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aardvarks (17 points)
Burrowing mammals
African anteaters
Ant eaters
A·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
aasvogels (13 points)
South African vultures
A·1+A·1+S·1+V·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abamperes (15 points)
Abampere
A·1+B·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
abandoned (13 points)
Orchestrated premature finish (wordplay)
Game called off to music (wordplay)
Given up a wild record bid (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abandoner (12 points)
Deserter
Deserter.
A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
abasement (13 points)
What a shame to be below ground level!
Mean beast (anagram)
Humiliation in a crypt (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abashment (16 points)
Red state (wordplay)
One party intended verbal shaming
Party workers in for discomfort
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
abatement (13 points)
Subsidence in a cellar? Time for spades
Reprieve from a tax obligation
Reduction in force
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abattises (11 points)
Abattis
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abattoirs (11 points)
Meat packing plants
Animal slaughterhouses
Slaughter-houses
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abbotcies (15 points)
Abbotcy
A·1+B·3+B·3+O·1+T·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
abdicable (16 points)
Capable of being renounced
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
abdicated (15 points)
Rejected ruling (wordplay)
Without Kitty, Jack croaked and gave up
Resigned as a royal
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
abdicates (14 points)
Becomes unruly (wordplay)
Gives up an office from basic date
Resigns, at a high level
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abdicator (14 points)
Edward VIII in 1936
He's giving up
King Edward VIII, for example
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abdominal (14 points)
Muscles packed to take a punch!
Muscle pack (wordplay)
Like some six-packs
A·1+B·3+D·2+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
abducting (15 points)
Taking by force
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
abduction (14 points)
Carrying off (of a person)
Taking badly (wordplay)
Alien encounter, some claim
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abductors (14 points)
Courts get rough with bad kidnappers
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abelmosks (17 points)
Abelmosk
A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
aberrance (13 points)
Departure from the norm
Welsh mouth to Breton river? There's freakishness for you!
Lincoln rector originally managed church going in the wrong direction
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
aberrancy (16 points)
Wandering or straying state
It's just not normal
Deviance by nearby car is the subject of worry
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
aberrants (11 points)
Aberrant
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aberrated (12 points)
Aberrate
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
abetments (13 points)
Abetment
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abeyances (16 points)
States of suspension
Temporary suspensions
Temporary suspensions.
A·1+B·3+E·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
abhenries (14 points)
Abhenry
A·1+B·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abhorrent (14 points)
Ground hot and barren? Horrible!
Detestable/tenants' motto (wordplay)
Bad breath or not, initially offensive
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
abhorrers (14 points)
Abhorrer
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abhorring (15 points)
Detesting
Loathing
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
abidances (14 points)
Abidance
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abidingly (16 points)
Everlastingly
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
abilities (11 points)
The powers to do
Abigail fibs about information technology skills
Could a Billy have the skills to tease them, by the sound of it
A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abiogenic (14 points)
Not biogenic; not produced by living organisms
A·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
abjection (20 points)
Hopeless state of protest when leader's been replaced
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
ablations (11 points)
Ablation
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
ablatives (14 points)
One curiously vets bail cases
Words in a certain grammatical case.
Cases at last
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
ablegates (12 points)
Ablegate
A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
ablutions (11 points)
The act of washing
Usain Bolt ordered washing
Usain Bolt, after injury, showers
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abnegated (13 points)
Went without
Rejected and dropped, holding back information
Gave up
A·1+B·3+N·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abnegates (12 points)
Denies or renounces
Relinquishes
Renounces.
A·1+B·3+N·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abnegator (12 points)
One who surrenders
Renouncer over Angora bet
Claim renouncer
A·1+B·3+N·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
abnormals (13 points)
Abnormal
A·1+B·3+N·1+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
aboideaus (12 points)
Aboideau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
aboideaux (19 points)
Aboideau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+U·1+X·8 = 19 pts
aboiteaus (11 points)
Aboiteau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aboiteaux (18 points)
Aboiteau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+X·8 = 18 pts
abolished (15 points)
Like poll taxes
Got rid of
Put an end to
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
abolisher (14 points)
Abraham Lincoln, notably
Lincoln, notably
A throwback by literary cameraman chopping wood - one wielding axe
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abolishes (14 points)
Does away with
Gets rid of
Does away with Basil's hoe design
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abolition (11 points)
End of the act (wordplay)
A way to be doing with this (wordplay)
Action of terminating (a practice)
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
abominate (13 points)
Hate to be a man, I suspect
Tottering in boat, Mae can't stand
Regard with disgust
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aborigine (12 points)
Earliest inhabitant of, say, Australia
Native of Australia
Inhabitant of country before colonists
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
abortions (11 points)
Abortion
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abounding (13 points)
Perhaps a spring in abundance
Rich one leaping
That's what a leap year won't be a-doing
A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
abrachias (16 points)
Abrachia
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 16 pts
abradable (14 points)
Capable of being abraded (worn away by friction)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
abradants (12 points)
Abradant
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abrasions (11 points)
Skin scrapes
Playground injuries
Wearing a metal jacket, one gets no back injuries
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abrasives (14 points)
No-nos for cleaning glass stovetops
Emery, et al.
