Word Puzzle 133

Word Puzzle 133 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

Clues:

1. Bug with dark greyish-blue color. Pretty! (9)

Persecute, bug (def), perse (dark greyish-blue color), cute (pretty)

2. Harvest some apples in the valley (5)

Glean, harvest (def), some (1st letter in) apples, in (insertion), glen (valley)

3. Get turacin from a bar (7,3)

Curtain off, get (meta), turacin (target), bar (def), one way to get the target is via, curtain

anagram (off)

4. Blue ribbon design (10)

Decoration, DD.

5. Doormen paid inordinately to sing? (4,1,4,2)

Drop a dime on, inordinately (anagram of) “doormen paid”, sing (def)

6. Impress by boasting before the deal (6)

Impact, impress (def), I’m (boasting), before (juxta), pact (deal).

7. Businessman, Trump’s judge and the model all together? (8)

Merchant, businessman (def), Merchan (Trump’s judge in Stormy Daniels case), T (model)

8. Negates anti-hero by tearing one’s hair? (6,4,5,3)

Eating one’s heart out, implicit meta, negates antihero (target), rest is def, one way to get the       

target is via, “eating one’s heart” anagram (out)

9. Flash a deceptive smile that’s somewhat dark (5)

Shade, somewhat (hidden), dark (def), rest is fodder.

10. Four feet in dark cover (8)

   Umbrella, ell (four feet), in (insertion), umbra (dark), cover (def)

11. Bad play! Japanese side short by one, attracting credit notes? (7)

   Noxious, bad (def), NO (play in Japanese), XI (side), short by one (delete i), attracting

  (juxta), IOUs (credit notes)

12. Brief some guy about how to oversee a project (5)

   Verse, brief (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder.

13. Stern program for company P&L for example (6-4)

   Bottom-line, bottom (stern), line (program), rest is def.

14. Field named for iconic Green Bay Packers coach (8)

   Province, field (def), pro (for), Vince (as in Vince Lombardi the iconic Packers coach)

15. Scale back on the material (6)

   Animal, lamina (scale), back (reversal), material (def)

16. Physical in nature, the clean atomic alternative energy source (10)

   Anatomical, physical (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder.

17. Mean teenager (5)

   Minor, DD.

18. How to nag Dons with double-talk? (4,3,5)

   Song and dance, how to (meta), nag Dons (target), double-talk (def), one way to

   Get the target is via “song and” anagram (dance)

19. Turned away to defend? (6,3)

    Fended off, implicit meta, turned away (def), defend (target), one way to get the target is

    via fended anagram (off)

20. Disputed rivalry with Edward (9)

   Contested, disputed (def), contest (rivalry), with (juxta), Ed (Edward)

21. Get invoice adjusted for the bag (4,6)

   Give notice, adjusted (anagram of) “get invoice”, bag (def)