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about (7 points)
Round (twelve of them?)
It's concerning a few rounds, maybe
Running errands, say
A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 7 pts
abuse (7 points)
Verbally attack an opponent (wordplay)
It's offensive
Subject to verbal assault and insults
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
abuts (7 points)
Keeps in touch with (wordplay)
Is adjacent to
Sits next to
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
abuzz (25 points)
Excited (like a hive?)
Humming as with conversation
Full of lively gossip
A·1+B·3+U·1+Z·10+Z·10 = 25 pts
acute (7 points)
Not quite right (wordplay)
Eighty-five degrees, say
Not right (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
adieu (6 points)
Nice way of saying goodbye (wordplay)
Nice goodbye (wordplay)
So long, Pierre!
A·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+U·1 = 6 pts
adult (6 points)
Imago, for one
Full-price payer, perhaps
Majority member (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 6 pts
adunc (8 points)
Curving inward as a beak
Curved inward, as a parrot's beak.
Curving inward, as a beak
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3 = 8 pts
adust (6 points)
Dried or darkened, as by heat
Dried up, to poets
Dried or darkened as by heat
A·1+D·2+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 6 pts
afoul (8 points)
How a felon runs (wordplay)
On the wrong side (of)
On the bad side (of)
A·1+F·4+O·1+U·1+L·1 = 8 pts
agues (6 points)
You in time for the fevers (wordplay)
Chilly symptoms (wordplay)
Spells of chill
A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
ahull (8 points)
""Abandoned and flooded, as a ship""
A·1+H·4+U·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
ajuga (13 points)
Large genus of herbs
Large genus of herbs.
Bugleweed
A·1+J·8+U·1+G·2+A·1 = 13 pts
album (9 points)
LP, perhaps (wordplay)
Magical Mystery Tour for one
Life preserver (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+B·3+U·1+M·3 = 9 pts
algum (8 points)
Sandalwood tree of the Bible.
Red sandalwood.
Biblical tree
A·1+L·1+G·2+U·1+M·3 = 8 pts
almud (8 points)
Old Spanish measure
A·1+L·1+M·3+U·1+D·2 = 8 pts
almug (8 points)
Tree that makes a student swot
Biblical tree, probably sandalwood.
Biblical tree probably sandalwood
A·1+L·1+M·3+U·1+G·2 = 8 pts
aloud (6 points)
Not just in one's head, say
Audibly state owned (wordplay)
One way to read
A·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+D·2 = 6 pts
alula (5 points)
Wing of sorts
Bebop follower of the 1950s (wordplay)
Be-Bop follower of the 1950s (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+A·1 = 5 pts
alums (7 points)
Temple attendees of the past, say
Ones who no longer have class (wordplay)
After-school group (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
amour (7 points)
Love affair, perhaps secret
Loved one (French)
Affair of one such as Othello, say
A·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
ampul (9 points)
Glass medicine container (var.)
Small pharmaceutical bottle (Var.)
Glass medicine vial (var.)
A·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+L·1 = 9 pts
amuck (13 points)
Wild way to run (wordplay)
Bad way to run (Var.)
One way to run (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
amuse (7 points)
Erato, for one (wordplay)
Erato, for one?
Play a card (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
ankus (9 points)
Elephant goad used by mahouts
Spiked elephant goad
Indian elephant goad
A·1+N·1+K·5+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
annul (5 points)
Untie the knot say
Abolish article from almanac (wordplay)
Undo a knot (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1 = 5 pts
aquae (14 points)
Waters, to pharmacists
Waters to pharmacists
Cicero's waters
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+E·1 = 14 pts
aquas (14 points)
Water colors (wordplay)
Liquids used in pharmacy
Liquids, used in pharmacy.
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
arcus (7 points)
Caesar's bow
Roll-shaped cloud
Caesars bow
A·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
argue (6 points)
Make a case (for)
Act like Siskel and Ebert maybe
Pick a fight (with)
A·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 6 pts
argus (6 points)
Watchman's model
Many-eyed monster of Greek myth
Io's guardian, in Greek myth
A·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+S·1 = 6 pts
arums (7 points)
Calla lilies, etc
Starches resembling sago
Jack-in-the-pulpits
A·1+R·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
ascus (7 points)
Fungal spore sac
Sac in which seed spores grow.
