Word Puzzle 111

Word Puzzle 111 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Old lady turning on the faucet? that is silly (10)

Cockamamie, mama (old lady), turning (reversal), on (juxtaposition), cock (faucet), i.e.

(that is) silly(def)

2. Who in Paris broke into the engineers’ place by necessity? (9)

Requisite, qui (who in Paris i.e., in French), broke into (insertion), RE (engineers), site

    (place), necessity (def)

3. Eddy alerts mom in trouble (9)

Maelstrom, eddy (def), in trouble (anagram of) “alerts mom”

4. Eschewed cycling trick (6)

Eluded, eschewed (def), cycling (letter circulation) of delude (trick)

5. Chaos inherent in massive projects like the roman arch. Yeoman’s work was needed. (7)

Anarchy, chaos (def), inherent in (hidden), rest is fodder.

6. Stand on the expert section of the pool say (6)

Depend, stand on (def), deep end (expert section of the pool), say (homophone)

7. Investigator probing well-organized hustle (6)

Sleuth, investigator (def), well-organized (anagram of) hustle

8. Had to stop the film on rebel? (7)

Endured, had (def), end (stop), U (film), on (juxtaposition), red (rebel)

9. How to convert Sonia with idle chit-chat? (6,12)

Casual conversation, how to (meta), convert Sonia (target), idle chit-chat (def), one way to

    get to the target is via anagram (casual) of “conversation.”

10. Senator resorted to treachery (7)

   Treason, resorted (anagram of) senator, treachery (def)

11. Obligation for Scrooge mostly (7)

    Promise, obligation (def), pro (for), mostly (delete last letter in) miser (scrooge)

12. Firm touch (7)

   Concern, DD

13. Move men to the front line of the campaign (8)

   Movement, campaign (def), of (hidden), rest is the fodder.

14. Emergent nations producing true icons (10, 9)

   Developing countries, emergent nations (def), producing (meta), true icons (target), one way

  to get that is via anagram (developing) of “countries.”

15. Humboldt witnessed ill-treated bum (7,4,6)

   Twiddle one’s thumbs, ill-treated (anagram of) “Humboldt witnessed”, bum (def)

16. Outspoken paramilitary thug (7)

   Gorilla, outspoken (homophone of) guerrilla (paramilitary)

 17. Arrogant gentleman? (8)

    Cavalier, DD

18. Competing with the best, Ron got somewhat hardened (6)

   Strong, somewhat (hidden), hardened (def), rest is fodder.

19. Invest in things they initially don’t like (7)

   Suffuse, invest (def), stuff (things), t (they initially), don’t (deletion) of t, use (like)

20. Wrong about time being endless (8)

    Immortal, immoral (wrong), about (container), T (time), endless (def)

21. Lounge for pals (4,4)

   Kick back, implicit meta, lounge (def), pals (target), one way to get pals is via slap (kick)

  reversal (back)