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magus (8 points)
Caspar for one
The Wizard is a magazine (American)
Caspar, for one
M·3+A·1+G·2+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
manus (7 points)
Pacific naval base of W W II
Largest of the Admiralties
Chief Admiralty island, held by U. S.
M·3+A·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
maqui (16 points)
Ornamental evergreen shrub
Shrubby plant of Corsica.
Chilean evergreen shrub
M·3+A·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1 = 16 pts
mauds (8 points)
Plaid shawls of Scotland
Plaid shawls of Scotland.
Shepherds' woolen plaids
M·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
mauls (7 points)
Loose scrums (Rugby)
More than manhandles
Wooden-headed hammers
M·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
maund (8 points)
Weight of India
Unit of weight in India
Varying weight of India, Iran, etc.
M·3+A·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 8 pts
mauts (7 points)
Maut
M·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
mauve (10 points)
Mother, you've perhaps got so colourful
Color of a whole decade
Shade similar to lilac
M·3+A·1+U·1+V·4+E·1 = 10 pts
menus (7 points)
Stack at IHOP say
Stack at IHOP, say
Diner handouts (wordplay)
M·3+E·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
meous (7 points)
Meou
M·3+E·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
miaou (7 points)
Chat comment (wordplay)
Absyssinian cry (wordplay)
Cat call (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+A·1+O·1+U·1 = 7 pts
miaul (7 points)
Sound from Garfield
A feline sound
Caterwaul
M·3+I·1+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 7 pts
minus (7 points)
Non-plus (wordplay)
Less in sum perhaps
Take-away (sign)
M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
mixup (16 points)
Case of mistaken identity, say
Case of mistaken identity say
Thing to be sorted out
M·3+I·1+X·8+U·1+P·3 = 16 pts
modus (8 points)
Part of an M.O. (wordplay)
Part of an M.O.
The "m" in m.o.
M·3+O·1+D·2+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
mogul (8 points)
Trump, for one
Magnate (from India?)
Trump for one
M·3+O·1+G·2+U·1+L·1 = 8 pts
mohur (10 points)
Old coin of India (anagram of HUMOR)
Old coin of India anagram of HUMOR
Old gold coin of India anagram of HUMOR
M·3+O·1+H·4+U·1+R·1 = 10 pts
momus (9 points)
God of mockery
Greek god of mockery
Greek god of satire
M·3+O·1+M·3+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
mouch (12 points)
""To skulk, also MOOCH""
M·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts
moues (7 points)
Pouty-mouthed looks
Disdainful expressions
Petulant expressions.
M·3+O·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
mould (8 points)
Must die (wordplay)
Off form (wordplay)
Shape British Style
M·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts
moult (7 points)
Drop down, in London (wordplay)
Second last by Shed
Cast off an outer shell, as crabs do
M·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 7 pts
mound (8 points)
Heap (of raised earth)
Hillock; gold ball (Her.)
Delivery source (wordplay)
M·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 8 pts
mount (7 points)
McKinley, for one
Rushmore, for one
McKinley for one
M·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
mourn (7 points)
Feel sorrow at (a death)
Wear black, say
Wear black say
M·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
mouse (7 points)
Mickey or Minnie (wordplay)
Calliope for one
Mighty for one
M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
mousy (10 points)
Unlikely to impress, maybe
Unlikely to impress maybe
Drab and colorless
M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mouth (10 points)
Say nonverbally (wordplay)
Where a river meets the ocean, say
Speech opening (wordplay)
M·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4 = 10 pts
mucid (10 points)
Musty, old style
Musty old style
M·3+U·1+C·3+I·1+D·2 = 10 pts
mucin (9 points)
A protein secreted by the mucous membranes
M·3+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
mucks (13 points)
about wastes time Britishstyle
Screws (up)
Messes (up)
M·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 13 pts
mucky (16 points)
Full of gooey dirt
Really dirty, filthy
Covered with gunk
M·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
mucor (9 points)
A type of {fungus=n}
M·3+U·1+C·3+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
mucro (9 points)
Short, sharp leaf projection
Short sharp leaf projection
M·3+U·1+C·3+R·1+O·1 = 9 pts
mucus (9 points)
Back with the dead spit of us
Slimy fluid secreted in the body
Slimy secretion of nose
M·3+U·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
muddy (12 points)
Nickname in the blues
Waters of the blues
Big the Missouri
M·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
mudra (8 points)
Hindu dance gesture
Gesture used in Indian dancing
Indian dancing gesture
M·3+U·1+D·2+R·1+A·1 = 8 pts
muffs (13 points)
Milady's hand warmers
Bungles, as a catch
Mishandles, as punts
M·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 13 pts
mufti (10 points)
Civilian dress (for serviceman)
Non-uniform garb (wordplay)
Civilian dress, as worn by a soldier say
M·3+U·1+F·4+T·1+I·1 = 10 pts
muggs (9 points)
s TV chimp J Fred
Garroway's hairy "Today" co-host
TV chimpanzee J. Fred
M·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
muggy (12 points)
Hot and damp
Summer forecast word, sometimes
Summer forecast word
M·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
muhly (13 points)
Grass type
Grass genus
M·3+U·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
mujik (18 points)
Russian peasant under the Czars.
