Word Puzzle 106

Word Puzzle 106 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Myth about ill temper is liable to be erroneous (8)

Fallible, fable (myth), about (container), temper (anagram of) ill, rest is def.

2. Join after batting instruction? (10)

Injunction, junction (join), after (positionally follows), in (batting), instruction (def)

3. Fleshy contents of your grocery tend to rot under too much heat (6)

Rotund, fleshy (def), contents (hidden), rest is fodder.

4. Drunk woman shadowing telephone inventor and a trendsetter (10)

Bellwether, wet (drunk), her (woman), shadowing (positionally after), Bell (telephone

inventor), trendsetter (def)

5. Result of orbit covering extremes of Epimetheus and Dione (7)

Redound, result (def), round (orbit), covering (container), extremes of (1st letters in)

“Epimetheus” and “Dione” i.e., ED

6. Deceitful treatment of indigenous American (12)

Disingenuous, deceitful (def), treatment of (anagram of) indigenous, US (American)

7. Oriental hero amongst the most of castaway’s seeing faces in clouds perhaps (10)

Pareidolia, E (oriental), idol (hero), amongst (insertion), most of (delete last letter in) pariah

(castaway), rest is def.

8. Refuse to vote for sailor with stigma (7)

Abstain, refuse to vote for (def), AB (sailor), with (juxtaposition), stain (stigma)

9. Anxious to find a tease? (3,2,4)

  Ill at ease, anxious (def), to find (meta), a tease (target), one way to get a tease is via anagram

  (ill) of “at ease”

10. Ensure sting operation is planned, before reopening the case that was somewhat dormant (7)

   Resting, dormant (def), somewhat (hidden), rest is fodder.

11. Rusty chased around the downtown (8)

   Outmoded, rusty (def), outed (chased), around (container), mod (downtown)

12. Did great!! (12)

   Accomplished, DD

13.  Large decapitated specimen (5)

    Ample, large (def), decapitated (delete the 1st letter in) sample (specimen)

14. Find ten peers with fake intention, perhaps to defraud (5,8)

   False Pretense, find (meta), ten peers (target), rest is def, one way to get ten peers is via

   anagram (false) of “pretense”.

15. Difficult pattern identification expert (10)

   Formidable, difficult (def), form (pattern), Id (identification), able (expert)

16. Distant spinning meteor (6)

   Remote, distant (def), spinning (anagram of) meteor.

17. Worried gangster furnished with weapons (7)

    Alarmed, worried (def), Al (gangster), armed (furnished with weapons)

18. Relieved to have qualified by trading the diamond for 50 pounds (9)

   Mollified, relieved (def), modified (qualified), trading x for y (swap D (diamond) with LL

   (50 pounds) in target word “modified”)

19. In market lawsuit, I was demoted, and Charles was fired as punishment (11)

   Retaliation, retail (market), action (lawsuit), I was demoted (move letter I to right), fired

  (deletion of) C (Charles), punishment (def)

20. What you did when your 1st serve was called let, it’s dumb (8)

    Reserved, DD as in re-served and reserved.

21. Antisocial academician with the psychopath from south (5)

    Aloof, antisocial (def), A (academician), fool (psychopath), from south (reversal)