Word Puzzle 146

Word Puzzle 146 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Morning fare of soap on the radio perhaps (6) 

Cereal, morning fare (def), serial (soap), on the radio (homophone) 

2. Flying chicken heartbroken after losing the roost leader (7) 

Cursory, flying (def), cur (chicken), sorry (heartbroken), after losing (deletion of), r  

   (roost leader i.e., 1st letter in roost) 

3.Door set (5) 

Hatch, DD. 

4. Nurture prisoners in Cuba, teach them basic life skills to succeed (8) 

Incubate, nurture (def), prisoners (hidden), rest is fodder. 

5. How to get a minute from stress? (10) 

Illuminate, how to get (meta), a minute (target), stress (def), one way to get the target is 

   via, anagram (ill) of “uminate” 

6. Press for building a wooden barn (4,4,2) 

Bear down on, press (def), building (anagram of) wooden barn 

7. Bum with influence, wearing a dhoti perhaps (11) 

Breechclout, bum (breech), with (juxta), clout (influence), a dhoti perhaps (def) 

8.  How to spew art from a gutter? (10) 

  Waterspout, how to (meta), spew art (target), gutter (def), one way to get the target is 

  via, “watersp” anagram (out) 

9. Battle place (4,2) 

   Take on, DD. 

10. “Lead from the front” was the key message in Kumar’s Hall of fame speech (8) 

  Marshall, lead (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

11. Devil-may-care prowlers use disguise (3-8) 

   Low-pressure, devil-may-care (def), disguise (anagram of) prowlers use 

12. Historic occasion drawing in the unknown gangster (10) 

   Monumental, historic (def), moment (occasion), drawing in (container), nu (unknown),  

  Al (gangster) 

13. Small fund (6) 

   Pocket, DD.      

14. Coach Edward got arrested (6) 

   Busted, bus (coach), Ted (Edward), arrested (def) 

15. Occupied with her tall cocktail, during the break up ...  (10) 

   Enthralled, occupied (def), cocktail (anagram of) her tall, during (insertion), end (break up) 

16. Fed up about the point being rejected (6) 

    Denied, dined (fed), up (reversal in down clue), about (container), E (point), rejected (def) 

17. How to find a philistine attorney from the information structure representation in database 

  Design? (6,12,5) 

  Entity relationship model, how to find (meta), philistine attorney (target), rest is def, one 

   way to get the target is via entity relationship anagram (model) 

18. Particular about fraudulent identification on credit notes (10) 

   Fastidious, particular (def), fast (fraudulent), ID (identification), on (juxta), IOUs (credit 

  notes) 

19. Saw Ted in audition being relegated (6) 

   Sorted, in audition (homophone of) “saw Ted”, relegated (def) 

20. Most reliable disguise to spy on someone (7) 

  Surveil, most (delete last letter in) sure (reliable), veil (disguise), rest is def 

21. VIP associated with the diatribe against the partygoer (9) 

   Celebrant, celeb (VIP), associated with (juxta), rant (diatribe), partygoer (def)