Word Puzzle 124

Word Puzzle 124 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Yielding to live one’s aspirations primarily in the past? (9)

  Obeisance, yielding (def), be (live), is (one’s), primarily (1st letter in) aspirations, in the

     (insertion), once (past)

2. European and Asian relative (7)

Germane, German (European), E (Asian), relative (def)

3. View of the French bay (6)

  Descry, view (def), des (of the in French), cry (bay)

4. Mostly impromptu, Slim Shady head’s off with a personal attack (2, 7)

Ad hominem, mostly (delete last letter in) ad hoc (impromptu), Eminem (Slim Shady), head’s

off (delete first letter in Eminem), personal attack (def)

5. Somebody concealed a plum in a ryegrass basket for Easter egg hunt? (8)

Luminary, somebody (def), concealed (hidden), rest is fodder.

6. Find Giza street with a plan (10,5)

Strategize about, find (meta), Giza street (target), plan (def), one way to get target is via

strategize anagram (about)

7. Design a job with no chart (11)

Choreograph, design (def), chore (job), O (no), graph (chart)

8. Occupy the plot (8)

Intrigue, DD

9. How do the running clues work? Sam, please provide a hidden example. (6)

Sample, hidden (hidden), example (def), rest is fodder.

10. Costcos rinses banana slices? (5,8)

  Cross sections, banana (anagram of) “Costcos rinses”, slices (def)

11. Hope to feign snores? (5, 4, 7)

   Cross one’s fingers, implicit meta, hope (def), “feign snores” target, one way to get target is

   via anagram (cross) of “one’s fingers”

 12. Health plan (5)

    Shape, DD

13. Hint from Sam: “simply parse your way to the answer” (5)

   Imply, hint (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder.

14. Alpine story with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde perhaps (5, 11)

   Split personality, implicit meta, Alpine story (target), rest is def, one way to get the target is

   via anagram (split) of “personality”

15. Bottom line, try Dean’s exotic tomato pâté (4,3,8)

   Meat and potatoes, bottom line (def), exotic (anagram of) “Dean’s tomato pâté”.

16. National theme (7)

   Subject, DD

17. Wife receiving award is commonplace? (7)

    Bromide, bride (wife), receiving (container), OM (award), commonplace (def)

18. Fairy tale about soldiers against the lawman heading the town (9)

Mendacity, fairy tale (def), men (soldiers), against (juxta), DA (lawman), heading (juxta),

city (town)

19. Press to trap? (4,4)

   Take over, implicit meta, press (def), trap (target), one way to get the target is via, part (take)

  reversal (over)

20. Formal release of biopic on Greg at evening’s gala function for a few exclusive guests,

  come and be a part of this group (10)

   Congregate, group (def) a part of this (hidden), rest is fodder.

21. Change essential for liberty? (11)

   Alternative, alter (change), native (essential), liberty (def)