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abbot (9 points)
Superior title (wordplay)
Top Trappist, maybe
Superior monk (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+B·3+O·1+T·1 = 9 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
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
achoo (10 points)
Blessing preceder perhaps
Sound in a dusty attic maybe
Cause for a blessing (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1 = 10 pts
acock (13 points)
Ready to fire
Turned up, as a hat.
A familiar chap's stuck up
A·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 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
acorn (7 points)
Part of a winter stash maybe
Bigtime Obama supporters (abbreviation)
The fruit of the shoetree (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
actor (7 points)
Role call answerer (wordplay)
Paul Newman for one
Cue user, maybe
A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 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
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
aeons (5 points)
Ages and ages (Var.)
Incredibly long stretches (Var.)
Very long times
A·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
afoot (8 points)
Abroad - not very far (wordplay)
Like skullduggery perhaps
Like Sherlock Holmes' game (wordplay)
A·1+F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 8 pts
afore (8 points)
Prior to a golfer's warning?
Prior to a golfer's warning (wordplay)
Start for mentioned
A·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 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
aggro (7 points)
Boorish, threatening behaviour (slang)
A horse, say, or other cause of trouble
Belligerent in Britspeak
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+O·1 = 7 pts
agios (6 points)
Money-exchange premiums
Monetary exchange fees.
Currency traders' concerns
A·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+S·1 = 6 pts
aglow (9 points)
Silver down at melting-point (wordplay)
Shining as from within
Fan at concert
A·1+G·2+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 9 pts
agone (6 points)
Ancient rockers' "ago" (wordplay)
In the past, to poets of the past
Ancient rockers ago
A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 6 pts
agons (6 points)
Contests in Socrates's day
Conflicts, in Greek dramas
Ancient Greek athletic competitions
A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 6 pts
agony (9 points)
Waiting, for the impatient, say
Defeated one's feeling?
Waiting for the impatient say
A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
agora (6 points)
Place that many fear (wordplay)
Euclidean square (wordplay)
Where Aesop shopped (wordplay)
A·1+G·2+O·1+R·1+A·1 = 6 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
aioli (5 points)
Sauce for crab cakes, maybe
Duck in trouble? Add one garlicky mayo!
Premium oil mixed in this (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+I·1 = 5 pts
alamo (7 points)
1836 battle site (with "the")
Something to remember (wordplay)
Texas shrine (with "the")
A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+O·1 = 7 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
algor (6 points)
Chill
A·1+L·1+G·2+O·1+R·1 = 6 pts
allod (6 points)
An estate held in absolute ownership
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2 = 6 pts
allot (5 points)
Apportion (to someone)
Give out scores on radio (wordplay)
Award (share, task)
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1 = 5 pts
allow (8 points)
Say its OK
Say "It's all right" to, say
Say it's OK
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 8 pts
alloy (8 points)
Bronze or brass, perhaps
Heavy metal mix, perhaps
White gold, for one
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
aloes (5 points)
Balmy plants (wordplay)
Treatment plants (wordplay)
They're the balms!
A·1+L·1+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
aloft (8 points)
Calling for a lookup (wordplay)
On a paraglider, say
A look with feet in the air (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+O·1+F·4+T·1 = 8 pts
aloha (8 points)
Greeting a 25, perhaps (wordplay)
Leader of the pack (wordplay)
Hello, Don Ho!
A·1+L·1+O·1+H·4+A·1 = 8 pts
aloin (5 points)
Pharmaceutical obtained from the aloe
Bitter crystalline substance
Extremely bitter drug
A·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 pts
alone (5 points)
Unlucky in love, say
In solitary confinement, say
In solitary confinement say
A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
along (6 points)
Goes with says okay
(Going) in company (with others)
In company (with others)
A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 6 pts
aloof (8 points)
Unlikely to hug say
Not ready for a group hug, say
Unlikely to hug, say
A·1+L·1+O·1+O·1+F·4 = 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
altho (8 points)
Even though, slangily
Even if informally
Notwithstanding that, poetically
A·1+L·1+T·1+H·4+O·1 = 8 pts
altos (5 points)
Some chorus girls (wordplay)
Some hers singing hymns (wordplay)
Neighbors of the sopranos perhaps
A·1+L·1+T·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 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
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
amigo (8 points)
Pal from Madrid (wordplay)
Person willing to lend a mano, say
Sidekick to Don Quixote (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+I·1+G·2+O·1 = 8 pts
amino (7 points)
Good acid (wordplay)
Can I be negative or acid (wordplay)
Sphere opening (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+O·1 = 7 pts
ammos (9 points)
Explosives and such
G.I. supplies
Tracers bullets etc
A·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+S·1 = 9 pts
amoks (11 points)
Amok
A·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
amole (7 points)
Whac- - (carnival game)
Root used as soap in Mexico
Mexican saponaceous root.
A·1+M·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
among (8 points)
No mag (anagram)
In the midst of (others)
Go, man, and get in with it!
A·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
amort (7 points)
Gradual payoff (abbreviation)
Spiritless, old style
Loan payment sched
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·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
ancon (7 points)
Suburb of Panama.
The elbow: Anat
Part of Panama City.
