Word Puzzle 158

Word Puzzle 158 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Genius author married to a rocker (8) 

   Penchant, genius (def), pen (author), married to (juxta), chant (rocker) 

2. Prison visitor must hand his gun to warden upon entry before the situation can get somewhat 

   out of hand (8) 

   Untoward, out of hand (def), somewhat (hidden), rest is fodder. 

3. Excited, Euclid itched to clarify (9) 

   Elucidate, excited (anagram of) Euclid, ate (itched), clarify (def) 

4. Negligent leftist overturned the raise without any initial inquiry (8) 

   Derelict, negligent (def), red (leftist), overturned (reversal), elicit (raise), without (deletion    

   of) first letter (initial) in “inquiry” 

5. Turn against the ballyhoo surrounding extra-terrestrial ancestor (9) 

   Archetype, arc (turn), against (juxta), hype (ballyhoo), surrounding (container), ET  

   (extra-terrestrial), ancestor (def) 

6. Vulgar bleeping show featuring a pervert (6) 

   Garble, pervert (def), featuring (hidden), rest is fodder. 

7. Back Winter-hill with a Pink Floyd number? (7,5,2,3,4) 

   Another brick in the wall, meta clue, back winter-hill (target), Pink Floyd number (def), one 

   way to get the target is via, anagram (another) of “brick in the wall” 

8. Penetrate through flesh with extreme ease (8) 

   Permeate, penetrate (def), per (through), meat (flesh), extreme (1st letter in) ease. 

9. Free form (6) 

   Spring, DD. 

10. How to irk Tess with bombs? (7,3) 

     Strikes out, how to (meta), irk Tess (target), bombs (def), one way to get the target is via, 

     strikes anagram (out) 

11. As the war progressed, Simon Bolivar let soldiers evolve into sort of savages (7) 

     Varlets, of (hidden), savages (def), rest is fodder. 

12. Shoot at and destroy Nathan in a bad way (3,4,4,2) 

     Try one’s hand at, shoot at (def), in a bad way (anagram of) “destroy Nathan” 

13. Bear fruit (5) 

     Yield, DD. 

14. Bird squawk (6) 

     Grouse, DD. 

15. Kudos from all for the successful renovation of the historic site (7) 

      Ovation, kudos (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

16. Remarkable to get A 14 (10) 

      Outrageous, implicit meta (to get), remarkable (def), target = A + grouse (answer to clue 

     14), one way to get the target is via anagram (out) of “rageous” 

17. Conduct school in ground due to restriction (9) 

     Restraint, train (school), in (insertion), rest (ground), restriction (def) 

18. Show up for American singer Billie without pass? Not yours truly!! (9) 

     Establish, show (def), Eilish (American singer Billie), without (container), stab (pass), not 

     (deletion), I (yours truly) 

19. Take care of first 10 say (8) 

     Maintain, take care of (def), main (first), say (homophone of) 10 i.e. “tain” 

20. Place in forest outside the capital of Ohio (6) 

     Groove, place (def), grove (forest), outside (container), capital of (1st letter in) Ohio 

21. Hiker Livingston could be an introvert (9,6) 

     Shrinking violet, could be (anagram of) hiker Livingston, introvert (def)