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aardvark (16 points)
First animal (wordplay)
Picnickers' pet (wordplay)
First creature found in a dictionary
A·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 16 pts
aardwolf (15 points)
Hyena-like mammal
Nocturnal African mammal
Cousin of a hyena
A·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4 = 15 pts
aasvogel (12 points)
A South African vulture
A·1+A·1+S·1+V·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
abacuses (12 points)
You can count on them!
You can always count on these
Devices you can count on
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abalones (10 points)
Mother-of-pearl sources
Mother-of-pearl source
A mother-of-pearl source
A·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abampere (14 points)
A unit of electric current
A·1+B·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
abandons (11 points)
Leaves (sinking ship)
A T. Rex perhaps touching small leaves
Deserts, say a sinking ship
A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abapical (14 points)
Directed away from the apex
A·1+B·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
abasedly (14 points)
In a lowering way
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
abashing (14 points)
A striking defeat that's humiliating
A defeat that is humiliating
A beating is embarrassing
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abatable (12 points)
Subject to reduction
Subject to remedying, as a nuisance
Stoppable
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
abatises (10 points)
Tree barricades used in war
Barbed barricades
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abattoir (10 points)
Place for croaking animals (wordplay)
Place for neat disposal (wordplay)
I tar boat (anagram)
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+R·1 = 10 pts
abbacies (14 points)
Monastery offices
A·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abbatial (12 points)
Monastic
A·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
abbesses (12 points)
Big sisters (wordplay)
'Mothers superior, prioresses (8)'
Mothers superior, prioresses
A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abdicate (13 points)
Renounce (a throne)
Abandon royal dignity
Quit, a la Edward
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
abdomens (13 points)
Assimilating body parts (wordplay)
Breadbaskets, so to speak
Exercise targets
A·1+B·3+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abdomina (13 points)
Abdomen
A·1+B·3+D·2+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1 = 13 pts
abducens (13 points)
A cranial nerve
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abducent (13 points)
Drawing back
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abducing (14 points)
Abduce
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abducted (14 points)
Took a berth across Channel
Like earthlings, sometimes, in sci-fi
Ridiculous cut bad editor's taken
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abductor (13 points)
Taker (of someone)
One removing by force
Hercules, to Iole
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
abelmosk (16 points)
A tropical herb
A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+K·5 = 16 pts
aberrant (10 points)
Ran in a deviating Albert (wordplay)
'Deviant, behaviour say (8)'
Deviant, behaviour say
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
abetment (12 points)
Help in holding up
Support in wrongdoing
Help on a heist
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
abettals (10 points)
Sanctions.
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abetters (10 points)
A punter's fellow criminals (wordplay)
Fences, for example
They help or incite others
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abetting (11 points)
Helping someone do a bad job (wordplay)
Aiding (a felon)
Bank job action (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
abettors (10 points)
Lookouts, for example
Helpers in crime
Getaway drivers, e.g
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abeyance (15 points)
State of limbo
State of temporary cessation
State of suspension
A·1+B·3+E·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
abeyancy (18 points)
Suspended state (Var.)
Suspended state variable
A·1+B·3+E·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
abfarads (14 points)
Abfarad
A·1+B·3+F·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
abhenrys (16 points)
Abhenry
A·1+B·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
abhorred (14 points)
Couldn't stomach
A British mob said to be very unpopular
Disliked, and then some
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abhorrer (13 points)
One who can't stand (wordplay)
He detests you
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
abidance (13 points)
Act of enduring without yielding
Patient waiting
Conformity
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
abigails (11 points)
Adams and Fillmore
Second first lady and others.
