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cabin (9 points)

House in the woods, maybe

Where to find the skipper (wordplay)

Fever cause (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts

cains (7 points)

Actor Dean and CEO Herman

Family of Mildred Pierce's creator

Actor Dean et al

C·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cairn (7 points)

Gormless mountain dog!

- terrier (Toto, for example)

Reading perhaps skirted by killer dog

C·3+A·1+I·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts

cajon (14 points)

Southwestern box canyon

Box canyon of the Southwest.

Box canyon of the Southwest

C·3+A·1+J·8+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

canal (7 points)

Privy to a student's course (wordplay)

Engineering shortcut (wordplay)

Kiel for one

C·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts

candy (11 points)

Stocking stuffer perhaps

Girl's name (diminutive)

Cook carrots perhaps

C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts

caned (8 points)

Finished a chair, perhaps

Did a rush job on (wordplay)

Punished for disrupting dance (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

caner (7 points)

Chair repairer, maybe

Harsh schoolmaster perhaps

Chair repairer, perhaps

C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts

canes (7 points)

Supporters in the old days (wordplay)

Support staffs (wordplay)

Christmas hang-ups (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

canid (8 points)

Jackal, for one

Jackal or fox

Wolf, for example

C·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts

canna (7 points)

How blooming unable a Scot may sound!

Large-leafed plant

For this a Scot is blooming well unable

C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+A·1 = 7 pts

canny (10 points)

Knowing Nancy tickled

Cute girl in Cyprus

Shrewd like Scotsman

C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

canoe (7 points)

A once only craft (wordplay)

Pitching dugout (wordplay)

Summer rental perhaps

C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+E·1 = 7 pts

canon (7 points)

Maybe shot in church this

Clergyman who got fired (wordplay)

Intro to Literature reading list perhaps

C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts

canso (7 points)

Just watch me!

I'll show you!

Oh, yeah? Watch me!

C·3+A·1+N·1+S·1+O·1 = 7 pts

canst (7 points)

Art capable of

Shakespeares are you able

'Art able to,' in days of yore

C·3+A·1+N·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts

canto (7 points)

Writer's block (wordplay)

Pound division (wordplay)

Epic poem section

C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1 = 7 pts

cants (7 points)

Move out of the way!

Tilts or overturns

Bevels or whines

C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

canty (10 points)

Twain's pauper

Pauper Tom in a Twain tale

Pauper in "The Prince and the Pauper"

C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

capon (9 points)

A restricted chicken (wordplay)

Fowl with head covered (wordplay)

Chicken wearing hat (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts

carns (7 points)

Rounded heaps of stones variable

Heaps of stones variable

Rounded heaps of stones Var.

C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

carny (10 points)

Person who earns a fair wage (wordplay)

Barker for example

Ferris wheel operator, for example

C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cense (7 points)

Burn myrrh say

Perfume with myrrh, say

Burn sandalwood say

C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts

cento (7 points)

Roman square (wordplay)

Italian for 'hundred'

Int. group after the Baghdad Pact

C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1 = 7 pts

cents (7 points)

They fill the bill (wordplay)

Smart money (wordplay)

Slight change (wordplay)

C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

chain (10 points)

Tea in group of hotels (wordplay)

IHOP for one

Costco, for one

C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts

chang (11 points)

French Open champ Michael

1989 French Open winner

Michael who won the French Open at 17

C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts

chant (10 points)

Gregorian for one

Church worker provides a carol, perhaps

Crowd sound maybe

C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts

china (10 points)

Cabinet members (wordplay)

Home plates (wordplay)

Punch a mate in Cheapside (wordplay)

C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+A·1 = 10 pts

chine (10 points)

Cut of meat

Ridge or crest

Animal's backbone.

C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts

chink (14 points)

To fill up cracks

C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 14 pts

chino (10 points)

Durable trousers fabric

California city or cotton cloth

Work-clothes material

C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+O·1 = 10 pts

chins (10 points)

Leading parts in boxing films (wordplay)

Double features (wordplay)

Goes up in a gym, perhaps

C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 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

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

cinch (12 points)

Easy task (slang)

Lead-pipe thing (wordplay)

Walkover for military leader's horse

C·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

cines (7 points)

French movie houses

Movies in Mexicompany

Movies in Mexico

C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cions (7 points)

Branch lines (wordplay)

Twigs for grafting.

Shoots for grafting

C·3+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

clang (8 points)

Hit pots together say

Trolley talk (wordplay)

Trolley toll (wordplay)

C·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts

clank (11 points)

Metallic sound (A, not I)

Sound of armor (wordplay)

Chain reaction (wordplay)

C·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts

clans (7 points)

Feuding families, perhaps

Blood groups (wordplay)

Dwellers in the Highlands.

C·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

clean (7 points)

Not carrying a piece (wordplay)

De-grease, say

Like a whistle (wordplay)

C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts

cline (7 points)

Country's Patsy

'She's Got You' singer, 1962

Lange in "Sweet Dreams"

C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts

cling (8 points)

Be codependent say

Stick close (to surface)

Exhibit stick-to-it-iveness (wordplay)

C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts

clink (11 points)

Rattle of coins; prison (slang)

Sound from a toaster (wordplay)

Sound heard shortly after "Here's to..."

C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts

clone (7 points)

Copy alive (wordplay)

Twin of sorts

Cell mate (wordplay)

C·3+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts

clonk (11 points)

Dull, hollow sound

Dull, plodding sound

Dull plodding sound

C·3+L·1+O·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts

clons (7 points)

Fools

C·3+L·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

clown (10 points)

One with big shoes to fill (wordplay)

Emmett Kelly, for one

Make faces, say

C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 10 pts

clung (8 points)

Held tightly (to)

Held on tightly (to)

Stuck around, taking a breather

C·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts

clunk (11 points)

Sound made by drawing a cork.

