Word Puzzle 174

Word Puzzle 174 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. The devil regularly meddles to embarrass (6) 

     Impede, imp (devil), regularly (select alternate letters in) meddles, embarrass (def) 

2. Promote a US vice President who lost his head? (7) 

    Advance, promote (def), a (a), JD Vance (US vice President), lost his head (delete the  

1st letter in) JD Vance. 

3. Frank dressed up for the audience (6) 

    Candid, Frank (def), candied (dressed up), for the audience (homophone) 

4. Published contents of the report were slanderous, the author is sued for defamation (6) 

    Issued, published (def), contents (hidden), rest is fodder. 

5. Remarkable for a grouse? (10) 

   Outrageous, implicit meta of the form X for Y, remarkable (def), a grouse (target), one way 

   to get the target is via anagram (out) of “rageous”. 

6. Inappropriate faucet loop perhaps (3,2,5) 

   Out of place, inappropriate (def), perhaps (anagram of) faucet loop 

7. Bad complex say (7) 

   Naughty, bad (def), knotty (complex), say (homophone) 

8. Longing for a quiet baby? (8) 

   Appetite, longing (def), a (a), p (quiet), petite (baby) 

9. Sell out the show (6) 

   Betray, DD. 

10. Harrison Ford, a star doing macho roles in movies, who in real life is somewhat of a 

     coward? (7) 

     Dastard, of (hidden), coward (def), rest is fodder. 

11. Type of foods that help build muscles, for kids say (8) 

      Proteins, type of foods that help build muscles (def), pro (for), teens (kids), say 

      (homophone) 

12. Insane short story on birds (6) 

     Mental, insane (def), short (delete last letter in) tale (story), on (juxta a on b = ab or ba), 

     men (birds) 

13. Avoids flies (7) 

     Escapes, DD. 

14. Defraud to make a buck (11) 

     Shortchange, implicit meta, defraud (def), buck (target), one way to get the target is via, 

     deleting last letter (short) in bucks (change) 

15. Do galoot’s bold follies go astray? (4,1,4,2,5,2) 

     Sell a bill of goods to, do (def), go astray (anagram of) “galoot’s bold follies” 

16. Stick Monopoly piece/token on dress (10) 

     Thimblerig, stick (def), thimble (Monopoly piece/token), on (juxta), rig (dress) 

17. Luck in life plays a role but those who just wait for luck to manifest, face a worser end, I 

     pity them (11) 

     Serendipity, luck (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

18. Butter up Pat (6) 

     Stroke, DD. 

19. How to locate an old fund from a Canadian province? (12) 

     Newfoundland, how to locate (meta), an old fund (target), rest is def, one way to get the 

     target is via anagram (new) of “foundland” 

20. Last word about nerdier Ric in disguise (7,3) 

     Dernier cri, last word (def), in disguise (anagram of) nerdier Ric 

21. Upset teen sis breaking 100 Kg weight? That's classic (14) 

     Quintessential, upset (anagram of) teen sis, breaking (insertion), Quintal (100 Kg. Weight), 

     classic (def) and which also applies as an adjective to the weight (as in old time measure)