Botanical sac
A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
audad (7 points)
Wild sheep
A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+D·2 = 7 pts
audio (6 points)
Sound (as opposed to vision)
TV repairman's focus, maybe
Waves in the air (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+O·1 = 6 pts
audit (6 points)
Tax burden (wordplay)
Book report (wordplay)
Check checks, to a checker (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 6 pts
auger (6 points)
What a bore to have a month with 'er!
A much bigger 'and tool (wordplay)
What a bore this is!
A·1+U·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
aught (9 points)
It's nothing!
It's nothing
Anything at all
A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 9 pts
augur (6 points)
Ancient Roman soothsayer
Bode (usu. well or ill)
Foretell something boring, say
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+R·1 = 6 pts
aulic (7 points)
Of royal courts
Of a royal court
Of a court
A·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
aunts (5 points)
Funeral attendees, perhaps
Some of Grannys kids perhaps
Shower organizers, maybe
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
aunty (8 points)
Nana's girl, maybe
Nanas girl maybe
Family nickname (var.)
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
aurae (5 points)
Head lights (wordplay)
Distinctive atmospheres (Var.)
Emanations Latin style
A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 5 pts
aural (5 points)
Ear-ly (wordplay)
Like things hitting a drum (wordplay)
Like something you've heard (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
aurar (5 points)
Cold cash in Iceland
Icelandic monetary units
A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+R·1 = 5 pts
auras (5 points)
Rings around the collar (wordplay)
Glowing personalities (wordplay)
Celebrities' surroundings (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 5 pts
aurei (5 points)
Caesar's gold coins
Gold coins of Roman Empire.
Gold coins of ancient Rome
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+I·1 = 5 pts
aures (5 points)
Auris
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
auric (7 points)
Goldfinger, in "Goldfinger"
Goldfingers first name
Ians greedy villain
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
auris (5 points)
The ear Lat.
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
aurum (7 points)
Gold, to chemists
Gold, in Latin
Gold to a chemist
A·1+U·1+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 7 pts
autos (5 points)
They're sold in lots (wordplay)
Jam ingredients (wordplay)
Jam makings (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 pts
auxin (12 points)
Growth promoting substance in a plant
Indoleacetic acid, for example
Computer speaker abbreviation
A·1+U·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
awful (11 points)
A wife almost generous? Rubbish!
Meriting only half a star, say
Label for pans (wordplay)
A·1+W·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 11 pts
azure (14 points)
Fair color (wordplay)
Blue, as the sky
Blue hue on Connecticut's flag
A·1+Z·10+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
babul (9 points)
African gum tree
Gum-yielding tree.
Acacia tree
B·3+A·1+B·3+U·1+L·1 = 9 pts
babus (9 points)
Distinguished Hindu men
Hindu gentlemen.
Hindu titles.
B·3+A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
battu (7 points)
Beaten, in Brest
Beaten in Brest
B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+U·1 = 7 pts
bauds (8 points)
Modem speed units
Measures for old modems
Transmission-related units
B·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
baulk (11 points)
Line on the snooker table
Decline from top of table
America's wholesale decline
B·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+K·5 = 11 pts
bayou (10 points)
Watery area (US)
Marshy inlet of your creation say
Hideout for Lafitte
B·3+A·1+Y·4+O·1+U·1 = 10 pts
beaus (7 points)
Belle boys (wordplay)
Future husbands perhaps
Future husbands, perhaps
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
beaut (7 points)
A real peach!
A real lulu
Fabulous specimen, slangily
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+T·1 = 7 pts
beaux (14 points)
Dandies (French style)
Dated guys (wordplay)
They come to court
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+X·8 = 14 pts
begum (10 points)
Begob she might be a Muslim!
Moslem female V.I.P
Moslem princess in India
B·3+E·1+G·2+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
begun (8 points)
(It has) started
Set in motion.
