Word Puzzle 102

Word Puzzle 102 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Gold found in necklace, an alloy product? (9)

Corollary, or (gold), found in (insertion), collar (necklace), y (alloy), product (def)

2. American guy on Australian cricket team? (5)

Usman, US (American), man (guy), rest is def.

3. Oscar winning actor, expressing gratitude (1,5)

T. Hanks, Oscar winning actor (def), thanks (gratitude)

4. Worry about republican friend? (7)

  Brother, bother (worry), about (container), R (republican), friend (def)

5. Cycling clubs see red! (5)

Steam, cycling (recycle letters in) teams (clubs), see red (def)

6. Laugh about a dead metaphor (6)

Simile, smile (laugh), about (container), I (a), dead metaphor (def)

7. Clinton lost her head on African national congress for being a subsidiary (9)

Ancillary, Hillary (Clinton), lost her head (remove first letter in Hillary), on (juxtaposition

    works either as AB or BA), ANC (African National COngress), subsidiary (def)

8. Nick to catch banks on short film (5)

Filch, nick (def), ch (catch banks i.e., the first and last letter in catch), on (juxtaposition AB or

BA), short (delete last letter in) film.

9. Reject in part, that giving someone your word is a vow you take (7)

Disavow, reject (def), in part (hidden), rest is fodder.

10. Bitter but honest note on victory (9)

   Plaintive, bitter (def), plain (honest), ti (note), ve (victory)

11. Short cliff (5)

   Bluff DD.

12. Halloween refrain for a retort? (5,2,5)

   Trick or treat, implicit meta, Halloween refrain (def), a retort (target), one way to get the

   target is via anagram (trick) of “or treat.”

13. This is hardly a rocket surgery e.g., to get the other map (5,8)

    Mixed Metaphor, implicit meta, this is hardly a rocket surgery e.g. (def), “other map.”

    (target), one way to get “other map” is via anagram (mixed) of “metaphor.”

14. The Italian individual wearing satin is famous? (11)

    Illustrious, Il (the in Italian), I (individual), wearing (insertion), lustrous (satin), famous

    (def)

15.  Most famous flyer speak to improve (10)

    Ameliorate, Amelia (famous flyer), most (delete last letter), orate (speak), improve (def)

16. Lead characters in the English school text, ended up joining hands to fight evil (6)

   Extend, lead (def), characters in (hidden), rest is fodder.

17. Simple craft in space (7)

   Spartan, simple (def), art (craft), in (insertion), span (space)

18. Baby book hiding money? (6)

   Pamper, baby (def), paper (book), hiding (container), m (money)

19. Playing in circle during tempest? (7)

   Cyclone, on (playing), in (insertion), cycle (circle), tempest (def)

20. Limp fish (8)

   Flounder DD

21. Bonfire replica from the Will Smith sitcom (5,6,2,3-3)

   Fresh prince of Bel-Air, implicit meta, bonfire replica (target), rest is def, one way to get the

   target is fresh (anagram of) “prince of Bel-Air”