Adams and Van Buren
A·1+B·3+I·1+G·2+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abjectly (22 points)
In a miserable way
In a servile way
In a grovelling manner
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
abjurers (17 points)
Abjurer
A·1+B·3+J·8+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
abjuring (18 points)
Abjure
A·1+B·3+J·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
ablating (11 points)
Ablate
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
ablation (10 points)
Surgical removal procedure
Surgical removal
Loss of material by melting or evaporation
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
ablative (13 points)
The table, via the case
The case of a table about four
Case for Caesar
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
ablegate (11 points)
A papal envoy
A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
abluents (10 points)
Abluent
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
ablution (10 points)
About nil (anagram)
Remission of sins not so cleansing
The work a washer does
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abnegate (11 points)
Renounce (something of value)
Renounce (something desirable)
Give up, as rights
A·1+B·3+N·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
abnormal (12 points)
Odd for an average rating (wordplay)
Moral ban (anagram)
Deviating from the standard
A·1+B·3+N·1+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
aboideau (11 points)
""A tide gate, also ABOITEAU""
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+U·1 = 11 pts
aboiteau (10 points)
""A tide gate, also ABOIDEAU""
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+U·1 = 10 pts
abomasal (12 points)
Pertaining to the abomasum
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
abomasum (14 points)
Old mother's filling a hobo's stomach
Nearly a lot of money, a 12 to stomach
A cow's fourth stomach
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
abomasus (12 points)
""The fourth stomach of a ruminant, also ABOMASUM""
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
aborally (13 points)
Away from the mouth
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
aborning (11 points)
Coming into being
Coming to fruition
Being produced
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
aborters (10 points)
Apollo 13 astronauts, for example
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
aborting (11 points)
Taking a shot cut (wordplay)
Cutting short
Before being born, the gait will be stopping it
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
abortion (10 points)
Premature termination, as of life
Subject of many demonstrations
Premature ending or termination
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abortive (13 points)
Are a little fruitless in a boat I have
Steal show outside, returning fruitless
Coming to no result
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
aboulias (10 points)
Aboulia
A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abounded (12 points)
Leapt onto answer - it was 'plentiful'!
Was in plentiful supply
A sprung lot of them
A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
abrachia (15 points)
A lack of arms
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1 = 15 pts
abradant (11 points)
Sandpaper, for one
A badly behaved child, boy kept in for being irritating
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
abraders (11 points)
Emery boards, for example
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abrading (12 points)
Emery's purpose
Emery board's purpose
Wearing down by scraping
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
abrasion (10 points)
Result of scraping by (wordplay)
Souvenir from a bad trip (wordplay)
A support is replaced on wound
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abrasive (13 points)
Vie with Arabs? Could be rough!
Emery paper or steel wool, say
Rubbing the wrong way (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
abreacts (12 points)
Expresses an emotion.
Conquers a trauma, in therapy
Releases pent-up emotions, in psychoanalysis
A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abridged (13 points)
Condensed (as text)
Cut short - big adder (anagram)
An old bird flew into and got cut
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abridger (12 points)
Reader's Digest staffer
One who makes short work of a link with ringleader
Person who curtails a game of cards with king
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
abridges (12 points)
Shortens article by English poet
Curtails the brigade's movement
A poet prepares a precis
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abrogate (11 points)
Formally cancel (an agreement)
Annul - to a barge (anagram)
Cancel or repeal, say a law
A·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
abrosias (10 points)
Abrosia
A·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abrupter (12 points)
More sudden and unexpected
Shorter able-bodied man serving on game point, about given up
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
abruptly (15 points)
Suddenly or curtly
In a rude or curt manner
Quickly and without warning
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
abscised (13 points)
Abscise
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abscises (12 points)
Abscise
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abscisin (12 points)
Plant hormone causing the fall of leaves in autumn
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
abscissa (12 points)
Ordinate's opposite
X-axis coordinate
Element of reference in geometry.
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1 = 12 pts
absconds (13 points)
Goes without saying (wordplay)
Bolts, runs away
Runs off, as with stolen property
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts
abseiled (11 points)
Rests back in a bed and let oneself down
Descended rock face
Let oneself down rockface as I bleed badly
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
absences (12 points)
They soften the heart
Attendance book entries
Attendance-book notations
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
absented (11 points)
Kept away, being dispatched into a place of rest
Kept away
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
absentee (10 points)
A busy worker sent in for one away
Missing voter (wordplay)
Truant, for one.
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
absenter (10 points)
One intentionally not present
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
absently (13 points)
In a preoccupied way
Without thinking
Inattentively
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
absinthe (13 points)
Sailors in the drink (wordplay)
Bits of kebabs in their drink (wordplay)
Strong liquour in the basin (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 13 pts
absinths (13 points)
Absinth
A·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 13 pts
absolute (10 points)
Positive kind of zero? On the contrary!
Complete and unrestricted, say power
Free from limits, power perhaps
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
absolved (14 points)
Declared free (from guilt)
Let off the hook, a slob finally cracked
Sailor, cracked, released from duty
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
absolver (13 points)
He who pardons.
Jack you may forgive
A priest may be such, or half a French one and you
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
absolves (13 points)
Saves lob shot and clears
Saves lob shot and clears completely
Remits, as sins
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
absonant (10 points)
Unnatural boast about strangling old relative
Discordant
Discordant, archaically
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
absorbed (13 points)
Took in gold found in berth (wordplay)
Wholly engrossed or imbued
Deep in thought.
