Word Puzzle 76

Word Puzzle 76 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: Thematic clues refer to cardinal positions of various ordered sets

1. Batting first with permission restricting going up in the air (12)

· Inconsistent, in (batting), Ist (first), consent (permission), restricting (container), up in the air (def)

2. Meg with a kind of rattler (11)

· Diamondback, implicit meta, meg (target), kind of rattler (def), one way to get meg is via gem (diamond), reversal (back)

3. Second amongst timber capital (8)

· Foremost, mo (second), amongst (insertion), forest (timber), capital (def)

4. Empathize showing concern, with the Pandemic on, do lend a hand now and then (7)

· Condole, empathize (def), showing (hidden), rest is fodder

5. Submissive third man animated on the field (9)

· Tractable, submissive (def), animated (anagram of) Abel (third man), on (position), tract (field)

6. Show about good brew? (7)

· Provoke, prove (show), about (container), ok (good), brew (def)

7. Fourth man holding ecclesiastical title is ranked much lower (7)

· Seventh, Seth (fourth man), holding (container), ven (ecclesiastical title), rest is def

8. Fake encouragement? Primarily it’s empty and useless (8)

· Spurious, fake (def), spur (encouragement), I (primarily it’s), o (empty), us (useless)

9. Winter sportsman on fifth day gets perkier (8)

· Friskier, skier (winter sportsman), on (position), Fri (fifth day), perkier (def)

10. Pick course using computer program (6, 4)

· Source code, meta clue, course (target), computer program (def), one way to get course is source anagram (code)

11. Joke about Sunday school dependence (8)

· Buttress, butt (joke), re (about), SS (Sunday school), dependence (def)

12. Sixth sign about the effect of battle-ax? (6)

· Virago, Virgo (sixth sign), about (container), a (effect), battle-ax (def)

13. Chop green onion for a monkey? (11)

· Rapscallion, rap (chop), scallion (green onion), monkey (def)

14. Takeover the restaurant after penning the seventh letter (8)

· Detainer, takeover (def), diner (restaurant), penning (insertion of), eta (seventh letter)

15. Corrupt professional engaged in kickback (9)

· Reprobate, corrupt (def), pro (professional), engaged in (insertion), rebate (kickback)

16. Chief admitting second thoughts about relics (6)

· Corpse, core (chief), admitting (container), PS (second thoughts), relics (def)

17. Adviser helping to make biopic on sultan Tughril (10)

· Consultant, advisor (def), helping to make (hidden), rest is fodder

18. Picture of sandwich shop with tenth on the table, burnt up (9)

· Delineate, picture (def), deli (sandwich shop), Ne (10^th on the table i.e., periodic table), ate (burnt up)

19. How to score pot from honchos? (3, 7)

· Top bananas, how to score (meta, score is synonym for “get”), pot (target), honchos (def), one way to get pot is top anagram (bananas)

20. Big and tall? (5)

· Lofty, DD

21. Quit eating the same sweet (8)

· Redolent, relent (quit), eating (container), do (the same), sweet (def)