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wests (8 points)
Mae and Adam
Adam and Jerry
Batman portrayer Adam et al.
W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
whams (13 points)
Hits Ms. Haw hard
Hits Ms Haw hard
Comic book thuds
W·4+H·4+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whaps (13 points)
Hits with a newspaper
Sounds signifying flies passing (wordplay)
Wallops
W·4+H·4+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whats (11 points)
Preceder of his name (wordplay)
the big deal
Start of a riddle
W·4+H·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whens (11 points)
The times things happen.
They're covered on timelines
Theyre covered on timelines
W·4+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whets (11 points)
Makes a point (wordplay)
Improves one's edge (wordplay)
Sharpens (one's appetite)
W·4+H·4+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whews (14 points)
Sounds of relief
That was a close call! sounds
Exclamations of surprise.
W·4+H·4+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 14 pts
wheys (14 points)
Cheesemaking by-products
Substances in cheese-making.
Products used in making ricotta
W·4+H·4+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 14 pts
whids (12 points)
Whid
W·4+H·4+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
whigs (12 points)
Tyler and Taylor, for two
Tyler and Taylor for two
Presidents W. Harrison and Z. Taylor.
W·4+H·4+I·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
whims (13 points)
Flights of fancy
Fancies or impulses
Instincts sometimes indulged
W·4+H·4+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whins (11 points)
Evergreen shrubs like furze or gorse.
W·4+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whips (13 points)
Prepares potatoes, perhaps
Prepares potatoes perhaps
Uses an eggbeater
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whirs (11 points)
Goes hummingly (wordplay)
Birds' wing sounds
Sounds from fans
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whish (14 points)
Leaf-rustling sound
Soft, rushing sound
Curtain-in-the-breeze sound
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 14 pts
whisk (15 points)
Witch's compact vehicle (wordplay)
Beat in the kitchen
Kind of broom
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+K·5 = 15 pts
whist (11 points)
Tricky game (wordplay)
Tricky drive (wordplay)
Say nothing in card game
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
whits (11 points)
Very small amounts
Minuscule amounts
Tiny amounts
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whops (13 points)
Knocks: Dial.
Smacks hard
Forcible blows
W·4+H·4+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whose (11 points)
Question of ownership (wordplay)
Question on the WATS line (wordplay)
Body Dorothy L Sayers first mystery
W·4+H·4+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
whoso (11 points)
Ever open (wordplay)
Any person (with "ever")
Any one can go whoosh!
W·4+H·4+O·1+S·1+O·1 = 11 pts
wicks (14 points)
Ones going down in flames (wordplay)
Keepers of the flame (wordplay)
Burning needs (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
wides (9 points)
Double big mobile homes
Some shoe sizes
Shoe designations
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
wifes (11 points)
Part of quip
My Relations Buster Keaton comedy
Part 4 of quip
W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wilds (9 points)
Beyond the boondocks
Sparsely inhabited tracts
Sparsely inhabited areas, with 'the'
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wiles (8 points)
Subterfuges of sorts
With cunning I slew this
Pieces of trickery designed to attract
W·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wills (8 points)
Heir-splitting papers (wordplay)
Terms of interment (wordplay)
Passing notes (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wilts (8 points)
Droops; county (abbreviation)
Becomes limp; county
Chamberlain and namesakes
W·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wimps (12 points)
Bullys victims perhaps
Bully's victims, perhaps
Feeble people (informal)
W·4+I·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
winds (9 points)
Current events (wordplay)
Closes up - draughts
Flutes and clarinets
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wines (8 points)
A port is one of those ews, perhaps
South African reds, say
Port and blush
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wings (9 points)
Oscar's first Best Picture (1927-28)
Symbol of USAF
First Best Picture Oscar winner
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
winks (12 points)
Flips one's lid (wordplay)
40 in a bedroom (wordplay)
Eye come-ons
W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
winos (8 points)
Brown-baggers (wordplay)
Dispirited alcoholics (wordplay)
Grape nuts (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wipes (10 points)
Gucci Mane Baby
Cleans up a spill
Contents of a diaper bag packet
W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
wires (8 points)
Sends money perhaps
Mess under a desk, maybe
Prepares an undercover agent, perhaps
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wised (9 points)
Got smart (with "up")
Became less reckless, say, with "up"
Became less reckless say with up
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wiser (8 points)
Older mate (wordplay)
More experienced perhaps
More experienced, perhaps
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wises (8 points)
Gets smart (with "up")
Smartens (up to)
Gets a clue, with 'up'
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wisha (11 points)
Used to express surprise
W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+A·1 = 11 pts
wisps (10 points)
Flyaway hair (wordplay)
This little thing (wordplay)
Streaks of smoke
W·4+I·1+S·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wispy (13 points)
Like cirrus clouds
Thin as smoke
The West Indies agent is not solid
W·4+I·1+S·1+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
wists (8 points)
Wist
W·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wites (8 points)
Wite
W·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wives (11 points)
Better halves, perhaps
Windsor people (wordplay)
Better halves perhaps
W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wizes (17 points)
Wiz
W·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
woads (9 points)
Dye-yielding mustard plants
Blue dye plants.
