Word Puzzle 61

Word Puzzle 61 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: Thematic clues are auto-antonyms

1. Exceptional, Excel (beat), around (container), dodgy (anagram of) a + point, both brilliant and impaired are definitions as well as antonyms.

2. Turn heads, How (meta), shade (color) is the target, grab lot of attention (def), one way to get shade is turn (anagram) of heads.

3. Fight with, Confused (anagram of) high + f (noisy) + twit, battle against or for are both definitions as well of antonyms.

4. Shewed, Demonstrated (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder, yes shew is an old spelling of show.

5. Oversight, Sigh (susurration), within (insertion), overt (undisguised), operation (as in supervision) and blunder are both definitions and antonyms.

6. Peruse, Study carefully or casually (def and antonyms), per (for each), use (exercise)

7. Mottled, TT (abstainer), breaking in (insertion), harassed (anagram of) model, shot (def)

8. Adumbrate, A (a), dumb (stupid), rate (class), clarify or obscure (both def and antonyms)

9. Resign, Re (note), sign (signal), join again or quit (both def and antonyms)

10. Sentence, DD as in finding (a decision made by court) and this clue for one (is an example of a sentence i.e. a grammatical construct)

11. Unqualified, Emitting energy (deletion of E from), can be (anagram of) a + unique + field, perfect or inapt (both are def and antonyms)

12. Supply and demand, How to (meta), end damn ad (target), pricing law (def), one way to get “end damn ad” is supply (anagram) of “and demand”

13. Legendary, Letters from (hidden), people that are famously true or famously imaginary (def), rest is fodder

14. Custom, DD as in bespoke or tradition

15. Monastery, Cloister (def), S (old Bob), in (insertion), monetary (financial), trouble (anagram of) monetary

16. Sheathe, Hiding (hidden), face (def), rest is fodder

17. Buckle, Buck (yank), le (the in French), pull together or fall apart (both def and antonyms)

18. Sanction, Doctored (anagram of), ti (note) + on (performing) + scan, authorization or ban (as in put a sanction on China e.g.) are both def and antonyms.

19. Sanguine, SA (South America), not Peruvian (delete PE from), penguin (waddler), E (point), cheerfully optimistic or bloodthirsty (both def and antonyms)

20. Turbulent time, Implicit meta clue, Emit (release is the target), one way to get emit is anagram (turbulent) of time

21. Weather, Fake (anagram of) wreathe , crumble or survive (both def and antonyms)