Word Puzzle 110

Word Puzzle 110 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Devil in um... pain, made a fuss (11)

Pandemonium, demon (devil), in (insertion), made (anagram of) “um pain”, fuss (def)

2. Cook basil rice that’s fiery (9)

Irascible, cook (anagram of) “basil rice”, fiery (def)

3. Spokesmodel contributing to a rush. Ill thought ideas getting pushed as a result (5)

Shill, spokesmodel (def), contributing (hidden), rest is fodder.

4. Concern about the diamond lattice (5)

Cadre, care (concern), about (container), D (diamond), lattice (def)

5. Nightclub with ridiculous fur item, faces embarrassment (12)

Discomfiture, disco (nightclub), with (juxtaposition), ridiculous (anagram of) “fur item”,

    embarrassment (def)

6. Regular girl breaks shackle of shame (7)

Chagrin, regular (alternate letters in) girl, breaks (insertion), chain (chackle), shame (def)

7. Danger from the ordinary? (6-7)

Garden-variety, implicit meta, danger (target), ordinary (def), one way to get danger is via

    garden anagram (variety)

8. Cycling range irritation (5)

Anger, cycling (letter circulation of) range, irritation (def)

9. Find gringo men by peddling style (7,9)

Fashion mongering, find (meta), gringo men (target), peddling style (def), one way to get the

target is via anagram (fashion) of mongering.

10. Classic idea? (5)

   Model, DD

11. Doctor, not aspirant #10 (6,5)

    Patron saint, doctor (anagram of) not aspirant, #10 (answer to clue #10 i.e., model, def)

12. Restricted item replaced inside the cover (7)

    Limited, restricted (def), replaced (anagram of) limited, inside (insertion), lid (cover)

13. Dark fungus L-110 version (10)

   Fuliginous, dark (def), version (anagram of) fungus L-iio (L-110)

14. Maliciously besot Eric Clapton by concealing secret (8)

    Esoteric, secret (def), concealing (hidden), rest is fodder.

15. Never murder an expert who’s brilliant (10)

   Noticeable, not (never), ice (murder), able (expert), brilliant (def)

16. Didn’t vacuum a cab rented to a baddie robbing stores... shocking!! (7)

   Macabre, stores (hidden), shocking (def), rest is fodder.

17. Double for Leon Bay (6-7)

   Phoney-baloney, implicit meta, double (def), Leon Bay (target), one way to get Leon Bay is

  via anagram (phoney) of baloney

18. A north American report on odd use of a certain type of watch (8)

   Analogue, a (a), NA (north American), log (report), on (juxtaposition), odd (odd letters in)

  use, a certain type of watch (def)

19. Health stipulation (9)

   Condition, DD

20. Cost of former VP say (7)

   Expense, cost (def), ex (former), say (homophone of) Pence (VP)

21. Puzzle: Live more natural? (8)

   Bewilder, puzzle (def), be (live), wilder (more natural)