Word Puzzle 56

Word Puzzle 56 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: Things/phrases that are French

1. Bananas, DD Bananas as in nuts (mad) and as in fruits

2. Garbage, Waste (def), age (time), on (juxtaposition indicator), garb (appearance)

3. Escargot, Cargo (haul), in (insertion), Est (established), French delicacy (def)

4. Bust a move, Slangily depart (def), to make (meta clue), movie (target of meta clue), one way to get movie is through anagram (bust) of, I (a), move

5. Dormice, Dorm (flophouse), ice (secure), rodents (def)

6. Jaunty, Animated (def), aunt (relative), among (insertion), jy (heartless jury)

7. Parkour, Park (deploy), four (iv), not a feminine (delete f), sport (def)

8. Moot, Toom (bare), back (reversal), canvass (def)

9. Champagne, Champ (winner), Ag (silver), ne (not), bubbly (def)

10. Pipasso, Picasso (artist), gave up (deletion of), c (colouring initially), take up (insertion), p (piano), bagpipe (def, pipasso are French bagpipes)

11. Parable, P (quiet), garden (arable), fable (def)

12. Claude Monet, Artist (def), another (anagram of), emulated + icon -i (needing no introduction)

13. Ruminate, Study (def), demonstrating (hidden indicator), rest is fodder

14. Joie de vivre, I (me), somehow (anagram of), Joe + I + revived, pleasance (def)

15. Bete Noire, Hate (def), bet (wager), E (English), No (#), I (1), leading (pick first letters of), R from Rugby and E from eleven.

16. Nimrod, Jackass (def), coming back (reversal indicator), inside (hidden indicator), rest is fodder

17. Faux pas, Impropriety (def), FX (foreign exchange), covering (container), Au (gold), pass (transfer), for the most part (delete last letter)

18. Risqué, Racy (def), artful (anagram of), squire (escort)

19. Bad taste, Offensive (def), to reach (meta indicator), state (meta target), one way to get state is via anagram (bad) of taste

20. Les Bleus, Confused (anagram of), Bulls + SE (South-East), E (England), football team related to theme (def i.e. French national football team is called Les Bleus)

21. Stringent, Rigorous (def), string (progression), ENT (medical speciality)