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abdication (15 points)
Acid in boat (anagram)
Edward VIII's action of 1936
Regal resignation
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
abreaction (14 points)
Rating right-wing attitude as a psychological process
A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abscission (14 points)
Leaves shed as some scissors cut bonsai strain
His jazz opera illustrated the importance of being Ernst
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
accusation (14 points)
Whodunit plot element
Charge copyright to America in case
Charge about, protecting us in battle
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
activation (15 points)
Process of starting up (something)
Being called up, military-wise
Removal from mothballs
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
actomyosin (17 points)
Splattered on my coat is a muscle protein
A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
adjunction (20 points)
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
advocation (16 points)
Commercial role being a defender
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
affliction (18 points)
A Fine Romance: left in distress
Cause of pain or harm
Coburn's 1998 Oscar-winning film
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
allocation (12 points)
Divvying-up process
Assignment left in a particular spot
Arrangement of resources or funds
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
allocution (12 points)
""The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
ampicillin (16 points)
A semisynthetic penicillin which can be considered as the common benzylpenicillin containing an amino group at the alpha benzyl position.
A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
araucarian (12 points)
""Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.""
A·1+R·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
archdeacon (18 points)
Roguish cleric (wordplay)
Cleric ruined chance with Dora
Ecclesiastic next below a bishop
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
ascription (14 points)
I give praise to Paris in a hundred shapes
Assignment
A·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
attraction (12 points)
It's not repulsive at drawing, perhaps
... for a tire company (wordplay)
Erotic experience is a drag, we're told
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
autochthon (18 points)
Native.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
bacitracin (16 points)
""A polypeptide antibacterial antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms, and usually used topically for superficial local infection.""
B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
backbitten (20 points)
Backbite
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
backgammon (23 points)
Support Bacon (wordplay)
Game belonging to the past? Nonsense!
Rump, ham or game (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+G·2+A·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
barleycorn (17 points)
Burns celebrated this John
Malt liquor base
Subject of Burns poem.
B·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 17 pts
batrachian (17 points)
Pertaining to the Batrachia.
B·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
beautician (14 points)
Hair-cutting job
Candidate for "What's My Line?"
One who has to take a makeup test (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
bilocation (14 points)
Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.
B·3+I·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
blackthorn (21 points)
Sloe-bearing bush
Tree producing sloes
Tree bearing sloes
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 21 pts
calamondin (15 points)
+Tangerinelike Philippine fruit
C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
calcitonin (14 points)
""A peptide hormone, produced by the thyroid gland in humans, that lowers plasma calcium and phosphate levels without augmenting calcium accretion. Also called thyrocalcitonin .""
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
calmodulin (15 points)
""A calcium-binding protein found in all nucleated cells that affects the activity of many calcium-sensitive enzymes, including those involved in muscular contraction.""
C·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
capitation (14 points)
Payment per head
Memorable mention about a prince introducing poll-tax
Beginners' alphabet in wording under diagram could be taxing
C·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
carcinogen (15 points)
Cause of cancer
Wanting a cigar, one can perhaps be at risk from this
Vehicle 101 has complete lack of data that produces growth
C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carragheen (16 points)
Variant of carrageen .
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
castration (12 points)
Actors taking part? It leads to voices being raised
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
catechumen (19 points)
One preparing for confirmation.
Christian Union chaps outside a college making new convert (wordplay)
Neophyte
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
catenation (12 points)
Linkage
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
catholicon (17 points)
A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
cavalryman (20 points)
Little Bighorn fighter
Mounted soldier
Horse soldier
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
cavalrymen (20 points)
Soldiers on horseback
All the world wondered at 600 of them
Old troops on horseback
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
cavitation (15 points)
CAVITATE to form cavities
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
centillion (12 points)
Enormous number
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cephalexin (24 points)
""A semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 4 S, used especially in the treatment of respiratory and urinary tract infections.""
