Word Puzzle 129

Word Puzzle 128 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Reckon with petition about the city square (10)

Conjecture, reckon (def), conjure (petition), about (container), EC (city), T (square)

2. Soldier’s concern for fort (7)

Redoubt, RE (soldiers), doubt (concern), fort (def)

3. Practice the art of public relations with heart (6)

Praxis, practice of the art (def), PR (public relations), with (juxta), axis (heart)

4. Simple humor oddly lacking in rich America (7)

Fatuous, simple (def), oddly lacking (delete odd letters in) humor, in (insertion), fat (rich), US

    (America)

5. Find a ringmaster who demonstrates courage (6)

Daring, demonstrates (hidden), courage(def), rest is fodder.

6. How to find the hot nurse from the CSNY song? (8,5)

Southern cross, how to find (meta), hot nurse (target), rest is def, one way to find the target is

via southern anagram (cross)

7. Steel heart (5)

Nerve, DD

8. Disrespectful to get a mean nerd (3-8)

Ill-mannered, disrespectful (def), to get a (meta), mean nerd (target), one way to get the

    target, is via anagram (ill) of mannered.

9. Somehow pre-empt alternative measure by being bossy (10)

Peremptory, somehow (anagram of) pre-empt, or (alternative), y (measure), bossy (def)

10. Tough ass (5)

   Stern, DD

11.  How to do sourcing from riffraff? (11)

    Offscouring, how to do (meta), sourcing (target), riffraff (def), one way to get the target is,

    via anagram (off) of scouring

12. England is a stern supporter of Turkey? (8)

   Disaster, of (hidden), turkey (def), rest is fodder.

13. Broke bum with style expressing resentment (7)

   Umbrage, broke (anagram of) bum, with (juxta), rage (style), resentment (def)

14. According to hearsay, cut again perhaps to mend (6)

   Repair, according to hearsay (homophone of) -pare (cut again perhaps), mend (def)

15. Distribute a segment of promotional Wipro video touting their AI capabilities (7)

   Provide, distribute (def), a segment of (hidden), rest is fodder.

16. Trafficking by burrowing without direction around the motorway (9)

   Smuggling, trafficking (def), snuggling (burrowing), without (deletion of) N (direction),

   around (container), M (motorway)

17. Armed forces branch (7)

   Service, DD.

18. Disregard the pissed off oriental (7)

  Despise, disregard (def), off (anagram of) pissed, E (oriental)

19. Censure the manager on call (8)

   Execrate, censure (def), exec (manager), on (juxta), rate (call)

20. How to brag with command? (8)

   Overlook, how to (meta), brag (target), one way to get the target is via,

    reversal (over) of garb (look)

21. Bum on speed, spreading rumor (11)

   Scuttlebutt, butt (bum), on (juxta A on B can mean AB or BA), scuttle (speed)