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fable (10 points)
"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," for one
Animal Farm, for one
The Tortoise and the Hare for one
F·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
fails (8 points)
Is unable (to)
Has to repeat maybe
Has to repeat, maybe
F·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
falls (8 points)
The 1 2 in West Belfast (wordplay)
Angel in Venezuela (wordplay)
Angel follower (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
false (8 points)
That's incorrect!
Test answer, perhaps
Chopped up fleas? That's not right!
F·4+A·1+L·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
farle (8 points)
""An oatmeal cake, also FARL, FARTHEL""
F·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
farls (8 points)
Farl
F·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fatal (8 points)
Disastrous, maybe lethal
Causing death, say accident
Bringing ruin (to)
F·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
fatly (11 points)
High on the hog
How some lounge
With smugness
F·4+A·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fauld (9 points)
A piece of armor below the breastplate
F·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
fault (8 points)
Poor service (wordplay)
Geologist's big break (wordplay)
Mistake by a serviceman (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 8 pts
fecal (10 points)
Like some matter in contaminated water
F·4+E·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
feels (8 points)
Uses digits (wordplay)
Does some handy work (wordplay)
Has hands-on experience (wordplay)
F·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
felid (9 points)
Lion or tiger
Any animal of the cat family
EIsa or Sylvester
F·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
fella (8 points)
Good chap (wordplay)
Gal's guy, slangily
Most happy character.
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1 = 8 pts
fells (8 points)
Drops a bay
Cuts down, as a tree
Cuts down as trees
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
felly (11 points)
Wheel's rim
Rim of a spoked wheel.
Exterior rim of a wheel.
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
felon (8 points)
One facing life, maybe
Burglar for one
One in maximum security, say
F·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
felts (8 points)
Soft matted fabrics
Pool table surfaces
Materials for soft hats and pool tables
F·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
feral (8 points)
Needing a shot, say
Born to be wild (wordplay)
Escaped-into-wild (animal)
F·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
ferly (11 points)
""A strange sight [n FERLIES] / {fearful=adj} [adj FERLIER, FERLIEST] / to wonder, also FERLIE""
F·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fetal (8 points)
Curled up in the womb say
One's first position (wordplay)
In the first place (wordplay)
F·4+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
feyly (14 points)
In a fey manner
F·4+E·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
field (9 points)
The ... (John B Keane)
Play first, say
Wrigley, for one
F·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
filar (8 points)
Having fine threads
Anagram for flair
Of a thread.
F·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts
filch (13 points)
Take the wrong way (wordplay)
Snatch on the sly
One pill for this, by the sound of it
F·4+I·1+L·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
filed (9 points)
Rounded the edges of, perhaps
Ready to be polished, perhaps
Put in a cabinet say
F·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
filer (8 points)
One doing cabinet work (wordplay)
Clerk, at times
Manicurist, at times
F·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
files (8 points)
Logs, or crocodiles (wordplay)
Cabinet members (wordplay)
They're kept in cabinets.
F·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
filet (8 points)
Sole piece (wordplay)
Record time cut in France (wordplay)
Choice beef cut (Var.)
F·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 8 pts
fille (8 points)
Swiss miss, maybe
Nice girl (wordplay)
French for daughter
F·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
fillo (8 points)
""Very thin pastry dough, also FILO""
F·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1 = 8 pts
fills (8 points)
Supplies, in a way
Occupies to capacity
Doesnt leave room in
F·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
filly (11 points)
The Preakness winner for one
Might she fly around 150 (wordplay)
The 2009 Preakness winner, for one
F·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
films (10 points)
Festival showings, perhaps
Festival showings perhaps
Leonard Maltin's topic
F·4+I·1+L·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
filmy (13 points)
Like movies (wordplay)
Obscured by haze
Letting lots of light through
F·4+I·1+L·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
filos (8 points)
Thin sheets of dough
F·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
filth (11 points)
Dirt and mess
A lot of dirt
Extreme grime, etc.
