Word Puzzle 108

Word Puzzle 108 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Boat in strange land (6)

Obtain, strange (anagram of) boat + in, land (def)

2. Truce broke down after a month-long crisis (8)

Juncture, broke down (anagram of) truce, after (positionally after), Jun (month), crisis (def)

3. Real bummer!! Mistakenly deleted part of the compilation (5)

Album, part of (hidden), compilation (def), rest is fodder.

4. Threatening to violently uproot nest (10)

Portentous, threatening (def), violently (anagram of) uproot + nest.

5. Limit of French market say (9)

Demarcate, limit (def), de (of in French), say (homophone), “marcate” is homophone of

Market

6. Surly noble not finished with the flipping note (9)

Splenetic, surly (def), splendid (noble), not (deletion of) did (finished), flipping (reversal of)

cite (note)

7. How to get drier with a sponge? (4, 5)

Free rider, how to get (def), drier (target), sponge (def), one way to get drier is via anagram

(free) of “rider”

8. Sweet woman in relationship lacking direction (10)

Confection, sweet (def), f (woman), in (insertion), connection (relationship), lacking

(deletion), N (direction)

9. Thriving in his latest business of harvesting kelp, Al, my neighbor has moved to the coast (5)

Palmy, thriving (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder.

10. Coax daughter to get into the detailed car before starting engine (7)

  Wheedle, coax (def), D (daughter), into the (insertion), detailed (delete last letter in), wheels

      (car), before (juxtaposition), starting (first letter selection in) engine.

11. Prefer videos that are somewhat religious? (6)

  Fervid, somewhat (hidden), religious (def), rest is fodder.

12. Cook with pimentos as a favor? (8)

   Nepotism, cook (anagram of) pimentos, favor (def)

13. How to form a team with a roomie? (8)

   Playmate, how to form (meta), team (target), roomie (def), one way to get team is via

   anagram (play) of “mate”

14. Approval has been received for swab-less, ingenuous way to test for covid (8)

   Blessing, approval (def), has (hidden), rest is fodder.

15. Okay to cheat top bank? Not exactly!! (3,2,3,4)

   Pat on the back, okay (def), not exactly (anagram of) “cheat top bank”

16. Ginger wine? (5)

   Juice, DD

17. Everyman gets a pardon? (6)

   Parole, prole (everyman), gets (insertion), a (a), pardon (def)

18. Life on the sea for the mover and shaker (4,3)

   Main man, man (life), on (juxtaposition A on B could mean AB or

   BA), main (sea), mover and shaker (def)

19. Day invested in connect with friend (8)

   Compadre, D (day), involved in (insertion), compare (connect), friend (def)

20. A fantastic victory ... that was fast! (8)

    Voracity, fantastic (anagram of) “a victory”, fast (def)

21. Musk guarded after being dragged out (9)

    Elongated, Elon (Musk), gated (guarded), dragged out (def)