C·3+E·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 24 pts
chairwoman (20 points)
President's musical 21 mostly tinned
Committee honcho, sometimes
President has haircut up in prison
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chairwomen (20 points)
Certain committee leaders
Committee heads.
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
champignon (20 points)
Advocate eats good northern mushroom
Small edible mushroom often found in a fairy-ring
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chapfallen (20 points)
Dejected fellow killed in battle
A man dropped will naturally be dejected
Weary to an extreme.
C·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chinquapin (26 points)
Dwarf chestnut tree found in eastern USA
A number supporting feature as tree
Dwarf chestnut tree of eastern USA with edible nuts
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 26 pts
chirurgeon (16 points)
A surgeon.
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
chopfallen (20 points)
""Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited;downcast. See Chapfallen. Chapfallen.""
C·3+H·4+O·1+P·3+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chromaffin (23 points)
Readily stained with chromium salts: chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+N·1 = 23 pts
cladoceran (15 points)
Of or belonging to the order Cladocera.
C·3+L·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
clothespin (17 points)
Line item (wordplay)
It's left hanging on the line
It may hold up your shorts
C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
coaptation (14 points)
""The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.""
C·3+O·1+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
cochairman (19 points)
Committee leadership sharer
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cochairmen (19 points)
CHAIRMEN chairman
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cochampion (21 points)
CHAMPION to defend or support
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
cofunction (17 points)
FUNCTION to perform or act
C·3+O·1+F·4+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
cogitation (13 points)
Deep thought or meditation
Reflective thought.
C·3+O·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
collection (14 points)
Set cool client dancing
Gather one is charged for donations
Picked up during mass at bank
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
coloration (12 points)
Character or tone (of something)
Speech by officer about arrangement of shades
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
combustion (16 points)
Process of burning
Act of burning
It's often spontaneous
C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
commission (16 points)
An officer's percentage (wordplay)
A cut above other ranks (wordplay)
A cut above the other ranks (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
compaction (18 points)
""The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.""
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
comparison (16 points)
French parallel (wordplay)
Assessment of differences
Act of examining resemblances
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
compassion (16 points)
Way finder with an atom of sympathy
Feeling the needle a tiny bit
Common love and desire invoke pity
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
completion (16 points)
Final stage of property purchase
Describes closure for Finnish state
Finish last of all in contest, not exactly what is looked for
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
complexion (23 points)
Skin's tone and texture
Albinos have a light one
Appearance of mental condition I will take on
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
compulsion (16 points)
Subjection to force.
Strong irrational impulse
It's usually irresistible
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
conception (16 points)
Idea (maybe leading to baby)
Fusion of gametes
What a type of pill can prevent? The idea!
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
concession (14 points)
Hat checking, for one.
Opposite of a parade (wordplay)
Subject of a loser's postelection speech
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
conclusion (14 points)
Logical (wordplay)
Reasoned deduction
End; decision
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
concoction (16 points)
Drink derived from TONIC (wordplay)
Mixture - elaborate lie
Mixture
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
concretion (14 points)
""The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
concussion (14 points)
Steve Young injury in '97
2015 Will Smith film
Possible result of cracking nut
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
conduction (15 points)
Heat transfer, for example
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
confection (17 points)
Fellow replacing note in link? That's sweet
Bonbon
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
confession (15 points)
Result of a grilling, maybe
Opposite of a line of work (wordplay)
Interrogator's goal
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
conflation (15 points)
""A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
congestion (13 points)
Leave? It's no option in the rush hour
Cold medicine target
Indication of a stuffy head
C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
connection (14 points)
Thing in common
Relation between things
Telephone need
C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
conniption (14 points)
Fit of anger
Tantrum
C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
constantan (12 points)
""A copper-nickel alloy composed of approximately 55 per cent copper and 45 per cent nickel, with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; it is used as resistance wire and in thermocouples.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contention (12 points)
Satisfied, I raise no argument
Satisfied, I return no argument
Judgment time to oust five in assembly
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contortion (12 points)
Human pretzel's act
Girl on wrong charge of 'twisting'
Gym twist
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contrarian (12 points)
One who doesn't do what's expected
Person who doesn't jump on the bandwagon
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contrition (12 points)
Earnest repentance.
