Word Puzzle 152

Word Puzzle 152– Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Fear appreciation? (12) 

Apprehension, DD. 

2. Textbook by a self-confessed Italian expert (8) 

Imitable, textbook (def), I’m (self-confessed), IT (Italian), able (expert) 

3. Note from a friend, ... and remember cop in England is called Bobby ... (5) 

Opine, note (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

4. Bad result, following woman with a travel bug (10) 

Wanderlust, bad (anagram of) result, following (positionally after), W (woman), and (with), 

  travel bug (def) 

5. Several motorists missing the road at the first exit (7) 

  Diverse, several (def), drivers (motorists), missing (deletion of) r (road), at the first (first 

  letter in) exit. 

6. Title of foreboding clause in constitution (12) 

Nomenclature, title (def), omen (foreboding), cl (clause), in (insertion), nature (constitution) 

7. How to find a wolf with a game-bird? (8) 

Wildfowl, how to find a (meta), wolf (target), game-bird (def), one way to get the target is 

   via the anagram (wild) of fowl 

8. Spot prize (5) 

Catch, DD. 

9. Perspective from a tangled web (5) 

Angle, perspective (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

10. Exiting the detour (9) 

   Departure, DD. 

11. Pivoting lame Elk in disguise of a Trojan horse? (8,7) 

   Potemkin village, in disguise (anagram of) “pivoting lame Elk”, Trojan horse (def) 

12. Regular surtout found in the center for outerwear (7) 

   Couture, regular (alternate letters in) surtout, found in (insertion), core (center), outerwear 

   (def) 

13. Netflix’s new sitcom promises content that is full of adventure (10) 

    Compromise, of (hidden), adventure (def), rest is fodder 

14. Clever feature on credit notes (9) 

    Facetious, clever (def), facet (feature), on (juxta), IOUs (credit notes) 

15. Terror on the street? Call to verify (11) 

     Demonstrate, demon (terror), on (juxta), st (street), rate (call), verify (def) 

16. Mug for a cafe? (4,1,4) 

     Make a face, implicit meta, mug (def), a cafe (target), one way to get the target is via, the 

     anagram (make) of “a face” 

17. For an education on the street commit vice (12) 

      Prostitution, pro (for), i (an), tuition (education), on the (juxta), st (street), vice (def) 

18. Reject the report about backing the deputy (9) 

     Repudiate, reject (def), repute (report), about (container), backing (reversal of) aid (deputy) 

19. Pass for envoy touring the island for the most part (9) 

     Legislate, pass (def), legate (envoy), touring (container), Isle (island), for the most part 

     (delete the last letter in) 

20. Winter sport for noisy trucking? (5,7,6) 

   Cross country skiing, implicit meta, winter sport (def), noisy trucking (target), one way to 

   get the target is via anagram (cross) of “country skiing” 

21. Spot a floodgate at sea (3,1,4,2) 

   Get a load of, spot (def), at sea (anagram of) a floodgate.