F·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
filum (10 points)
Fine thread
Threadlike structure
F·4+I·1+L·1+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
final (8 points)
Grade determiner, maybe
Grade determiner maybe
Placement test (wordplay)
F·4+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
fitly (11 points)
In an apt way
In a suitable way
In an appropriate manner
F·4+I·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fjeld (16 points)
A high barren plateau
F·4+J·8+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 16 pts
flabs (10 points)
Dieters' targets
Soft tissues
F·4+L·1+A·1+B·3+S·1 = 10 pts
flack (14 points)
"Killing Me Softly With His Song" singer
Killing Me Softly... singer
Killing Me Softly singer
F·4+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
flags (9 points)
National emblems, perhaps
Gridiron penalty indicators
Decorations in U N building
F·4+L·1+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
flail (8 points)
Attract the lifeguard perhaps
Attract the lifeguard, perhaps
Don't pass round the trainee's weapon!
F·4+L·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 8 pts
flair (8 points)
Talent to burn, they say
Talent to burn they say
Wrestler Ric known as "The Nature Boy"
F·4+L·1+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 8 pts
flake (12 points)
Kramer, some would say
Tiger's morsel (wordplay)
One of many making blankets (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
flaky (15 points)
Like some pie crust.
Like a kook
Made up of chips.
F·4+L·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
flame (10 points)
Hot spam (wordplay)
Post in all caps maybe
Sergeant perhaps abandons dance for love
F·4+L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 10 pts
flams (10 points)
Two-stroke drumbeats
Some drumming basics
Con artist doings
F·4+L·1+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
flamy (13 points)
Like tongues of fire
F·4+L·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
flank (12 points)
Edge in battle (wordplay)
Kind of steak
Be at the side of
F·4+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
flans (8 points)
Some custard tarts
Fruit pies in Britain
Custard-filled tarts
F·4+L·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
flaps (10 points)
Pilot put-downs (wordplay)
Tries to fly
Features of doggy doors
F·4+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
flare (8 points)
Skirt feature, perhaps
Leg feature perhaps
Emergency light (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
flash (11 points)
It may be in the pan (wordplay)
Burst of light.
Photographer's gadget
F·4+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
flask (12 points)
Item "spirited" past security (wordplay)
Item 'spirited' past security (wordplay)
Small liquor store (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+A·1+S·1+K·5 = 12 pts
flats (8 points)
Causes for car jackings (wordplay)
Sensible shoes, maybe
Totally tired tires (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
flaws (11 points)
Sapphire scratches, e.g
Sapphire scratches, for example
Glitches, or worse
F·4+L·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 11 pts
flawy (14 points)
Defective
F·4+L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
flaxy (18 points)
Having the feel of linen
Of the fibres of the plant Linum
Like linen fibers
F·4+L·1+A·1+X·8+Y·4 = 18 pts
flays (11 points)
Strips to death
Chastises, and then some
Strips the hide off.
F·4+L·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
fleam (10 points)
Kind of lancet
Lancet.
Lancet
F·4+L·1+E·1+A·1+M·3 = 10 pts
fleas (8 points)
Circus performers (wordplay)
Circus performers? Maybe true or false
Lab critters (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fleck (14 points)
Small contrasting part of something
Spot of color
Bit of dandruff
F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
fleer (8 points)
Smirk or scoff
Baseball card brand
Bygone Topps rival
F·4+L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
flees (8 points)
Jumps bail, say
Jumps bail say
Escapes in a hurry
F·4+L·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fleet (8 points)
Arms in the water (wordplay)
Craft collection (wordplay)
Fast ships (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 8 pts
flesh (11 points)
Blood relative (wordplay)
Meat on one's bones (wordplay)
Blood partner (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
flews (11 points)
Dogs hanging lips
Pendulous parts of hounds' lips
Dogs' hanging lips
F·4+L·1+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 11 pts
fleys (11 points)
Fley
F·4+L·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
flick (14 points)
Arm to cut when filming (wordplay)
Hit with the index finger, say
Stone skipper's wrist motion
F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
flics (10 points)
Cops in Paris
Parisian police: Slang.
French cops: Slang.
