Word Puzzle 157

Word Puzzle 157 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

        1.   Perhaps after a few drinks articulated to insult a communist (7) 

        Slurred, perhaps after a few drinks articulated (def), slur (insult), red (communist) 

  2.   Running back’s evasive move with a step on the road say (7) 

  Stutter, running back’s evasive move with a step (def as in stutter-step), St (road), on (juxta indicator meaning before or after), utter (say) 

   3.   ... “The flashbulb lit her face like a Christmas tree”? What a bunch of nonsense!! (7) 

             Blither, of (hidden), nonsense (def), rest is fodder. 

   4.  Polish civilization (7) 

             Culture, DD 

   5.  New leader’s random weirdness can be attributed to bigotry (6-10) 

             Narrow-mindedness, leader’s (1st letter in) New, can be (anagram of) “random 

             weirdness”, bigotry (def) 

   6.  How to get Don’s gang, mostly with double-talk? (4,3,5) 

             Song and dance, how to get (meta), mostly (delete last letter in) Don’s gang i.e.; Don’s 

             gan (target), double-talk (def), one way to get the target is via song and anagram 

            (dance) 

   7.   Offer on drink say (7) 

              Suppose, pose (offer), on (position, x on y => xy or yx), sup (drink), say (def) 

   8.   Lawrence framed by his staunch rival (10) 

              Contestant, TE (Lawrence), framed by (insertion), constant (staunch), rival (def) 

   9.   Hostile elements of Holocene mystery were recently decoded (5) 

              Enemy, elements of (hidden), hostile (def), rest is fodder. 

   10. Nearly take-over Central America in sonnet (8) 

              Limerick, nearly (delete last letter in) kill (take), over (reversal), central (middle letters 

              in) America, in (insertion), sonnet (def) 

   11. Goldie Hawn movie leads to better failures? (11,3,4) 

              Butterflies are free, implicit meta, Goldie Hawn movie (def), better failures (target), 

              one way to get the target is “Butterflies are” anagram (free) 

   12. Control field (6) 

              Handle (DD) 

   13. Beware of Sadat arguing violently (5,7) 

              Guard against, beware of (def), violently (anagram of) “Sadat arguing” 

   14. Lecture a handsome young man about money and health primarily (8) 

       Admonish, lecture (def), Adonis (a handsome young man), about (container), m (money), 

       primarily (first letter in) health 

       15. Casualness in choosing a path yesterday leads to undesirable consequences today (6) 

       Apathy, casualness (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

       16. Hotel with no money in safe? (8) 

       Innocent, inn (hotel), with (juxta), o (no), cent (money), safe (def) 

       17. Attack a sailor in speech (7) 

       Assault, attack (def), in speech (homophone of) a salt (sailor) 

       18. Only state that is dignified? (6) 

       Solemn, sole (only), MN (state), dignified (def) 

       19. By mistake creepy Dr. Hick was selected (6-6) 

       Cherry-picked, by mistake (anagram of) “creepy Dr Hick”, selected (def) 

       20. Inspire a criminal say (6) 

       Elicit, inspire (def), illicit (criminal), say (homophone) 

       21. Forget the Jewish holiday? (8) 

       Passover, DD