Word Puzzle 126

Word Puzzle 126 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Peter did actively seek the help of an academician (6)

Didact, academician (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder.

2. Pollute the canyon (6)

Defile, DD.

3. Raced in the Spanish ferryboat on the cliff? (8)

Barranca, ran (raced), in (insertion), barca (Spanish ferryboat), cliff (def)

4. How to opt in with exigency? (8,5)

Breaking point, how to (meta), opt in (target), exigency (def), one way to get to target is via,

anagram (breaking) of “point”

5. Network company without capital exemption (9)

Community, network (def), co (company), without (deletion of), capital (first letter in)

    immunity (exemption)

6. Fat-cat feeder (8)

Affluent, DD.

7. Unacceptable derogatory slur for African American (n-word) from the hinterland? (9)

Backwater, implicit meta, hinterland (def), N-word (synonym for the rest of the clue is

target, one way to get N-word is via reversal (back) of drown (water)

8. Timeless face-type of Bush (8)

Frontier, delete t (timeless) from, front (face), tier (type), bush (def)

9. Make out and earn a consummation?? (4,1,10)

Draw a conclusion, make out (def), draw (earn), a (a), conclusion (consummation)

10. Set out in part to improve the team. First sideline a terrible player who is disruptive (9)

  Delineate, set out (def), in part (hidden), rest is fodder.

11. Achieve say a perfect score in gymnastics (1,3)

   A ten, say (homophone of) attain (achieve), rest is def.

12. Expiate to frame Dons (4, 6, 3)

   Make amends for, implicit meta, expiate (def), frame Dons (target), one way to get the

   target is via anagram (make) of “amends for”.

13. Battery power (6)

   Clutch, DD.

14. No taint on the rookie (9)

   Novitiate, no (no), vitiate (taint), rookie (def)

15. Famous American grandmaster according to hearsay was crack (7)

   Fissure, Fischer (as in Bobby Fischer the famous American grandmaster), according to

  hearsay (homophone), crack (def)

16. Overruling a guy on an unfriendly date (11)

   Countermand, overruling (def), man (guy), on (juxta a on b = ab or ba), counter

  (unfriendly), d (date)

17. Room for the companion of honor Miss Heard? (7)

   Chamber, room (def), CH (companion of honor), Amber (Miss Heard)

18. Return the bonus to create storage space? (6)

   Drawer, return (reversal), reward (bonus), storage space (def)

19. Unknown number belonging to worker body, doing philanthropy (11)

   Benefaction, n (unknown number), belonging to (insertion), bee (worker), faction (body),

   philanthropy (def)

20. Win a broken down, dreary yacht (5,3,3)

    Carry the day, win (def), broken down (anagram of) “dreary yacht”.

21. Impact of English weather (7)

   Engrain, impact (def), Eng. (English), rain (weather)