Word Puzzle 122

Word Puzzle 122 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Sound of frying with nonfat, homemade butter is quite unique (6)

Fathom, sound (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder.

2. Shoot the breeze on the harbor to show solidarity (7)

Rapport, rap (shoot the breeze), on the (juxtaposition), port (dock), solidarity (def)

3. Getting tavern cocktail in East England is a waste (8)

Enervate, cocktail (anagram of) tavern, in (insertion), E (east), E (England), waste (def)

4. A small cup of black coffee for Moore on joining Russian news agency press core (9)

Demitasse, a small cup of black coffee (def), Demi (Moore), on joining (juxta), TASS

    (Russian news agency), core (middle letter in) press

5. Weak in details, the plan guiding the economic revival failed miserably (7)

Languid, weak (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder.

6. Core assets (7)

Capital, DD

7. How do you fine creatures by employing the field of product usability say (4,9,6)

User interface design, how do you (meta), fine creatures (target), one way to get to the target

    is via “user interface” design (anagram)

8. Butter inordinately a German soldier to show support (8)

Buttress, inordinately (anagram of) butter, SS (German soldier), support (def)

9. Climb a peak (5)

Mount, DD.

10. How to get rated by an exchange? (5-3)

   Trade-off, how to get (meta), rated (target), one way to get to the target is via trade anagram

  (off)

11. Banter rarely made about Israel (8)

   Raillery, banter (def), made (anagram of) rarely, about (container), IL (Israel)

12. Cunning genius (5)

   Knack, DD.

13. Another wicket gone, it’s three down for ten, Siraj again displaying his inherent specialty (5)

   Forte, inherent (hidden), specialty (def), rest is fodder.

14. Move soldiers by rail to the field (10)

   Department, depart (move), men (soldiers), by (juxta), T (rail), field (def)

15. Erroneously adopt weaker move (4,1,6)

   Take a powder, erroneously (anagram of) adopt weaker, move (def)

16. A politician engaged in a stupid parody (7)

   Lampoon, a (a), MP (politician), engaged in (insertion), loon (stupid), parody (def)

17. Abstract to determine the worth (5,3)

   Throw off, implicit meta, abstract (def), worth (target), one way to get the target is via throw

  anagram (off)

18. Loneliness surrounding Channel Islands is a cause for worry (10)

   Solicitude, solitude (loneliness), surrounding (container), CI (Channel Islands), worry (def)

19. Prayer assured joy? (8)

   Pleasure, plea (prayer), sure (assured), joy (def)

20. A noisy boisterous band with style, sex appeal and eminence (10)

   Callithump, a noisy boisterous band (def), call (style), it (sex appeal), hump (eminence)

21. Old gang reversing the blitz (7)

    Bombard, drab (old), mob (gang), reversing (reversal of) “drab mob”, blitz (def)