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nabes (7 points)
Local theaters in slang
Local areas, casually
Theaters in hoods
N·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
nacre (7 points)
P. Bailey's mom (wordplay)
P. Bailey's mom?
Pearl's mother (wordplay)
N·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
naevi (8 points)
Pigmented blemishes on the skin
Birthmarks Evan and I removed
Moles, in medical parlance.
N·1+A·1+E·1+V·4+I·1 = 8 pts
naive (8 points)
Unaffected by rising water (wordplay)
Is 'e vain, pure and simple (wordplay)
Hopelessly romantic say
N·1+A·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
naked (10 points)
Like a bulb with no lampshade, say
Not in stitches (wordplay)
Like a jaybird, perhaps
N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
naled (6 points)
An insecticide
N·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
named (8 points)
Called John maybe
Made an appointment (wordplay)
Called John, maybe
N·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
namer (7 points)
One adopting a puppy, say
New pet owner, perhaps
New parent, perhaps
N·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
names (7 points)
They'll never hurt me!
Are they one's calling (wordplay)
Roll ingredients (wordplay)
N·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
napes (7 points)
Sights from the back row (wordplay)
Spots to get picked up (wordplay)
Pick-up spots (wordplay)
N·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
nappe (9 points)
Water over the dam
Half a cone in geometry
Half of a cone
N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1 = 9 pts
nares (5 points)
Blow holes (wordplay)
Noted English philologist: 1753-1829
Noted English philologist: 17531829
N·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
nates (5 points)
NBA's Thurmond et al.
Rear end, anatomically
NBAs Thurmond et al
N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
navel (8 points)
Spot for a ring, perhaps
Lint collector of sorts
Piercing site, perhaps
N·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
naves (8 points)
Cathedrals' main areas
Sections of Notre Dame
Parts of churches.
N·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
neaps (7 points)
Tides of siestas across Spain (wordplay)
Poles on Yankees' wagons
Lowest levels of high tides
N·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
nears (5 points)
Gets warmer, say
Flirts with, say
Gets warmer perhaps
N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
neath (8 points)
Below for Dylan Thomas perhaps in Wales
Below, to Byron
O'er's opposite
N·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4 = 8 pts
neats (5 points)
foot oil leather dressing
With "foot," an oil for leather
Kind of foot.
N·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
necks (11 points)
Noodle holders (wordplay)
Watches the submarine races maybe
Kisses Dracula (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
needs (6 points)
Cries out for massages, say
Misses born daughter and son (wordplay)
Is desperate for pounds, say
N·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
needy (9 points)
On welfare, perhaps
Eligible for a scholarship, maybe
23 with a U-turn? Poor!
N·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
neems (7 points)
East Indian margosa trees.
Margosa trees
N·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
neeps (7 points)
Turnips, in the vernacular
Turnips, in Scotland
Turnips in Aberdeen
N·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
negus (6 points)
Ethiopian emperor (hist.)
A drink, say, imbibed by students
Drink, say, swallowed by star turn
N·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+S·1 = 6 pts
neifs (8 points)
Neif
N·1+E·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 8 pts
neigh (9 points)
Ask for hay, say (wordplay)
Dobbin's denial?
"No" vote from a horse (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4 = 9 pts
neist (5 points)
Next, in Dundee
Next in Dundee
N·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 5 pts
nelly (8 points)
Nice person (wordplay)
'Not on your - - !' (sl.)
Let not poor - starve (Charles II)
N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nemas (7 points)
Roundworms
Eelworms
Eelworms.
N·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
neons (5 points)
Diner signs, maybe
Night lights (wordplay)
Broadway luminaries (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
nerds (6 points)
School clique maybe
School clique, perhaps
Pocket-protector set (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
nerdy (9 points)
Obsessed with video games, say
Into chess and crosswords, perhaps
Into chess and crosswords perhaps
N·1+E·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
nerol (5 points)
Alcohol used in perfumes
Perfumer's alcohol
Rosy ingredient in perfume
N·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+L·1 = 5 pts
nerts (5 points)
The heck with it!
Over my dead body!
The hell with it!
N·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
nertz (14 points)
Dad-gum it!
Multiplayer card game with elements of solitaire
Dadgum it
N·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+Z·10 = 14 pts
nerve (8 points)
Sciatic, for one
Messenger from brain to cheek (wordplay)
Chicken's lack (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
nervy (11 points)
Knight very jumpy? Exactly that!
On edge, tense
Full of moxie
N·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
nests (5 points)
Sticky spots (wordplay)
Woodstock's slots (wordplay)
Sticky abodes (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
netop (7 points)
Colonist's greeting to an Indian
Friend to early New England Indians
Friend; crony: Amer. Indian word.
