Word Puzzle 137

Word Puzzle 137 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues: 

1. Trendy, incredibly competent and invincible (11) 

    Insuperable, in (trendy), super (extremely), able (competent), invincible (def) 

2. Blissful English meadow (5) 

    Glade, glad (blissful), E (English), meadow (def) 

3. Ready handgun, say (7) 

    Fortify, ready (def), forty-five (handgun), say (homophone) 

4. Prolific budget limiting the city? (6) 

    Fecund, prolific (def), fund (budget), limiting (container), EC (city) 

5. Lick the food coating before deep frying (6) 

    Batter, DD. 

6. Where tailor shops are, inside the market (6) 

    Retail, inside (hidden), market (def), rest is fodder. 

7. How to set coins with selections? (5,8) 

    Cross sections, how to (meta), set coins (target), selections (def), one way to get the target is  

    via, anagram (cross) of “sections” 

8. Cheap Brisbane magnate? Not exactly!! (7-8) 

    Bargain-basement, cheap (def), no exactly (anagram of) “Brisbane magnate” 

9. Compliance from French guard bringing in the troops (9) 

    Deference, compliance (def), de (from in French), fence (guard), bringing in (container), RE 

    (troops) 

10. Highest church honcho (8) 

      Cardinal, DD. 

11. Run amok for a seance (4,1,5) 

      Make a scene, implicit meta, run amok (def), seance (target), one way to get the target is 

      via anagram (make) of “a scene” 

12. Tackle a guest speaker in college? (6) 

      League, in (hidden), college (def), rest is fodder. 

13. Somehow cajole Patrick for the prank (9,4) 

      Practical joke, somehow (anagram of) “cajole Patrick”, prank (def) 

14. Turned up to get nodes (5,3) 

      Nosed out, implicit meta, turned up (def), nodes (target), one way to get the target is via 

      nosed anagram (out) 

15. Make good for the refugee around lunchtime with the last dime (7) 

      Expiate, make good for (def), expat (refugee), around (container), i (lunch time), with 

      (juxta) last (last letter in) dime. 

16. Risk above the Russian capital (7) 

      Trouble, risk (def), t (the), Rouble (Russian capital) 

17. Paramedic on front-line have to be somewhat brave (8) 

      Confront, somewhat (hidden), brave (def), rest is fodder. 

18. Seed for millennials? (7) 

      Progeny, seed (def), pro (for), Gen Y (millennials) 

19. Impact of playing next to ditch (8) 

      Intrench, impact (def), in (playing), next to (juxta), trench (ditch) 

20. Got a tainted cocktail? (8) 

      Attained, got (def), cocktail (anagram of) “a tainted” 

21. Cleaned up one’s act as the morning passed (7) 

      Amended, cleaned up one’s act (def), AM (morning), ended (passed)