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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

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