Word Puzzle 88

Word Puzzle 88 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

Clues:

1. Experience the Soviet Union brand (7)

· Sustain, experience (def), SU (Soviet Union), stain (brand)

2. Month invested in IIT entrance exam? Tiring!! (6)

· Jejune, Jun (month), invested in (insertion), JEE (IIT entrance exam), tiring (def)

3. Plenty of men along with an unidentified lawman infiltrating secret service (10)

· Cornucopia, plenty (def), OR (men), nu (unidentified), cop (lawman), infiltrating (insertion), CIA (secret service)

4. Start the boat (6)

· Launch, DD

5. Quit from politics after midterm, In a tenure marred by scandals (9)

· Terminate, quit (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder

6. Exit for state animal (7)

· Vamoose, exit (def), VA (state), moose (animal)

7. Brass alloy and French plastic mitre (8)

· Temerity, brass (def), Y (alloy), et (and in French), plastic (anagram of) Y + mitre + ET

8. Former model married to drunken pirate facing ruin (9)

· Extirpate, ex (former), T (model), drunken (anagram of) pirate, ruin (def)

9. Comedy king wearing a beard? (5)

· Farce, comedy (def), R (king), wearing (insertion), face (beard)

10. Rumour active on the road about the predator (7)

· Buzzard, buzz (rumour), A (active), Rd (road), predator (def)

11. Noisy quarrel about money? Nonsense!! (7)

· Blarney, barney (noisy quarrel), about (container), L (money), nonsense (def)

12. Get chattel with endless legalese? (6-4)

· Double-talk, get (meta), chattel (target), endless (delete last letter in), double-talk (legalese), double talk = chat (talk) + tell (talk) = chattel, after deleting last letter

13. Support from a close friend or senior at work is always appreciated (7)

· Endorse, support (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder

14. Hide to catch a bus? (5,2)

· Cover up, hide (def), to catch (meta), bus (target), one way to get bus is via sub (cover as in substitute), reversal (up)

15. Aide to aid a worker? (9)

· Assistant, aide (def), assist (aid), ant (worker)

16. Coax wife to follow the French (7)

· Wheedle, coax (def), W (wife), heed (follow), El (the in French)

17. Big house member upset with a fool (6)

· Juggle, jug (big house), leg (member), upset (anagram of) leg, fool (def)

18. Adam I (5,6)

· First person, DD

19. Sick flyer sounded nasty (7)

· Illegal, ill (sick), eagle (flyer), sounded (homophone), nasty (def)

20. Talk about spit-ball sheen (5,3,5)

· Spill the beans, talk (def), about (anagram of) spit-ball + sheen

21. Watch secretly over the miniature spying gizmo that uses FET relays (5)

· Alert, watch (def), secretly (hidden), over (reversal), rest is fodder