}{RACKS}
4   Confidante arrested - brief hold-up in the capital city (8) ADELAIDE {A{DELAy}IDE}
10 A national dish - probably West European comes first (5,4) IRISH STEW {WEST}*<=>{IRISH}
11 Either way, it's a law (5) TENET <=>
12 Active national service perhaps enlivens this country (7) CROATIA {nATIOnAl+seRviCe}* [CA]
13 I somehow retain passivity (7) INERTIA {I}{RETAIN*}
14 Preserved over time, lemon tree? (5) ELEMI [T<=]
15 Bird finally caught by the river (8) TITMOUSE TI{c...hT}{MOUSE}  Anno for TI  not clear
18 Hood by himself, without hood (2,6) AL CAPONE {AL{CAP}ONE}.
20 River country (5) NIGER [DD]
23 Farm animals he had briefly kept here (7) COWSHED {COWS}{HE'D}Semi&lit
25 Hope he goes - media bully (7) OPPRESS {hOPe}{PRESS}
26 Heads of all middle eastern emirates regard him as very rich (5) AMEER Acrostic
27 Six attempts allowed - provided it becomes glass (9) VITRIFIES {VI}{TR{IF}IES}
28 Something to make you remember those two girls (8) ROSEMARY {ROSE}{MARY}
29 She's in a delirious medical condition (6) HERNIA {HER}{IN+A}*

DOWN
1   Shows nervousness, the fool! Game's unfinished (8) TWITCHES {TWIT}{CHESs}
2   Fat girl in a puzzle (7) ADIPOSE {A}{DI}{POSE}
3   Decode "Kashmiriyat", I'm not involved as a warrior (9) KSHATRIYA KASHmiRIYAT*
5   Unhappy, sad in the opening (4,2,3,5) DOWN IN THE MOUTH {DOWN}{IN}{THE}{MOUTH}
6   Departed without breakfast, finally some coffee (5) LATTE {LA{b...sT}TE}
7   Design it, especially to keep torches (7) IGNITES [T]
8   Cut up over contract, gets trick (6) ENTRAP {E{NT}RAP<=}
9   Busy waterway, so at first drove off (7,2,5) STRAITS OF DOVER*
16 Only the French have fancy iPhone, he loves his wine (9) OENOPHILE {O}{LE} over {IPHONE}*
17 May be she is in air craft, between Holyhead and Dublin (5,3) IRISH SEA {SHE+IS}* in {AIR}*
19 England in the centre, followed by Wales perhaps and Scotland on top - It's chaotic (7) LAWLESS {engLand}{WALES}*{Sc...d}
21 Old Greek racing off to surround Constantinople finally (7) GRECIAN {GR{c...lE}CIAN*}
22 Calories bad, so removed sweet stuff (6) ECLAIR CALoRIEs*
24 Share market holds women in bondage (5) HAREM [T]

Reference List
Time = T, Girl = DI, Contract = NT(No trumps), The in French = LE


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66 comments:

  1. Brajesh1 December 2023 at 09:03

    3d Kshatriya -warrior from Kashmiriyat-im

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  2. Radhamani1 December 2023 at 09:15

    14a
    Tree =elemi
    Preserved over ...=reverse telescopic indicator

    T ime le mon

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  3. Radhamani1 December 2023 at 09:22

    26a
    Very rich=ameer
    Heads of all =indicates the first letters in - all middle eastern emirates regard.

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  4. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:34

    13a Inertia

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    1. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:44

      Passivity I retain somehow

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    2. Sathia1 December 2023 at 13:25

      I hope you are a newbie to this forum. You are expected to give your solution with proper annotation. To aid you with permission from Colji,
      Definition is Passivity= inertia
      Inertia is what you get from your remaining part of the clue.
      Your attempt I retain somehow doesn’t communicate, unless you have understood that somehow is the anagram indicator for retain, then I+(retain)*= inertia= Passivity.
      Sathia

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  5. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:35

    9 D Straits of Dover

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    1. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:47

      Busy waterway..(so-at-first-drove)-off anagram

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  6. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:36

    27A Vitrifies

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    1. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:49

      Six VI , attempts tries

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    2. Rajan1 December 2023 at 09:51

      That's 7 letters. What about the other two?