Weve Only Just
B·3+E·1+G·2+U·1+N·1 = 8 pts
bhuts (10 points)
Bhut
B·3+H·4+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
bijou (14 points)
Gem of a movie theater (wordplay)
Small, elegant (from Fr.)
Small and elegant
B·3+I·1+J·8+O·1+U·1 = 14 pts
blued (8 points)
Whitened the wash
Used some non-traditional hair color
Dyed, in a jeans factory
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
bluer (7 points)
Less cloudy (sky)
More navy than teal, say
Further down (wordplay)
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
blues (7 points)
Big Mama Thornton's bag (wordplay)
Squanders 1ac (wordplay)
Holiday offering (wordplay)
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
bluet (7 points)
Plant called innocence.
Sky-hued flower
Plant with fourlobed flowers
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts
bluey (10 points)
Childs name for a certain blanket
Child's name for a certain blanket
Azurous.
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
bluff (13 points)
It may be called rough and hearty
Mislead by presenting a bold front.
Poker player's ploy.
B·3+L·1+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
blume (9 points)
Judy who wrote Then Again Maybe I Wont
'Then Again, Maybe I Won't' author Judy
Then Again, Maybe I Won't author Judy
B·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
blunt (7 points)
Unsubtle spy (wordplay)
Without an edge
Less than tactful
B·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
blurb (9 points)
Jacket material (wordplay)
Promotional statement, on book-cover say
Excerpt from a review, maybe
B·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+B·3 = 9 pts
blurs (7 points)
Smooshes together, as an image
Censors, in a way
Carbon copy defects.
B·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
blurt (7 points)
Say without thinking (with "out")
Say suddenly (with "out")
Don't mean to say
B·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts
blush (10 points)
Red state (wordplay)
Redden (in the face)
A rose, by another name (wordplay)
B·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 10 pts
bogus (8 points)
Go back in the bus. It's a sham!
Not true, dude!
Fake or phoney
B·3+O·1+G·2+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
bolus (7 points)
Large pill used by veterinarians.
Pill for animals
Soft mass of chewed food
B·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
bonus (7 points)
Christmas green (wordplay)
Yearend reward maybe
Year-end reward, maybe
B·3+O·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
bosun (7 points)
Shift bonus for one of the crew
Short deck hand (wordplay)
Mr. Smee, for one
B·3+O·1+S·1+U·1+N·1 = 7 pts
bough (11 points)
Main branch (of tree)
Large branch purchased? Not quite!
Hang a shining star upon the highest
B·3+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4 = 11 pts
boule (7 points)
Ancient Greece's legislative assembly
Game akin to roulette
Greek legislative assembly
B·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
bound (8 points)
Spring tide, say
Move like a wallaby
Posh in tie for dance
B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 8 pts
bourg (8 points)
French market town
Town near a castle
Old market town
B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2 = 8 pts
bourn (7 points)
Brook or stream
Brook or stream.
Stream
B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
bouse (7 points)
Haul well taut and belay
B·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
bousy (10 points)
""Inclined to booze, also BOOZY, BOOZEY""
B·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
bouts (7 points)
Spells of activity
Contests in rings
Contests in the ring
B·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
brugh (11 points)
""An incorporated town, also BOROUGH""
B·3+R·1+U·1+G·2+H·4 = 11 pts
bruin (7 points)
Smokey, for one.
Smokey for one
Patrice Bergeron, for one
B·3+R·1+U·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
bruit (7 points)
Spread a rumor (with "about")
Spread abroad as a rumor
Spread, as news
B·3+R·1+U·1+I·1+T·1 = 7 pts
brume (9 points)
Mist
Vapors.
Mist
B·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
brunt (7 points)
Main force of a blow
Unservable, say
The chief stress or strain
B·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
brush (10 points)
Touch base at start (career meeting)
Relative of the crew cut.
Rebuff, with "off"
B·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 10 pts
brusk (11 points)
Abrupt in manner or speech variable
Abrupt in manner or speech Var.
