Word Puzzle 134

Word Puzzle 134 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

Clues:

1. “Find ‘em and educate ‘em in our own special way” the Don has asked (8)

    Demanded, has (hidden), asked (def), rest is fodder.

2. Sam replaced Oscar initially, in the district government (7)

Regimen, me (Sam), O (Oscar initially i.e., 1st letter in), replace (substitute me for O) in

    region (district), government (def)

3. Running direction? (10)

Regulation, DD.

4. Unhappy migrant Mike was moping (7,4)

Marking time, unhappy (anagram of) “migrant Mike”, moping (def)

5. Playing to win rotten pig? (9,6)

Pottering around, implicit meta, playing (def), rotten pig (target), one way to get the target is

via, pottering anagram (around)

6. Put a dollar in so, to get there (7)

Prosper, put in (insert), S (dollar), proper (so), get there (def)

7. How to get chai from a baseball player? (5,4)

Short stop, how to get (meta), chai (target), baseball player (def), one way to get the target is

via, deletion of last letter (short) in “chain” (stop)

8. Harlem bar goers devised a way to escape from prohibition (7)

Embargo, from (hidden), prohibition (def), rest is fodder.

9. Authorize the leave (8)

Sanction, DD.

10. Suppress the result of a known accord (5,4,2)

   Crack down on, suppress (def), the result of (anagram of) “known accord”

11. Use the setter to turn the trick (6)

   Employ, use (def), Me (the setter), to turn (reversal), ploy (trick)

12. Genuine contents of emperor Kaya Magan Cisse’s tomb were found in Kumasi, Ghana (6)

   Dinkum, genuine (def), contents (hidden), rest is fodder.

13. Big on plastic (8)

   Affected, DD.

14. Medieval burlesque in mountain (8)

   Moribund, medieval (def), rib (burlesque), mound (mountain)

15. Take a walk to reach Pele (4,3)

    Peel off, implicit meta, take a walk (def), Pele (target), one way to get the target is via,

    Peel anagram (off).

16. Got ahead with the collapse of wanton economies (4,4,4,3)

   Came into one’s own, got ahead (def), collapse of (anagram of) “wanton economies”

17. Legal aide welcoming the lead investigator? She’s good (10)

   Legitimate, legit (legal), mate (aide), welcoming (container), lead (1st letter in) investigator,

  good (def)

18. Our guy found in extremities of greed is a glutton (8)

   Gourmand, our (our), man (guy), found in (insertion), extremities of (1st and last letter in)

  greed, glutton (def)

19. Make a face at the ruthless wizard? (7)

   Grimace, make a face (def), grim (ruthless), ace (wizard)

20. Balloon for the barbarian (8)

   Protrude, balloon (def), pro (for), t (the), rude (barbarian)

21. Dictator’s direct channel (6)

   Strait, dictator’s (homophone of) straight (direct), channel (def)