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aahed (9 points)
Reacted to a trapeze artist maybe
Sounded relaxed (wordplay)
Followed a doctor's order (wordplay)
A·1+A·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 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
abode (8 points)
Palace, for one.
Apartment, for one
Humble dwelling (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
ached (11 points)
Wanted Bengay, say
Had a bad gut feeling (wordplay)
Needed a chiropractor, say
A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
acids (8 points)
Heartburn causes maybe
Lab flask contents perhaps
Lab flask contents, perhaps
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
acidy (11 points)
Sour as a stomach
Having a lot of reflux
Sour or sharp-tasting
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
acned (8 points)
Spotted at the prom, perhaps (wordplay)
Benefiting from benzoyl peroxide, say
Red in the face (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acold (8 points)
'Poor Tom's - - ' (Shak.)
Thing to feed (wordplay)
Wind in August movie
A·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acred (8 points)
Having much land
Wealthy in land
Owning lots of lots
A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acrid (8 points)
Bringing tears to your eyes, maybe
Bill free of bitterness (wordplay)
Like the smell of burning rubber
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acted (8 points)
Was a whole new person (wordplay)
Employed the Stanislavski method, say
Created some drama (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
adage (7 points)
A watched pot never boils, for one
"Waste not, want not," for one
"Money talks," for one
A·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
adapt (8 points)
Bring to the screen, perhaps
Turn from book to film, say
Turn from a book into a movie, say
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1 = 8 pts
addax (14 points)
Antelope of North Africa.
Spiral-horned buck
North African antelope
A·1+D·2+D·2+A·1+X·8 = 14 pts
added (8 points)
Became online friends, say
Put two and two together, say
Did some math maybe
A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
adder (7 points)
Maybe a summer snake (wordplay)
To make in Erin (wordplay)
Mathematical reptile (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
addle (7 points)
Mix up or confuse
Make confused - go bad
Muddle or confuse
A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
adeem (8 points)
In law, revoke
Legally revoke, as a legacy
Revoke, as a will
A·1+D·2+E·1+E·1+M·3 = 8 pts
adept (8 points)
Expert from A-section (wordplay)
Really good (at)
Well-equipped (at)
A·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1 = 8 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
adios (6 points)
Ta ta, Tomas!
Bye-bye (amigo)
Bye word (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+S·1 = 6 pts
adits (6 points)
Portals of a kind.
Entrances to mines
Entrances for miners
A·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 6 pts
adman (8 points)
Think mink thinker-upper, for one
One doing a spot test (wordplay)
Spot checker (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
admen (8 points)
Spot checkers (wordplay)
Sellers of spots (wordplay)
Pitch specialists (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
admit (8 points)
Word on a ticket, perhaps
Confess (to something)
Not blackball, say
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1 = 8 pts
admix (15 points)
Notice Michael's said blend
Blend with something.
Blend with something
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+X·8 = 15 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
adopt (8 points)
Go out of the pool for, say (wordplay)
Get a pound pooch say
Become a mother maybe
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1 = 8 pts
adore (6 points)
Dig deeply (wordplay)
Love what's found in bread? Oregano!
Hero-worship, say
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 6 pts
adorn (6 points)
Sew sequins on, say
Drape with tinsel, perhaps
Put studs on, perhaps
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 6 pts
adown (9 points)
Below to poets
Below, to poets
At a lower level Poet
A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 9 pts
adoze (15 points)
Catching some Z's
'Twixt the covers
Catching a few zs
A·1+D·2+O·1+Z·10+E·1 = 15 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
adyta (9 points)
Inner shrines in old temples.
Secret shrines in ancient temples.
Shrines in old temples
A·1+D·2+Y·4+T·1+A·1 = 9 pts
adzes (15 points)
Cooper's tools
Coopers aids at Colonial Williamsburg
Timber-dressing tools
A·1+D·2+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
aedes (6 points)
Mosquito, virulent type
Yellow fever mosquito.
Tiger mosquito genus.