Abrupt in manner
B·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+K·5 = 11 pts
brute (7 points)
Bestial Caesar's last word (wordplay)
'Et tu, - - !' (J.Caesar)
Caesar's last word
B·3+R·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
bubal (9 points)
""A large antelope, also BUBALE, BUBALIS""
B·3+U·1+B·3+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
bucko (13 points)
Young fellow, in Dublin
Young lad, in Dublin
Foine young fellow
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+O·1 = 13 pts
bucks (13 points)
Deer; county (abbreviation)
Resists responsibilities (wordplay)
Animals; a county (abbreviation)
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 13 pts
buddy (12 points)
Friend (mainly US)
Close friend (US)
Pal's sprout to dry right out
B·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
budge (9 points)
Move slightly - perhaps in opinion
AKA Frank Radford (Crawley)
Cage bird to stir? Not half!
B·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
buffi (13 points)
Buffo
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1 = 13 pts
buffo (13 points)
Burlesque (opera) (It.)
Comic Albert leaving American city
Comic in Italian opera
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+O·1 = 13 pts
buffs (13 points)
Uses Polish enthusiasts (wordplay)
Folks who Owen Meany films say
Folks who Owen Meany films, say
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 13 pts
buffy (16 points)
"Family Affair" character
Family Affair character
Willow's friend
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
buggy (12 points)
Vehicle infected (wordplay)
Pioneer wheels (wordplay)
Vehicle that's infested (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
bugle (8 points)
Military brass (wordplay)
Sound for chargers (wordplay)
Taps maker (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
buhls (10 points)
Inlaid decorations
Inlaid designs
Inlaid designs.
B·3+U·1+H·4+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
buhrs (10 points)
Buhr
B·3+U·1+H·4+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
build (8 points)
Play with Lincoln Logs, say
Play with blocks maybe
Play with blocks, maybe
B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts
built (7 points)
Made with Legos, say
Like a brick house
Saving one pound, still made up
B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+T·1 = 7 pts
bulbs (9 points)
Theyre often screwed up
Some spring plantings
Tulips to be
B·3+U·1+L·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
bulge (8 points)
WWII battle formation (wordplay)
Be ready to burst, maybe
Evidence of a concealed weapon maybe
B·3+U·1+L·1+G·2+E·1 = 8 pts
bulgy (11 points)
Ill-fitting in a way
Like Major Hoople
Swollen in spots
B·3+U·1+L·1+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
bulks (11 points)
Gains muscle, with "up"
Gains muscle, with 'up'
Adds muscle mass, with "up"
B·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
bulky (14 points)
Like a heavy parka
Large and cumbersome
Like a heavy sweater
B·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
bulla (7 points)
Type of seal.
Seal attached to a papal document
Pope's seal
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1 = 7 pts
bulls (7 points)
s NBA dynasty team
The Last Dance team
Bears opposites on the TSE
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
bully (10 points)
Cow, like her mate (wordplay)
Sort of beef well done for you!
Big man on campus (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
bumfs (12 points)
Bumf
B·3+U·1+M·3+F·4+S·1 = 12 pts
bumph (14 points)
Boring documents and written information
Colloquial word for official papers or documents
Useless info Greek character's written up in book on pub
B·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+H·4 = 14 pts
bumps (11 points)
Knocks (given on one's birthday?)
Accidentally walks (into)
Dislodges extra lines added to bottom
B·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts
bumpy (14 points)
My pub (anagram)
(Of surface) uneven
Uneven (surface); jolting
B·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
bunch (12 points)
Posy (of picked flowers)
Group of people (informal)
Group (of bananas)
B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts
bunco (9 points)
Misrepresentational art (wordplay)
Con mans game
Game with three dice
B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+O·1 = 9 pts
bunds (8 points)
Pro-Nazi groups.
German clubs in the USA
German clubs in the U.S.A.
B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
bundt (8 points)
Hole-in-the-middle cake pan
Fluted ringshaped cake variety
Type of tube pan
B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+T·1 = 8 pts
bungs (8 points)
Stoppers in casks
They close openings for bribes
Stops illegal payments
B·3+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 8 pts
bunko (11 points)
Confidence game (Var.)