They create a lot of friction
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abreacted (14 points)
Create bad upset, having released repressed emotions
A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abridgers (13 points)
Workers on a digest
They'll make short work of things
They shorten game in topless bars
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abridging (14 points)
Contracting a sort of loan
Curtailing one type of loan
Reducing a sort of loan
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abrogated (13 points)
A great bod sadly repudiated
Did away with
Revoked formally
A·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abrogates (12 points)
Abolishes.
Rescinds
Repeals
A·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abruptest (13 points)
Abrupt
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abruption (13 points)
""A sudden, violent separation""
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
abscessed (14 points)
Abscess
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abscesses (13 points)
Jobs for dentists
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abscising (14 points)
Shedding
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abscisins (13 points)
Abscisin
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abscissae (13 points)
Some Cartesian coordinates
Non-ordinate coordinates
'x' co-ordinates make BASIC essay wrong, not 'y'
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
abscissas (13 points)
Distances from the y-axis on a graph
X-coordinates, in math
BASIC compiled two directions as co-ordinate values
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
absconded (15 points)
Went without saying
Tried to avoid arrest, say
Ran away to avoid legal process
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
absconder (14 points)
Person on the run
Band score rewritten for The Fugitive
Fugitive running Bond's race
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abseiling (12 points)
Sailor at sea, some say, descending by rope
Seaman yachting, say, or coming down rope
Sailor navigating yacht, say, or coming down rope
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
absentees (11 points)
Some ballots or voters
Election tippers, sometimes
They stay away from beast seen running
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
absenters (11 points)
Absenter
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
absenting (12 points)
Making (oneself) scarce
Submitted in the bag but not for the present, perhaps
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
absinthes (14 points)
Liqueurs made with wormwood
A bishop's vice, these short potent drinks
Wormwoods
A·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
absoluter (11 points)
Absolute
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
absolutes (11 points)
Ultimates and perfections.
Things held to be always true
Some are moral
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
absolvers (14 points)
They provide pardons, for instance, covering me, initially, then you
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
absolving (15 points)
Tar perhaps filling in this clearing
Holding blameless
Clearing.
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
absorbant (13 points)
""One that {absorbs=v}, also ABSORBATE, ABSORBENT, ABSORBER""
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
absorbent (13 points)
Bob ran set (anagram)
Spongy clue for boars (wordplay)
Like paper towels
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
absorbers (13 points)
Absorber
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
absorbing (14 points)
Like a great book, perhaps
What 15 across sounds it's doing
Sucking up to this with a lot of interest
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abstained (12 points)
Didn't vote, perhaps
Refrained from voting
Sailor getting damaged kept dry
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
abstainer (11 points)
Seat in bar maybe not his (wordplay)
No little 21 across for one
Who's abandoned seat in bar (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
absterged (13 points)
Absterge
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
absterges (12 points)
Absterge
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abstinent (11 points)
Refraining from drinking alcohol
Showing self-restraint
Can - missing round - be sober
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
abstracts (13 points)
Takes works of Picasso, say
Removes works by Pollock, say
Summaries of books.
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abstricts (13 points)
Abstrict
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abstruser (11 points)
Harder to penetrate
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
absurdest (12 points)
Most foolish brutes, sad, torn apart
Most ludicrous
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
absurdism (14 points)
Belief that we live in an essentially meaningless world
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 14 pts
absurdist (12 points)
Beckett, for one
Like a Something Different puzzle
Beckett's revising suits Bard
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
absurdity (15 points)
It's ridiculous vandalising a dirty bus
A dirty bus crashed, stupid thing
What nonsense to make the bar tidy with us!
