Word Puzzle 141

Word Puzzle 141 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues: 

1. Venture firm (10) 

  Enterprise, DD. 

2. Pity the commander with obsession (10) 

   Compassion, pity (def), COM (commander), with (juxta), passion (obsession) 

3. How to find garnets in Marvel movie (6,7) 

      Doctor Strange, how to find (meta), garnets (target), rest is def. One way 

    to get the target is via anagram (doctor) of “strange” 

4. How to feel the Inferno heat from a Laurel and Hardy movie (7,4,4) 

  Another fine mess, how to feel the (meta), inferno heat (target), rest is def., one way to get 

   the target is via another fine anagram (mess) 

5. How to get half toned with a William Shatner starrer? (4,2,3,4) 

  Land of the free, how to get (meta), half toned (target), rest is def., one way to get the target 

  is via land of the anagram (free) 

6. Experience with the contemporary hazard (9) 

  Adventure, experience (def), AD (contemporary), venture (hazard) 

7. Summary of Floyd? I dig esthetics in their music (6) 

  Digest, summary (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

8. Hungry Don ate donuts since they were essentially free (7) 

  Donated, essentially (hidden), free (def), rest is fodder. 

9. Edward broke the part of the stick in an unfavorable deal and got docked (9) 

  Shortened, E (Edward), broke (insertion), short end (part of the stick in an unfavorable 

   deal), docked (def) 

10. Proxy for caretaker (10) 

    Procurator, proxy (def), pro (for), curator (caretaker) 

11. Monte’s uncle can be the pinch hitter (5,6) 

     Locum tenens, can be (anagram of) “Monte’s uncle”, pinch hitter (def) 

12. Run after darkness (6) 

    Shadow, DD. 

13. Misleading title held by him, Adam is no mercenary, he is too principled for that (8) 

     Misnomer, misleading title (def), held by (hidden), rest is fodder. 

14. Dark lanterns in dilapidated lodges around the country (10) 

     Girandoles, dark lanterns (def), dilapidated (anagram of) lodges, around (container),  

     Iran (country) 

15. Shame for misconstrued flop research (4-8) 

       Self-reproach, shame (def), misconstrued (anagram of) flop research. 

16. Make good with questionable eBay bid (5,2) 

    Abide by, make good (def), questionable (anagram of) eBay bid. 

17. Execute the intern? (6) 

    Commit, DD. 

18. Spotting a bear on a road is normal? (8) 

    Standard, stand (bear), on (juxta), a (a), Rd (road), normal (def) 

19. Danger from the ordinary (6-7) 

     Garden-variety, implicit meta, danger (target), ordinary (def), one way to get the 

     target is via, garden anagram (variety) 

20. Occasion to record one’s triolet (7) 

     Episode, occasion (def), EP (record), Is (one’s), ode (triolet) 

21. Work romance (6) 

     Affair, DD.