Word Puzzle 99

Word Puzzle 99 – Solution with Explanation

Theme: None.

Clues:

1. Flee from China after break-out of swollen abs condition caused by mysterious virus (7)

Abscond, flee (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder.

2. Flash love endlessly on a lad with bad acne (11)

Flamboyance, flash (def), endlessly (delete last letter in) flame (love), boy (lad), bad

(anagram of) acne

3. Note on part recall (8)

Remember, Re (note), on (juxtaposition), member (part), recall (def)

4. I’m turning trick to exploit (6)

Employ, turning (reversal of) me (I’m), ploy (trick), exploit (def)

5. Snakes from sub-Saharan Africa display a unique trait or some behavioral pattern ... (8)

Traitors, snakes (def), found in (hidden), rest is fodder.

6. Swimmer in loop getting dizzy (7)

Reeling, eel (swimmer), in (insertion), ring (loop)

7. Headlight malfunction on a long ride (9)

Girandole, headlight (def), malfunction (anagram of) “a long ride”

8. How to enter anagram into pc after this famous Caribbean libation (7,6,3)

Captain Morgan rum, how to enter (meta), anagram into pc (target), famous Caribbean

libation (def), one way to get “anagram into pc” is via “Captain Morgan” anagram (rum)

9. Unexpected change in the plot to hate Intel (5, 2, 3, 4)

Twist in the tale, implicit meta, unexpected change in the plot (def), hate Intel (target), one

way to get “hate Intel” is via anagram (twist) of “in the tale”

10. Bravery in stuffing of stuffing cows inside the cabinet? (7)

   Prowess, bravery (def), stuffing of (middle letters in) cows i.e., “ow”, inside (insertion), press

   (cabinet)

11. Bright star? (5)

   Light, DD

12. Impulsive in Mayfair: docudrama about Henry, not suitable for children (9)

   Whimsical, impulsive (def), WI (Mayfair a fashionable district in London), musical

      (docudrama), about (container), H (Henry), not (deletion of) U (suitable for children)

13. “Sawfish” in action (7)

   Decoded, saw (def), cod (fish), in (insertion), deed (action)

14. Fashionable girl invested in Bill Gates, surprisingly faces abuse (12)

   Billingsgate, in (fashionable), G (girl), invested in (insertion), surprisingly (anagram of)

   “Bill Gates”, abuse (def)

15. Bill for lighting around the castle? (8)

   Canoodle, bill (def), candle (lighting), around (container), OO (castle as in chess symbol 0-0

   ref. list of abbrev.)

16. Good swimmer faces firing (8)

   Kindling, kind (good), ling (swimmer), firing (def)

17. Spark for say politically and culturally well informed (7)

    Provoke, spark (def), pro (for), say (homophone of) woke (politically and culturally well

    informed) i.e., voke

18. Caught being reckless about it, leads to celibacy? (8)

   Chastity, C (caught), being (juxtaposition), hasty (reckless), about (container), it (it),

   celibacy (def)

19. Spill drop on saucer (8)

   Disclose, spill (def), lose (drop), on (juxtaposition A on B could either mean AB or BA), disc

   (saucer)

20. Silver plate = locale x 2? (5,7)

   Place setting, silver plate (def), place (locale), setting (locale)

21. Get early points with dissociative identity disorder? (5, 11)

    Split personality, get (meta), early points (target), dissociative identity disorder (def), one

    way to get “early points” is via anagram (split) of “personality.”