Word Puzzle 166

Word Puzzle 166 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Confidence of the one in a prickly shrub (6) 

Hubris, confidence (def), i (one), in (insertion), prickly (anagram of) shrub. 

2. Good value on alternative associated with credit notes (11) 

Meritorious, good (def), merit (value), on (juxta), or (alternative), associated with (juxta), 

IOUs (credit notes) 

3. Tempting the model worker before carelessly lazing around the lunch time? (11) 

Tantalizing, tempting (def), T (model), ant (worker), before (juxta), carelessly (anagram of) 

     lazing, around (container), I (lunch time) 

4. Distinct sequence of nucleotides assign the subgroup (10) 

Generation, gene (distinct sequence of nucleotides), ration (assign), subgroup (def) 

5. Vocabulary of laid-back hepcat, oddly lacking (7) 

  Dialect, vocabulary (def), back (reversal of) laid, oddly lacking (delete odd letters in) hepcat. 

 6. Brassier rock sound (6) 

  Bolder, brassier (def), boulder (rock), sound (homophone) 

 7. Trade activity (10) 

   Occupation, DD. 

 8. Bribe a bum (4,4) 

  Kick back, DD. 

 9. Life at hermitage wasn’t easy, residents were regularly subjected to a lot of strain (7) 

  Feather, of (hidden), strain (def), rest is fodder 

10. Monsignori from CCR song (3,4,6) 

   Bad moon rising, implicit meta, monsignori (target), CCR song (def), one way to get the 

      target is via, anagram (bad) of “moon rising” 

11. Faker from P. Diddy’s party? (5,3) 

   Freak off, from (meta), faker (target), rest is def, one way to get the target is via Freak 

      anagram (off) 

12. Desperateness of crowd picketing on Pyongyang street (5) 

   Angst, desperateness (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

13. Row over the disruption of Andorra’s musical nexus (7,3,10) 

   Alarums and excursions, row (def), disruption of (anagram of) “Andorra’s musical nexus” 

14. Flexible pad (7) 

   Stretch, DD. 

15. Jewish holiday cross? (8) 

     Passover, DD. 

16. Hope for snoring fees? (5, 4, 7) 

     Cross one’s fingers, hope (def), for (meta), snoring fees (target), one way to get the target is 

     Via, anagram (cross) of “one’s fingers” 

17. Walk in the park with Mike’s aunt Erica turned into an adventure (7) 

     Saunter, walk (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

18. Small disadvantage with cryptic clue (9) 

     Minuscule, small (def), minus (disadvantage), with (juxta), cryptic (anagram of) clue 

19. Hard, like some chairs or the Venus de Milo statue are white (8) 

     Harmless, H (hard), armless (like some chairs or the Venus de Milo statue), white (def) 

20. Lodge with no money? It's true!! (8) 

     Innocent, inn (lodge), with (juxta), o (no), cent (money), true (def) 

21. Pleasant idleness after indolence perhaps (5,3,6) 

     Dolce far niente, pleasant idleness (def), perhaps (anagram of) after indolence.