Word Puzzle 72

Word Puzzle 72 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: Answers to the thematic clues are math terms which also have alternate meaning in common English.

1. Square root, square (unbiased), root (source), rest is def (1,2,3 are square roots of 1,4,9 respectively)

2. Not my type, implicit meta, Monty (target), common reason for rejecting a date (def), one way to get Monty is “not my” anagram (type)

3. Exponent, P (president), on (operating), in (insertion), extent (confines), not (deletion of) t (the), Guru (def)

4. Division, I’d (I would), return (reversal), vision (picture), separation (def)

5. Product, fruit (def), pro (for), duct (leader)

6. Average, typical (def), rage (agitation), on (position), Ave (road)

7. Binomial, After rejected (reverse scan), “claim … is” (fodder), somewhat (hidden), misnomer (def)

8. Constant, habitual (def), cant (hypocrisy), about (container), on (drinking), on the (position), St (road)

9. Today’s special, how does (meta), sad toy (target), feature prominently on the menu (def), one way to get “sad toy” is “today’s” anagram (special)

10. Expression, Ex (former), press (army), noi (number one), returning (reversal), term (def)

11. Identity, character (def), id (that in Latin), entity (individual)

12. Inequality, imbalance (def), ine (oriental), quality (nobility)

13. Perimeter, “station … meter” (fodder), inside (hidden), boundary (def)

14. Inferior, infer (derive), I (an), or (alternative), low-quality (def)

15. Remainder, remnant (def), a (article), in (insertion), reminder (memorial)

16. Sector, bananas (anagram of) escort, pie slice for one (def)

17. Tangent, digression (def), tan (brown), gent (dude)

18. Vertex, extreme (def), V (neck), exert (exercise), set (anagram of) V + exert

19. Getup, DD

20. Fraction, bit (def), Fr (French), action (thing)

21. Decade, reportedly (homophone of) decayed (rotten), 60’s or 70’s for example (def)