Word Puzzle 181

Word Puzzle 181 – Solution with Explanation 

Theme: None 

Clues:  

1. Rounded as in furniture, mentioned in the home of Bollywood once (5) 

    Bombe, rounded as in furniture (def), mentioned in (homophone of) Bombay (home of 

Bollywood once) 

2. Ouster of a one-time legend (11) 

    Extradition, ouster (def), ex (one-time), tradition (legend) 

3. Blueprint to recycle color perhaps (10) 

    Chartreuse, chart (blueprint), to (juxta), reuse (recycle), color perhaps (def) 

4. Lumbago perhaps for Eros? (4,4) 

    Sore back, implicit meta of the for X for Y, lumbago perhaps (def), Eros (target), one way to 

get the target is via sore reversal (back) 

5. A litter of pigs in a long column (6) 

    Farrow, a litter of pigs (def), far (long), row (column) 

6. Harmonic speech sound (9) 

    Consonant, DD. 

7. Eat some delicious local fares at the famous Kinnettles Tea Garden (6) 

    Nettle, eat (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder. 

8. Trick fumbled after losing rook due to being exhausted (9) 

    Knackered, knack (trick), erred (fumbled), after losing (deletion of) r (rook), exhausted (def) 

9. Plywood hostels from Warner Bros short, animated caricature from the 40’s (9,5,3) 

    Hollywood steps out, implicit meta of the from x from y, plywood hostels (target), rest is def, 

one way to get the target is via Hollywood steps anagram (out) 

10. Raids AAAA say (6) 

      Forays, raids (def), four A’s (AAAA), say (homophone) 

11. Dumb summary (7) 

      Laconic, DD. 

12. In other words, Teena consumed the pill abruptly to wrap up (11) 

      Encapsulate, in other words (anagram of) Teena, consumed (insertion), capsule (pill),  

      abruptly (delete the last letter of) capsule, so capsule –e inside the anagram of Teena. 

13. Logicalness of the soccer blunder in a silly mistake by the King? (9) 

      Syllogism, logicalness (def), OG (soccer blunder), in (insertion), mistake (anagram of) silly, 

      by (juxta), SM (King) 

14. Another loss, Jets are dead last and officially their chances of making the playoff are 

      somewhat remote (8) 

      Standoff, remote (def), somewhat (hidden), rest is fodder. 

15. Detective from the East, imprisoned in fall, to resign (8) 

      Abdicate, CID (detective), from the East (reversal), imprisoned in (insertion), abate (fall), 

   resign (def) 

16. How to brag in concert? (4,2,5) 

      Hand in glove, how to (meta), brag (target), in concert (def), one way to get the target is via, 

      hand (r), in (insertion), glove (bag) 

17. Rampant raid (7) 

      Overrun, DD. 

18. Jerry’s neighbours' flipping comment (6) 

      Remark, Kramer (Jerry’s neighbour’s as in from Seinfeld show), flipping (reversal), 

      comment (def) 

19. Ringleader arrested by police for kindness? (5) 

      Heart, r (ring leader i.e. 1st letter in ring), arrested by (insertion), heat (police), kindness 

   (def) 

 20. Copy from experienced counties and restrict the speed limit at eighty miles per hour (7) 

       Imitate, copy (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder. 

 21. Makes urban bigots mad (6,5) 

       Brings about, makes (def), mad (anagram of) “urban bigots”