Word Puzzle 131

Word Puzzle 131 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

Clues:

1. More fresh selection at Red Lobster from the east (6)

Bolder, more fresh (def), selection (hidden), from the east (reverse scan), rest is fodder.

2. Initiate boxing, fighter brought back to encourage (9)

Instigate, instate (initiate), boxing (container), GI (fighter), brought back (reversal),

encourage (def)

3. Name vacant position in quota? (10)

Reputation, name (def), E (vacant), put (position), in (insertion), ration (quota)

4. Odd nugget in shop was bitter (8)

Plangent, odd (select odd letters in) nugget, in (insertion), plant (shop), bitter (def)

5. Rise in current position of US supreme court on Roe vs Wade related call (11)

Proliferate, rise (def), pro-life (current supreme court position in Roe vs Wade), rate (call)

6. Appear logical (5)

Sound, DD

7. How to find a blunt dame that’s unrefined? (5-3-6)

Rough-and-tumble, how to find (meta), blunt dame (target), unrefined (def), one way to get

the target is via anagram (rough) of “and tumble.”

8. Mafia boss destroyed Brooklyn after losing money in a brawl (10)

Donnybrook, Don (Mafia boss), destroyed (anagram of) Brooklyn, after losing (deletion of) L

(money), brawl (def)

9. Moderate radical? (8)

Reformer, DD

10. Wall displaying graffiti at school: “Principal is a devil”, was promptly painted over. (8)

    Palisade, wall (def), displaying (hidden), rest is fodder.

11. Clap for soldier returning after losing mojo in the end? (6)

   Report, clap (def), trooper (soldier), returning (reversal), losing (deletion), in the

   end (last letter in) mojo.

12. Blackjack for an oarsmen (5,4,3)

   Twist one’s arm, implicit meta, blackjack (def), oarsmen (target), one way to get the target

    Is via, twist (anagram) of “one’s arm.”

13. Restrain with jailbird’s chain (9)

   Constrain, restrain (def), con’s (jailbird’s), chain (train)

14. Field base (6)

   Ground, DD

15. Field inside the stadium got soggy with unexpected winter rain that come down hard (7)

   Terrain, field (def), inside (hidden), rest is fodder.

16. How to get seats with ready cash perhaps? (6,5)

   Liquid asset, how to get (meta), seats (target), rest is def., one way to get the target is via

   anagram (liquid) of asset.

17. A smart step dance for the virtuoso (4,6)

   Past master, dance (anagram of) “a smart step”, virtuoso (def)

18. Correct translation in excerpt (7)

   Extract, exact (correct), tr (translation), in (insertion), excerpt (def)

19. Ruthe wandering in European country in March (11)

   Furtherance, wandering (anagram of) Ruthe, in (insertion), France (European country),

   March (def)

20. Shave a house dog or cat a bit (7)

   Snippet, snip (shave), pet (a hose dog or cat), bit (def)

21. Good note on Honda’s luxury car brand, capturing top in category (8)

   Accurate, good (def), te (note), on (juxta x on y => xy or yx), Acura (Honda’s luxury car

   brand), capturing (container), top in (1st letter in) category.