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madly (11 points)
With desperate intensity
Passionate way to be in love
With great ardor
M·3+A·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
malmy (12 points)
Resembling {malm=n}
M·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
malty (10 points)
Like some microbrews
Sweet and nutty in flavor
Adjective for some craft beers
M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mamey (12 points)
Tropical tree
M·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
mammy (14 points)
Al Capp's Pansy Yokum
Title woman in a Jolson classic
Oscarwinning role for Hattie McDaniel
M·3+A·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
mangy (11 points)
Like many curs
Hardly a Westminster contender
Rundown and filthy
M·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
manly (10 points)
Description of The Rock perhaps
Hairy-chested, say
Like rugby, say, stereotypically
M·3+A·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
marly (10 points)
Resembling certain soil
Like an earthy deposit.
Having much clayey soil
M·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
marry (10 points)
Make "do" (wordplay)
Unite; gosh! (arch.)
Splice - and spoil the lines!
M·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
marvy (13 points)
Out-of-sight
Delightful slangily
Delightful, slangily
M·3+A·1+R·1+V·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
mashy (13 points)
Golf iron variable
Golf club Var.
An old five iron
M·3+A·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
massy (10 points)
Having great bulk
Bulky and heavy
Large and heavylooking
M·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
matey (10 points)
Pirate's chum (colloq.)
Close chum (slang)
Chum, in Croydon
M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mealy (10 points)
Like an old apple, maybe
Fight back, say
Like an old apple maybe
M·3+E·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
meany (10 points)
Bad boss (Var.)
Well-known labor name.
Labor official George
M·3+E·1+A·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
meaty (10 points)
Full of subject-matter or beef perhaps
Substantive, to a chef (wordplay)
Adjective in an Arby's ad, maybe
M·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
meiny (10 points)
""A retinue, also MEINEY, MEINIE, MENYIE""
M·3+E·1+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mercy (12 points)
Heavens to Betsy!
Compassionate NY college (wordplay)
Heavens to Betsy
M·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
merry (10 points)
Joyous; tipsy (colloq.)
It's fun to make!
My, how happy to be about to do wrong!
M·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
meshy (13 points)
Having an open weave
Like a seine
Like openwork fabric
M·3+E·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
messy (10 points)
Needing to be picked up (wordplay)
Like a teens room perhaps
Like Junior's room, perhaps
M·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
middy (12 points)
Sailor's blouse
Annapolis student familiarly
Kind of blouse.
M·3+I·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
miffy (16 points)
Easily annoyed
M·3+I·1+F·4+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
milky (14 points)
Like some opals
Like some white opals
Like some complexions
M·3+I·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
milty (10 points)
TV's Berle, to some
Uncle of early TV
M·3+I·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mincy (12 points)
Affectedly dainty
M·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
mingy (11 points)
Tight-fisted
Scroogelike
Miserly
M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
minny (10 points)
Small fish used for bait
M·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
minty (10 points)
Word in a mouthwash spot, perhaps
Word in a mouthwash spot perhaps
Like candy near the register maybe
M·3+I·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mirky (14 points)
Obscure
M·3+I·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
missy (10 points)
Girl's name while being scolded, perhaps
Girls name while being scolded perhaps
Hiphop artist Elliott
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
misty (10 points)
What to play for me (wordplay)
'Play - - for me' (Clint Eastwood film)
A bit foggy
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
moldy (11 points)
Like old bread perhaps
Like old leftovers maybe
Long past the "use by" date, perhaps
M·3+O·1+L·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
molly (10 points)
Pitcher for the Yankees (wordplay)
Onetime relief Pitcher (wordplay)
Mrs Bloom (Joyce)
M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mommy (14 points)
Cry when hit by a sibling, perhaps
Cry when hit by a sibling perhaps
Cry after an owie, maybe
M·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
money (10 points)
Exchanged notes (wordplay)
Notes perhaps, one is in my possession
Notes for a talker (wordplay)
M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
moody (11 points)
Living in a swing state (wordplay)
Like some Blues (wordplay)
Given to emotional swings
M·3+O·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
moony (10 points)
Given to reverie
Lost in reverie
Lost in thought
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
moory (10 points)
{marshy=adj}
M·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mopey (12 points)
In a dejected state
Not a happy camper
Prone to brooding
M·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
moray (10 points)
Coral reef denizen, perhaps
Encounter for a reef diver, maybe
Coral reef denizen perhaps
M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mosey (10 points)
Shuffle along Slang.
Move along at a leisurely pace
Take a leisurely stroll
M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mossy (10 points)
Green and soft, say
Unlike Mick Jagger (wordplay)
Unlike rolling stones (wordplay)
M·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
motey (10 points)
Full of motes
M·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
mothy (13 points)
Like old, neglected sweaters, maybe
Like some uncared-for closets
Full of clothes-eating larvae
M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 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
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
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
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
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
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
murky (14 points)
Steeped in gloom
Dark and gloomy
Like dirty water
M·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
murry (10 points)
""A tropical eel, also MORAY, MURAENID, MURRAY""
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 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
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
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
muzzy (28 points)
Blurred; befuddled by drink
Blurred - confused
Befuddled
M·3+U·1+Z·10+Z·10+Y·4 = 28 pts
myopy (15 points)
""A visual defect, also MYOPIA""
M·3+Y·4+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 15 pts

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