Word Puzzle 175

Word Puzzle 175 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Live with a stigma on backward America (7) 

   Sustain, live with (def), stain (stigma), on (x on y = xy or yx), backward (reversal of) US 

   (America) 

2. In a frenzy, rate overtures from the wellspring (8,5) 

   Treasure trove, in a frenzy (anagram of) “rate overtures”, wellspring (def) 

3. Pay scale (7) 

   Balance, DD. 

4. An Italian knocked for being shameless (9) 

   Unabashed, una (an in Italian), bashed (knocked), shameless (def) 

5. Haitian veto from the Michael Haskins starrer (3,8,8) 

   The aviation cocktail, implicit meta of the form x from y, Haitian veto (target), rest is def, 

   one way to get the target is via “the aviation” anagram (cocktail) 

6. Heartbroken in S. Korea after, the highly touted Pyeongchang dogsledding team lost (7) 

   Hangdog, heartbroken (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

7. Hint: denial of holocaust (7) 

   Inferno, infer (hint), no (denial), holocaust (def) 

8. Former conservative accepting negligence as exonerative? (11) 

   Exculpatory, ex (former), tory (conservative), accepting (container), culpa (negligence), 

   exonerative (def) 

9. Understanding the telescope (8) 

   Contract, DD. 

10. Taste of good coffee lingers on through the day and contributes to improvement in mood (7) 

     Feeling, in (hidden), mood (def), rest is fodder. 

11. Sargent from the Marvel movie featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (6, 7) 

     Doctor Strange, implicit meta of the form x from y, Sargent (target), rest is def., one way to 

     get the target is via, anagram (Doctor) of “strange” 

12. Dragged a light motorcycle (5) 

     Moped, DD 

13. Choke on cabbage creep!! (8) 

     Lollygag, gag (choke), on (juxta x on y => xy or yx), lolly (cabbage as in cash), creep (def) 

14. Chicken feed on Pet’s yacht at sea (5,4) 

     Petty cash, chicken feed (def), at sea (anagram of) “Pet’s yacht” 

15. Driver of the big truck uses tire chains to get traction in storm (6) 

     Ruckus, in (hidden), storm (def), rest is fodder. 

16. Latest on star commander aka Maverick (10) 

     Iconoclast, last (latest), on (juxta, x on y => xy or yx), icon (star), OC (commander), 

     maverick (def) 

17. Forget to turn up in court which was deserted (8) 

     Desolate, lose (forget), to turn up (reversal in down clue), in (insertion), date (court),  

     deserted (def) 

18. Fake excuse for getting teen reps? (5, 8) 

     False pretense, Implicit meta of the for x for getting y, fake excuse (def), teen reps (target), 

     one way to get the target is via anagram (false) of pretense 

19. Run through the newly made Deutschland kids’ parkway (4,5,3,6,4) 

     Play ducks and drakes with, run through (def), newly made (anagram of) “Deutschland 

     kids’ parkway” 

20. How to lure James from heaven? (3,9) 

     New Jerusalem, how to (meta), lure James (target), heaven (def), one way to get the target 

     is via, anagram (new) of “Jerusalem” 

21. Ship entrance (9) 

     Transport, DD.