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abhorrence (17 points)
Revulsion to constituents of Anchor beer
There's nothing at all like it
Here carbon emission produces disgust
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
absorbance (16 points)
""(Physics / General Physics) Physics a measure of the light-absorbing ability of an object, expressed as the logarithm to base 10 of the reciprocal of the internal transmittance See transmittance ACIDOMETER (Chemistry) a type of hydrometer for measuring the relative density of an acid solution, esp the acid in a battery Also called acidimeter ACTINOZOAN & adj (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another word for anthozoan AEROSPHERE (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Archaic the entire atmosphere surrounding the earth""
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
abstinence (14 points)
Practice of refraining (from alcohol)
If you pass the bar, what will it mean?
Non-partaking (of liquor)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
accelerate (14 points)
Maybe create lace and go faster
Create lace dress and be quick about it
Open the throttle wide
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
accentuate (14 points)
What to do with an acute etc (wordplay)
Worried about acne? Cut out stress
Emphasise smart goddess with brogue
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
acceptable (18 points)
Not bad welcome (wordplay)
Good enough but not great
Of (marginally) satisfactory quality
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
acceptance (18 points)
Occasion to give a speech
Granting admission to Powell's world
The world of Powell
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
accessible (16 points)
Having a ramp, say
Open to be got at
Easy to talk to; approachable
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
accomplice (20 points)
Second place comic played
Criminal's associate
Helper in wrongdoing
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 20 pts
accordance (17 points)
(In) conformity (with)
Treating cancer a doc gets agreement
Agreement of opinion
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
accumulate (16 points)
Get together to create a fortune perhaps
Build up
Collect Greek character's former account with Catholic university first
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
accusative (17 points)
The case for the prosecution (wordplay)
Prosecution's case (wordplay)
Case which needs objective prosecuting
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
achievable (20 points)
Able to be accomplished
If you get it, it must be so
'It can be done - somehow I have' (Cable)
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
achondrite (16 points)
Stony meteorite
A·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
acidophile (18 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+E·1 = 18 pts
acoelomate (14 points)
ACOELOMATE
A·1+C·3+O·1+E·1+L·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
acquirable (23 points)
Capable of being acquired.
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 23 pts
acrylamide (18 points)
""A readily polymerized amide, C 3 H 5 NO, derived from acrylic acid and used in synthetic fibers and sewage treatment. It is a carcinogen and is present in some foods, especially starches and cereals that are cooked at high temperatures.""
A·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 18 pts
actinolite (12 points)
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
actionable (14 points)
Worth trying (wordplay)
Possibly libellous (wordplay)
Giving grounds for a lawsuit
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
adjudicate (21 points)
Decide (between claims or in games)
Decide officially on a dispute
Hear and decide (a case).
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 21 pts
adjunctive (23 points)
Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 23 pts
admittance (15 points)
Maiden, with tact, ordered entree
Letting in a ball stopped by hand
Permission to enter
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
advertence (16 points)
The quality or practice of being advertent; heedfulness.
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
advocative (19 points)
ADVOCATE to plead in favour of
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
aeciospore (14 points)
""A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.""
A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
affectable (20 points)
AFFECT to act upon
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
affirmance (20 points)
Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 20 pts
afflictive (21 points)
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 21 pts
afterpiece (17 points)
Additional short sketch.
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
allegiance (13 points)
Loyalty, say, found in Nato maybe
Loyalty, say, within marriage
Loyalty, say, found in union
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
altarpiece (14 points)
Art for the masses (wordplay)
Communion table screen
Painting placed prominently in church
A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
amerciable (16 points)
AMERCE to fine or punish
A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
amoebocyte (19 points)
""A cell, such as a leukocyte, having amoeboid form or motion.""
A·1+M·3+O·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
anecdotage (14 points)
Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
A·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
animalcule (14 points)
Microscopic organism
Microscopic creature
Being very small but old-womanish about bad French copper
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
annunciate (12 points)
Mutant canine tuna, say
Declare girl in acute trouble
Announce (arch.)
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
anthracene (15 points)
""A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
anthracite (15 points)
I burn, but break your heart? I can't!
Hard, lustrous coal
Hard type of coal
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
anticipate (14 points)
Prepare for (a future event)
Predict - ape in attic (anagram)
Expect worker here for the French spread
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
antipolice (14 points)
Unable to stand the heat (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
apiculture (14 points)
Breeding and care of bees
One might be keeping this, by the sound of it
Bringing up workers in a religious environment
A·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
apocalypse (19 points)
End of the world
The White Horseman exhibited a new one
Prophetic Biblical revelation
A·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+S·1+E·1 = 19 pts
appearance (16 points)
Item on a personnel chief's checklist
Item on a personnel director's list
Reason for a face lift
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
apperceive (19 points)
To perceive; to comprehend.
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
applesauce (16 points)
Nonsense, to fruit-lovers (wordplay)
Served with pork? Nonsense!
A likely story!
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
applicable (18 points)
Fit old man's back caught in elastic
Relevant, appropriate
Relevant program on TV about Blair regularly skipped
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
appreciate (16 points)
Increase (in value)
(Of asset) rise in value
Be fully aware of.
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
apprentice (16 points)
Sugarplum is what one gets!
Worker learning a trade
One is bound to be in training
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
architrave (18 points)
Frame for door or window
Beam resting on tops of columns.
Frame Alistair, vacuously taking tab at party
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
articulate (12 points)
Of Carney's film roles (wordplay)
A tacit rule that's broken, say
Expressing oneself clearly.
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ascendable (15 points)
A ben scaled could be construed as this
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
ascendance (15 points)
Canes get twisted up at the ball
Coming into prominence
Upper hand
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
ascendence (15 points)
Ascendancy.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
ascendible (15 points)
Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
ascomycete (19 points)
Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
ascribable (16 points)
Attributable (to)
A·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
ascriptive (17 points)
The act of ascribing.
A·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
assistance (12 points)
When drunk, can siestas help (wordplay)
One may give this by hand
Help a relative, protected by position
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
attachable (17 points)
Capable of being fastened
Like Mr. Potato Head parts
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
attendance (13 points)
Factor in grading, perhaps
Gate - enact Dante (anagram)
Guests at Blair's ball (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
attractive (15 points)
Easy on the ol' windows to the soul
Pleasing to the eye
In good taste
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
auriculate (12 points)
AURICULAE
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
auscultate (12 points)
To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.
A·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
aviculture (15 points)
Rearing and care of birds.
A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts

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