Blue-dye plants
W·4+O·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wolds (9 points)
High treeless plains
High, treeless plains.
Hills of Yorkshire
W·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wolfs (11 points)
Eats greedily (with "down")
Devours (with "down")
Gulps down greedily
W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
wombs (12 points)
Developmental areas (wordplay)
Certain centers of development
Ovens so to speak
W·4+O·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 12 pts
wonks (12 points)
Arcane-detail experts
Public policy experts
Selfstyled experts
W·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
wonts (8 points)
Usual practices
Customary behaviors
Usual ways
W·4+O·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
woods (9 points)
5 of G - his tools (wordplay)
Errant golf shots destination perhaps
Errant golf shot's destination, perhaps
W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
woofs (11 points)
Scares a cat in a way
Rover's greetings
Sounds made by comic-strip canines.
W·4+O·1+O·1+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
wools (8 points)
Sheeps' clothing (wordplay)
Angora and alpaca.
Angora merino etc
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
woops (10 points)
To {vomit=v}
W·4+O·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
woosh (11 points)
Sound of a rush of air
Sound of something rushing by
Rushing sound variable
W·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
words (9 points)
Speaking parts (wordplay)
Music partner (wordplay)
What one has to say with them
W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
works (12 points)
Desktop area, perhaps
Desktop area perhaps
Is in labor (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
worms (10 points)
Rewards for early birds (wordplay)
Fisherman's canful, maybe
Can contents (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
worse (8 points)
Bad's successor (wordplay)
Like an even more off-key singer, say
Deserving fewer stars (than)
W·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
worst (8 points)
In the - way (very much)
Paradoxically, it could be best!
Cellar-dwelling, perhaps
W·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
worts (8 points)
Joe-pye weeds.
Joepye weeds
Beer bases
W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wraps (10 points)
Prepares for Christmas Day, maybe
Prepares for Christmas Day maybe
Prepares for a birthday party, say
W·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wrens (8 points)
Natural singers (wordplay)
Singing family (wordplay)
Some flying singers
W·4+R·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wrest (8 points)
Force victory on the mat (wordplay)
Twist, and sometimes shout (wordplay)
Use force for peace, say
W·4+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
wries (8 points)
Twists.
Contorts
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wrist (8 points)
Watch station (wordplay)
Slap target, perhaps
Hand holder (wordplay)
W·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
writs (8 points)
Bar orders (wordplay)
Coram nobis et al
Habeas corpus and others
W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wurst (8 points)
Brat attachment (wordplay)
Sausage (and the theme of this puzzle)
Knack attachment (wordplay)
W·4+U·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
wyles (11 points)
Wyle
W·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wynds (12 points)
Wynd
W·4+Y·4+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
wynns (11 points)
Comedian Ed and others
Ed and Keenan
Actors Ed and Keenan
W·4+Y·4+N·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wytes (11 points)
Wyte
W·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
xerus (12 points)
African ground squirrel
African ground squirrel.
X·8+E·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
xysti (15 points)
Xystus
X·8+Y·4+S·1+T·1+I·1 = 15 pts
xysts (15 points)
Covered porticos, in Greek architecture
Porticoes for athletics.
Covered porticos in Greek architecture
X·8+Y·4+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
yacks (14 points)
Talks and talks
Talks and then some
Shoots the breeze
Y·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
yaffs (14 points)
Yaff
Y·4+A·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 14 pts
yagis (9 points)
Directional antenna arrays
Y·4+A·1+G·2+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yangs (9 points)
Honks of wild geese.
Cries of the wild goose
Cries of the wild goose.
Y·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
yanks (12 points)
N Americans are jerks!
Tugs for the American team (wordplay)
Trent Reznor's band
Y·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yards (9 points)
Dashed measurement (wordplay)
Home fronts (wordplay)
Giant advances (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
yarns (8 points)
Questionable tales perhaps
Stories with a twist to them (wordplay)
Overdrawn accounts (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yauds (9 points)
Yaud
Y·4+A·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
yaups (10 points)
Loud cries
Squawks
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
yawls (11 points)
Two-masted sailboats
Two-masted vessels
Two-masted ships
Y·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yawns (11 points)
Applauds a bore (wordplay)
Signs of boredom (wordplay)
Long-meeting phenomena (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yawps (13 points)
Makes raucous noises
Puts up a squawk
Makes a raucous noise
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
yeans (8 points)
Gives birth to as lambs
Gives birth to a kid
Has a lamb
Y·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
years (8 points)
Sentence units (wordplay)
Periods of global revolution (wordplay)
Threescore and ten, perhaps.
