Word Puzzle 149

Word Puzzle 149 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Agreeable yet vain in audition (11) 

   Complaisant, agreeable (def), complacent (vain), in audition (homophone) 

2. Smoke a jailbird with a spark (7) 

   Soupcon, soup (smoke), con (inmate), spark (def) 

3. Guy trapped in Russian river that mostly thaws in fog (9) 

   Obfuscate, cat (guy), trapped in (insertion), Ob (Russian river), that (juxta), mostly (delete 

   last letter in) fuses (thaws), fog (def) 

4. Not even catsup in small medicine bottles serves as a food (8) 

   Victuals, not even (delete even letters in) catsup, in (insertion), vials (small medicine bottles), 

   food (def) 

5. Former president of US, back in the day, retracted his racist comments (6) 

   Carter, former president of US (def), back (reverse scan), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

6. Shrimp recall (5) 

   Scrub, DD. 

7. How to get the fourth juror’s note from a statue at US Capitol? (4, 2, 9, 5) 

   Bust of Sojourner Truth, how to get (meta), fourth juror’s note (target), rest is def, one way 

   to get the target is via, anagram (bust) of “of sojourner truth”. 

8. Score with a doll say (6) 

   Attain, score (def), a (a), ten (doll), say (homophone) 

9. Toy with a fig Cointreau cocktail (6,6) 

   Action figure, toy (def), cocktail (anagram of) fig Cointreau  

10. Price associated with English luxury that’s pretentious (12) 

     Presumptuous, pr (price), associated with (juxta), E (English), sumptuous (luxury), 

     pretentious (def) 

11. Stout noble (5) 

     Brave, DD. 

12. Right in front of the worldwide center of mathematics, is my hotel (6) 

     Decent, right (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

13. Out to lunch founder goofs order (3, 4, 5) 

      Off one’s gourd, out to lunch (def), order (anagram of) founder goofs 

14. How to see Donna intermittently (3, 3, 2) 

      Off and on, how to see(meta), Donna (target), rest is def, one way to get the target is via 

       anagram (off) of “and on” 

15. Avoid a piece of edible nut that has carbon instead of calcium (6) 

      Eschew, avoid (def), a piece of (1st letter in) edible, cashew (nut), that has carbon instead of calcium

      (delete CA for Calcium and insert C for Carbon)

16. The beat of enemy drums signaled the end of Ming dynasty after the fifth war that lasted for 

      years (6) 

      Thwart, beat (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

17. Remote shaft from Dana Carvey’s flick? (3, 6, 2, 8) 

     The master of disguise, implicit meta, remote shaft (target), rest is def. One way to get the 

      target is via “the master of” anagram (disguise) 

18. Over with shame for being pretentious (6) 

Uppity, up (over with), pity (shame), pretentious (def) 

19. Clear for barrel drop? (10) 

  Candescent, clear (def), can (barrel), descent (drop) 

20. Exotic Atkins cider with an edge (6,5) 

     Inside track, exotic (anagram of) Atkins cider, edge (def) 

21. Drool spout? (4) 

     Rave, DD.