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
absorber (12 points)
Sponge recipe accepted by sailor, not drunk
Cushion
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
abstains (10 points)
Doesn't say yes or no
Chooses not to do
Casts no vote
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
absterge (11 points)
To cleanse by wiping
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
abstract (12 points)
Quietly remove painting, perhaps
Hard to grasp, maybe
Knock off some modern art (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
abstrict (12 points)
To set free by constriction
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
abstruse (10 points)
Hard to understand, perhaps profound
Hard to understand, recondite
Difficult to comprehend
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
absurder (11 points)
More ridiculous
More ridiculous bends on road during Lincoln runs
It's more ridiculous - I'm lost for words after Australian has bowled Root
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
absurdly (14 points)
In preposterous manner.
In a ridiculous manner
In a foolish way
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
abundant (11 points)
Notice worker eating cake that's rich
Existing in large quantities, plentiful
Rich worker attached to a German union
A·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
abusable (12 points)
Able to be abused
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
abutilon (10 points)
Plate dropped in ablution plant
Flowering maple
Built on a structure with a flowering maple
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abutment (12 points)
Point of contact
Only men go in at such a meeting
Only males go in at such a meeting
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
abuttals (10 points)
Legal land boundaries.
Boundaries
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abutters (10 points)
Abutter
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abutting (11 points)
Next comes a ram fight
Bordering on a fight for rams, it seems
Bordering on a ram fight
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
academes (13 points)
College professors, for example
Made case out for literary colleges
Places of instruction and learning
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
academia (13 points)
School district (wordplay)
Ivory tower, maybe
World of university and learning
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
academic (15 points)
Notional professor (wordplay)
University professor, for one
Fellow of no practical use (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
acalephe (15 points)
Type of jellyfish
A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts
acalephs (15 points)
Acaleph
A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+S·1 = 15 pts
acanthus (13 points)
A staunch sort of plant (wordplay)
Like this a tin will have spikes
A tin like this will be prickly
A·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acapnias (12 points)
Acapnia
A·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+N·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acaridan (11 points)
Relating to ticks, accountant has lowest emotional state in recession
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
acarines (10 points)
Acarine
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acarpous (12 points)
Bearing no fruit
Bearing no fruit.
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acaudate (11 points)
Zoological word meaning having no tail
Without a tail
Without a tail.
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
acauline (10 points)
""Stemless, also ACAULOSE, ACAULOUS""
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acaulose (10 points)
""Stemless, also ACAULINE, ACAULOUS""
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acaulous (10 points)
""Stemless, also ACAULINE, ACAULOSE""
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acceders (13 points)
Those who give in
Compliant ones
Agreers.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acceding (14 points)
Taking over, as an office
Yes man's forte
Yes man's specialty
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
accented (13 points)
Like some French vowels
Stressed certain syllables
Certain French letters
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accentor (12 points)
Player stuck round half century gets the bird ...
Bird, in a manner of speaking, joining other ranks
Prunella, the player retaining part of part of play
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
accepted (15 points)
Received something offered
Believed to be valid
Agreed to receive, or approved
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
acceptee (14 points)
One admitted to a college, for example
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
accepter (14 points)
Oscar winner's stand-in
Recipient
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
acceptor (14 points)
Bill-of-exchange signer
He takes the prize
Draft signer
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
accessed (13 points)
Made contact with
Got into, as a website
Reached hacker style
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accesses (12 points)
Bypasses security, perhaps
Passages to and from.
Ways to get in
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accident (13 points)
Bumper-to-bumper occurrence (wordplay)
Eg, car crash
The discovery of penicillin, e.g
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
accidias (13 points)
Accidia
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
accidies (13 points)
Accidie
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acclaims (14 points)
Applauds a demand in case of cabbies
Gives a hero's welcome
Gives props to
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
accolade (13 points)
A steel tap (wordplay)
Praising mention or award.
A praising mention
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
accorded (14 points)
Granted as proper.
Given in a stringy sort of way
Bestowed on
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
accorder (13 points)
One who {agrees=v}
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
accosted (13 points)
Approached boldly, solicited
Approached and spoke to
Approached - when priced under a hundred
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accounts (12 points)
Bill's impressions (wordplay)
Bills given by retailers (wordplay)
Bill's versions (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accouter (12 points)
Ready for battle
Equip
Outfit
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
accoutre (12 points)
Cor! A cute flipping dress!
