Word Puzzle 163

Word Puzzle 163 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

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

Avalanche, ache (sore), about (container), manoeuvre (anagram of) naval, flood (def) 

2. Profound take on improper diet (9) 

Recondite, profound (def), rec (take), on (on), improper (anagram of) diet. 

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

Ornament, of (hidden), glitter (def), rest is fodder. 

4. Threat of supremacy say (9) 

  Imminence, threat (def), say (homophone of) eminence (supremacy) 

 5. Work scam? (6) 

  Hustle, DD 

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

  Sea change, badly (anagram of) Egan aches, transformation (def) 

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

  Communication breakdown, implicit meta, comic mountain (target), Zepplin song (def), 

     one way to get the target is via, communication anagram (breakdown) 

 8. Restraint shown by liberal dummy (10) 

  Limitation, restraint (def), L (liberal), imitation (dummy) 

 9. Impression about at home schooling? (9) 

  Intuition, impression (def), in (at home), tuition (schooling) 

10. Comfort closet (7) 

   Console, DD. 

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

   Allay, in retrospect (reverse scan), some (hidden), help (def), rest is fodder. 

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

   Strange currencies, implicit meta, curse nicer (target), rest is def, one way to get the target 

   is via, anagram (strange) of “currencies” 

13. Ban on professional writer? (9) 

   Proscribe, ban (def), pro (professional), scribe (writer) 

14. Perfect ad-lib by an Asian (7) 

   Improve, perfect (def), improv (ad-lib), by (juxta), E (an Asian) 

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

   Debilitating, debating (arguing), about (container), il (the in Italian), it (sex appeal), tiring 

      (def) 

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

   Eating alive, harassed (anagram of) “gala invitee”, smoking (def) 

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

   Confuting, refuting (def), T (model), replaced (substitute) S (Bob) with T (model) in 

   confusing (posing) 

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

   A-List, from (hidden), best (def) 

19. Bargain shrink? (8) 

   Contract, DD. 

20. Gruesome kind of bear say (6) 

   Grisly, gruesome (def), grizzly (kind of bear), say (homophone) 

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

   Ferris Bueller’s day off, implicit meta, Adele’s slurry brief (target), rest is def, one way to 

   get the target is via, Ferris Bueller’s day anagram (off)