Word Puzzle 178

Word Puzzle 178 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Prominent? Not men with credit notes!! (9) 

   Notorious, prominent (def), not (not), OR (men), with (juxta), IOUs (credit notes) 

2. Sell that in Finland during the war (8) 

   Vendetta, vend (sell), etta (that is Finland i.e. in Finnish), war (def) 

3. Sentimental Charles fibbing about love? (7) 

   Cloying, sentimental (def), C (Charles), lying (fibbing), about (container), O (love) 

4. Attorney fakes glee in court (8) 

   Delegate, attorney (def), fakes (anagram of) glee, in (insertion), date (court) 

5. Unionist doctor on a rampage in huff (7) 

   Umbrage, U (unionist), MB (doctor), on a (juxta), rage (rampage), huff (def) 

6. So-called savage fight club (6) 

   Bistro, so-called (homophone of) beast (savage), row (fight), club (def) 

7. Unpalatable from the very first bite, this lamb rack is horrible!! (8) 

   Brackish, unpalatable (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

8. The Italian coming up with a trick for the democrat to drop out for cash perhaps (9) 

    Liquidity, IL (The in Italian), coming up (reversal of IL), quiddity (trick), D (democrat), to 

drop out (deletion of D), cash perhaps (def) 

9. Parcel marker (8) 

   Property, DD. 

10. Trips with Garfield or Dilbert perhaps (5, 5) 

     Comic strip, meta, trips (target), rest is def, one way to get the target is via anagram (comic) 

  of “strip” 

11. Stamp of approval will be given only after you finish all market requirements (8) 

     Hallmark, stamp (def), of (hidden) rest is fodder. 

12. Softly tromp around at work (6) 

     Prompt, P (softly), around (anagram of) tromp, work (def) 

13. Talk specifically with her majesty attracted to a creep (8) 

      Schmooze, talk (def), sc (specifically), with (juxta), HM (her majesty), attracted to (juxta), 

   ooze (creep) 

14. Tramp stamp (7) 

      Shuffle DD. 

15. How to turn the light off with great imagination that’s none too practical? (6,2,5) 

     Flight of fancy, how to turn the (meta). Light off (target), rest is def., one way to get the 

  target is via, flight of anagram (fancy) 

16. Confused short girl, on unfinished couch is a trull? (8) 

     Grisette, confused (anagram of) short (delete last letter in) girl, unfinished (delete last letter 

  in) settee (couch), trull (def) 

17. Superficial alien on board the Titanic (8) 

     Cosmetic, superficial (def), ET (alien), on board (insertion), cosmic (titanic) 

18. Beautiful in every aspect, with her build that’s delicately slim, men seem to lose their mind 

  in her presence (7) 

     Immense, beautiful (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

19. Seriously falling apart (8) 

     Cracking, DD. 

20. Stream from Jackie Chan movie (7, 6) 

     Drunken master, stream (target), from (meta), rest is def, one way to get the target is via 

  anagram (drunken) of “master” 

21. Generic mask (7) 

     Blanket, DD.