Word Puzzle 155

Word Puzzle 155 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Fly sample (5) 

   Pilot, DD. 

2. According to hearsay, Victoria was stunning (8) 

   Handsome, according to hearsay (homophone of) hansom (Victoria), stunning (def) 

3. With the veto, US led the Nato’s exit from Ukraine, exacerbating the situation that was 

   inherently messy (7) 

   Tousled, inherently (hidden), messy (def), rest is fodder. 

4. Overdressed for aided snorkeling? (7,4,1,4,6) 

   Dressed like a dog's dinner, implicit meta (x for y form), overdressed (def), aided snorkeling 

   (target), one way to get the target is via anagram (dressed) of “like a dog’s dinner” 

5. Struggles of the top liberals amongst the authors (9) 

   Flounders, struggles (def), topmost (1st letter in) liberals, amongst (insertion), founders 

   (authors) 

6. Surface covered in reefy kind of crust (10) 

   Effrontery, front (surface), covered in (insertion), kind of (anagram of) reefy, crust (def) 

7. Share the house (8) 

   Interest, DD 

8. Name of the appetizer with a bit of lemon filling ... heaven!! (11) 

   Appellation, name (def), app (appetizer), with (juxta), a bit of (1st letter in) lemon, filling 

   (insertion), elation (heaven) 

9. Joke of a ship (3-5) 

   One-liner, joke (def), one (a), liner (ship) 

10. Fools go to, pot snorting gals (7,5) 

     Strings along, fools (def), go to pot (anagram of) “snorting gals” 

11. Desert Rhino from Morrison’s number (6,2,3,5) 

     Riders on the storm, implicit meta, desert rhino (target), rest is def, one way to get the 

     target is via, “riders on the” anagram (storm) 

12. “You can hold on to the past or allow yourself to move forward” song from the country (8) 

     Pastoral, from the (hidden), country (def), rest is fodder. 

13. Largely disregard the topmost a**hole Elon, for the most part. He is an idiot (9) 

     Ignoramus, largely (delete last letter in) ignore (disregard), topmost (1st letter in) a**hole, 

     for the most part (delete last letter in) Musk (Elon), idiot (def) 

14. Extremely contagious viral disease? Next to nothing to America with excess (11) 

     Superfluous, super (extremely), flu (contagious viral disease), next to (juxta), ous (nothing 

     to America), excess (def) 

15. Drought in southern motor town (8) 

     Scarcity, drought (def), S (southern), car (motor), city (town) 

16. American pro boxer serving macaroni? (5,8) 

     Rocky Marciano, implicit meta, macaroni (target), rest is def., one way to get the target is 

     via, anagram (rocky) of “Marciano” 

17. Show me a great country whose infrastructure isn’t somewhat poor (6) 

     Meagre, somewhat (hidden), poor (def), rest is fodder. 

18. Solid tar (6) 

     Hearty (DD) 

19. Report against the soldiers? It’s a shame (8) 

     Dishonor, dish (report), on (against), OR (soldiers), shame (def) 

20. Being in harmony, embracing the new age (9) 

     Commodity, being (def), comity (harmony), embracing (container), mod (new age) 

21. Dying United Nations in a morbid mess (8) 

     Moribund, dying (def), UN (United Nations), in a (insertion), mess (anagram of) morbid