Word Puzzle 132

Word Puzzle 132 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

Clues:

1. Quarantine for Prophet coming to grips with desire (9)

Sequester, quarantine (def), seer (prophet), coming to grips with (container), quest (desire)

2. Trade providing guarantee against fakery (8)

Artifice, art (trade), if (providing), ice (guarantee), fakery (def)

3. Beneficial for local insiders in money (9)

Lucrative, beneficial (def), insiders (middle letters selection in) native (local), in (insertion),

    lucre (money)

4. Sneak in through the back door to steal the valuables (7)

Stealth, sneak (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder.

5. Seek love (6)

Desire, DD.

6. Find game with variety (7)

Rummage, find (meta), game (target), variety (def), one way to get the target is via anagram

    (rum) of “mage”

7. Army harboring dangerous revolutionary is annoying (7)

Galling, gang (army), harboring (container), ill (dangerous), revolutionary (reversal),

annoying (def)

8. Debate with journalist over freedom (12)

Deliberation, debate (def), ED (journalist), over (reversal), liberation (freedom)

9. Awkwardly apply on plating (7)

Panoply, awkwardly (anagram of) “apply on”, plating (def)

10. Statement from the scripture (3, 9)

   New testament, implicit meta, statement (target), scripture (def), one way to get the target

   is via anagram (new) of “testament”

11. Note: in order to be let in, press button on intercom, mention your name and purpose (7)

   Comment, note (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder.

12. Allow the mirror (7)

   Reflect, DD.

13. Consult to get the timer working (4,4,2)

   Fall back on, implicit meta, consult (def), timer working (target), one way to get the target is

   via remit (fall), reversal (back) + on (working)

14. Real set (8)

   Concrete, DD.

15. Over there, vessels find refuge when the sea gets somewhat rough (6)

  Severe, over (reverse scan), somewhat (hidden), rough (def), rest is fodder.

16. Unveils promotion in the night (7)

   Shadows, shows (unveils), AD (promotion), in (insertion), night (def)

17. Hunt Fillmore in a tizzy as usual (3-2-3-4)

   Run-of-the-mill, in a tizzy (anagram of) “hunt Fillmore”, usual (def)

18. Affair with a girl lacking sex appeal is economical? (6)

      Frugal, fruit (affair), with (juxta), gal (girl), lacking (deletion of) it (sex appeal), economical

  (def)

19. Pipe for say the evergreen tribe (6)

   Firkin, pipe (def), fir (say evergreen, as an example of evergreen), kin (tribe)

20. Place an egg hidden in the thicket (6)

   Groove, place (def), O (egg), hidden in (insertion), grove (thicket)

21. Complain about 2 revolutionary drinks (6)

   Murmur, complain (def), revolutionary (reversal), Rum + Rum (2 drinks)