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    3. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:55

      Provided ..if

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    4. VeeJayeN1 December 2023 at 09:56

      Becomes glass...silica mineral under high heat and temp vitrified into glasd

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  7. Rajan1 December 2023 at 09:39

    Annotations missing

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  8. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 09:39

    Where are the annotations? These comments may be deleted by the admin.

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  9. Kishan1 December 2023 at 10:02

    1A TRACKS - Follows; (T)ime frame - RACKS
    4A ADELAIDE - Capital city; confidante AIDE, brief hold-up - DELAy
    1D TWITCHES - shows nervousness; fool - TWIT, game unfinished - CHESs
    25A OPPRESS - bully; hOPe media - press
    28A ROSEMARY - something to make you remember; two girls - ROSE, MARY

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  10. Kripa singan1 December 2023 at 10:54

    7 down ignites, telescopic from design it especially

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  11. Kripa singan1 December 2023 at 10:56

    23 across cowshed, farm animals are cows and he had briefly is hed

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  12. Sarathi1 December 2023 at 10:59

    11 across
    TENET - Either way it's law

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  13. Prasanna Rao1 December 2023 at 11:00

    22D - ECLAIR*
    Cal(-o)rie(-s) - ( so) to be removed
    def.- sweet stuff - cream puff

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  14. D N M Rao1 December 2023 at 11:00

    5Dn DOWN IN THE MOUTH - {DOWN}{IN THE}{MOUTH} =Unhappy, definition
    Down=Sad, in the Mouth=opening

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  15. AJ1 December 2023 at 11:00

    6d LATTE: coffee(a type of, some)
    Departed: late
    Breakfast finally: t
    Late without t: lat(t) e

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  16. Sathia1 December 2023 at 11:01

    19D: chaotic = lawless
    England in centre is l
    Wales perhaps( anagind) becomes awles
    Scotland on top is s
    Hence, l+awles+s
    Sathia

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  17. Rajan1 December 2023 at 11:02

    18A: {AL(CAP)ONE)}. Al Capone = Hood/gangster

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    1. Rajan1 December 2023 at 11:03

      Anno. ALONE (by himself) around (without) CAP (hood)

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    2. Sathia1 December 2023 at 11:13

      A little tricky clue.
      1.If you take definition as himself
      Then it is alone
      hood is —- al capone
      Without hood (cap) means alone
      Which Is himself.
      2. If you take definition as hood—al capone
      Himself is alone
      Hood is cap
      Hence, al(cap)one.
      Sathia

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    3. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 11:18

      In the first case, the definition is inside the clue and also the enu would be (5).

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    4. Sathia1 December 2023 at 11:23

      👍🏻
      Sathia

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    5. Rajan1 December 2023 at 12:39

      @Sathia, I took the first "hood" as the definition

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  18. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 11:07

    29A She's(HER) in a(*NIA) delirious (anind)
    Medical condition(defn) - HERNIA

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  19. RR1 December 2023 at 11:09

    24 d, women in bandage = Harem [T]
    sHARE Market

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  20. RR1 December 2023 at 11:09

    Typo, bondage

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  21. Bhuvaneswari Younus1 December 2023 at 11:16

    19d - lawless Eng(l)and Wales (s)cotland

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 December 2023 at 11:20

    2dn : ADIPOSE (A DI POSE)
    Girl DI (may be short for Diana) in a A puzzle POSE
    Defn : Fat

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  23. C.G. BHARGAV1 December 2023 at 11:20

    21 down Old Greek//racing off//to surround/ ConstantinoplE finally.
    Gr(e)cian*
    Ode on a Grecian urn
    Poem by John Keats

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  24. B N Acharya1 December 2023 at 11:29

    25A OPPRESS - bully (def) OP (hope minus he) PRESS (media)

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  25. Murali1 December 2023 at 11:32

    17D IRISH SEA= (she is)* in (air)*
    which is between Holyhead and Dublin.