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
abuilding (13 points)
Being {built=v}
A·1+B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
abundance (14 points)
A bread roll twist perhaps is plenty
Plenty, but it isn't a cake-walk!
Lots of baking at the ball (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
abusively (17 points)
In a harshly insulting way, say
Boatman displaces everyone, starting obliquely and cruelly
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
abutilons (11 points)
Abutilon
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abutments (13 points)
Some points of contact
Supporting structures of a bridge.
Arch supports
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abysmally (19 points)
In a bad way (wordplay)
In a wretched way
On your side at last in depth, to a great extent
A·1+B·3+Y·4+S·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
academias (14 points)
Academia
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
academics (16 points)
College professors, for example
Professors and such
Important section on college websites
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 16 pts
academies (14 points)
Schools whence ideas came (wordplay)
Places of study
I made case out for specialised schools
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
academism (16 points)
Adherence to formal rules in art or literature
Madame is upset about constant adherence to formal rules
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 16 pts
acalephae (16 points)
""All cnidarians (jellyfishes) collectively, compare ACALEPH, ACALEPHAN, ACALEPHE""
A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
acalephes (16 points)
Acalephe
A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
acariases (11 points)
ACARI acarus
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acariasis (11 points)
ACARI acarus
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acaricide (14 points)
(Medicine / Pharmacology) any drug or formulation for killing acarids
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
acaridans (12 points)
Acaridan
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accenting (14 points)
A hundred cent gin with emphasis
With stress in a manner of speaking, perhaps
The way you might be talking if gin made it stronger
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
accentors (13 points)
Accentor
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
accentual (13 points)
About a nurse, overcome by real stress showing
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
acceptant (15 points)
Accepting; receiving.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
acceptees (15 points)
Acceptee
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
accepters (15 points)
Yes-men, maybe (wordplay)
Recipients
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
accepting (16 points)
That says one will
Being no refuse here, it seems
Save for the sound
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
acceptive (18 points)
Fit for acceptance.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
acceptors (15 points)
Acceptor
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
accessary (16 points)
""Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. Accessory.""
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
accessing (14 points)
Retrieving (computer data)
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
accession (13 points)
The act of becoming monarch
Pretender's dream.
Getting to the office
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
accessory (16 points)
Hat or handbag, say
John Oates, to Daryl Hall (wordplay)
Trapping criminal associate (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
accidence (16 points)
That's to do with grammar, for a change, and not by chance, by the sound of it
The sound of the mishaps may get to grammar for a change like this
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
accidents (14 points)
They happen, they say
They happen on the race track
Spills, falls, trips, etc.
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
accipiter (15 points)
A hawk
Hawk shows caprice flying - the thing must be caught
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acclaimed (16 points)
Gave a hand
Famous Latin academic has a breakdown
Publicly praised
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
acclaimer (15 points)
Applauder
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acclimate (15 points)
Get used to (Amer.)
Cool indoor conditions (wordplay)
Harden against PAin, etc.
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
acclivity (19 points)
Upward slope
Accountant before NYC, for one, admits Long Island five has its own slant
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
accolades (14 points)
Pulitzer Prizes, Oscars, etc.
Expressions of praise
Expressions of great praise
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
accompany (20 points)
Escort to affirm (wordplay)
Play second fiddle to, in a way
Travel along with
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+N·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
accordant (14 points)
Harmonious
Consonant.
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
accorders (14 points)
Yes-men with absurd cares about a line
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
according (15 points)
Corresponding with Jennings (wordplay)
As reported or stated by
Allotting or granting
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
accordion (14 points)
Push my buttons!
Musical folder (wordplay)
Welk's instrument
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
accosting (14 points)
Approaching and speaking to.
Policeman's activity, at times
Making a bold approach
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
accounted (14 points)
Totted up to a hundred, for all that
Considered to be a hundred totted up
All added up to a century
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
accouters (13 points)
Provides with furnishings
US equips air conditioning - cold son grabs remote
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
accoutred (14 points)
Outfitted and equipped
Dressed or equipped as a warrior
Equipped, in England
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
accoutres (13 points)
Provides with gear, in Gloucester
Furnishes
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
accredits (14 points)
Certifies, as colleges
Certifies
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
accreting (14 points)
Growing together
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
accretion (13 points)
Collecting corps' soldiers during battle
Process of growth
Increase of carbon in explosive reaction
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
accretive (16 points)
Gradually built up
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
accruable (15 points)
""ACCRUE to accumulate, also ACCREW""
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+U·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
accusants (13 points)
Accusant
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
accustoms (15 points)
Gets used (to)
This gets used
Habituates
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts
aceldamas (14 points)
Aceldama
A·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
acellular (11 points)
Lacking the basic structure of life
Like viruses having a rest, lying back inside maple
A·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
acerbated (14 points)
Made bitter perfect, judged imbibing beer's head
Put out account with wrong rebate to daughter
Made sour
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
acerbates (13 points)
Makes sour.
