Word Puzzle 180

Word Puzzle 180 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Bill is able to finish off the load? (8) 

    Canoodle, bill (def), can (is able to), finish off (delete last letter in) oodles (load) 

2. king Pascal, blasted the king of the jungle as a monkey (11) 

    Rapscallion, R (king), blasted (anagram of) Pascal, Lion (king of the jungle), monkey (def) 

3. Local crime returned after ending, as the republican dropped out (7) 

    Endemic, local (def), returned (reversal of) crime, after (positionally comes after the) end 

(ending), dropped out (deletion of) R (Republican) 

4. Lucky!!, the pro is teaching you and me but not at home (10) 

    Fortuitous, lucky (def), for (pro), tuition (teaching), us (you and me), not (deletion) of letters 

   in “in” (at home) 

5. Viral, funny image perhaps in the lame medical report (4) 

     Meme, viral funny image perhaps (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder. 

6. Invest, for starters in, International monetary bonds unless exempted (5) 

    Imbue, invest (def), for starters in (acrostic indicator i.e. select 1st letters of the following 

phrase), rest is the fodder. 

7. Artist returning to occupy the new tailor’s vestiary (9) 

    Sartorial, RA (artist), returning (reversal), to occupy (insertion), new (anagram of) tailor’s, 

vestiary (def) 

8. Bad noon from John Lennon’s solo album (7, 3, 4) 

    Plastic Ono Band, implicit meta clue, bad noon (target), rest is def, one way to get the target 

is via, anagram (Plastic) of “Ono Band” 

9. Proper welcome (10) 

   Felicitous, DD. 

10. Character for or (5,2,4) 

     Piece of work, meta clue of the form x for y, character (def), or (target), one way to get the 

  target is via “piece of (hidden indicator) work”, as or is hidden in its fodder. 

11. Heretic with fury is still a heretic (4,6) 

     Lone ranger, loner (heretic), anger (fury), heretic (def) 

12. Ancient elements of social structures were the best? But can’t I question the logic behind it?  

  (7)  

     Antique, ancient (def), elements of (hidden), rest is fodder. 

13. Dray from the neighborhood? (8) 

     Backyard, meta of the form “x from y”, dray (target), neighborhood (def), one way to get 

  dray is via, reversal (back) of “yard” 

14. Factor contributing to a torn knee say (8) 

     Attorney, factor (def), say (homophone of) “a torn knee” 

15. Type of calendar or either of the Chappel brothers? (9) 

     Gregorian, DD as in Gregorian calendar and as in “Greg or Ian” 

16. Good steal (11) 

     Appropriate, DD. 

17. Rob from accounting, loved his Vegas trip, upscale hotel on the strip offered him free 

  upgrades (3,3) 

     Rip off, rob (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

18. This error by a fielder can result in extra run(s) or loss (9) 

     Overthrow, DD. 

19. Defeat the wax lion? (11) 

     Shellacking, defeat (def), shellac (wax), king (lion) 

20. English nationalist’s piece of writing expressing personal opinion in a daily was 

  comprehensive (12) 

     Encyclopedic, E (English), N (Nationalist), OP-ED (piece of writing expressing personal 

  opinion), in (insertion), cyclic (daily), comprehensive (def) 

21. Iran wedging war which can become extensive (4-7) 

     Wide-ranging, war (anagram of) “Iran wedging”, extensive (def)