Word Puzzle 119

Word Puzzle 119 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

 1. Commander does not completely respect the gangster (7)

Admiral, commander (def), not completely (delete last letter in) admire (respect), Al

  (gangster)

2. Trash can (7)

  Dismiss (DD)

3. Supply bomb from French prison? (8)

Stockade, stock (supply), A (bomb), de (from in French), prison (def)

4. Reserved space for wardrobe in the front (7)

Forward, in (hidden), front (def), rest is fodder.

5. Essential to tail Capone (11)

Fundamental, essential (def), fundament (tail), Al (Capone)

6. How to get Amy Monroe released by causing somebody a great deal of trouble? (4,7,1, 5, 5)

Lead someone a merry dance, how to get (meta), “Amy Monroe released” (target), rest is

def, one way to get the target is via “lead someone a merry” anagram (dance)

7. 11R99 like a dream? (7)

  Oneiric, one (1), I (1), R (R), IC (99), like a dream (def)

8. Cold wind leaking through the cracks in window chilling my bones, a typical day in fall (7)

Dwindle, in (hidden), fall (def), rest is fodder.

9. Decline the treasure encountered (7)

Plummet, decline (def), plum (treasure), met (encountered)

10. Clamor for model Audrey Chen after she lost the ultimate role (3,3,3)

   Hue and cry, clamor (def), model (anagram of) Audrey Chen – e (after she lost i.e. deletion

   of last letter (ultimate) in role i.e. E)

11. High class French twist, shake a leg during mass (9)

   Abundance, A (high class), bun (French twist), dance (shake a leg), mass (def)

12. How to get in busses with a plan for making money? (8,5)

   Business model, how to get (meta), “in busses” (target), plan for making money (def)

   one way to get the target is via, business anagram (model)

13. Too many needles supplied. Hospital stores nonessential (8)

    Needless, stores (hidden), nonessential (def), rest is fodder.

14. Examination strain (4)

    Test, DD

15. Grind but get the short end of the stick, coming to grips with chaotic New York (10)

    Donkeywork, grind (def), do (short), k (end of stick i.e., last letter in), coming to grips with

       (container), chaotic (anagram of) New York

16.  Create specific DNA sequence with quality (8)

    Generate, create (def), gene (specific DNA sequence), with (juxtaposition), rate (quality)

17. A puzzle on the radio intended to shock (9)

   Amazement, a (a), maze (puzzle), on the radio (homophone of) meant (intended) so “ment”,

   shock (def)

18. Returning wildfire drove the tigers away forever. A cruel act of nature (5)

   Order, returning (reversal), of (hidden), nature (def), rest is fodder.

19. Ignore the boss (8)

   Overlook, DD

20. Get notes from a very popular FPS video game? (7-6)

    Counter-strike, get (meta), notes (target), rest is def, one way to get the target is via

   reversal (counter) of “set on” (strike)

21. Place for decorative pin say (6)

   Broach, place (def), brooch (decorative pin), say (homophone)