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L·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts
laced (8 points)
Added punch to punch (wordplay)
With alcohol added (wordplay)
Like a tight corset perhaps
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 7 pts
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 6 pts
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
ladle (6 points)
Work in a soup kitchen perhaps
Boy has meadow cut? That's a scoop!
Stock holder (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+A·1+E·1+V·4+O·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
lamer (7 points)
Less effective - realm (anagram)
Like The dog ate my homework again maybe
Weaker, excuse perhaps
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
lanes (5 points)
Bowling alley, affectionately (wordplay)
Sites of passage (wordplay)
Areas between shoulders (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts
lapse (7 points)
Loss (in concentration, say?)
Momentary break of circuits, say
Brief failure (of memory)
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
lased (6 points)
Performed microsurgery on, perhaps
Performed light surgery (wordplay)
Erased a tattoo say
L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
lases (5 points)
Performs eye surgery maybe
Alters with a light touch (wordplay)
Performs some light surgery (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 5 pts
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+X·8 = 12 pts
lathe (8 points)
What may make you bats (wordplay)
Leg shaper (wordplay)
Did Turner work at it (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+T·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
L·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
leads (6 points)
Gets the point (wordplay)
Lays down a king, perhaps
Goes in front at Elland Road (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
leaks (9 points)
What journalists soak up (wordplay)
White House plumbing problems (wordplay)
Problem of boats in LAKES (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
leaky (12 points)
In need of a washer, perhaps
In need of bailing, perhaps
Unable to keep a secret (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 5 pts
leaps (7 points)
Acts of faith (wordplay)
Jumps for the faithful (wordplay)
Hops, skips and jumps (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+T·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leary (8 points)
Figure in the high '60s (wordplay)
Stand-up comic Dennis
Stone's father in "... Spider-Man"
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lease (5 points)
Summer's has too short a date (Shak.)
Let a flat (5)
Hairdressers monthly payment maybe
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
L·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+N·1 = 7 pts
ledge (7 points)
Potted plants perch perhaps
Cliffhanger locale (wordplay)
Potted plant's perch, perhaps
L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
L·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
leers (5 points)
Looks like a rake (wordplay)
Takes in the wrong way (wordplay)
Looks creepy (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
legal (6 points)
Street - (1978 Dylan album)
Nigella drops in for kosher (wordplay)
In a gray area, perhaps
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 6 pts
leger (6 points)
Painter whose style was called tubism
The Cyclists artist
Saint Nobelist in Literature
L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
L·1+E·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+T·1 = 6 pts
L·1+E·1+H·4+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+H·4+U·1+A·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+M·3+M·3+A·1 = 9 pts
L·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1 = 5 pts
leone (5 points)
'Once Upon a Time in America' director
Freetown money unit
Sign with direction for director
L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
leper (7 points)
Salmon or frog, for example
Retrospectively drive off outcast
|Outcast gentle persons take to heart
L·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 8 pts
letup (7 points)
Abatement of the lease (wordplay)
Abate into a drizzle (2 words)
Might Tel be less harsh (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+T·1+U·1+P·3 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1 = 12 pts
L·1+E·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
liane (5 points)
Tarzan's tropical transport, maybe
Tropical vine (var.)
Tarzans tropical transport maybe
L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
libel (7 points)
Put down in writing (wordplay)
Knock on paper (wordplay)
Slander's well-read cousin (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
liege (6 points)
Lordly European province (wordplay)
Belgian location, say, featured in story
Lord or vassal, say, in romance
L·1+I·1+E·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+E·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lieve (8 points)
Colloquial form of "lief."
Willingly give a pound to the old woman
Gladly or willingly: Dial.
L·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 7 pts
limes (7 points)
Key ingredients in some pies (wordplay)
Bartender's 'twists,' maybe
Key pie ingredients (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
lined (6 points)
Given material backing (wordplay)
Scored, though visibly ageing (wordplay)
Wrinkly and warmer (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lisle (5 points)
Is lost in the foreign thread (wordplay)
Is left in the foreign thread (wordplay)
Man, say, after end of doleful yarn
L·1+I·1+S·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
lived (9 points)
Was Dickens taken aback (wordplay)
Remained in the memory of man
Short of brief duration
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+V·4+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 6 pts
L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
lodge (7 points)
Cottage for one of those in 7 down
Hunting trailer (wordplay)
Beaver's home - hunters use it!
L·1+O·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
loess (5 points)
Gardener's soil, perhaps
Gardeners soil perhaps
Compacted wind-blown sediment (geology)
L·1+O·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+O·1+O·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
L·1+O·1+O·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+O·1+I·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
loped (8 points)
Ran the bases on a homer perhaps
Ran the bases on a homer, perhaps
Ran easily, as a horse
L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+U·1+I·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
louse (5 points)
Despicable type (of insect?)
Reason to nitpick (wordplay)
Cause of some nit-picking (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lowed (9 points)
Gave a cattle call (wordplay)
Spoke with a Jersey accent (wordplay)
Gave a stock answer (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+O·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
loxes (12 points)
Theyre usually cut thin at the deli
Fish for breakfast
They're usually cut thin at the deli
L·1+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
L·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
L·1+U·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 7 pts
luges (6 points)
Races in the Winter Olympics, maybe
Chuters at the Olympics (wordplay)
Goes down the chute (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
L·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 7 pts
L·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 5 pts
L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+A·1 = 5 pts
luted (6 points)
Pilfered a string instrument (wordplay)
Performed as a minstrel, maybe
Accompanied a bard perhaps
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
L·1+U·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
L·1+W·4+E·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+A·1 = 10 pts
L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lyres (8 points)
False instruments (wordplay)
Instruments playing false notes?
Did these play false notes?
L·1+Y·4+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
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