Regret that article for publication has two letters cut out
Remorse
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
convection (17 points)
The act or process of conveying or transmitting.
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
convention (15 points)
Gathering it's the custom
Occasion for the smoke-filled room.
What all candidates are pointing toward.
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
conversion (15 points)
Inmate's side of the story?
One side of the debate (wordplay)
Inmate's side of the story (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
conviction (17 points)
Firm belief in guilty verdict
Prisoner, one on view
Firm belief may lead to imprisonment
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
convulsion (15 points)
""An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
copulation (14 points)
Reproductive intercourse, how fun!
C·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
coronation (12 points)
Coming event in London
Ceremony, for my people embracing love
Ceremony of installing a monarch
C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
corotation (12 points)
ROTATION an instance of rotating
C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
correction (14 points)
Proofer's change
Embarrassing newspaper note
Proof entry
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
corruption (14 points)
Focus of muckraker journalists
Dishonesty, altering prior count
Rotten nature
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
councilman (16 points)
City legislator
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
councilmen (16 points)
City law makers
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
counterion (12 points)
COUNTER to {oppose=v}
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
counterman (14 points)
Cafeteria worker
Drugstore employe.
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
countermen (14 points)
COUNTER to {oppose=v}
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
countryman (17 points)
Rural dweller
Compatriot
Rustic individual offering to go, for instance, with worker
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
countrymen (17 points)
Rustic types who were asked to lend an ear (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
crackbrain (20 points)
A foolish or eccentric person.
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
crustacean (14 points)
Shrimp, for one
Lobster, for one
E.g. crab, lobster, woodlouse
C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
culinarian (12 points)
English word
C·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cumulation (14 points)
Mass with Latin and tuna oil substituted
C·3+U·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
cunctation (14 points)
Delay; procrastination.
C·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
curmudgeon (16 points)
Bad-tempered person
Miser, old style.
Cousin of a crosspatch.
C·3+U·1+R·1+M·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
daunomycin (18 points)
English word
D·2+A·1+U·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
decahedron (17 points)
Solid figure with ten plane faces
Ten-faced solid
Solid figure having ten faces
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
decimation (15 points)
15 across, with a loss of 10%
This took 1 across in execution
After such a loss last month, I am at one on the end
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
declension (13 points)
The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
decoration (13 points)
Coordinate new colour scheme (wordplay)
Prize for painting (wordplay)
Bunting (in honour of a brave man?)
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
decryption (18 points)
Try PIN code, scrambling a spy's work
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
dedication (14 points)
Devotion (to a task)
Inscription in a book.
'Lowly, with a broken neck, / The - lays her cheek to mine' (Meredith)
D·2+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
defecation (16 points)
Betrayal involving a waste disposal operation
Private act you might (might!) do in front of your partner
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
defenceman (18 points)
""A team member, as in hockey, who plays a defensive zone or position.""
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
defencemen (18 points)
DEFENCE protection
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
deflection (16 points)
Shield's purpose
Turning Labour leader in rebellion
Liberal in act of revolt turning away
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
descension (13 points)
The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
D·2+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
detraction (13 points)
Belittling of the French drawing
Not a direct criminal slander
Criticism means upset editor must get a grip
D·2+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
dicoumarin (15 points)
English word
D·2+I·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
discretion (13 points)
The better part of valor
Liberty to act at pleasure; prudence
'The better part of valour'
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
discussion (13 points)
Talk in field event is about leg
Debate is back on after athletic event
Talk of rock discos in US
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
dissection (13 points)
Some analytical piecework (wordplay)
Senior policeman opening special branch enquiry
Cutting up middle slice of dessert, in manner of speaking
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
emaciation (14 points)
Extreme thinness
I arrived back at No 10 first in 9 condition
Boniness
E·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
encephalon (17 points)
Plan he once conjured up, being a brain
E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
encryption (17 points)
Data protector (NJ)
Secret coding process
Princeton University finally cracking the art of coding
E·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
eructation (12 points)
Emission of gas from a crater
Volcanic activity
Victoria perhaps beheaded after rejecting cure for wind
E·1+R·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
escalation (12 points)
Rapid rise in prices or wages
Cold war to hot war.
