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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
absolution (12 points)
Obtain soul renewed with this (wordplay)
Release sailor - there you have it!
A second-rate answer requires indulgence
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
absorption (14 points)
Bounty work (wordplay)
(Process of) taking in
Process of soaking up
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abstention (12 points)
Pass in Congress (wordplay)
Act of declining to vote
Withholding of vote
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 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
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
adsorption (13 points)
Process facilitated by silica gel
Broadcast on Sport Aid - 'a superficial process of accumulating gas'
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
aggression (12 points)
Is sore with gang's violent hostility
What eleven Ac displays
Act of aggression,physical force
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
apposition (14 points)
Putting side by side.
Proximity to a quiet location
Contiguity, grammatically
A·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
aspiration (12 points)
... to turn Paris into a dream, ...
Breathing in desire
Desire to Parisian is strange ...
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
assumption (14 points)
Guess feast day (wordplay)
Belief held without proof
Undertaking reform must pain so
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
bestridden (14 points)
Spanned, it's clear, in first study
Finest travelled by horse and dominated
First past the post would surely have been this!
B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
bipartisan (14 points)
What foreign policy often is.
With two-party support
Involving the agreement of two parties
B·3+I·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
bloodstain (13 points)
Mark of the killer (wordplay)
Sign of an earlier wound
Forsenic examiner's clue
B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
defenseman (16 points)
Goalie in ice hockey
Certain hockey player
One of six teammates
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
defensemen (16 points)
DEFENSE to guard against a specific attack
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
deposition (13 points)
Player's place?
Player's place (wordplay)
It's signed by a witness
D·2+E·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
depression (13 points)
Slump causing gloom
Dent made by sniper does damage
Black dog's bowl
D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 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
desolation (11 points)
Not ideal, so may result in ruin
Isolated after roaming about on ruin
Are you, by the sound of it, in? (Poor you!)
D·2+E·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
desorption (13 points)
SORPTION the process or sorbing
D·2+E·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
digression (12 points)
A departure from the main subject
Straying off the subject
Going off course from nameless entrance in Dublin (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 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
dishearten (14 points)
Demoralise the sardine by cooking!
To take away enthusiasm or courage
Take away courage
D·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
dismission (13 points)
""The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury. as, the dismission of the grand jury.""
D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
dispassion (13 points)
Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
dispersion (13 points)
Scattering of things
Process or state of being scattered
Distributing of novel so inspired
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
displosion (13 points)
Explosion.
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
disruption (13 points)
Alternatively, pundits or I get upset
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·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
dissension (11 points)
I send SOS in trouble and strife
Disagreement leading to discord
Discord, disagreement
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
dissention (11 points)
DISSENT to {disagree=v}
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
dissuasion (11 points)
The use of deterrence
Deterrence
What deters wandering Saudis? Promised land (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
distension (11 points)
Swelling
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
distention (11 points)
""The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs. as, the distention of the lungs.""
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
distortion (11 points)
Wide-angle lens concern
Travesty of a sort
A twisting out of shape
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
disulfoton (14 points)
""A pale yellow, highly toxic systemic insecticide, C 8 H 19 O 2 PS 3 , used for some vegetables and flowers.""
D·2+I·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
endosulfan (14 points)
""A highly toxic crystalline insecticide, C 9 H 6 Cl 6 O 3 S, used in the control of crop insects and mites.""
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
equestrian (19 points)
Polo player, for one.
New inquest re a man on horseback
Person on horseback
E·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
erythrosin (16 points)
A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.
E·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 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
estimation (12 points)
Reckoning on time, as it turned out
Ball-park figure
Thinking that if on time it's a worry
E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
estivation (13 points)
""Same as \'92stival, \'92stivate, etc.\'92stival, \'92stivate, etc.""
E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
exhaustion (20 points)
The anxious eccentric shows fatigue
Possible effect of heat
Marathoner's concern
E·1+X·8+H·4+A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exposition (19 points)
Point of view of an old flame (wordplay)
Divorcee's demand (wordplay)
World's fair.
E·1+X·8+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
expression (19 points)
An emoticon represents one
A particular word or phrase.
Explicit, one on choice of words
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
expressman (21 points)
""A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.""
