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abaca (9 points)
Type of hemp
Philippine rope-making fiber
Fiber from a banana stalk
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+A·1 = 9 pts
abaci (9 points)
Early summers (wordplay)
Wooden counters (wordplay)
Summers of old (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1 = 9 pts
aback (13 points)
Surprised (with "taken")
Surprising way to be taken (wordplay)
Where the offended are taken (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
abaft (10 points)
Towards the back (naut.)
Sailor's back (wordplay)
In the rear of a vessel
A·1+B·3+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 10 pts
abaka (11 points)
""A Philippine plant, also ABACA""
A·1+B·3+A·1+K·5+A·1 = 11 pts
abamp (11 points)
Bit of electricity
A·1+B·3+A·1+M·3+P·3 = 11 pts
abase (7 points)
Humble sailor sea-sick (wordplay)
Knock down a peg
Lower one's self.
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
abash (10 points)
Shame it's a hit!
Turn red, maybe
Ace party? Shame!
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 10 pts
abate (7 points)
Decrease in strength
Reduce, as taxes
Lessen, as a storm
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
abbas (9 points)
PLO chief Mahmoud
Arafat's successor as P.L.O. chairman
Coptic bishops' titles
A·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
abbes (9 points)
Clerics in un monastre
French clerics with wild babes
French priests' titles of respect
A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
abbey (12 points)
Lindisfarne Priory, for one
Site of monk business (wordplay)
Westminister for one
A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
abbot (9 points)
Superior title (wordplay)
Top Trappist, maybe
Superior monk (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+B·3+O·1+T·1 = 9 pts
abeam (9 points)
Directly abreast (of a ship)
Where the sailor saw a light (wordplay)
Alongside, at sea
A·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+M·3 = 9 pts
abele (7 points)
Can the tree be in the beer (wordplay)
Might the tree be in the beer (wordplay)
Poplar popular in puzzles
A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
abets (7 points)
Fences, perhaps (wordplay)
Sticks up for, maybe (wordplay)
Does lookout duty for, say
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
abhor (10 points)
Shun sailor with horror? Not half!
Regard sailor with horror? Not half!
Feel more than disdain
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
abide (8 points)
Might aid be needed to endure (wordplay)
Put up with a bass (fish)
Bear to live in the past (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
abler (7 points)
More talented? Be real!
More like a seaman, perhaps
More competent, perhaps like seaman
A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
ables (7 points)
Be in the drinks in the wood
They preceded Bakers
Bakers' preceders
A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
abmho (12 points)
Unit of conductance
Electrical conductance unit
A·1+B·3+M·3+H·4+O·1 = 12 pts
abode (8 points)
Palace, for one.
Apartment, for one
Humble dwelling (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
abohm (12 points)
A little resistance (wordplay)
Unit of electrical resistance
Unit of resistance
A·1+B·3+O·1+H·4+M·3 = 12 pts
aboil (7 points)
Ready for poaching, maybe
Ready for pasta say
Ready for pasta, say
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
aboma (9 points)
South American snake
S.A. serpent
S. A. serpent.
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+A·1 = 9 pts
aboon (7 points)
Is life Gilbert
to all mankind
to mankind
A·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
abort (7 points)
Cancel the heist!
Cancel the mission!
Cancel the plan!
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts
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
above (10 points)
In the preceding paragraph perhaps
Over your head (wordplay)
In the preceding paragraph, perhaps
A·1+B·3+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 10 pts
abris (7 points)
Air-raid shelters
Shelters in Savoie
Shelters, in Savoie
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+S·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
abyes (10 points)
Abye
A·1+B·3+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abysm (12 points)
Deep cavity (arch)
Yawning gulf (Var.)
Bottomless pit (var.)
A·1+B·3+Y·4+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
abyss (10 points)
Ed Harris ocean flick (with "The")
Deep subject (wordplay)
Great depression (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+Y·4+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acerb (9 points)
Like lemon juice (var.)
Cause celebre cause of some back-biting!
Tart of tone
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3 = 9 pts
adobe (8 points)
Casa material, perhaps
Material found in an ABODE (wordplay)
Feat of clay (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 8 pts
adobo (8 points)
Spicy Filipino dish often made with pork
Popular dish of the Philippines
Philippine chickenandpork recipe
A·1+D·2+O·1+B·3+O·1 = 8 pts
albas (7 points)
Spanish duke and family.
Troubadours' dawn serenades
Spanish duke and family
A·1+L·1+B·3+A·1+S·1 = 7 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
alibi (7 points)
Out, of sorts (wordplay)
Out of sorts (wordplay)
Airtight story maybe
A·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+I·1 = 7 pts
amber (9 points)
Honey-colored 311 song (wordplay)
Brake light, perhaps
Colour between red and green (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
ambit (9 points)
Scope (of something)
Scope, extent or bounds (of something)
Sphere of operation
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+T·1 = 9 pts
amble (9 points)
Walk in the park, say
Walk in the park say
Wander aimlessly without a bit of rush!
A·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
ambos (9 points)
Spanish for "both"
Early Christian pulpits.
Spanish for 'both'
A·1+M·3+B·3+O·1+S·1 = 9 pts
ambry (12 points)
Recess for holding vestments
British term for pantry that sounds more like a yellowy color
A·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
ameba (9 points)
Tiny organism (var.)
Microscopic swimmer (var.)
Microscopic creature (var.)
A·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+A·1 = 9 pts
arbor (7 points)
Place for a bench perhaps
Ivy's support, maybe
Place for vines, perhaps
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
ardeb (8 points)
Egyptian unit, 5.62 U. S. bushels.
Unit of dry measure used in Egypt
Egyptian dry measure
A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+B·3 = 8 pts

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