Word Puzzle 107

Word Puzzle 107 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. How to get K-mart ware from top? (4-5,4)

High-water mark, how to get (meta), K-mart ware (target), top (def), one way to get the

target is via anagram (high) of “water mark.”

2. Do hear rest of the evidence, before you draw some conclusion (6)

Arrest, some (hidden), conclusion (def), rest is fodder.

3. Militant dead in attack on nightclub (10)

Discordant, militant (def), d (dead), in (insertion), rant (attack), on (juxtaposition), disco

(nightclub), (BTW, X on Y can mean either XY or YX)

4. Eating filleted ribeye during Bryan Cranston’s famous series? (8,5)

Breaking bread, eating (def), filleted (delete middle letters in) ribeye, during (insertion),

Breaking bad (Bryan Cranston’s famous series)

5. Adjust air conditioner setting (9)

Acclimate, adjust (def), AC (air conditioner), climate (setting)

6. In the latest rankings of popular blogs on internet, her blog was rated somewhat lower (6)

Nether, somewhat (hidden), lower (def), rest is fodder.

7. Note on place setting (6)

Milieu, Mi (note), on (juxtaposition), lieu (place), setting (def)

8. Equivocate to revise target set (12)

Tergiversate, equivocate (def), set (anagram of) revise target.

9. Motivation for work (11)

Provocation, motivation (def), pro (for), vocation (work)

10. Cost associated with extraordinarily decent cause? (10)

  Antecedent, ante (cost), associated with (juxtaposition), extraordinarily (anagram of) decent,

  cause (def)

11. Do mini onagers have mysterious intrinsic power? (8)

  Dominion, intrinsic (hidden), power (def), rest is fodder.

12. Crush led the setter to lose head in love (9)

   Pulverize, crush (def), Gulve (setter i.e., me), lose head (delete first letter in Gulve), in

      (insertion), prize (love)

13. How to sort one with value? (3,5,2)

   Set store on, how to (meta), sort one (target), one way to get the target is via anagram (set)

   of “store on”.

14.  Blitz the retreating, tiring legion (7)

    Bombard, blitz (def), drab (tiring), mob (legion), retreating (reversal)

15. Ambush of American public transport for example, covering California and Delaware (9)

   Ambuscade, ambush (def), Am (American), bus (public transport example), covering

   (juxtaposition), CA (California), DE (Delaware)

16. Sound from surf at home, coming from the beach next door is my fav childhood memory (6)

    Fathom, sound (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder.

17. Bad down clue for train? (5,3,7)

    Under the weather, implicit meta, bad (def), train (target), “down clue” is providing

    additional hint, one way to get train is, “under the (t), weather (rain)”

18. Apprehend doctor without any initial evidence after taking turn for better (5,4)

   Upper hand, doctor (anagram of) apprehend, without (deletion of) E (initial i.e., 1st letter in)

   evidence, after (positionally after), U (turn), better (def)

19. Favor free trip, getting into city of lights (5,4)

   Parti pris, favor (def), free (anagram of) trip, getting into (insertion), Paris (city of lights)

 20. All-round leader (7)

     General, DD

21. Rowdy former ride hailing service worker (9)

   Exuberant, rowdy (def), ex (former), Uber (ride hailing service), ant (worker)