Word Puzzle 112

Word Puzzle 112 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Transport contents from Ravi’s home to his new place (6)

Ravish, transport (def), contents of (hidden), rest is fodder.

2. Torch all marketing material featuring the logo (8)

  Hallmark, logo (def), featuring (hidden), rest is fodder.

3. Agree with artist’s vision (7)

Chimera, chime (agree), with (juxtaposition), RA (artist), vision (def)

4. Pressing an Englishman without a team (7)

Exigent, pressing (def), E (English), gent (man), without (container), XI (team)

5. Liberal poet composed standardized text (11)

Boilerplate, composed (anagram of) “liberal poet”, standardized text (def)

6. Vociferous dude in mummery, needing no introduction (7)

Clamant, vociferous (def), man (dude), in (insertion), needing no introduction (delete 1st letter

    in) Eclat (mummery)

7. Pink Floyd number to ban killer witch? (7,5,2,3,4)

Another brick in the wall, implicit meta, Pink Floyd number (def), “ban killer witch.”

    (target), one way to get the target is via another (anagram) of “brick in the wall.” 

8. Tell some irate customer, that the window for refund is closed (8)

  Disclose, tell (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder.

9. Play down a golf hit (4,5,2)

Make light of, implicit meta, golf hit (target), play down (def), one way to get the target is via

    anagram (make) of “light of.”

10. Got dismantled (7,4)

   Knocked down, DD.

11. Anchor Bob (4)

    Dock, DD.  

12. Shark boat caught in storm without essential belief (7)

   Buzzard, shark (def), U (boat), caught in (insertion), blizzard (storm), without (deletion of),

   essential (middle letters in) “belief”

13. Boy soldier following the order (7)

   Callant, boy (def), ant (soldier), following (positionally after), call (order)

14. Cry loudly at first when involved in busted elbow (6)

   Bellow, cry (def), L (loudly at first), involved in (insertion), busted (anagram of) elbow.

15. Rock band with obscure “nurse’s song”? (4,1,5)

   Guns n’ roses, rock band (def), obscure (anagram of) “nurse’s song”

16. Quiet edge on the banks of the Pearl (9)

   Placidity, quiet (def), acidity (edge), on (juxtaposition), banks of (1st and last letter in) Pearl.

17. See Argus with Splenda perhaps (5,10)

   Sugar substitute, see (meta), Argus (target), Splenda perhaps (def), one way to get target is

  via sugar anagram (substitute)

18. Insider against diplomacy (7)

  Contact, insider (def), con (against), (tact) diplomacy

19. Amateur sailor on stage (7)

   Jackleg, amateur (def), jack (sailor), on (juxtaposition), leg (stage)

20. Romantic professor completely accepts hugs and kisses ... (3, 7)

   Don Quixote, romantic (def), Don (professor), quite (completely), accepts (container), XO

   (hugs and kisses)

21. Join Confederacy? (7)

   Combine, DD