Annoys someone
Makes bitter
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acervulus (14 points)
Pl. acervuli (-l ) A tiny cushionlike or blisterlike structure produced by certain fungi on a plant host and consisting of a mass of hyphae-bearing asexually produced spores.
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 14 pts
acescents (13 points)
Acescent
A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acetabula (13 points)
Pl. acetabula (-l ) Anatomy The cup-shaped cavity at the base of the hipbone into which the ball-shaped head of the femur fits.
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1 = 13 pts
acetamide (14 points)
Solvent used in lacquers
Chemical came with a diet specially formulated
Musty-smelling crystalline solid (chemistry), emaciated (anagram)
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
acetamids (14 points)
Acetamid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
acetified (15 points)
Soured star bound to accept condition
In a mess, if iced tea turned into vinegar
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
acetifies (14 points)
Acetify
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
acetoxyls (21 points)
Acetoxyl
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+Y·4+L·1+S·1 = 21 pts
acetylate (14 points)
Receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
acetylene (14 points)
It's a gas!
A collection o' thin ones? Great gas!
Kind of torch
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
achalasia (14 points)
""The failure of a ring of muscle fibers, such as a sphincter of the esophagus, to relax.""
A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+A·1 = 14 pts
achievers (17 points)
When they're high, they perform well
They have made the grade
People who get things done
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
achieving (18 points)
Bringing to a successful outcome
Gaining with effort
Getting a larcenous Conservative for leader ...
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
achilleas (14 points)
Achillea
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
achromats (16 points)
Achromat
A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
aciculums (15 points)
Aciculum
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts
acidemias (14 points)
Acidemia
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
acidheads (16 points)
Frequent trip takers
They have a habit of tripping
Drug users as cover for chief of police (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
acidified (16 points)
Turned lemonade sour
Made into something turning litmus red
Soured
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
acidifier (15 points)
""A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.""
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acidifies (15 points)
Misconstrued sci-fi idea sours
Turns sour
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
acidities (12 points)
Acidity
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acidophil (17 points)
Growing well in an acid medium: acidophilic bacteria.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1 = 17 pts
acidulate (12 points)
Make slightly sour.
Make slightly sour
That's enough to make you sour - and make you dead in the end
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acidulent (12 points)
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acidulous (12 points)
Sharp with asperity
Claudius prepared to eat duck and tart
U.C.L.A. duo is sarcastic
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acidurias (12 points)
Aciduria
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acierated (12 points)
Acierate
A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
acierates (11 points)
Turns into steel
A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aconitums (13 points)
Aconitum
A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
acoustics (13 points)
Sound system (wordplay)
Stucco is a puzzle to science
Conductor's concern
A·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 13 pts
acquaints (20 points)
Bill, charming little son, keeps up to date
This makes one know what's so nice and old-fashioned in the sac
Lets one know how attractively old-fashioned this is in the sac
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 20 pts
acquiesce (22 points)
Agree bill and become silent
Accept without protest
Agree or accept without protest
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1 = 22 pts
acquirers (20 points)
Acquirer
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 20 pts
acquiring (21 points)
Developing, as a skill
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 21 pts
acquittal (20 points)
Clear indeed, a pound maybe sought by 17
Outcome of the Lizzie Borden trial
Verdict of Not Guilty
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 20 pts
acquitted (21 points)
Found not guilty and discharged
All let off so a hundred went off
Having been let off, a hundred left
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 21 pts
acquitter (20 points)
One letting go
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
acridines (12 points)
Acridine
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acridness (12 points)
Extreme bitter taste
That's enough to make your eye smart
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acritarch (16 points)
English word
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 16 pts
acrobatic (15 points)
Well-balanced, perhaps
Taking a tumble (wordplay)
Well-balanced (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts

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