Word Puzzle 144

Word Puzzle 144 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues: 

1. Flashy, cored ornament (6) 

   Garish, flashy (def), cored (remove middle letter from) garnish (ornament) 

2. Wash in standard soft-soap (7) 

     Palaver, lave (wash), in (insertion), par (standard), soft-soap (def) 

 3. Place a target around the spot marked in between (7) 

      Betwixt, be (place), twit (target), around (container), X (spot marked), between (def) 

4. Adamant about putting exotic grains in the fashionable canopy (12) 

    Intransigent, adamant (def), putting ... in (insertion of), exotic (anagram of) grains, in 

    (fashionable), tent (canopy) 

5. Swiftly dismiss the bad defense over the reported trait (12) 

     Defenestrate, swiftly dismiss (def), bad (anagram of) defense, over (juxta), reported 

    (homophone of) trait 

6. Sack a store clerk perhaps (7) 

    Cashier, DD 

7. How to get to Rose St. From boutiques? (7,6) 

     Variety stores, how to get to (meta), Rose St. (target), rest is def, one way to 

     get the target is via, anagram (variety) of “stores” 

8. After facing a ban, Donald, decided to create his own app rather than to essentially quit (7) 

    Abandon, essentially (hidden), quit (def), rest is fodder. 

9. Give up humor (7) 

  Indulge, DD. 

10. Questioning whether to issue coins? (13) 

      Officiousness, implicit meta, questioning (def), issue coins (target), one way to get the       

      target is via anagram (off) of “iciousness” 

11. Soldiers reportedly guard that spot (6) 

       Regard, RE (soldiers), reportedly (homophone of) guard, spot (def) 

12. How to learn CS from independent consultants perhaps (11) 

        Freelancers, how to (meta), learn CS (target), rest is def, one way to get the target is via, 

        Anagram (free) of lancers  

13. Arm dance of British politician? (10) 

        Promontory, arm (def), prom (dance), on (of), tory (British politician) 

14. Commands from party favorites (9) 

      Dominions, commands (def), do (party), minions (favorites) 

15. Influence of old Mogilev era gestapos on the region’s history is well documented (8) 

     Leverage, influence (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

16. Exploits of noisome pups go to the dogs (7,4) 

     Imposes upon, exploits (def), go to the dogs (anagram of) “noisome pups” 

17. Overlook the airbus shed in disarray (5,5) 

      Brush aside, overlook (def), in disarray (anagram of) “airbus shed” 

18. Pilot run (5) 

      Guide, DD. 

19. Renowned expert on treasury book (9) 

      Prominent, renowned (def), pro (expert), on (juxta), mine (treasury), NT (book) 

20. Continued without the business degree to get rated (9) 

      Lambasted, lasted (continued), without (container), MBA (business degree), rated (def) 

21. Transferred commander rehabilitated (9) 

      Commended, transferred (def), COM (commander), mended (rehabilitated)