Word Puzzle 80

Word Puzzle 80 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

1. Investment bank asset report (8)

· Blockade, investment (def), block (bank), aid (asset), report (homophone)

2. Sustenance for sailor on a boat surrounded by treasure (7)

· Pabulum, sustenance (def), AB (sailor), U (boat), surrounded by (insertion), plum (treasure)

3. Flytrap for Jay? (10)

· Motormouth, motor (fly), mouth (trap), jay (def)

4. How to catch a meteor (falling star) with a clicker? (6, 7)

· Remote control, how to catch (meta), meteor (target), clicker (def), one way to get meteor is via “remote” anagram (control)

5. Techie with a crooked hat (8)

· Gearhead, techie (def), crooked (anagram of) headgear (hat)

6. Do some folks lose temper? For many it’s unfortunately too common (7)

· Perform, do (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder

7. Vision before wisdom (10)

· Prescience, vision (def), pre (before), science (wisdom)

8. Car clutch or tuning peg on guitar (7,4)

· Machine head, machine (car), head (clutch), rest is def

9. Bizarre!! Old woman trained to fly? (7)

· Marquee, trained (anagram of) queer (bizarre) + ma (old woman), fly (def)

10. “Beat it” parody? (4,3)

· Take off, DD

11. Sarcastic double entendre on man (7)

· Pungent, sarcastic (def), pun (double entendre), gent (man)

12. Substantial fine (8)

· Handsome, DD

13. Affable boy accommodated in sanitorium quarter (10)

· Hospitable, affable (def), B (boy), accommodated by (insertion), hospital (sanitorium), E (quarter)

14. Jollies over the tailless bird (6)

· Thrush, rush (jollies), over (positionally after), Th (the tailless i.e., delete last letter), bird (def)

15. Find verse to finish the set (5,3)

· Serve out, find (meta), verse (target), finish the set (def as in Tennis), one way to get verse is via “serve” anagram (out)

16. Twist one’s arm out of joint? No baloney!! (6)

· Oblige, twist one’s arm (def), out of joint (anagram of) o (no) + bilge (baloney)

17. Sweet talk the porny individual running around the road (9)

· Adulation, sweet talk (def), adult (porny), I (individual), on (running), around (container), a (road)

18. Binary depiction for a type of clue (6,10)

· Double definition, double (binary), definition (depiction), type of clue (def)

19. Attack on US Capitol by guerillas. Reverberations felt across the globe. Though they left some type of clue (8)

· Reversal, “Attack … they” (fodder), left (reverse scan), some (hidden), type of clue (def)

20. Asleep during game that was one sided (4,3)

· Blow out, low (asleep), during (insertion), bout (game), one sided game (def)

21. Recreation before work? (9)

· Avocation, recreation (def), a (before), vocation (work)