Word Puzzle 123 – Cryptic Clues:
Theme: None.
Clues:
1. Plot against the gullible? Not good! (7)
2. Acting without bound despite lacking money, leads to propinquity (9)
3. Exotic, native tree got rooted (10)
4. Poison of French import (6)
5. In Paris I, broadcasted parody, that led to trouble (8)
6. Reportedly study on glowing liquid (11)
7. Posse of soldiers circling the revolutionary club (7)
8. Complain to the Board backing the statute limiting the union (9)
9. Order featuring Californian groom and a Texan bride for breaking law (7)
10. We sent our aged parents hidden in a train? (9)
11. Meet an old usher with an injury that is common for gymnasts awkwardly landing on their
hands (10, 8)
12. How to find a cool cheat with a common dessert treat? (9,5)
13. Refusal over unknown promissory notes? That’s bad (7)
14. Tell the group in chaos, to cooperate (4, 8)
15. Fake news: Corruption found in Mars lander program; the reporter found guilty of libel (7)
16. Rigorous shape identification expert (10)
17. Organization of the petroleum exporting countries said to be shadowy (6)
18. Limits the scope (8)
19. Penalty area (10)
20. Find loot with a state of heightened activity (9)
21. Resolute batsman looking to rotate strike perhaps? (6-6)