F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 pts
flied (9 points)
Hit too high, say, with 'out'
Hit too high, say, with "out"
Hit too high say with out
F·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
flier (8 points)
Streetcorner handout maybe
Street-corner handout, maybe
Ace, for one
F·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
flies (8 points)
Goes American perhaps
Web designer's fare (wordplay)
Goes American, perhaps
F·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fling (9 points)
Cast shows fault (not perfect)
Throw as in Highland dance (wordplay)
A hammer-thrower's affair (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
flint (8 points)
Cigar-lighter lighter
Town featured in "Roger & Me"
Our Man Coburn film
F·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
flips (10 points)
Sells fast, maybe
Goes ape (for)
Sells fast maybe
F·4+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
flirt (8 points)
Play kneesies, maybe
Use a line, perhaps
Play footsie perhaps
F·4+L·1+I·1+R·1+T·1 = 8 pts
flite (8 points)
Make* of *omantic ove*tu*es
Top golf ball brand
Feeling of wonder
F·4+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
flits (8 points)
Emulates a butterfly
Moves like a moth
Moves erratically as a butterfly
F·4+L·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
float (8 points)
Nothing in the apartment but kitty!
Play in water, perhaps
Site of thousands of flowers, perhaps
F·4+L·1+O·1+A·1+T·1 = 8 pts
flock (14 points)
Raised-pattern (wallpaper)
Pastor's responsibility.
A pastor's group
F·4+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
flocs (10 points)
Floc
F·4+L·1+O·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 pts
floes (8 points)
Results of icy breakups (wordplay)
The ice has melted, you say
Huge ice chunks
F·4+L·1+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
flogs (9 points)
Takes the rod to
Gives twenty lashes for example
Sells fine records
F·4+L·1+O·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
flong (9 points)
Loud and extended, its use results in a stereotyope
F·4+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
flood (9 points)
Natural disaster of old, perhaps
Result of a bank failure (wordplay)
Johnstown, for one
F·4+L·1+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 9 pts
floor (8 points)
Rugged area (wordplay)
*React to gunfire, maybe
React to gunfire maybe
F·4+L·1+O·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
flops (10 points)
Film failures, informally
Calamities, a la Broadway.
Box-office bombs
F·4+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
flora (8 points)
Fauna's food, perhaps
Plants (of a region)
Plant life (to go with fauna)
F·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1 = 8 pts
floss (8 points)
Clean the hardtogetat areas say
Oral hygienist's line (wordplay)
The Mill on the - (George Eliot)
F·4+L·1+O·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
flota (8 points)
Fleet of Spanish ships
Armada (Spanish)
Fleet (Spanish)
F·4+L·1+O·1+T·1+A·1 = 8 pts
flour (8 points)
Tart start (wordplay)
Prepare for frying perhaps
This could make a bloomer, say
F·4+L·1+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 8 pts
flout (8 points)
Defy (orders etc)
Show contempt for (the law)
Ignore (rule)
F·4+L·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 8 pts
flown (11 points)
Left the coop perhaps
Left the coop, perhaps
(Time has) gone quickly
F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 11 pts
flows (11 points)
Runs as water
Has graceful continuity
Moves like a river
F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 11 pts
flubs (10 points)
Drops the ball perhaps
Says wrong
Blows a line on stage, for example
F·4+L·1+U·1+B·3+S·1 = 10 pts
flued (9 points)
Like properly constructed chimneys
Like chimneys
F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
flues (8 points)
Passageways for Santa
Theyre often full of hot air
Passages for air, gases, etc.
