Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed
Friday, 1 August 2025
No 14552, Friday 01 Aug 2025, Arden
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ACROSS
1 Fancy act, expose everything inside (7) CABARET {CA{BARE}T*} &lit
5 Horse gets crabby at regular intervals - it's horrible (7) MACABRE {MA{CrAbBy}RE}
9 Sent a criminal behind (5) NATES*
11 Retain collection - agree to entertain a complaint (9) EYESTRAIN {E{YES}TRAIN*}
12 It was decreed that butter was short (5) FATWA {FAT}{WAs}
13 Sprinkles half of them by dropping (4) SCAT SCATters
18 Glad at heart to increase value (8) APPRAISE {hAPPy}{RAISE}
19 One follows hard grind (4) HONE {ONE}<=>{H}
22 Openly corrupt - people finally withdrew support (5) PYLON OPeNLY*
29 Broken twit reveals duplicity (7) TREASON {T}{REASON}
DOWN
2 Ramstein gets cut flower (9) BUTTERCUP {BUTTER}{CUP}
4 Conductor contains alternative current (9) TOSCANINI {CONTAINS}*{I}
8 Perhaps need an answer to Nina from Carolina (6) ENNEAD*
16 Bide one's time till criminal in law caught - that's it (3,2,4) LIE IN WAIT {IN+LAW}* over {IE} with {IT}
17 Funny or amusing? One doesn't know (9) IGNORAMUS*
20 Extremely sharp - he is on a round (6) SPHERE {SharP}{HE}{RE}
21 No side-stepping initially for him to come up with an invention (6) EDISON [T<=] Semi&lit
24 Minimum is close to five in the final (5) LEAST {L{fivE}AST}
25 Doctor, surgeon go away as one tends to patients (5) NURSE SURgEoN*
Reference List
Hard = H, European = E, Money = M, Caught = C, Ram = BUTTER, Stein = CUP, Point = E, Current = I, About = C, Large = L, On = RE
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