Word Puzzle 170

Word Puzzle 170 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Everlasting shame over ill repute? (10) 

   Perpetuity, everlasting (def), pity (shame), over (container), ill (anagram of) repute 

2. Endlessly drain a friend to the utmost? (10) 

   Consummate, endlessly (delete last letter in) consume (drain), mate (friend), utmost (def) 

3. Get a medal after illness? Bull!! (7) 

   Flummox, get (def), MM (medal), after (juxta positionally after), flu (illness), Ox (bull) 

4. West African traveling poet of ill repute causing riots with controversial poems (5) 

    Griot, West African traveling poet (def), of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

5. After witnessing at home corruption, you got the hint (9) 

   Insinuate, after witnessing (seeing text after what follows this), in (at home), sin (corruption), 

   u (you), ate (got), hint (def) 

6. Shy moderate (6) 

   Modest, DD. 

7. How to get a “pass” from the old Laurel and Hardy movie? (4,2,3) 

   Saps at Sea, how to get (meta), pass (target), rest is def., one way to get the target is via, saps 

   anagram (at sea) 

8. Elton whined about being faithful (4-3-4) 

   Down-the-line, about (anagram of) “Elton whined”, faithful (def) 

9. Order our man to get into hall-of-fame? (6) 

   Behest, order (def), he (our man), to get into (insertion), best (hall-of-fame) 

10. Bird of passage returning in this matt Damon movie (5) 

     Nomad, bird of passage (def), returning (reverse scan), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

11. Sped in reverse on the causeway? that was close!! (6) 

     Narrow, ran (sped), in reverse (reversal), row (causeway), close (def) 

12. Stage killer whale sound say (11) 

     Orchestrate, stage (def), orca (killer whale), strait (sound), say (homophone of) orca + strait 13. Bear control (6) 

     Handle, DD. 

14. Expert against total sleep (10) 

     Consummate, expert (def), con (against), sum (total), mate (sleep) 

15. Trippy reality for example, leads to Tucson cafe’s sootiness (7,5,2,13) 

     Altered state of consciousness, trippy reality for example (def), leads to (meta as in x for 

  y) Tucson Cafe’s sootiness (target), one way to get the target is via anagram (altered) of 

     “state of consciousness” 

16. For situations requiring acrobatic flexibility, spandex trousers come in handy (8) 

     Dextrous, in (hidden), handy (def), rest is fodder. 

17. First character (8) 

     Original, DD. 

18. Bad advice Marley!!, that was reckless!! (5-3-4) 

     Devil-may-care, bad (anagram of) “advice Marley”, reckless (def) 

19. Adulatory video taken after the witch introduced the maiden (12) 

     Hagiographic, adulatory (def), graphic (video), take after (positionally comes after ...), hag 

     (the witch), introduced (juxta), IO (the maiden) 

20. The justification for betrayal (7) 

     Treason, T (the), reason (justification), betrayal (def) 

21. Litton Height from Phil Collins album (5, 4, 3, 5) 

     Dance into the light, Litton height (target), from (meta), rest is def, one way to get the 

     target is via, anagram (dance) of “into the light”