Word Puzzle 116

Word Puzzle 116 – Cryptic Clues:

Theme: Hidden. Some of the clues fit this theme.

Note:

·     You need to provide full parsing. No response without parsing.

Scoring:

·      No credit no response, without correct parsing.

·      All clues worth 1 point except Kohli/meta clue(s) which are worth 2 points

Clues:

1. Wave motion (6)

2. Dismiss prompts in a fit (9)

3. Most determined, #1 returning the call (10)

4. In part of Texas history, 1835 stands out, with Alamo defended by Sam Houston’s ragtag army (1,2,4)

5. Ornate color (6)

6. How to say ready on Jan 1? (5,3)

7. Relinquish = applying two mutually cancelling operations in cryptic or applying one of them on a palindrome (4,4)

8. Storyteller artist’s outline edited by replacing circle with point (9)

9. Cancel the peculiar bullpen with ice (4-6)

10. Prohibit some folks from voting for Biden in the upcoming presidential election (6)

11. Lipstick design (6)

12. Dance with abandon, a NYE feature? (4,4)

13. Passenger’s on the ship waiting for port entry, exhibiting wonder (7)

14. How to be hot and intense by being dolled up? (7,2,3,5)

15. Stew for wild witch (7)

16. Indecision about enticing fest? (5-7)

17. Suspicion about at home schooling (9)

18. For Schengen visa, get forms ready, along with id proof clearly displaying picture (8)

19. Tally up, say numbers in reverse (9)

20. Go down straight, according to hearsay, it connects Tasman sea with the south Pacific ocean (4,6)

21. Do gets me tensed (4,4,4)

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