'I'd like to speak to your supervisor,' e.g
E·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
escutcheon (17 points)
Wall hanging for the titled
Shield with a coat of arms
Coat of arms's spot
E·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
evacuation (15 points)
Removal of aunt with a voice quaking
Desperate move to a safer place
Organized withdrawal
E·1+V·4+A·1+C·3+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
excavation (22 points)
The act of digging
Hole created by paleontologists
Virginia in old action organised on site
E·1+X·8+C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
excerption (21 points)
The act of excerpting or selecting.
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
excitation (19 points)
Bygone award (wordplay)
Fervour of old lover getting recognition
I got in awful tax notice, hence agitated state
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
execration (19 points)
Ben's posthumous curse against fire god
Curse of senior manager on dole
Hate helping to support boss
E·1+X·8+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
expunction (21 points)
The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
E·1+X·8+P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
extinction (19 points)
Death of a species
Process of dying out
Dying out, as of species
E·1+X·8+T·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
extraction (19 points)
Trace toxin circulating in blood
The strain of dental treatment
Dental operation
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
fasciation (15 points)
Act of bandaging
F·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
gentamicin (15 points)
""A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from an actinomycete of the genus Micromonospora, used in its sulfate form to treat various infections.""
G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
glaciation (13 points)
Act of freezing.
G·2+L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
gramicidin (16 points)
An antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis and used to treat infections caused by certain gram-positive bacteria.
G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
halocarbon (17 points)
""A compound, such as a fluorocarbon, that consists of carbon and one or more halogens.""
H·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
hemocyanin (20 points)
""A bluish, copper-containing protein with an oxygen-carrying function similar to that of hemoglobin, present in the blood of certain mollusks and arthropods.""
H·4+E·1+M·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
houseclean (15 points)
Remove the undesirables
Tidy up the abode
H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
incitation (12 points)
The act of inciting or moving to action.
I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
incubation (14 points)
Process of brooding (wordplay)
Development period
Independent young reporter in state should see development
I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
indecision (13 points)
Judge's uncertainty (wordplay)
Inability to make up one's mind
State of uncertainty
I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
indication (13 points)
Sign (of something)
Justification when leader's ignored sign
In one state police rejected evidence
I·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
infarction (15 points)
The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
I·1+N·1+F·4+A·1+R·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
inflection (15 points)
Stress of left in disorder
Pitch is left in clinical condition
Disease found around port causing stress
I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
infliction (15 points)
Fashionable novels, when about fifty, can be an imposition
I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
infraction (15 points)
Breach fashionable quarter (wordplay)
Infringement, for example
In part it's a violation
I·1+N·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
injunction (19 points)
Command having entered 9 perhaps
I name meeting-place for court order
Directive popular with union
I·1+N·1+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
inspection (14 points)
Check popular page in part of paper
Nine topics redrafted for examination
Check popular area after power input
I·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
interchain (15 points)
""To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.""
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
interocean (12 points)
OCEAN vast sections of salt water over most of the world
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
intinction (12 points)
Dipping bread into wine at Holy Communion
I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
invocation (15 points)
The appeal of a fashionable career
A fashionable career in conjuring
A plea to be satisfyingly employed (wordplay)
I·1+N·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
ivermectin (17 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) a drug that kills parasitic nematode worms, mites, and insects. It is used to treat a variety of parasitic infections in domestic animals and onchocerciasis in humans""
I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
laceration (12 points)
Tearing (of skin)
How much material you can get wound
Cut the material allowance
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
leprechaun (17 points)
Little green man (wordplay)
Og of "Finian's Rainbow," for example
Clean up her mess, little one
L·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+U·1+N·1 = 17 pts
leucocidin (15 points)
English word
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
lincomycin (19 points)
An antibacterial antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.