Equip, Brit-style
Accountant gets bizarre dress
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
accredit (13 points)
Red cacti (anagram)
Give official sanction to (a diplomat)
CID trace (anagram)
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
accreted (13 points)
Enlarged bit by bit
Built up gradually
Grew together
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accretes (12 points)
Grows together
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accruals (12 points)
Savings account gains
Interest amounts
Casual working around credit and numerous accumulations of interests
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accruing (13 points)
Building up, as interest.
Gathering, as interest
Adding up, as interest
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+U·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
accuracy (17 points)
Bill living in rectitude (wordplay)
Correctness of current church office
What typists and archers are judged on
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
accurate (12 points)
A c-clergyman, right (wordplay)
Hide copper in a decrepit car? Spot on!
Without error, a chapter on clergyman
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
accursed (13 points)
Under a spell, perhaps
Charged across river, doomed
Detestable chapter in abandoned crusade
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accusals (12 points)
'Et tu?' and others
Et tu? and others
Whodunit climaxes
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accusant (12 points)
An {accuser=n}
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
accusers (12 points)
D.A.'s, essentially
Some trial witnesses
They impute guilt
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accusing (13 points)
Charging (someone with crime)
Making a charge
Charging with an offence
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
accustom (14 points)
Make (someone) used to (something)
Get used (to)
Make used (to)
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3 = 14 pts
aceldama (13 points)
Place linked to Judas
Field where Judas died
Field where Judas died.
A·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1 = 13 pts
acentric (12 points)
Like certain chromosome fragments
Lacking a middle
Not in the middle
A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
acequias (19 points)
Acequia
A·1+C·3+E·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 19 pts
acerated (11 points)
Needle-shaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
acerbate (12 points)
Put out account with wrong rebate
Create novel about graduate in distress
Make bitter
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acerbest (12 points)
Acerb
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acerbity (15 points)
Sharp and forthright manner
Harshness of temper.
Tree, by squeezing it, produces vitriol
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
acerolas (10 points)
Acerola
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acervate (13 points)
Heaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
acervuli (13 points)
Spore-producing organs of certain fungi
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+I·1 = 13 pts
acescent (12 points)
Of milk, sour or turning sour
A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acetamid (13 points)
An amide of acetic acid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
acetated (11 points)
Relating to a salt of acetic acid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
acetates (10 points)
Protective film sheets
Bases for movie film
LP disks for example
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acetones (10 points)
Polish removers rewrote case note
Nail polish removers
Cigarette smoke byproducts
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acetonic (12 points)
Pertaining to {acetone=n}
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
acetoxyl (20 points)
A univalent radical
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+Y·4+L·1 = 20 pts
acetylic (15 points)
Pertaining to the radical of acetic acid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
achenial (13 points)
""Relating to an achene, also AKENIAL""
A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
achieved (17 points)
Dive and got there with an ache
Reached or accomplished
Bad advice he obtained
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
achiever (16 points)
Vie! Reach! Perhaps become the winner
One who accomplishes or reaches goal
He gets things done
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
achieves (16 points)
Accomplishes with effort
Accomplishes, gains by effort
Each vies desperately and is successful
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
achillea (13 points)
Yarrow; a helical (anagram)
Yarrow (called after Greek hero)
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+A·1 = 13 pts
achiness (13 points)
Reason for liniment
Sore quality
Flu clue
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts
achingly (17 points)
In a yearning way
With great poignancy
In a heart-rending way
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
achiotes (13 points)
Achiote
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acholias (13 points)
Acholia
A·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
achromat (15 points)
A light transmitting lens
A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1 = 15 pts
achromic (17 points)
Colorless.
Colorless
A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
aciculae (12 points)
Acicula
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acicular (12 points)
A mail shot has no right to be sharp
Needle-shaped.
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts
aciculas (12 points)
Acicula
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
aciculum (14 points)
A bristlelike part
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
acidemia (13 points)
A condition of increased acidity of the blood
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
acidhead (15 points)
Drug-taker (slang)
Taker of hallucinogenic drugs (slang)
LSD taker (slang)
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 15 pts
acidness (11 points)
Quality of being sour
Ill manner
Vitriol
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acidoses (11 points)
Acidosis
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acidosis (11 points)
Blood disorder involving low pH
Low blood alkalinity
Low-pH blood condition
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acidotic (13 points)
Of the presence of sour substances in the blood
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
aciduria (11 points)
The presence of acid in the urine
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 11 pts
acierate (10 points)
Change into steel
Convert into steel.
Manufacture steel.
A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

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