A·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
anion (5 points)
Bit of negativity (wordplay)
OH-, for one
Negative type (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 5 pts
annoy (8 points)
Keep poking perhaps
Keep poking, perhaps
Send incessant texts, say
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
anoas (5 points)
Dwarf buffalos, or Celebes oxen: (ugh)
Oxen of East
Celebes wild oxen
A·1+N·1+O·1+A·1+S·1 = 5 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
anole (5 points)
Green lizard with a pink dewlap
Chameleon's cousin
Lizard kept as a pet
A·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
anomy (10 points)
Breakdown of societal norms (var.)
State of being without law and order.
An unprecedented thing; a miracle.
A·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
aorta (5 points)
Main line (wordplay)
It comes from the heart (wordplay)
Passage that's from the heart (wordplay)
A·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1 = 5 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
aport (7 points)
Left on a river (wordplay)
Left on the boat (wordplay)
Left on board (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts
apron (7 points)
Kitchen aid (wordplay)
It may say "World's Okayest Cook"
It may say Kiss the Cook
A·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 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
ardor (6 points)
Zeal or passion
Intensity of feeling.
Hot-blooded emotion
A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 6 pts
argol (6 points)
Dried dung used as fuel
Wine-cask crust
Tartar deposited in wine casks
A·1+R·1+G·2+O·1+L·1 = 6 pts
argon (6 points)
Sounds as if they have left - great gas!
It's a gas!
Gas in incandescent lamps, perhaps
A·1+R·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 6 pts
argot (6 points)
Talk of sorts
Some gangsterfilm dialogue say
Talk of sorts.
A·1+R·1+G·2+O·1+T·1 = 6 pts
armor (7 points)
Iron clothing (wordplay)
Cover of knight (wordplay)
Iron clothes (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+R·1 = 7 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
aroma (7 points)
Bakery freebie (wordplay)
Lavender, for one
Bakery treat, perhaps
A·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1 = 7 pts
arose (5 points)
Lost a lap (wordplay)
Did stand up (wordplay)
Gave a standing O say
A·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
arrow (8 points)
A right quarrel!
One-way sign (wordplay)
Feathered flier (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 8 pts
arson (5 points)
Theater lighting, maybe (wordplay)
Topless vicar? That's flaming wrong!
Paying with fire (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 5 pts
arvos (8 points)
Arvo
A·1+R·1+V·4+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
ascot (7 points)
Course for Angus, say (wordplay)
Berkshire racecourse - coast (anagram)
Place for one of a northern race
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+T·1 = 7 pts
askoi (9 points)
Askos
A·1+S·1+K·5+O·1+I·1 = 9 pts
askos (9 points)
Old Greek vase
Greek jar
A·1+S·1+K·5+O·1+S·1 = 9 pts
atoll (5 points)
Bikini perhaps everybody takes to!
Bikini, for one (wordplay)
Eniwetok, for one
A·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+L·1 = 5 pts
atoms (7 points)
What's the matter (wordplay)
Particle Man components (wordplay)
Motes of moats (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
atomy (10 points)
Tiny particle, old style
Tiny particle old style
Tiny thing
A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
atone (5 points)
When penitents convene (wordplay)
When penitents convene?
Make amends or pitch (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
atony (8 points)
Lack of phonetic stress.
Lack of muscle tone
Lack of vital energy
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
atopy (10 points)
Predisposition toward developing allergies
A·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 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
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
avion (8 points)
Word on an envelope from abroad perhaps
Word on an envelope from abroad, perhaps
Orly bird (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
aviso (8 points)
Warning (Spanish)
Advice to Alfonso
Warning, for Juan
A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1 = 8 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
avows (11 points)
Says "I do"
Says with conviction
Says with a hand in the air, perhaps
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 11 pts
awoke (12 points)
Ended a nightmare say
Returned to reality, say
Stirred out of REM, say
A·1+W·4+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
awols (8 points)
People leaving the company (wordplay)
Desert folk (wordplay)
Off-base sorts (wordplay)
A·1+W·4+O·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
axiom (14 points)
Old saying or precept 95)
Murphy's Law, for one
Widely accepted saying
A·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+M·3 = 14 pts
axone (12 points)
Part of a nerve cell (Var.)
Part of a nerve cell
Part of a nerve cell.
A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
axons (12 points)
Bundles of nerves (wordplay)
Nerve cell appendages
Nerve-cell conduits
A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
azido (15 points)
Relating to azide
A·1+Z·10+I·1+D·2+O·1 = 15 pts
azlon (14 points)
A textile fibre
A·1+Z·10+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
azoic (16 points)
Time before life
Lifeless geological period
Word before period, era or eon
A·1+Z·10+O·1+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
azole (14 points)
Amino acids source
Chemical compound group
Class of organic compounds
A·1+Z·10+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
azons (14 points)
Azon
A·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
azote (14 points)
Nitrogen in chemistry
Lavoisier's name for nitrogen.
Lavoisiers name for nitrogen
A·1+Z·10+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
azoth (17 points)
Mercury, in alchemy.
Mercury, in alchemy
Mercury in alchemy
A·1+Z·10+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 17 pts

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