Sound of a cork leaving a bottle.

Dull metallic thud

C·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts

coden (8 points)

A coding classification

C·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts

codon (8 points)

Triplet of adjacent RNA nucleotides

DNA base triplet

One of 64 in a genetic table

C·3+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts

cogon (8 points)

Tropical grass used for thatching

P.I. grass

Philippine thatching-grass.

C·3+O·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts

coign (8 points)

of vantage good position for viewing

of vantage good position for action

of vantage favorable position

C·3+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 8 pts

coins (7 points)

Says for the first time

Fountain finds (wordplay)

Elements of change (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

colin (7 points)

General Powell for one

General Powell, for one

Mochrie of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts

colon (7 points)

Sign of things to come (wordplay)

Long to be in us - punctually, perhaps

Emoticon part perhaps

C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts

conch (12 points)

Shell with a spiral shape

Triton's trumpet.

Shell often turned into an instrument

C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

condo (8 points)

Pad with a time share, perhaps

Beachfront rental, perhaps

Beachfront digs maybe

C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+O·1 = 8 pts

coned (8 points)

Rolled to hold fries, as paper

Shaped like a funnel

Like pine trees

C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

cones (7 points)

Receptacles of sorts

Ones getting a licking (wordplay)

Perhaps 1 x 100 have a point

C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

coney (10 points)

New York island

Hot dog option

Where to eat baloney on a roll

C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

conga (8 points)

One, two, three, kick!

Line in the sand, perhaps

Line dance (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+A·1 = 8 pts

conge (8 points)

A curt dismissal

Permission to leave.

Farewell to a tailless eel

C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 8 pts

congo (8 points)

River in a Vachel Lindsay poem

African river (aka Zaire)

Brazzaville's river

C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+O·1 = 8 pts

conic (9 points)

Shaped like a dunce cap

Cylindrical and tapering.

Like the Sorting Hat at Hogwarts

C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts

conin (7 points)

Alkaloid from the poison hemlock.

Alkaloid from the poison hemlock

Poisonous alkaloid

C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts

conks (11 points)

out nods off

Bops on the bean

Knocks on the noggin

C·3+O·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

conky (14 points)

Full of a tree fungus

C·3+O·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts

conns (7 points)

Directs the steering of a ship (Var.)

Directs a ship's steering (var.)

Directs the course of a ship.

C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

conte (7 points)

crayon (drawing pencil)

Richard of Oceans Eleven

Thieves Highway star

C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts

conto (7 points)

Portuguese money of account

One thousand escudos

Brazil money

C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+O·1 = 7 pts

conus (7 points)

Latin for a tapered solid.

Mainland America, for short

The lower in Pentagonspeak

C·3+O·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts

coons (7 points)

Relatives of b'ars (wordplay)

Ring-tailed mammals, for short

Furnishers of coats and hats.

C·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

copen (9 points)

Shade of blue Colloq.

Write with another, as a novel

Shade of blue, for short.

C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts

corns (7 points)

Mail deliverers woe maybe

Mail deliverer's woe, maybe

Reasons to take painful steps (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cornu (7 points)

Something shaped like a horn

Horn-shaped structure

Horn-shaped object

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+U·1 = 7 pts

corny (10 points)

Like elote and pone (wordplay)

Like this puzzle?

Like Kansas in August (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cotan (7 points)

Func. that's undefined at 0

Righttriangle ratio for short

Trig function Abbr

C·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts

count (7 points)

Lift a finger, maybe (wordplay)

Go from 0 to 60, say (wordplay)

Dracula, for one

C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts

coven (10 points)

Group that does spelling (wordplay)

Women s group (wordplay)

Brew makers, perhaps

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts

covin (10 points)

Collusion: Law

C·3+O·1+V·4+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts

cozen (16 points)

5 down with firm religious ethos

Put one over on

Pull a scam

C·3+O·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts

crane (7 points)

Whooping, for one

Whooping for one

One raising the bar (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts

crank (11 points)

Part of an old telephone

Model T item

Bent portion of axle.

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts

crone (7 points)

She's old at last, for one

Old meanie in a spooky house say

Old meanie in a spooky house, say

C·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts

crony (10 points)

Political bosom buddy

Inner circle member

Corny (anagram)

C·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

croon (7 points)

Perform Hawaiian music say

Perform karaoke, perhaps

Sing an Ink Spots song say

C·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts

crown (10 points)

5 6s per head (wordplay)

Tooth covering, perhaps

Tooth covering perhaps

C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 10 pts

cuing (8 points)

Holding up a card, perhaps

Holding up a card perhaps

Showing one's cards (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts

cumin (9 points)

31 to enter, if mispronounced (wordplay)

Aromatic seeds used in cooking

Curry powder ingredient

C·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts

curns (7 points)

Curn

C·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cutin (7 points)

Replace a dancer, perhaps

Make an incisive move (wordplay)

Tap on the shoulder maybe

C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts

cyano (10 points)

Word form for "blue"

Word form for blue

Dark-blue: Comb. form.

C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+O·1 = 10 pts

cyans (10 points)

Printers' primary colors

Greenish-blue hues

Some print cartridge contents

C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cynic (12 points)

Ambrose Bierce for one

Diogenes, for one

Diogenes for one

C·3+Y·4+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts

cyton (10 points)

The body of a nerve cell

C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

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