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
expressmen (21 points)
""EXPRESS to make known by words,signs or symbols""
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exsolution (17 points)
Relaxation.
E·1+X·8+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 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
forespoken (19 points)
SPOKEN speak
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
groundsman (14 points)
One looking after a sports field
Strands fellow worker in the field
Worker on field has nasty dung on arms
G·2+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
groundsmen (14 points)
Maintainers of cricket venues
Keepers of sports field
G·2+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
harvestman (18 points)
Eight-footer came a cropper
Sharecropper, at times
Something worn for piercing injury by an arachnid
H·4+A·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
harvestmen (18 points)
""HARVEST to gather in a crop, also HAIRST""
H·4+A·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
hausfrauen (16 points)
Some married women
Hamburg homemakers
H·4+A·1+U·1+S·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+U·1+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
hesitation (13 points)
I don't have it, I'm sure!
What might precede a parachute jump
Doubt when he gets a non-U situation
H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
hesperidin (16 points)
""A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.""
H·4+E·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
homoousian (15 points)
""One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; opposed to homoiousian. homoiousian.""
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
horsewoman (18 points)
Miss in a derby (wordplay)
Lady Godiva, for one
Rider somehow ran amok
H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
horsewomen (18 points)
Female centaurs (wordplay)
Centaur's companions
H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 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
husbandman (18 points)
Society group entertained by genial farmer
Not a single one like him on land, it seems
Farmer
H·4+U·1+S·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
husbandmen (18 points)
Bygone farmowners (and no, it has nothing to do with marital status!)
H·4+U·1+S·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
imposition (14 points)
Seat at an AOLer's desk (wordplay)
Hidden meaning needs runes, perhaps
Uncalled-for burden
I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
impression (14 points)
Imitation (of a person)
Impact made by Rich Little (wordplay)
Sense in keeping promises for a change
I·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·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
infusorian (13 points)
One of the Infusoria.
I·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
ingression (11 points)
20 is taken aback on entering
Means of entering
I·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
insolation (10 points)
""The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.""
I·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
insulation (10 points)
Attic covering, maybe
Non-conducting covering material
Covering on electrical wires.
I·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
interbasin (12 points)
""BASIN a wide dish, also BASON""
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
isoantigen (11 points)
""A protein or other substance, such as histocompatibility or red blood cell antigens, that is present in only some members of a species and therefore able to stimulate isoantibody production in other members of the same species who lack it. Also called alloantigen .""
I·1+S·1+O·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
keeshonden (18 points)
Keeshond
K·5+E·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
lederhosen (14 points)
Hide shorts in Bierkellar (wordplay)
One's led her astray wearing this!
Shorts with braces
L·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+H·4+O·1+S·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
lobsterman (14 points)
A man whose occupation is catching lobsters.
L·1+O·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
lobstermen (14 points)
Some Maine trappers
L·1+O·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
lovastatin (13 points)
""A statin, C 24 H 36 O 5 , that blocks the body's synthesis of cholesterol and is administered especially to individuals at risk for heart disease.""
L·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
lustration (10 points)
The act of lustrating or purifying.
L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
mangosteen (13 points)
Some gannet chewing sweet, juicy fruit
Tree one gets chopped by servant (wordplay)
M·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
markswoman (21 points)
A woman skilled in shooting at a target.
M·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
markswomen (21 points)
Notes warning about wife and armed females
Notice a couple of points warning they could be femmes fatales (wordplay)
M·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
meromyosin (17 points)
""Either of two protein subunits of a myosin molecule, obtained especially through the digestive action of trypsin.""
M·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
mesenteron (12 points)
""All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast. stomod, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast.""
M·3+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 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
midshipman (20 points)
Probationary naval officer's rank
Easy to identify this literary character
Probationary rank of young naval officer
M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
midshipmen (20 points)
US Naval Acad.
Future ensigns.
Annapolis students.