Swindler's operation
Con game variable
B·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+O·1 = 11 pts
bunks (11 points)
Double beds (wordplay)
Stays the night (with)
Beds at sea
B·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
bunns (7 points)
Bunn
B·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
bunny (10 points)
Bugs this pet!
Sort of hug for friend of raffles, say
Bugs for one
B·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
bunts (7 points)
Minor hits (wordplay)
Tries for a hit maybe
Tries for a hit, maybe
B·3+U·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
bunya (10 points)
Australian conifer
B·3+U·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1 = 10 pts
buoys (10 points)
Gulls' perches, often
Encourages, with 'up'
Lifts, as spirits
B·3+U·1+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
buran (7 points)
Blizzard on Asiatic steppes.
Wind blowing from the north
Russian gale
B·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts
buras (7 points)
Asiatic windstorms.
B·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
burbs (9 points)
Commuters' home, perhaps
Commuters home perhaps
Desperate Housewives setting
B·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
burds (8 points)
Burd
B·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
buret (7 points)
Laboratory tube (var.)
Chemist's measuring device
Graduated glass tube used by chemists.
B·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts
burgh (11 points)
Chartered town (arch.)
Any Scottish town
Dundee or Dumfries
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+H·4 = 11 pts
burgs (8 points)
Hamlet's relatives (wordplay)
One-horse towns
Cities or towns: Colloq.
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+S·1 = 8 pts
burin (7 points)
Marble workers tool
Engraver's cutting tool.
Engraver's tool
B·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
burke (11 points)
Famous orator of 177475
Billie of "The Wizard of Oz"
Designing Women actress Delta
B·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
burls (7 points)
Bumps on a log
Tree trunk outgrowths
Knots in cloth.
B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
burly (10 points)
Not at all sylphic
Strongly and heavily built
Like Paul Bunyan
B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
burns (7 points)
Streams of fire (wordplay)
What fire does for poetry (wordplay)
To a Mouse poet
B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
burnt (7 points)
More than charred (Var.)
Left under the broiler too long, say
Extremely well-done (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
burps (9 points)
Oral reports (wordplay)
Pats on the back say
Pats on the back, maybe
B·3+U·1+R·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
burro (7 points)
Common carrier (wordplay)
Ride through the Grand Canyon (wordplay)
Small donkey (US)
B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1 = 7 pts
burrs (7 points)
Dentist's drill bits
Prickly seed coverings
Vice President Aaron and family
B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
burry (10 points)
{prickly=adj}
B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
bursa (7 points)
Black bear's pouch
Fluid-filled sac near a joint
sac pouch between bones and tendons
B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+A·1 = 7 pts
burse (7 points)
Scot's scholarship
Student allowance fund, in Scotland
Scholarship for Scottie
B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
burst (7 points)
Explode; volley (of fire)
Let it all out say
Succumb to pressure (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts
busby (12 points)
Mil. bearskin (colloq.)
Bearskin cap (colloq.)
Tall fur hat
B·3+U·1+S·1+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
bused (8 points)
Did some afterdinner work maybe
Coached, in England (wordplay)
Transported by Greyhound
B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
buses (7 points)
Varsity team coaches (wordplay)
Student drivers (wordplay)
Vehicles for rock stars and roadies
B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
bushy (13 points)
Be you blushing but not bald (wordplay)
Thick, like George (wordplay)
Thick, like the US President (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
busks (11 points)
Plays music on the street
Sings on the sidewalk
Plays in the street
B·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
busts (7 points)
Works at a museum say
Gets three tens in a Blackjack hand, say
Works at a museum, say
B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
busty (10 points)
Like West or Parton
With a heavy chest
With a substantial rack
B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
butch (12 points)
Acting as a male (colloq.)
1969 role for Paul
Sundance's sidekick
B·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts
buteo (7 points)
Broad-winged hawk
High-flying hawk
Soaring bird of prey
B·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+O·1 = 7 pts
butle (7 points)
To serve as a butler
B·3+U·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
butte (7 points)
Montana geological feature (foul!)
