Word Puzzle 117

Word Puzzle 117 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Budding number one Greek character replaced the French man in the rough (9)

Incipient, budding (def), I (number one), pi (Greek character), replace (swap x for y), Le (the in French), M (man), i.e. swap “ipi” for “lem” 

        in (target), inclement (rough)

2. Challenging turn on a road over the endless river (7)

Arduous, challenging (def), u (turn) on (juxtaposition), a (a), Rd (road), over (juxtaposition), endless (delete last letter in) ouse (river)

3. Scowl at one who radiates perhaps (6)

Glower, scowl (def), glows (radiates), glower (one who radiates perhaps, as in one who glows)

4. Bore CIA with a cardio exercise (7, 7)

Aerobic workout, implicit meta, bore CIA (target), cardio exercise (def), one way to get the target is via aerobic anagram (workout)

5. Capital of Luxembourg exhibiting change (4)

Flux, change (def), exhibiting (hidden), rest is fodder.

6. More worried say, about generalized vector (6)

Tensor, tenser (more worried), say (homophone), generalized vector (def)

7. Maroon wasteland (6)

Desert, DD

8. Confuse some with a laser disc on certifiably original work of the Beatles (10)

Disconcert, confuse (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder.

9. Wage earner managed the candy garden (5,6)

Gandy dancer, wage earner (def), managed (anagram of) “candy garden.”

10. Make necessary reforms to strike a “nuthouse pose” (3,4,5,2,5)

   Put one’s house in order, implicit meta, make necessary reforms (def), nuthouse pose (target), one way to get the target is via 

       “put one’s house” anagram (in order)

11. Plan got set!! (9)

  Designate, design (plan), ate (got), set (def)

12. Entourage hiding dead master’s possessions from legal heirs (5)

   Posse, entourage (def), hiding (hidden), rest is fodder.

13. Torture by itself is associated with good? (9)

   Persecute, torture (def), per se (by itself), is associated with (juxtaposition), cute (good)

14. Employed a fellow after an odd drill (8)

   Diligent, employed (def), I (a), gent (fellow), after (juxtaposition), odd (odd letters in) drill

15. Field excursion joke (5)

    Sally, Triple def. as in Sally field, excursion, and joke.

16. Guide cockney gal in rain (6)

   Shower, show (guide), Er (cockney girl), rain (def)

17. Take care of the wicked plan (11)

    Superintend, take care of (def), super (wicked), plan (intend)

18. Dictator’s imported watches (8)

   Oversees, dictator’s (homophone of) overseas (imported), watches (def)

19. Unhappy to find traders (3-7)

   Ill-starred, unhappy (def), to find (meta), traders (target), one way to get the target is via anagram (ill) of starred

20. Skirt when cycling? It’s a no-no (4)

   Tabu, abut (skirt), cycling (letter circulation of) abut, no-no (def)

21. Not the first restriction on reproduction (10)

   Imitation, not the first (delete the first letter in) limitation (restriction), reproduction (def)