L·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
locomotion (14 points)
Crazy movement (wordplay)
Power of moving crazy proposal
Movement from place to place
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
maceration (14 points)
Process of soaking fixed amount of spice
Process of breaking up staff allowance
Staff given allowance in softening-up process
M·3+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
maculation (14 points)
Stain
M·3+A·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
medication (15 points)
Nurse's concern
Doctor's offering
Caught in a way to settle dispute: drugs, perhaps
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
midsection (15 points)
Torso
Trunk
M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
miscaption (16 points)
CAPTION to provide with a title
M·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
morphactin (19 points)
English word
M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
multichain (17 points)
Word with prefix multi-
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
mycetozoan (26 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a former name for a slime mould MYOMECTOMY pl -mies (Medicine / Surgery) surgical removal of a myoma, especially in the uterus""
M·3+Y·4+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 26 pts
noncitizen (21 points)
CITIZEN a resident of a city
N·1+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
nonconcern (14 points)
CONCERN to be of interest to
N·1+O·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
nonfiction (15 points)
No fancy work (wordplay)
As a writer, you couldn't make it up!
Best seller category
N·1+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
novobiocin (17 points)
""An antibiotic, C 31 H 36 N 2 O 11 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces nivens and used to treat infections by gram-positive bacteria.""
N·1+O·1+V·4+O·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
nucleation (12 points)
NUCLEATE to form into a nucleus
N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
occupation (16 points)
Calling for work (wordplay)
Cop working with caution - it's his job!
An orphan in The Idiot
O·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
octahedron (16 points)
A figure once hard to work out
Solid anchored to fluid
Cartoon he'd redrawn, taking solid form
O·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
osculation (12 points)
Act of kissing
Spooning Pasteur's third inoculation (wordplay)
Performance of coital nous in close contact
O·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
outchidden (17 points)
OUTCHIDE to surpass in chiding
O·1+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
overaction (15 points)
Excessive performance
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pancreatin (14 points)
""One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion.""
P·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
peculation (14 points)
Common inside crime.
Conjecture becomes embezzlement
Anagram for unpoetical
P·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
penicillin (14 points)
Sir Alexander Fleming discovery of 1928
Fleming's discovery
Sir Alexander Fleming's antibiotic
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
peppercorn (18 points)
Vegetable + vegetable = spice
(Of rent) notional
Spray painful area, which is hot
P·3+E·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 18 pts
perception (16 points)
Understanding 'the knowledge'
Softly creep into dances for view
It's said to be reality
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
percussion (14 points)
Striking group of musicians (wordplay)
Instruments played by striking
Striking supersonic travelling
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
perfection (17 points)
For each infection, dropping in is ideal
What "none must hope to find": Pope
High price often reveals excellence
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phenacetin (17 points)
See acetophenetidin .
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
picrotoxin (21 points)
""A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.""
P·3+I·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
pincushion (17 points)
Bowler's margin of comfort (wordplay)
Etui's cousin (wordplay)
Backup digits for the ATM (wordplay)
P·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
pitchwoman (22 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
pitchwomen (22 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
politician (14 points)
Pork source (wordplay)
Wooer of voters
Butler or Hall.
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
precaution (14 points)
Safeguard cast on a picture
Run a poetic struggle for The Backstop (wordplay)
Sensible step
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
precession (14 points)
Regular change in direction of an axis
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
precipitin (16 points)
An antibody that reacts with a specific soluble antigen to produce a precipitate.
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
preclusion (14 points)
""The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

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