A·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
ahead (9 points)
Winning (an election)
Best way to leave Vegas (wordplay)
In the first place (wordplay)
A·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 9 pts
ahold (9 points)
Get of (obtain)
Get of (grab)
Get - of (obtain)
A·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
aided (7 points)
Gave a tow, maybe
Gave a ride, say
Gave a tow maybe
A·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 7 pts
aider (6 points)
Of golf (wordplay)
A friend indeed!
Abettor's partner (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
aides (6 points)
Right hands you might say
Helpers around the House, say
Right-handers (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
ailed (6 points)
Winced and wept, perhaps
Needed debugging (wordplay)
Had to miss school, perhaps
A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
aimed (8 points)
About to be fired perhaps
Readied a bow, perhaps
Saw the sights (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
aired (6 points)
Was on the radio, say
Ventilated in the outdoors (wordplay)
On the radio, say
A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
aland (6 points)
unto flowing with milk and honey
Finnish islands in Gulf of Bothnia.
Islands near Turku.
A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 6 pts
alcid (8 points)
A diving sea bird
A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
alder (6 points)
Tree many be deal? Right (wordplay)
Cabinet wood, perhaps
Not starting to be less hairy tree!
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
aldol (6 points)
Colorless liquid: Chem.
Colorless liquid Chem.
Colorless liquid Chem
A·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+L·1 = 6 pts
algid (7 points)
Glad to be spoilt when one's caught cold
Fancy word for "cold"
Cold? It's good to wear a hat
A·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+D·2 = 7 pts
alkyd (13 points)
Sticky resin used in paint
Polyester in paints
Resin used in paints
A·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4+D·2 = 13 pts
allod (6 points)
An estate held in absolute ownership
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2 = 6 pts
almud (8 points)
Old Spanish measure
A·1+L·1+M·3+U·1+D·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
amend (8 points)
Ater no, on then (wordplay)
Add to maybe
Change a bill say
A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+D·2 = 8 pts
amide (8 points)
LSD, for one
Acetaminophen for one
LSD for one
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
amido (8 points)
Prefix in chemistry
Of an acid group
Chemical compound: comb. form
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+O·1 = 8 pts
amids (8 points)
Chemical prefixes
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
anode (6 points)
Cell division (wordplay)
Positively, some poetry!
Plus side (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
anted (6 points)
Put in a chip, perhaps
Tried pot luck (wordplay)
Fed the kitty (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
aphid (11 points)
Ladybug's lunch, perhaps
Greenfly, for one
Ladybugs lunch perhaps
A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
apods (8 points)
Animals without feet
Footless amphibians, for example
Animals lacking feet or legs, as snakes
A·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
arced (8 points)
Traveled on a parabola say
Jumped a gap say
Curved in current fashion (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 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
ardor (6 points)
Zeal or passion
Intensity of feeling.
Hot-blooded emotion
A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 6 pts
armed (8 points)
Having heat (wordplay)
'Urt with weapons (wordplay)
Dangerous partner (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
aroid (6 points)
Cuckoopint, for one
Skunk cabbage, for one
Jack-in-the-pulpit, for one.
A·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 6 pts
asdic (8 points)
Early echo-sounder; a disc (anagram)
Sonar in Soho
Sonar to Brits
A·1+S·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
ashed (9 points)
Moved your butt, in a way (wordplay)
Burned, as logs
Reduced to residue via fire
A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
aside (6 points)
To the right, maybe
Whisper behind a hand (wordplay)
In reserve Weakerthans tune (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
asked (10 points)
Did something appealing (wordplay)
Satisfied ones curiosity maybe
Was up to date, with "out" (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 10 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
avoid (9 points)
Prevent from happening; nullify (law)
Refrain from (something)
Dodge a tough opponent, perhaps
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
award (9 points)
Academy, for one
MVP, for one
Judge's decision, perhaps
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 9 pts
awned (9 points)
Like wheat and barley
Bearded like the oat
Bearded, as grain.
A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
axled (13 points)
Connected, as wheels
Connected as truck wheels
Like cars or trucks
A·1+X·8+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
azide (15 points)
Sodium salt used in airbag systems
Nitrogen-based compound
Chemical compound
A·1+Z·10+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
azido (15 points)
Relating to azide
A·1+Z·10+I·1+D·2+O·1 = 15 pts

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