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  26. B N Acharya1 December 2023 at 11:32

    replacement 12A CROATIA country(Def) anagram of national service minus enlivens

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    1. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 11:35

      I got the answer from the crossings, but unable to get the anno.
      What is the deletion indication here?

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV1 December 2023 at 11:43

      (National Service)* Enlivens CROATIA

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    3. Sree Sree1 December 2023 at 11:47

      CA (national service)* = enlivens+ croatia
      with "active" Anind. Perhaps=could become.

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    4. N Sridhar1 December 2023 at 11:59

      Thank you!

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    5. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 12:01

      Thanks.

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    6. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 13:59

      Both @C.G. BHARGAV and @Sree Sree provided the explanation. I wish you were more verbose. 🙂

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    7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 December 2023 at 14:21

      Perhaps this link will be useful to you in understanding (CA) Composite Anagrams.

      https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2011/01/composite-anagrams.html

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    8. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 22:25

      Thanks. That is helpful.

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  27. Jacob Brahmakulam1 December 2023 at 11:34

    10a IRISH STEW; a national dish; (WEST)*<=> IRISH

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  28. Surendra1 December 2023 at 11:49

    20 Ac Niger
    River - Niger
    Country- Niger
    18 Ac Al Capone
    by himself- alone
    hood - cap
    Without- containment indicator
    Al(cap)one
    29 Ac. Hernia
    She - her
    delirious - anagrind
    Her(in a)
    17 Dn Irish Sea
    She is + air
    Craft - anagrind
    Between Holyhead and Dublin is Irish Sea
    16 Dn Oenophile- one who loves wine
    Only - O; French - Le ; IPhone
    Fancy- anagrind

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  29. Dr ENT1 December 2023 at 12:07

    20D=Niger
    river =niger
    Country=Niger
    16D=oenophile (lover of wines) thanks to google
    O from Only
    Le from french
    with I phone (O+IPHONE+LE)

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  30. N Sridhar1 December 2023 at 12:32

    8D-entrap-trick; e(nt)rap; pare-cut in reverse; NT-new testament for contract

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  31. Padmanabhan1 December 2023 at 12:36

    13A= Inertia- Passivity- I(nertia)*
    Somehow- anagrind

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  32. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 12:55

    15A is the only clue left.

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  33. C.G. BHARGAV1 December 2023 at 13:04

    15 A TIT M OUSE

    Bird is TIt and river is Ouse. M not accounted.
    Anno pending as such

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    1. Padmanabhan1 December 2023 at 14:44

      Def?

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    2. Padmanabhan1 December 2023 at 14:55

      Bird is the def. and finally caught is T. How do we get the rest of the words from river? Maybe something is missing,

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    3. Sathia1 December 2023 at 15:01

      IMO, bird =titmouse
      Ouse is river
      Tim or Timothy is a form of grass( I think this part is missing in clue)
      Tim or Timothy contains final of caught(t)
      Hence, ti(t)m+ouse
      Sathia

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  34. Sathia1 December 2023 at 13:30

    Actually, titmouse is a songbird.
    Sathia

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  35. Rao Pilla1 December 2023 at 22:27

    Except for 15A, today's puzzle was enjoyable. I didn't find any clue typical of Arden though.

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  36. Gowri1 December 2023 at 23:56

    Nice grid.
    OENOPHILE - a new word.
    TITMOUSE - got it with crossings

    My fav
    AL CAPONE, ADELAIDE, VITRIFIES.
    Thanx Arden!

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