M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 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
misprision (14 points)
Male is one put into jail for failure of duty
Said to feel absence of one jailed for failure of duty
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
missileman (14 points)
Word with prefix mis-
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
missilemen (14 points)
MISSILE an object or weapon that is thrown or projected
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
miswritten (15 points)
Miswrite
M·3+I·1+S·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
newsperson (15 points)
Anchor, for example
One apt to give you a story
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
nonaspirin (12 points)
ASPIRIN a pain relieving drug
N·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
nurseryman (15 points)
One who sells plants
Pediatrician (wordplay)
One who grows plants
N·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
nurserymen (15 points)
Runny meres (anagram)
Growers and sellers of plants
Hothouse workers
N·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
opposition (14 points)
Antagonism in workplace (wordplay)
Workplace rivals (wordplay)
Confrontation in workplace (wordplay)
O·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
oppression (14 points)
Tyranny
O·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
outstation (10 points)
OUTSTATE to surpass in {stating=v}
O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
overdesign (15 points)
""DESIGN to plan in outline, also DESINE, DESYNE""
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 15 pts
overstrain (13 points)
Cause of bowler's exhaustion (wordplay)
Risk a breakdown, in a way
Work too hard
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
overstrewn (16 points)
STREWN strew
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
pedestrian (13 points)
Train speed pathetically slow (wordplay)
One on foot (Wordsworth)
Dull figure in subway (wordplay)
P·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
pentstemon (14 points)
Shut up and check on this bloomer!
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
pepsinogen (15 points)
The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin. propepsin.
P·3+E·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 15 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
permission (14 points)
Wrong "impression" (wordplay)
How astronauts are paid (wordplay)
Wrong 'impression' (wordplay)
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
persuasion (12 points)
School of thought
Conviction of Janeites
With which 1 convinced
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
perversion (15 points)
Kinkiness for every type
Aberrant behavior in each account
For every translation contains something irregular
P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
phlogiston (16 points)
Substance once believed to be released in combustion
Mechanical ram restricts hot billet of proposed element
P·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 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
possession (12 points)
In this behaving, perhaps
Devilish control (wordplay)
Exorcist's concern
P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
postillion (12 points)
Rider of leading horse drawing carriage
Rider on a carriage horse.
One riding coach horse
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
postmodern (15 points)
In a late 20th-century style
Like some criticism
Of late twentieth century arts style
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
postprison (14 points)
English word
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
postseason (12 points)
So one's past playing - now (wordplay)
When sports awards are given, usually
Elway was there in '97 and '98
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 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
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
prehension (15 points)
""The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
premoisten (14 points)
MOISTEN to make {moist=adj}
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
presweeten (15 points)
SWEETEN to make {sweet=adj}
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pretension (12 points)
A claim or aspiration (to something)
Show anxiety before changing places
Claim tin-openers had been damaged
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
procession (14 points)
It's just one thing after the other!
March parade (wordplay)
March in support of home rule
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
profession (15 points)
Job announcement (wordplay)
Occupation; declaration (of belief)
Religious belief in vocation
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
proinsulin (12 points)
""A single-chain polypeptide that is the precursor of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic action.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
propulsion (14 points)
Force of a rocket.
Forward drive of the jet.
Push blend of US pop and Lion King (short version)
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
protrusion (12 points)
""The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
psilocybin (19 points)
Active hallucinogen in funny mushrooms
Drug cultivated in cow poop
Hallucinogenic drug, obtained from the Mexican mushroom
P·3+S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
rechristen (15 points)
Change the names of
Give a new name to
Name afresh
R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
redivision (14 points)
DIVISION the act of dividing
R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
reemission (12 points)
EMISSION the act of {emitting=v}
R·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
regression (11 points)
A return to a former state
Area circling about vessel's retreat
Movement backward.
R·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
reinvasion (13 points)
INVASION the act of {invading=v}
R·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
reposition (12 points)
Put elsewhere, wild ponies riot
Change the locale
Put back in place.
R·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
repression (12 points)
Act of subduing
Relative of inhibition.
The tyranny of the subconscious (wordplay)
R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
rescission (12 points)
One's crisis forced annulment
Cancellation
R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
resolution (10 points)
Grit, that's the answer!
New Year's decision
Commitment often made on Jan. 1
R·1+E·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
resorption (12 points)
""The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.""
R·1+E·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
restricken (16 points)
Restrike
R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
resumption (14 points)
Umpires not prepared for fresh start
R·1+E·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
saleswoman (15 points)
Like Loman, but no Willy!
