Word Puzzle 171

Mini Word Puzzle 171 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Out-back in European Union, surrounded by ghouls? It's for the adventurous (9) 

   Impetuous, back (reversal of) out, in (insertion), EU (European union), surrounded by 

   (container), imps (ghouls), adventurous (def) 

2. Old boy learned to kill (10) 

   Obliterate, OB (old boy), literate (learned), kill (def) 

3. Outspoken and excited, the soldiers disregarded protecting the iron castle (10) 

   Vociferous, outspoken (def), voracious (excited), disregarded (deletion of) RA (soldiers), 

   protecting (container), Fe (iron), R (castle) 

4. Bonfire replica from Will Smith Starrer (5, 6, 2, 3, 3) 

   Fresh prince of bel air, implicit meta, bonfire replica (target), rest is def, one way to get the 

   target is via anagram (fresh) of “prince of bel air” 

5. At Jessica Alba – T. Ross Geller’s wedding anniversary party someone whispered that, 

    Jessica now has Ross in stranglehold (9) 

    Albatross, in (hidden), stranglehold (def), rest is fodder. 

6. Advise from father to son, “in life the question is not if you will have problems ... but how you will overcome them” (6) 

    Notify, advise (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

7. In reality the model was replaced by Bond’s boss in bitterness (6) 

   Enmity, entity (reality), T (model) was replaced (substituted by) M (Bond’s boss),  

   bitterness (def). 

8. Smash cucumbers without hesitation or die? (7) 

   Succumb, smash (anagram of) cucumbers - (without) er (hesitation), die (def) 

9. How to get sub-neural formant from {0,1,2,3, ...}? (3, 2, 7, 7) 

   Set of natural numbers, how to get (meta), subneural formant (target), rest is def, one way to 

   get the target is via anagram (set) of “of natural numbers” 

10. Down with Microcom!!, my old modem is easily the worst piece of crap I have ever seen (6) 

      Demise, down (def), with (hidden), rest is fodder.  

11. Hive perhaps, said the observer (8) 

      Beholder, bee-holder (hive perhaps), said (homophone), observer (def) 

12. Cold storage latency? (8) 

      Suspense, DD. 

13. Tardiest cab turned out to be an advantage (7, 4) 

      Catbird seat, turned out (anagram of) “tardiest cab”, advantage (def) 

14. Difficulty for any critic in trouble (9) 

      Intricacy, difficulty (def), in trouble (anagram of) any critic