M·3+U·1+J·8+I·1+K·5 = 18 pts
mulch (12 points)
Dressing for bed (wordplay)
Enriching ground cover
Matter protecting soil from drying out
M·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts
mulct (9 points)
Fine act clumsily backfiring in part
Punish by fine
Deprive by trickery.
M·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+T·1 = 9 pts
muled (8 points)
Whimpered Var.
Whimpered variable
M·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
mules (7 points)
Slippers of sorts
Slippers for the stubborn (wordplay)
Beasts of burden
M·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
muley (10 points)
Child's word for a cow
Hornless, as cattle
Having no horns
M·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mulla (7 points)
Islamic teacher (Var.)
Islamic teacher Var.
Islamic teacher variable
M·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1 = 7 pts
mulls (7 points)
Cogitates (with "over")
Ponders (with "over")
Thinks intently (over)
M·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
mumms (11 points)
Mumm
M·3+U·1+M·3+M·3+S·1 = 11 pts
mummy (14 points)
Mother (found in ancient Egypt?)
King Tut for one
Preserved body, something to keep well!
M·3+U·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
mumps (11 points)
Illness that is a swell time (wordplay)
Swell reason to stay in bed (wordplay)
Mother, I nearly forgot disease!
M·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts
mumus (9 points)
Mumu
M·3+U·1+M·3+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
munch (12 points)
Eat nachos, say
Enjoy, as one's Life (wordplay)
Eat nachos say
M·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts
mungo (8 points)
In the Summertime Jerry
Low-grade wool
Wool of poor quality
M·3+U·1+N·1+G·2+O·1 = 8 pts
muons (7 points)
Electrons' heavier cousins
Catalyzing subatomic particles
Forms of leptons
M·3+U·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
mural (7 points)
What a wallop, perhaps!
Urban wall art, perhaps
Slap it on with a wallop, perhaps
M·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts
muras (7 points)
Brazilian Indians
M·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
mured (8 points)
Walled in
Incarcerated
M·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
mures (7 points)
River rising in Cen. Rumania.
Encloses within walls.
Rumanian river
M·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
murex (14 points)
Dye-producing gastropod
Whelk yielding a purple dye.
Spiny-shelled gastropod
M·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+X·8 = 14 pts
murid (8 points)
House mouse.
House mouse
Sufi disciple.
M·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
murks (11 points)
Makes dark and gloomy
M·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
murky (14 points)
Steeped in gloom
Dark and gloomy
Like dirty water
M·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
murra (7 points)
Roman mineral used for vases
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+A·1 = 7 pts
murre (7 points)
Relative of the auk
Large blackandwhite auk
Blackandwhite diving bird
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
murrs (7 points)
Murr
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
murry (10 points)
""A tropical eel, also MORAY, MURAENID, MURRAY""
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
musca (9 points)
Fly in the sky
Southern constellation.
Southern constellation
M·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1 = 9 pts
mused (8 points)
Thought (to oneself)
Underwent reflection (wordplay)
Perhaps Clio's daughter thought so
M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
muser (7 points)
One who ruminates
Thinking type in a way
Relative of a thinker.
M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
muses (7 points)
Goddesses of poetry
Nine daughters of Zeus
Calliope et al.
M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
mushy (13 points)
Sentimental about peas (wordplay)
Soft, wet, pulpy (peas)
Weakly sentimental: Colloq.
M·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
music (9 points)
Art (of noise)
Love food (wordplay)
Staff will support this country, say
M·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
musks (11 points)
Some cologne scents
Scents used for perfume
Perfume substances
M·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
musky (14 points)
Having strong smell
Like some perfumes
Like Gucci Eau de Parfum
M·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
mussy (10 points)
Like tousled hair
Rumpled, as a bed
Untidy, as the hair
M·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
musth (10 points)
Dangerous frenzy in some male animals
M·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+H·4 = 10 pts
musts (7 points)
High-priority item list
'Have-to' chores
Things that have to be done
M·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
musty (10 points)
Perhaps compulsively bad
Compulsive, perhaps, bad and hairy
Compulsive? That's bad!
M·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mutch (12 points)
A close-fitting cap [n -ES] / to {cadge=v}
M·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts
muted (8 points)
So as not to be overheard say
Softened (of sound or colour)
So as not to be overheard, say
M·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
muter (7 points)
Not as loud
Remote control at times
Remote control, at times
M·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
mutes (7 points)
Silences (the TV)
Silences, as a Twitter troll
Mufflers in music
M·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
muton (7 points)
The smallest unit of DNA
M·3+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
mutts (7 points)
Half-boxers, say
Dogs of mixed breed
They're dispensed by the pound
M·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
muzzy (28 points)
Blurred; befuddled by drink
Blurred - confused
Befuddled
M·3+U·1+Z·10+Z·10+Y·4 = 28 pts

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