Lingerie clerk, perhaps
She flogs males now, as ordered
S·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
saleswomen (15 points)
Avon peddlers, traditionally
Some clerks
Business personnel
S·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
salivation (13 points)
Mouth-watering mixture of oils in a vat
Mouth-watering violins at a jig
Pavlovian response
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
salutation (10 points)
Start of a formal letter
It may be strange to us, a Latin greeting
Victoria, say, welcoming almost everyone with posh greeting
S·1+A·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
sanitarian (10 points)
""Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.""
S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
sanitation (10 points)
Sewers, say, an island put in place
The plumbing degenerates into a stain
Drainage and sewage disposal
S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
saturation (10 points)
State of total dampness
Capacity limit
Full state (first 5 + last 1; also, a literal outer planet!)
S·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
scattergun (13 points)
With which to shoot gnu (wordplay)
Firearm with an unfocused shot
Distribute piece that's a bit haphazard
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+N·1 = 13 pts
scrubwoman (19 points)
A woman hired to clean.
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+B·3+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
scrubwomen (19 points)
A woman hired to clean.
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+B·3+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
scyphozoan (29 points)
Of or belonging to the class Scyphozoa.
S·1+C·3+Y·4+P·3+H·4+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 29 pts
seminarian (12 points)
Minister-to-be
Future pastor
Embryo cleric
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
senatorian (10 points)
Senatorial.
S·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
separation (12 points)
One is apart (anagram)
Freedom from marital break-up (wordplay)
With apt reason I arranged for divorce
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
septillion (12 points)
One followed by 24 zeros
25-figure figure
S·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
serviceman (17 points)
Maybe a private priest (wordplay)
Chaplain, perhaps one in Army (wordplay)
Bishop perhaps fixes the washing machine
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
servicemen (17 points)
People in the armed forces
Members of armed forces
Members of the armed forces.
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
sextillion (17 points)
One followed by 21 zeros
One thousand raised to the seventh power
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
shantytown (19 points)
Run-down urban area
Area with crude dwellings
Deprived area of very poor housing
S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4+T·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
shenanigan (14 points)
High jink (wordplay)
Bit of mischief
Dishonest activity
S·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
sibilation (12 points)
Sssweet are the usess of adverssity.
"Sssweet are the usess of adverssity."
S·1+I·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
simulation (12 points)
Diving, say, until I am so shattered
Incitement with no time for pretence
Kind of clone
S·1+I·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
skywritten (20 points)
Skywrite
S·1+K·5+Y·4+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
snapdragon (14 points)
Break to stretch out - such a bloomer!
St. George's bloomer (wordplay)
Photograph a monitor lizard (wordplay)
S·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+D·2+R·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
sonication (12 points)
SONICATE to disrupt with sound waves
S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
spallation (12 points)
SPALLE the shoulder
S·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
speciation (14 points)
Evolutionary process
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
splashdown (19 points)
A drop in the ocean
Flight ending for some
Certain Apollo landing
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
spoliation (12 points)
Plundering
If one ails, this potion may be the ruination of one
S·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
squamation (21 points)
SQUAMATE covered with scales
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
stagnation (11 points)
Race to support investor's inactivity!
Result of standing too long, maybe
Deer country (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
starvation (13 points)
Cost of zero fare (wordplay)
Hunger for a bible in the depot
To save, I grant, was difficult with these
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
stentorian (10 points)
Like the Herald in wartime
Booming and resonant, it exploded
(Of voice) loud and powerful
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
stonemason (12 points)
Foundation builder, perhaps
Block manager (wordplay)
Oliver and Marsha's builder (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
straighten (14 points)
Eliminate all crooks!
Remove bends from (something)
Tidy up after shattering into pieces
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
strengthen (14 points)
Make something more powerful
Make more effective.
Get NHS rent reviewed and grow stronger
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
strobotron (12 points)
A gas-filled cathode-ray tube that produces bright flashes of light for a stroboscope.
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
stuntwoman (15 points)
Superhero who flips out (wordplay)
Bonsai gardener's other job (wordplay)
She's a daredevil in movies
S·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts

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