Word Puzzle 93

Word Puzzle 93 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None

Clues:

1.   An Italian banker with theory about love? Classic!! (10)

Apotheosis, a (an), Po (Italian banker i.e., river in Italy), with (juxtaposition), thesis (theory), about (container), O (love), classic (def)

2.   Decline to go around the middle of the dome bare (7)

Divulge, dive (decline), to go around (container), middle of (middle letters in) bulge (dome) i.e., “ulg”, bare (def)

      3.   Servant’s casebook led to hesitation (8)

            Factotum, servant (def), fact (case), OT (book), led to (juxtaposition), um (hesitation)

      4.   Appease the insanely irate giant (10)

            Ingratiate, appease (def), insanely (anagram of) irate + giant.

      5.   Backward? It’s too hackneyed a term for some associations (7)

Cahoots, backward (reverse scan), some (hidden), companies (def), rest is fodder.

      6.   Extraordinarily divine act to forgive (9)

            Vindicate, extraordinarily (anagram of) divine act, forgive (def)

      7.   Joke about the company say (8)

            Repartee, joke (def), re (about), party (company), say (homophone)

      8.   Ape for example holding the bull close (9)

            Proximate, primate (ape for example), holding (container), ox (bull), close (def)

      9.   Cruise worker after receiving jaundice drip (9)

            Gallivant, cruise (def), ant (worker), after receiving (positionally after), gall (jaundice), IV (drip)

     10.  Confused mom breaking the flow of puzzle (7)

Flummox, confused (anagram of) mom, breaking (insertion), flux (flow), puzzle (def)

     11.  Condition at the seaside resort? (7)

            Disease, condition (def), resort (anagram of) seaside

     12.  Oat pesto with the side dish on Thanksgiving dinner (6, 8)

Mashed potatoes, implicit meta, oat pesto (target), rest is def, one way to get oat pesto is via anagram (mashed) of “potatoes.”

     13.  Comes and goes (8)

            Proceeds, DD

      14. Susanne acts dumb to make the point (3,3,9)

            Sum and substance, to make (anagram of) “Susanne acts dumb”, point (def)

      15. Stun Naomi with this prominent Colorado landmark (5,9)

 Rocky Mountains, implicit meta, stun Naomi (target), rest is def, one way to get “stun Naomi” is via rocky (anagram) of mountains.

      16.  Pretense for army in disorder (11)

             Affectation, pretense (def), TA (army), in (insertion), affection (disorder)

      17.  Unconventional trick, rooted in magic? (9)

             Heterodox, unconventional (def), trick (anagram of) rooted, in (insertion), hex (magic)

      18.  According to experts, sex is tenth on the list of necessities. I believe it’s partly true (8)

             Existent, partly (hidden), true (def), rest is fodder.

      19.  Call now!! (5)

             Right, DD

      20. Sound of broadcast artist (6)

            Strait, sound (def), broadcast (anagram of) artist

       21. Few temporarily get numb on a fideistic system, and then some for real!! (4,4)

             Bona fide, some (hidden), for real (def), rest is fodder.