Geologist's flattop (wordplay)
Devils Tower, for one
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
butts (7 points)
Moon views (wordplay)
Goes head-to-head with (wordplay)
Inventor of "Scrabble"
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
butty (10 points)
Races in to purchase a sandwich
Sandwich; towed barge
Sandwich; freight barge
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
butut (7 points)
Gambian monetary unit
B·3+U·1+T·1+U·1+T·1 = 7 pts
butyl (10 points)
Synthetic rubber used in footballs
Modern substitute for rubber.
Industry's answer to a rubber shortage.
B·3+U·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1 = 10 pts
buxom (16 points)
Like Jessica Rabbit
Full-bodied, in a way
Adjective for Dolly Parton
B·3+U·1+X·8+O·1+M·3 = 16 pts
buyer (10 points)
Ill take it sayer
One to beware (wordplay)
Record store visitor, maybe
B·3+U·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
caput (9 points)
The head (anatomy)
Head (anatomy)
Head or headlike structure.
C·3+A·1+P·3+U·1+T·1 = 9 pts
casus (7 points)
belli war starter
belli cause for war
belli cause of war
C·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
cauld (8 points)
{cold=n} [n -S] / {cold=adj}
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts
caulk (11 points)
Fill cracks with filler or stopper, say
Close a seam
Work on a joint
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+K·5 = 11 pts
cauls (7 points)
Head-covering membranes
Women's hats or nets
Womens hat linings
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
cause (7 points)
Save the Whales, for one
The whales, say
Worthy charity for one
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
cecum (11 points)
Anatomical cul-de-sac
The appendix extends from it
Intestinal pouch
C·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+M·3 = 11 pts
chubs (12 points)
Relatives of carps and minnows
Fish used as bait
Freshwater game fish
C·3+H·4+U·1+B·3+S·1 = 12 pts
chuck (16 points)
Type of steak
Meat-counter item.
Cut of beef from neck to shoulder blade
C·3+H·4+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts
chufa (13 points)
Ground almond
Sedge cutter's harvest usually found after removing the tips
C·3+H·4+U·1+F·4+A·1 = 13 pts
chuff (16 points)
Puff (like a steam engine)
Puff like a steam locomotive
Steam engine sound
C·3+H·4+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 16 pts
chugs (11 points)
Slowly moves (along)
Gulps down, as beer
Huffs and puffs
C·3+H·4+U·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts
chump (14 points)
Short, thick, heavy piece of wood
Kind of change
Much changed party leader is a blockhead
C·3+H·4+U·1+M·3+P·3 = 14 pts
chums (12 points)
Uses fish as bait.
Theyre close to you
They're close to you
C·3+H·4+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 12 pts
chunk (14 points)
Peter Pan element (wordplay)
Large amount (informal)
Peter Pan element
C·3+H·4+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 14 pts
churl (10 points)
Illbred ones husband wearing hairpiece
Cousin of a curmudgeon.
Surly, ill-bred person
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+L·1 = 10 pts
churn (10 points)
Milk shaker (wordplay)
Work with milk, maybe
Blender forerunner (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 10 pts
churr (10 points)
Low trilling sound (of insect)
Grasshopper's sound
Whirring sound made by a beetle.
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+R·1 = 10 pts
chute (10 points)
Target for dirty laundry (wordplay)
Back pack (wordplay)
Drop of water (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cloud (8 points)
Mare's-tail, for one
Cirrus, for one
E.g. stratus
C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+D·2 = 8 pts
clour (7 points)
To knock or bump
C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
clout (7 points)
Caught yob a hard blow
What a bigwig carries
Extra-base hit
C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 7 pts
clubs (9 points)
Thirteen-piece suit (wordplay)
Black suit (wordplay)
Quarter deck (wordplay)
C·3+L·1+U·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
cluck (13 points)
Be chicken (wordplay)
Chicken out (wordplay)
Make a sound like a hen
C·3+L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts

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