Word Puzzle 163

Word Puzzle 163 – Cryptic Clues: 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

 1. Sore about a naval manoeuvre in flood (9) 

 2. Profound take on improper diet (9) 

 3. Adorn a mental hospital with a crazy quilt of glitter (8) 

 4. Threat of supremacy say (9) 

 5. Work scam? (6) 

 6. Egan aches badly for transformation (3, 6) 

 7. Comic mountain from Zepplin song? (13,9) 

 8. Restraint shown by liberal dummy (10) 

 9. Impression about at home schooling? (9) 

10. Comfort closet (7) 

11. In retrospect, y’all always ended up on the losing side, at least now seek some help (5) 

12. Curse nicer with R.E.M. number? (7,10) 

13. Ban on professional writer? (9) 

14. Perfect ad-lib by an Asian (7) 

15. Arguing about the Italian’s sex appeal can be tiring (12) 

16. Gala invitee harassed for smoking? (6,5) 

17. Refuting that a model replaced Bob in posing (9) 

18. Lesson learned from the ordeal is that “always learn from the best” (1-4) 

19. Bargain shrink? (8) 

20. Gruesome kind of bear say (6) 

21. Adele’s slurry brief from Matthew Broderick movie (6,8,3,3) 

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