Word Puzzle 113

Word Puzzle 113 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Jazzy houseboat with a twist (7)

Kinetic, jazzy (def), kin (house), E (boat), with a (juxtaposition), tic (twist)

2. Do something that has never been done before to find a Karen Web (5,3,6)

Break new ground, implicit meta, do something that has never been done before (def),

Karen Web (target), one way to get the target is via “break new” anagram (ground)

3. A tragic, slow sentimental song is like a “bad salad” to the spooner (3, 6)

Sad ballad, a tragic, slow sentimental song (def), spooner (spoonerism of) “bad salad’

4. Angling devices? (11)

Inclination DD.

5. Duck can’t cycle? (5)

Drake, duck (def), cycle (letter circulation of) raked (cant)

6. Rock band to copy, man!! (3, 7)

Bad company, implicit meta, rock band (def), copy man (target), one way to get the target is

via anagram (bad) of “company”

7. Ana from the Sugarland express (7)

Garland, ana (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder.

8. Motor city, America after gas shortage turns into rubble (8)

Detritus, Detroit (motor city), US (America), shortage (deletion of) O (gas), rubble (def)

9. Notion inherent in tenet that hanging laundry under the direct sun, dries it better (8)

Sundries, notion (def), inherent in (hidden), rest is fodder.

10. Ana avoids the dab in Florida and Belgium when drunk (11)

   Florilegium, ana (def), avoids (deletion of) “dab” from drunk (anagram of) Florida +

   Belgium

11. Bliss of exotic life close to the suburb (8)

   Felicity, bliss (def), exotic (anagram of) life, close to the (juxtaposition), city (suburb)

12. Racer before arrest topping on the road (7)

   Asphalt, asp (racer), before (juxtaposition), halt (arrest), topping on the road (def)

13. Flipped this button and the traffic light that was red, now turns green? Got to be some

  miracle!! (6)

   Wonder, flipped (reverse scan), some (hidden), rest is fodder.

14. Beaver and kitten in beige, at odds over the partition (9)

   Bifurcate, fur (beaver), cat (kitten), in (insertion), at odds (odd letters in) beige, partition

  (def)

15. Charge to get Pat (4,2)

   Pump up, implicit meta, charge (def), Pat target, one way to get Pat is via tap (pump)

  reversal (up)

16. Well!! you better reform Jade!! (9)

   Soubrette, so (well), u (you), reform (anagram of) better, jade (def)

17. Company procedure for applying conventional wisdom (5,4)

   Party line, party (company), line (procedure), conventional wisdom (def)

18. Parking space that’s commonplace? (9)

   Platitude, P (parking), latitude (space), commonplace (def)

19. Wash the shirt swapped with a girl in anger (8)

   Irrigate, wash (def), T (shirt), swapped (replace) T with g (girl), in irritate (anger)

20. Rant about incomplete Mumbai road (7)

   Bombast, rant (def), incomplete (delete last letter in) Bombay (Mumbai), St (road)

21. Book store (7)

   Reserve, DD.