Word Puzzle 142

Word Puzzle 142 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues: 

1. James Steele in revolt, committed treason perhaps (4-7) 

  Lese-majeste, in revolt (anagram of) “James Steele”, treason perhaps (def.) 

2. Dress down and live with class? (6) 

   Berate, dress down (def), be (live), with (juxta), rate (class) 

3. Annie nearly left the Jubilee after the notice from an opponent (9) 

    Adversary, Annie nearly (delete last letter in Annie) i.e., anni, left (deletion of anni from) 

    anniversary (jubilee), after (positionally after), AD (notice), opponent (def) 

4. Ethereal ogres dancing around yours truly (8) 

    Gossamer, ethereal (def), dancing (anagram of) ogres, around (container), Sam (yours truly) 

5. Issue with the billboard in front of the Italian track (9) 

   Posterity, issue (def), poster (billboard), in front of (juxta), IT (Italian), Y (track) 

6. Sort out some of your challenges Carlos, and find a way to win now!! (6) 

    Winnow, sort out (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder. 

7. Shakes a leg with the hitter’s plight (5,3,5,9) 

    Trips the light fantastic, implicit meta, shakes a leg (def), hitter’s plight (target), one way to 

   get the target is via, trips the light anagram (fantastic) 

8. Chestnut chemical compound (7) 

  Bromide, DD. 

9. Pasty buddy with a hat on (6) 

    Pallid, pasty (def), pal (buddy), with (juxta), lid (hat) 

10. Tartarean, exotic hot chic seen around Norway (8) 

      Chthonic, Tartarean (def), exotic (anagram of) hot chic, seen around (container), N 

      (Norway) 

11. Reward generosity (6) 

      Bounty, DD 

12. In fine fettle to make AI fast (3,2,1,6) 

      Fit as a fiddle, implicit meta, in fine fettle (def), AI fast (target), one way to get the target 

      is via “fit as a” anagram (fiddle)  

13. Little Jeff returning alone after dark? That's a cause for a bit of worry (4) 

     Fret, a bit of (hidden), worry (def), rest is fodder. 

14. Audibly narrate again to market (6) 

     Retail, audibly (homophone of) retell (narrate again), market (def) 

15. Splotches without scoring at the core with a piece of soap is counterproductive (8) 

     Feckless, freckles (splotches), without (deletion of), r (scoring at the core i.e., middle letter 

     In scoring), with (juxta), a piece of (1st letter in) soap, counterproductive (def) 

16. Find eternal love? Sounds good? Though some people will try to partly discourage (5) 

     Deter, partly (hidden), rest is fodder. 

17. White light (6) 

      Benign, DD 

18. How to abet Ertha with an arrhythmia? (9,9) 

     Irregular heartbeat, how to (meta), abet Eartha (target), arrhythmia (def), one way to 

      get the target is via anagram (irregular) of heartbeat 

19. One time alternative to scrap worker was insane (10) 

      Exorbitant, ex (one time), or (alternative), to (juxta), bit (scrap), ant (worker), insane (def) 

20. Wonky mutineer converted in a split second (3,4,6) 

      New York minute, converted (anagram of) “wonky mutineer”, split second (def) 

21. Unidentified debit netting zero? That’s weird (8) 

      Numinous, nu (unidentified), minus (debit), netting (container), o (zero), weird (def)