Word Puzzle 136

Word Puzzle 136 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues: 

1. Law almost captures Sam over the controversy (7) 

    Polemic, police (law), almost (delete last letter in), captures (container), me (Sam), over 

    (reversal), controversy (def) 

2. Clamor for new form of handy cure? (3,3,3) 

    Hue and cry, clamor (def), new form of (anagram of) “handy cure” 

3. Return fares (8) 

    Proceeds, DD. 

4. Page with the strange diagram of the model (8) 

    Paradigm, P (page), with (juxta), strange (anagram of) diagram, model (def) 

5. Sam please edit the paper, specifically support your hypothesis by showing an example (6) 

    Sample, showing (hidden), example (def), rest is fodder. 

6. Brief but violent rains penetrating the umbrella (9) 

    Transient, brief (def), violent (anagram of) rains, penetrating (insertion), tent (umbrella) 

7. Knowing strategic info about the rogue nation (11) 

    Intentional, knowing (def), intel (strategic info), about (container), rogue (anagram of) 

    Nation. 

8. Unremarkable to reach Houston tonight (7,2,5,5) 

    Nothing to shout about, unremarkable (def), to reach (meta), Houston tonight (target), one 

    way to get to the target is via nothing to shout anagram (about) 

9. Scattered inside the house were decapitated corpses, it was a somber and ominous display of 

    brutality (6) 

    Random, scattered (def), inside (hidden), rest is fodder. 

10. Impossible to be quite honest (3,2,3,8) 

     Out of the question, implicit meta, impossible (def), quite honest (target), one way to get 

     to the target is via anagram (out of) of “the question” 

11. Threatening to get the big Don (3-6) 

      Ill-boding, threatening (def), to get (meta), big Don (target), one way to get the target is, 

      via anagram (Ill) of boding. 

12. Image of trimmed pink flower of the god (11) 

      Incarnation, image (def), trimmed (delete both end letters from) pink, carnation (flower of  

      the god) 

13. Ted is playing golf this morning at some exhibition (7) 

      Display, some (hidden), exhibition (def), rest is fodder. 

14. Shared millions (6) 

      Public, DD 

15. Four hundred plus pacers trained here (5,5) 

      Upper class, four hundred (def), trained (anagram of) plus pacers. 

16. Best cold respite at sea? (5,6) 

      Corps d’elite, best (def), at sea (anagram of) cold respite. 

17. Brief on revolutionary leader (5) 

      Recap, revolutionary (reversal of) pacer (leader) 

18. Clean fight with the accuser (9) 

      Plaintiff, plain (clean), tiff (fight), accuser (def) 

19. Took part in hot pepper eating contest, couldn’t last, it was too damn spicy (5) 

      Stood, took (def), part (hidden), rest is fodder. 

20. Got the expert relieved (8) 

      Procured, got (def), pro (expert), cured (relieved) 

21. “Hook-up in lodge”, said uncle (7) 

       Blinked, link (hook-up), in (insertion), bed (lodge), said uncle (def)