Word Puzzle 57

Word Puzzle 57 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: Jargon used often by Shashi Tharoor

1. Righteous, Ethical (def), US (America), lagging (position), right (true), leaders in (1^st letters of), Etiquettes and Oversight (EO)

2. Predilection, Tendency (def), predict (forecast), about (container), Le (the in French)

3. Sophistry, PS (footnote), adapted (anagram of) PS + history, rest is def

4. Aghast, Hysterical (def), Ag (silver), haste (rush), hampered (last letter deletion)

5. Teamwork, How to get (meta), mate (target), cooperation (def), one way to get mate is team anagram (work)

6. Livery, “Well .. the” (fodder), revealing (hidden), outfit (def)

7. Defenestration, Wrongly (anagram of), on (operating) + defense + trait (feature), swift dismissal (def)

8. Slander, Defaming (def), somewhat (hidden), rest is fodder

9. Kosher, K (ultimate rock i.e. last letter of rock), antics (anagram of) K + hero’s, rest id def

10. Supplication, US (America), backing (reversal), application (use), covering head (deletion of first letter), prayer (def)

11. Mordant, Snarky (def), ant (worker), punished (anagram of) dorm + ant

12. Outward, How to (meta), draw (target), face (def), one way is anagram (out) of ward

13. Equable, Gentle (def), equitable (candid), without (deletion of), it (sex appeal)

14. Beatitude, Beat it (run-away), start off (deletion of first letter so dude becomes ude), bliss (def)

15. Credo, Source of (1^st letter in) Christianity’s i.e. C, redo (renewal), faith (def)

16. Atrophy, Decline (def), A (Austrian), trophy (pride)

17. Intransigent, Opinionated (def), in (fashionable), G (man), in (insertion), transient (brief)

18. Soiree, “Couldn’t .. reenlisted” (fodder), in (hidden), tea party (def)

19. Invective, V (Vatican), CE (church), somehow (anagram of), V + CE + invites – s (most of implies deletion of last letter), abuse (def)

20. Cull, Discard (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder

21. Cower, E (Asian), crow (raven), confused (anagram), quail (def)