Word Puzzle 151

Word Puzzle 151– Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Small disadvantage with complicated clue (9)  

Minuscule, small (def), minus (disadvantage), with (juxta), complicated (anagram of) clue. 

2. Follow up with a standard bet (6)  

Parlay, follow up (def), par (standard), lay (bet). 

3. Amateur bridge player spotted looking tired (9) 

Hackneyed, hack (amateur), N (bridge player), eyed (spotted), tired (def). 

4. Ingrained in good values, she had never lied in her entire life (8) 

Inherent, ingrained (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

5. Regularly turns to permit the unreasonable? (9) 

Untenable, regularly (select even letters in) “turns to”, enable (permit), unreasonable (def). 

6. Gel ideally applied to lips for protection from cold (5) 

Gelid, from (hidden), cold (def), rest is fodder. 

7. How to develop Abs from ballroom dances? (6) 

Rumbas, how to develop (meta), Abs (target), rest is def, one way to get Abs is via anagram 

    (rum) of “bas” 

8. Rave about the strong climax after initially lacking (9) 

Fulminate, rave (def), F (strong), culminate (climax), initially lacking (delete first letter in) 

9. Mixed-up? Now, add the French bean with a bit of dressing (10) 

Addlepated, mixed-up (def), add (add), Le (the French), pate (bean), with (juxta), a bit 

of (1st letter in) dressing. 

10. After layering loose soil in the earthen pot, pour rich mixture of water laced with K and also 

   add some litter ... (9) 

   Potpourri, some (hidden), litter (def), rest is fodder. 

11. This French party was held in US state jungle (9) 

   Macedoine, ce (this in French), do (party), was held in (insertion), Maine (US state), jungle 

      (def). 

12. S. African host remembers cooking up the feast (13,2,6) 

      Embarrassment of riches, cooking up (anagram of) “S. African host remembers”, feast 

      (def). 

13. Mortgage interest (6) 

   Engage, DD.  

14. Drunk woman’s attack (7) 

   Wassail, drunk (def), W (Woman), assail (attack) 

15. Superordinate kitchen tool say (7) 

   Greater, superordinate (def), grater (kitchen tool), say (homophone). 

16. How to get rated at the exchange? (5-3) 

   Trade-off, how to get (meta), rated (target), exchange (def), one way to get the target is via, 

    trade anagram (off). 

17. Argument over larger bagel perhaps (5-6) 

    Argle-bargle, argument (def), perhaps (anagram of) “larger bagel”. 

18. Utter capitulation of Congress (7) 

   Session, utter (homophone of) cession (capitulation), congress (def) 

19. Comical act on Seinfeld was insular (4-9) 

   Self-contained, comical (anagram of) “act on Seinfeld”, insular (def) 

20. Regular routine (8) 

   Ordinary, DD. 

21. Searches for games? (8) 

   Rummages, implicit meta, searches (def), games (target), one way to get the target is via, 

      anagram (rum) of “mages”