Word Puzzle 101

Word Puzzle 101 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Lodge outside the Film-city (7)

Seattle, settle (lodge), outside (container), A (film), city (def)

2. Grapple with depression after losing love (4)

Glom, grapple (def), gloom (depression), losing (deletion of) O (love)

3. Religious about Monday lunchtime sermon (6)

Homily, holy (religious), about (container), M (Monday), I (lunchtime), sermon (def)

4. Convincing Joe to join the business (6)

Cogent, convincing (def), gent (Joe), to join (juxtaposition that works in both AB and BA

pattern), co (business)

5. Colossal volume of water on the roads ... that was some shower! (5)

Salvo, shower (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder.

6. Make up after give-and-take and setting aside the order (8)

Comprise, make up (def), compromise (give-and-take), setting aside (deletion of) OM (order)

7. Got his land from an eccentric (10)

Outlandish, got (meta), “his land” (target), eccentric (def), one way to get “his land” is from

anagram (out) of “landish”

8. Thing for the model in front... (5)

Forte, thing (def), T (model), in (insertion), fore (front)

9. Prevent hostilities in Tahiti oddly (6)

Thwart, prevent (def), war (hostilities), in (insertion), oddly (select odd letters in) Tahiti.

10. Elliptic-conical shape (7)

   Laconic, elliptic (def), shape (anagram of) conical

11. Random #- (8)

   Slapdash, random (def), slap (# i.e., pound), dash (-)

12. Stumble in part due to oddish amble (7)

   Shamble, stumble (def), in part (hidden), rest is fodder.

13. How to score prime hash from mother of rivers? (3,9)

   New Hampshire, how to score (meta), prime hash (target), one way to get prime hash is via

   anagram (new) of “Hampshire” (New Hampshire, nickname: mother of rivers)

14. Memorize essay for a challenge (7)

   Contest, con (memorize), test (essay), challenge (def)

15. Vintage saw (5)

   Dated DD

16. Fall breaking the tiny walking stick? (7)

   Whangee, hang (fall), breaking (insertion), wee (tiny), walking stick (def)

17. Old title from the animal whisperer (6,8)

   Doctor Dolittle, implicit meta, old title (target), animal whisperer (def), one way to get old

   title is via anagram (doctor) of “Dolittle”.

18. Hero athlete who succeeded through hard work (7)

   Grinder, DD

19. Go all around in forest (8)

   Collapse, go (def), around (anagram of) all, in (insertion), copse (forest)

20. Pat on the back for a tough, demanding uncompromising person (4-3)

   Hard-ass, hard (pat), on (juxtaposition), ass (back), rest is def.

21. High altitude space!! (8)

   Latitude, high (anagram of) altitude, space (def)