Word Puzzle 60

Word Puzzle 60 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: I feel you. Words/phrases that describe feelings.

1. Resentment, Re (again), sent (dispatched), men (forces), t (conduct final), offense (def)

2. Applauding, A (an), plodding (unabated), sound (homophone), cheering (def)

3. Spaced-out, High (def), to get (meta), scaped (finessed : target), one way to get scaped is spaced anagram (out)

4. Perfidy, Set (anagram of) fire, in (insertion), get even (even letters in) a paddy i.e. pdy, betrayal (def)

5. Compassion, Compass (reach), I (number one), on (performing), charity (def)

6. Adze, Blade (def), selection (hidden), rest is fodder

7. Repulsed, Disgusted (def), red (anarchist), taking in (container), pulse (beating)

8. Carrion, Mummy (def), cast (anagram of) iron + car (wheels)

9. Pumped up, How to get (meta), diva (target), excited (def), One way to get diva is via avid (pumped), reversal (up)

10. Crucible, Cross (def), in a mess (anagram of) cubicle (bay) + r (road)

11. Astonishment, New (anagram of), sensation + mth (evens out match i.e. remove even letters from match), surprise (def)

12. Royal, Magnificent (def), Roy (Orbison) + Al (Jarreau)

13. Content, DD as in warm and subject

14. Blithe, B (bloody), lit (drunk), he (our man), unconcerned (def)

15. Alienation, Alien (foreign), nation (country), denied (deletion of) n (gas), disgruntlement (def)

16. Lanyard, Holding (hidden), bungee cord (def), rest is fodder

17. On cloud nine, Ecstatic (def), on (about), cloud (obscure), nine (baseball team)

18. Bugbear, Dread (def), bug (aggravate), bear (grouch)

19. Mortification, Wrong (anagram of), I (a) + motion (flag) + I (Italian) + craft, embarrassment (def)

20. Golem, On the contrary (reversal of), me (the first person), log (record), moron (def)

21. Enthrallment, Attention (def), all men (all men), in (insertion), around (anagram of), tenth (10^th) + r (row initially)