F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fluff (14 points)
Lightweight novel say
Missay as a line
Lightweight novel, say
F·4+L·1+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 14 pts
fluid (9 points)
Like oil and water (wordplay)
Likely to change oil perhaps
Smooth in motion
F·4+L·1+U·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
fluke (12 points)
Winning the lottery, say
Hitting a slot machine jackpot, say
Winning the lottery say
F·4+L·1+U·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
fluky (15 points)
Uncertain, as a wind
Lucky to go by plane around Britain
Subject to random chance
F·4+L·1+U·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
flume (10 points)
Water slide, maybe
Water slide maybe
Chute for logs
F·4+L·1+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 10 pts
flump (12 points)
Fall heavily as into a chair
Fall heavily, as into a chair
Fall down heavily
F·4+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3 = 12 pts
flung (9 points)
Thrown with force
Threw air bag behind fighter plane
Tossed with force
F·4+L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
flunk (12 points)
Fail (an exam, say)
Require a re-test, perhaps
Fail in (an exam)
F·4+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
fluor (8 points)
Element #9, in combinations
Prefix meaning containing element
Prefix meaning "containing element #9"
F·4+L·1+U·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
flush (11 points)
Maybe 13 go red
Collection of diamonds (wordplay)
Hand that's all heart (wordplay)
F·4+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
flute (8 points)
Marcher's instrument, perhaps
High wind (wordplay)
Marchers instrument perhaps
F·4+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
fluty (11 points)
Like a fifes tones
High, as a woodwind
Like a fife's tones
F·4+L·1+U·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fluyt (11 points)
A type of ship
F·4+L·1+U·1+Y·4+T·1 = 11 pts
flyby (16 points)
Visit from the Blue Angels, maybe
Visit from the Blue Angels, say
Visit from the Blue Angels say
F·4+L·1+Y·4+B·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
flyer (11 points)
Ad placed on windshields, etc. (Var.)
Simple brochure (Var.)
Small handbill (Var.)
F·4+L·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
flyte (11 points)
""To quarrel, also FLITE""
F·4+L·1+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
foals (8 points)
Babes in a stable condition (wordplay)
Newborns in stable condition (wordplay)
Stable boys (wordplay)
F·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
focal (10 points)
- length characterises a lens
The f in f-stop
At the centre of revolutionary state
F·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
foils (8 points)
Romeo and Mercutio, for example
Ruins, as a supervillain's plans
Stymies, as a scheme
F·4+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
folds (9 points)
Can't see (wordplay)
Doesn't call, maybe
Doesn't see, say
F·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
folia (8 points)
Looped curves, in geometry.
Thin layers of rocks
Thin layers of rock
F·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1 = 8 pts
folio (8 points)
Port stern (wordplay)
Port closing (wordplay)
Original Shakespeare edition
F·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+O·1 = 8 pts
folks (12 points)
Foster's were at home
People in general
Just plain people
F·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
folky (15 points)
Like hootenanny songs
Like Joan Baez songs
F·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
folly (11 points)
Bad investment, maybe
Work of monumental stupidity (wordplay)
Wisdom's opposite
F·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fools (8 points)
April honorees (wordplay)
Why do they fall in love (wordplay)
Mortals, to Robin Goodfellow
F·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fouls (8 points)
Hard pushes maybe
Hard pushes, maybe
Charges or hacks
F·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fowls (11 points)
Ducks, for example
Ducks, geese and such
Ducks and turkeys
F·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
frail (8 points)
Chemin de fer not robust (wordplay)
Train transit (Friday)
Fine bird hobbling around (wordplay)
F·4+R·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 8 pts
frill (8 points)
Bell or whistle, maybe
Maybe superfluous piece of adornment
Bell or whistle (wordplay)
F·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
fuels (8 points)
Fills the gas tank
Stimulates as an argument
Gas and coal
F·4+U·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fugal (9 points)
Composed in a certain musical form
Of a form of musical composition
Of a contrapuntal work.
F·4+U·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
fugle (9 points)
To act as a {fugleman=n}
F·4+U·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
fulls (8 points)
Gathers, as cloth
Sews with gathers.
Gathers as a skirt
F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fully (11 points)
To the nth degree
Insure in a way
Insure in a way
F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
furls (8 points)
Rolls up a flag.
Rolls up a flag
Folds the flag
F·4+U·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fusel (8 points)
Acrid oily liquid
Oily, acrid liquid.
oil a source of alcohol
F·4+U·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
fusil (8 points)
Light flintlock musket
Light flintlock musket.
Light musket
F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+L·1 = 8 pts
fuzil (17 points)
""A type of musket, also FUSIL""
F·4+U·1+Z·10+I·1+L·1 = 17 pts

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