Word Puzzle 115

Word Puzzle 115 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Roadside tattoo artist is a clown (7)

Stinker, roadside => next to road i.e., St (road) + inker (tattoo artist), clown (def)

2. Inspection for bat? (7)

Checkup, implicit meta (patter x for y or y from x), inspection (def), bat (target),

One way to get there is via tab (check), reversal (up)

3. Listen to sassier rock (7)

Boulder, listen to (homophone of) bolder (sassier), rock (def)

4. Large, tall, and thin tree hiding the trap (7)

Popular, large (def), poplar (tall and thin tree), hiding (container), u (trap)

5. New in academic standard (7)

Pendant, n (new), in (insertion), pedant (academic), standard (def)

6. Resort rented with cash (6)

Tender, resort (anagram of) rented, cash (def)

7. Recover against Glen and specifically Edward (10)

Convalesce, recover (def), con (against), vale (glen), sc (specifically), E (Edward)

8. Get pin from the rally (4,4)

Snap back, get (meta), pin (target), rally (def), one way to get it is via nip (snap) reversal

(back) 

9. Player showing emotion on the field? His choice to react or not!! (5)

Actor, player (def), showing (hidden), rest is fodder.

10. Fake help admitting lies (9)

   Improvise, fake (def), improve (help), admitting (container), is (lies)

11. Conclusion from research, whichever dictionary one uses it’s the same (7)

   Verdict, conclusion (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder.

12. Do stupid haters think? Anyone’s guess (4,2,3,4)

   Shot in the dark, stupid (anagram of) “do haters think”, guess (def)

13. Coach helping to make peace with my tormentors (6)

   Mentor, coach (def), helping to make (hidden), rest is fodder.

14. Reveal the face (4)

   Show, DD

15. Black hole with the alien cover-up? (7)

   Blanket, blank (black hole), with (juxtaposition), ET (alien), cover-up (def)

16. Not a fan of French aircraft (9)

   Detractor, not a fan (def), de (of in French), tractor (aircraft)

17. Reporter in a black coupe, carrying about. (11)

   Broadcaster, reporter (def), b (black), roadster (coupe), carrying (container), ca (about)

18. Around 10, turn it on as a courtesy (9)

   Attention, at (around), ten (10), turn (reversal of) it, on (on), courtesy (def)

19. How to find Darnel with the help of an alien? (9)

   Outlander, how to (meta), Darnel (target), alien (def), one way to get it is via anagram (out)

   of lander.

20. Reject stores selling fancy products, for shiny hair, apply and rub coconut oil around (6)

   Pariah, reject (def), stores (hidden), around (reversal), rest is fodder.

21. Have an urge to swap husband for a model squeeze (6)

   Extort, exhort (urge), swap h (husband) for t (model), in exhort, squeeze (def)