Word Puzzle 154

Word Puzzle 154 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. How to get this with very successful songs say? (5,4) 

Smash hits, how to get (meta), this (target), rest is def, one way to get the target is via 

    anagram (smash) of “hits” 

2. Capacity of the power plant in Cuba getting boosted with modernization (6) 

Cubage, capacity (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

3. Free delivery (9) 

Discharge, DD. 

4. Place of origin say (5) 

Berth, place (def), birth (origin), say (homophone) 

5. Exquisite candy fan? Not exactly!! (5,3) 

Fancy Dan, exquisite (def), not exactly (anagram of) candy fan 

6. Troops in EMS transport lacking necessary care equipment for starters facing setback (9) 

   Ambulates, troops (def), ambulance (EMS transport), lacking (deletion of), for starters (first 

   letters in) “necessary care equipment”, facing (juxta), setback (reversal of) set. 

7. Deliberately ignore to get any edible (4,1,5,3) 

Turn a blind eye, deliberately ignore (def), to get (meta), any edible (target), one way to get 

the target is via, anagram (turn) of “a blind eye” 

8. Bring all antiques you can find to the grand yard sale featuring Beau Brummell (7) 

Gallant, featuring (hidden), Beau Brummell (def) 

9. Covers the tracks (7) 

Follows, DD. 

10. Stand up to a deal worth stupidly (4,5) 

   Hold water, stand up (def), stupidly (anagram of) “deal worth” 

11. Understanding of the underworld job? (11) 

   Disposition, understanding (def), dis (underworld), position (job). 

12. Dame with figure in cover-all (5-5) 

   Broad-gauge, broad (dame), gauge (figure). 

13. Declined to get a Croatian drunk (4,2,4,3,4) 

      Gone to rack and ruin, declined (def), to get a (meta), Croatian drunk (target), one way to 

      get the target is via anagram (gone) of “to rack and ruin” 

14. Freight levy (5) 

      Draft, DD. 

15. It’s open to the public, anyone can get in by showing the pass (6) 

   Canyon, showing (hidden), pass (def), rest is fodder. 

 16. Auditor’s payoff for the speaker? (7) 

    Prophet, auditor’s (homophone of) profit (payoff), speaker (def) 

17. Baby lion spoilt with a new palace (10) 

   Babylonian, spoilt (anagram of) “baby lion”, with (juxta), a (a), n (new), palace (def) 

18. Street performance by the coach and the captain (7) 

   Busking, street performance (def), bus (coach), king (captain) 

19. Roundup soldiers before the surrender (14) 

   Recapitulation, roundup (def), RE (soldiers), before (juxta), capitulation (surrender) 

20. Reject an egg by breaking from a lot for coloring (12) 

      Exaggeration, reject (reversal of) egg, breaking (insertion), ex (from), a (a), ration (lot), 

   coloring (def) 

21. Sporty escapade in the river (6) 

   Degage, sporty (def), gag (escapade), in (insertion), Dee (river)