Word Puzzle 147

Word Puzzle 147 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Back cramp (6) 

Hinder, DD. 

2. Outlaw woman on the boat is a Demon!! (7) 

   Banshee, ban (outlaw), she (woman), on (juxta), E (boat), Deamon (def) 

3. Documentary about the new guy on dock (8) 

   Truncate, true (documentary), about (container), n (new), cat (guy), dock (def) 

4. Steadfastness of French bidding, without bar (10) 

   Dedication, steadfastness (def), de (of in French), dictation (bidding), without (deletion of) T 

   (bar) 

5. How to find an afro teen with-in a continuing series? (3,5,7) 

   One after another, how to find (meta), afro teen (target), rest is def, one way to find the 

   target is via, one after anagram (another) 

6. Demand a teacher for providing the authorization (7) 

Mandate, providing (hidden), authorization (def), rest is fodder. 

7. Fierce sea gives rise to peace? (9) 

Ceasefire, gives rise to (anagram of) fierce sea, peace (def) 

8. Aunt beckons Ron awkwardly, to pass up (4,4,4,2) 

   Turn one’s back on, awkwardly (anagram of) aunt beckons Ron, pass up (def) 

9. Just? Trevor Noah perhaps (5-2) 

   Stand-up, DD. 

10. Good selection I thought. I was ok with either Tim or Allen in the key role (5) 

   Moral, good (def), selection (hidden), rest is fodder. 

11. Unwise to check Dave’s ID (3-7) 

   Ill-advised, unwise (def), to check(meta), Dave’s ID (target), one way to get the target is 

   via anagram (ill) of advised. 

12. Secretive note sent back, during the break (8) 

  Reticent, secretive (def), cite (note), sent back (reversal), during (insertion), rent (break) 

13. Basic assumption: English and the French are attracted to nuts (9) 

   Elemental, basic (def), E (English), Le (the in French), are attracted (juxta), mental (nuts) 

14. Bombproof shelter (6) 

   Stable, DD. 

15. Obama’s embracing the republican camp? (8) 

  Barracks, Barack’s (Obama’s), embracing (container), R (republican), camp (def) 

16. Chapter on master littérateur in disgusting brief (11) 

  Compendious, C (chapter), on (juxta), M (master), pen (litterateur), in (insertion), odious 

  (disgusting), brief (def) 

17. Dorky comic about used roadster (7) 

  Droshky, comic (anagram of) dorky, about (container), SH (used), roadster (def) 

18. Apostle of her alderman uncle turned out to be the killer (6) 

  Herald, apostle (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

19. Man in distress seeking a friend (7) 

  Paladin, lad (man), in (insertion), pain (distress), friend (def) 

20. Contingent to get real (5-5) 

   Short-range, x to get y (meta), contingent (def), real (target), one way to get the target is 

   via, deletion of last letter in (short), realm (range) 

21. Notion of strange connections (9) 

   Novelties, notion (def), novel (strange), ties (connections)