Word Puzzle 109

Word Puzzle 109 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Reformed men, dead to the auditor (6)

Mended, reformed (def), to the auditor (homophone of) “men dead.”

2. Essential to finance a lunatic? (11)

Fundamental, essential (def), fund (finance), a (a), mental (lunatic)

3. Sunlit resort? That’s an outrage (6)

Insult, resort (anagram of) sunlit, outrage (def)

4. Type of coffee for a favored street worker (7)

Instant, type of coffee (def), in (favored), ST (street), ant (worker)

5. Wave intensive care unit labor during pregnancy (13)

Gesticulation, wave (def), ICU (intensive care unit), L (labor), during (insertion), gestation

(pregnancy)

6. Accidental no-ball for example, no use being worried (10)

Extraneous, accidental (def), extra (no-ball for example), worried (anagram of) “no use”

7. Banquet for aristocratic Asian? (6)

Regale, banquet (def), regal (aristocratic), E (Asian)

8. Start with almost 3-dollar view (9)

Threshold, start (def), almost (delete last letter in) three (3), S (dollar), hold (view)

9. Obligated to take a short break during Bachelor of Engineering study (8)

Beholden, obligated (def), “hol” (short break), during (insertion), BE (Bachelor of

    Engineering), den (study)

10. Questionable call on credit notes (7)

   Dubious, questionable (def), dub (call), on (juxtaposition), IOUs (credit notes)

11. Perfection without a remarkable manifestation (12)

   Quintessence, without (deletion of) a from, quaint (remarkable), essence (manifestation)

12. Presage about the breaking pot in time, for the all-powerful (10)

   Omnipotent, omen (presage), about (container), breaking (anagram of) “pot in”,

   T (time), all-powerful (def)

13. Get pinot with crunch? (8,5)

   Breaking point, meta (get), pinot (target), crunch (def), one way to get pinot is via anagram

   (breaking) of “point.”

14. How to create tumors with a key consumer retention measure? (8,5,4)

   Customer churn rate, how to (meta), create tumors (target), one way to get the target is via

   Customer churn(anagram) rate

15. Abbreviation perhaps for an associate in America (7)

   Acronym, abbreviation perhaps (def), crony (associate), in (insertion), AM (America)

16. Warm letters from fans poured in as Detroit made playoff as a wild card entry (6)

   Ardent, warm (def), letters from (hidden), rest is fodder.

17. Weak currency? (6)

   Tender DD.

18. The officer repeated the question real slow, as Ted looked somewhat stoned (6)

  Wasted, somewhat (hidden), stoned (def), rest is fodder.

19. Plant a bad clue about pussy after playing (9)

   Inculcate, plant (def), bad (anagram of) clue, cat (pussy), after (positionally after), in

   (playing)

20. Articulated complete characteristics of Finland (7)

   Finnish, articulated (homophone of) finish (complete), rest is def.

21. Trespass into the den (6)

   Offend, implicit meta, trespass (def), den (target), one way to get den is via anagram (off) of

  “end”