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yeast (8 points)
Word with bottom (wine sediment)
It doubles your dough (wordplay)
Bakery elevator (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
yechs (13 points)
Yech
Y·4+E·1+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 13 pts
yeggs (10 points)
People with safe jobs (wordplay)
Hoods with safe jobs (wordplay)
Thieves in safe spaces (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+G·2+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
yelks (12 points)
Yelk
Y·4+E·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yells (8 points)
Makes oneself hoarse, perhaps
Makes a long-distance call (wordplay)
Makes sure one is heard maybe
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yelps (10 points)
Cries from a boxer, perhaps
Reacts to being startled, perhaps
Looks for a good place to eat, perhaps
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
yerks (12 points)
Goads a hillbilly
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yeses (8 points)
Replies to one's boss (wordplay)
They're positively responses!
Sycophant's sayings
Y·4+E·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yetis (8 points)
Himalayan hazards (wordplay)
Bigfoot's family (wordplay)
Himalayan heavies (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yetts (8 points)
Yett
Y·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yeuks (12 points)
Yeuk
Y·4+E·1+U·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yikes (12 points)
Gosh! - Oh no!
Key is lost? That's awful!
That can't be good!
Y·4+I·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yills (8 points)
Yill
Y·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yipes (10 points)
Oh my goodness!
This is looking bad!
Holy cow! This could be bad!
Y·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yirds (9 points)
Yird
Y·4+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
yirrs (8 points)
Yirr
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
ylems (10 points)
Masses of matter
Y·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
yocks (14 points)
Yock
Y·4+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
yodhs (12 points)
Yodh
Y·4+O·1+D·2+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
yogas (9 points)
Group focused on liberation
Hatha and others
Hatha and bikram, for two
Y·4+O·1+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yoghs (12 points)
Yogh
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
yogis (9 points)
Bear and Berra
They help get your asanas in shape
Seekers of the universal soul.
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yokes (12 points)
Farm teams (wordplay)
Joins the team (wordplay)
Gets the team together (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yolks (12 points)
Omelet maker's discards, perhaps
Omelet makers discards perhaps
Imparters of richness
Y·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yonis (8 points)
Yoni
Y·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yores (8 points)
Times of old
Times long past
Times long past.
Y·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yours (8 points)
Not mine maybe
Family, perhaps, of 'you, and not mine'
Best alternative (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
youse (8 points)
Dead End kid's pronoun.
Y'all relative
Pronoun for Leo Gorcey
Y·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
yowes (11 points)
Yowe
Y·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yowls (11 points)
Utter shrieks as of cats
Utter shrieks, as of cats
Cries of pain
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yuans (8 points)
Certain Chinese bills
Governmental departments in Taiwan
Chinese equivalent of 50c pieces.
Y·4+U·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yucks (14 points)
Improv sounds on a good night
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
yugas (9 points)
Hindu ages
Y·4+U·1+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yules (8 points)
Present times (wordplay)
Birthday celebrations (wordplay)
Tree-buying times
Y·4+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yurts (8 points)
Mongolian tents (anagram of RUSTY)
Portable, circular dwellings
Circular tents used by nomads
Y·4+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
zarfs (17 points)
Holders for handleless coffee cups
Z·10+A·1+R·1+F·4+S·1 = 17 pts
zaxes (21 points)
Depth lines (wordplay)
Lines in some D printing
Slate-trimming tools
Z·10+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 21 pts
zeals (14 points)
Feelings of eagerness
Senses of enthusiasm
Burning enthusiasms
Z·10+E·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zebus (16 points)
They're humped
Asian oxen
Theyre humped
Z·10+E·1+B·3+U·1+S·1 = 16 pts
zeins (14 points)
Zein
Z·10+E·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zeros (14 points)
Nine in a billion (wordplay)
Round numbers (wordplay)
Numbers for millions (wordplay)
Z·10+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zests (14 points)
Uses a grater on, maybe
Lemon peels, for example
Old Fashioned things
Z·10+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zesty (17 points)
Made with Tabasco sauce, say
Like Tang (tm)
Like a certain Italian (wordplay)
Z·10+E·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
zetas (14 points)
Greek snore (wordplay)
Slices of a Greek pizza (wordplay)
Zorba's snore (wordplay)
Z·10+E·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zills (14 points)
Zill
Z·10+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zincs (16 points)
Anti-rust coatings
Coats with element #30
Constituents in various alloys
Z·10+I·1+N·1+C·3+S·1 = 16 pts
zings (15 points)
Sharp put-downs
Gets with a good oneliner
Sharp whining sounds
Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
zitis (14 points)
Edible log-shaped tubes
Tubular entrees
Z·10+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zoeas (14 points)
Larval crabs
Z·10+O·1+E·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zones (14 points)
Spaces, or spaces (out)
Makes commercial, say
Makes commercial say
Z·10+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zonks (18 points)
Drops off with out
Crashes (out)
Crashes, with 'out'
Z·10+O·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
zooks (18 points)
Egad!
Egad
Z·10+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
zooms (16 points)
Closeup shots, maybe
Moves in to shoot (wordplay)
Changes focus rapidly (camera)
Z·10+O·1+O·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts
zoons (14 points)
Zoon
Z·10+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zoris (14 points)
Japanese sandals
Z·10+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 14 pts
zymes (19 points)
Ferments
Z·10+Y·4+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts

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