Word Puzzle 103

Word Puzzle 103 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Suave debutante being broadcast on radio (8)

Debonair, suave (def), deb (debutante), on-air (being broadcast on radio)

2. Boost usage of Nazi dagger (10)

Aggrandize. boost (def), usage of (anagram of) “Nazi dagger”

3. Native Peruvian on terrace, beaten up and finally jailed (12)

        Incarcerated, Inca (native Peruvian), on (juxtaposition), beaten up (anagram of) terrace, d

    (and finally, i.e., last letter in), jailed (def)

4. Dishonestly alter figures to host Kobe? (4,3,5)

Cook the books, implicit meta, dishonestly alter figures (def), host Kobe (target), one way to

    get the target is via anagram (cook) of “the books.”

5. Tip from instructor at health club on usage of new equipment (5)

  Bonus, tip (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder.

6. Fishing tip (7)

Angling, DD

7. Plain dance training (6)

Steppe, plain (def), step (dance), PE (training)

8. Guy carrying weight playing offense (7)

Dudgeon, dude (guy), carrying (container), g (weight), on (playing), offense (def)

9. Love preference? (6)

Relish, DD

10. Decline of French American in Mexico on the Spanish shores of Danube (12)

   Degringolade, decline (def), de (of in French), gringo (American in Mexico), La (the in

  Spanish), shores of (1st and last letter in) Danube

11. Diminutive version of Batman (6)

   Bantam, diminutive (def), version of (anagram of) batman

12. Find Neil with ~ (8,4)

   Squiggly line, implicit meta, Neil (target), ~ (def), one way to get Neil is via anagram

  (squiggly) of line.

13. Troubled part of West China, especially Zizhiqu, easy to disappear here without a trace (6)

    Queasy, troubled (def), part of (hidden), rest is fodder.

14. Worried, Ana charged in a frenzy (5,1,4)

    Cared a hang, worried (def), in a frenzy (anagram of) “Ana charged.”

15. Stop re-enactment of painful history for some, though others secretly gloat (5)

   Preen, secretly (hidden), gloat (def), rest is fodder.

16. Delighted in case of kid touring at sea level (7)

   Kvelled, delighted (def), case of (1st and last letter in) kid, touring (container), at sea

  (anagram of) level

17. Press mute button to turn this or speak out? (5,3)

   Sound off, Cryptic definition, press mute button = turn sound off, speak out (def)

18. Intercourse with queen? Ecstasy!! (8)

   Relation, intercourse (def), R (queen), elation (ecstasy)

19. Body show (8)

   Manifest, DD

20. Order tech from back-channel (3-3-6)

   Off-the-record, implicit meta, order tech (target), back-channel (def), one way to get

  order tech is via anagram (off) of “the record.”

21. Shady name in Viking pirate chief (8)

   Sneaking, shady (def), n (name), in (insertion), sea king (Viking pirate chief)