Word Puzzle 86

Word Puzzle 86 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

Clues:

1 Condemn no one, reversing the verdict (10)

Conviction, convict (condemn), NOI (no one), reversing (reversal), verdict (def)

2 Anger over blackout enveloping Romania (7)

Outrage, anger (def), outage (blackout), enveloping (container), R (Romania)

3 Hum from police choppers flying overhead, as they found a bomb in a temple (9)

Bombinate, hum (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder

4 Boost business around Belgium using exaggeration (9)

Hyperbole, hype (boost), role (business), around (container), B (Belgium), exaggeration

(def)

5 With finery lacking finish, Barb got engaged (7)

Bespoke, best (finery), lacking finish (delete last letter in) best, poke (barb), engaged

(def)

6 Spoil a plan to get cheap platter? (5,3,5,4)

Upset the apple cart, implicit meta, spoil a plan (def), cheap platter (target), one way to

get the target is via anagram (upset) of “the apple cart”

7 Waiter in black trouser, verified my order (6)

Server, waiter (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder

8 Noisy rock? (9)

Brilliant, DD

9 Bright English women attracted to regular dull fella (9)

Effulgent, bright (def), E (English), FF (women), attracted to (juxtaposition), regular

(alternate letter selection from) dull, gent (fella)

10 The new temp has issues. She is suffering from stress (8)

Emphasis, from (hidden), stress (def), rest is fodder

11 Upwardly mobile Dr Dre drummer held in homicide? (6)

Murder, upwardly mobile (reversal), held in (hidden), homicide (def), rest is fodder

12 Ran off with Rose (6)

Lifted, DD

13 Forget to vote (7)

Propose, trick is to break down forget into for + get, pro (for), pose (get), vote (def)

14 Twist hard to scribble over (6)

Writhe, twist (def), h (hard), to (juxtaposition), write (scribble), over (container)

15 Cocktail of heroin with Pudina, oddly is a natural pain killer (9)

Endorphin, cocktail of (anagram of) heroin + PDN (pudina oddly i.e. select odd letters

in pudina), natural pain killer (def)

16 Family physician to repair camry? (7,4,6)

Primary care doctor, implicit meta, family physician (def), “repair camry” target, one

way to get “repair camry” is via “primary care” anagram (doctor)

17 Occupy house (8)

Interest, DD

18 Issue for millennials (7)

Progeny, issue (def), pro (for), Gen Y (millennials)

19 Progenitor of K-pop? (11)

Grandfather, progenitor (def), grand (K), father (pop)

20 Disguised porn tool for the recreant (8)

Poltroon, disguised (anagram of) porn tool, recreant (def)

21 Hired gun to get Rambo (3,3)

Hit man, implicit meta, hired gun (def), Rambo (target), one way to get Rambo is via

charade of Ram (hit) + BO (man)