N·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+P·3 = 7 pts
netts (5 points)
Nett
N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
netty (8 points)
All meshed up (wordplay)
Meshed up (wordplay)
Diminutive of a girl's name.
N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
neuks (9 points)
Neuk
N·1+E·1+U·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
neume (7 points)
Gregorian-chant symbol
Symbol in Gregorian chant notation
Musical notational sign
N·1+E·1+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 7 pts
neums (7 points)
Medieval churchmusic signs
Medieval church-music signs
N·1+E·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
never (8 points)
A long time so they say
I'd sooner die!
A long time, so they say.
N·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
neves (8 points)
Upper part of glaciers
Snow fields on glaciers.
Fields of granular snow
N·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
nevus (8 points)
Mole for one
Mole, for one
Birthmark, for example
N·1+E·1+V·4+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
newel (8 points)
Support for one's flight (wordplay)
Pillar of the establishment (wordplay)
Support for ones flight
N·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
newer (8 points)
Like remakes say
Like a model say
Like remakes, say
N·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
newie (8 points)
Manual reader colloquially
Just-released movie or song, in slang
Tyro, in slang
N·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
newly (11 points)
One way to be married (wordplay)
Start to wed (wordplay)
Wed head (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
newsy (11 points)
Paper pusher (wordplay)
Full of dirt (wordplay)
Full of gossip, perhaps
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
newts (8 points)
Eft elders (wordplay)
Ones with bewitching eyes (wordplay)
Cauldron additives (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+W·4+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
nexus (12 points)
Where it all comes together (wordplay)
Link - unsex (anagram)
Short, unsexy jockeys bond
N·1+E·1+X·8+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
ngwee (9 points)
Zambia monetary unit
One hundredth of a kwacha in Zambia
Zambian monetary unit
N·1+G·2+W·4+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
nicer (7 points)
With less cloud cover, say
Fair vis-a-vis cloudy, say
Even more 7 down!
N·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
niche (10 points)
Suitable place (wordplay)
Just the job for the corner-man!
Statue's place, perhaps
N·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 10 pts
nided (7 points)
Nide
N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 7 pts
nides (6 points)
Pheasant broods (Br.)
Groups of pheasants
Broods of pheasants
N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
niece (7 points)
One who says "Uncle" (wordplay)
One who says 'Uncle' (wordplay)
Relative reversal of city (German one)
N·1+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
nieve (8 points)
Snow (Spanish)
Ice cream (Spanish) Am.
Snow, in Santiago
N·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
nines (5 points)
Sharp dresser's standard (wordplay)
Dressing extreme (wordplay)
Much of 1999 (wordplay)
N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
nisei (5 points)
Senator Daniel Inouye, for one
Sen Daniel Inouye for one
Fred Korematsu, for one
N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+I·1 = 5 pts
niter (5 points)
Material for gunpowder
Compound used in fertilizers
Export of Chile.
N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
nitre (5 points)
The inert part of gunpowder (wordplay)
Gunpowder Plot element (wordplay)
KNO3, in Britain
N·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
nixed (13 points)
Said "Forget it!" to
Said "No dice!" to
Put the kibosh on
N·1+I·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
nixes (12 points)
Says no to
Just says no to
Puts thumbs down
N·1+I·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
nixie (12 points)
Dead letter in post office talk
Unfriendly female water-spirit
Undeliverable letter to postal employees
N·1+I·1+X·8+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
noble (7 points)
Why A is not able (wordplay)
Posh bloke? The French count, perhaps
Earl-y (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
nodes (6 points)
End so (anagram)
Computer science graph parts
Computer network terminals
N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
noels (5 points)
Porch songs (wordplay)
Cold airs (wordplay)
House-to-house offerings, maybe
N·1+O·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
noise (5 points)
Sign of engine trouble, maybe
Music you don't like (wordplay)
Invisible pollution (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
nomen (7 points)
Julius, for one
Baby shower rule, perhaps
Baby shower rule perhaps
N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 7 pts
nomes (7 points)
Cape and town of Alaska
Provinces of modern Greece
Greek musical works
N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
nonce (7 points)
Sex offender (in prison)
Time being for N, perhaps, not NN
Perhaps N for the present
N·1+O·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
nones (5 points)
January for one
January 5 , for one
March 6 in old Rome
N·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
nonet (5 points)
Sort of saw it up for invoices, perhaps
Perhaps without meshes, invoices
X on the turn of the music (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 5 pts
noose (5 points)
Rodeo ring (wordplay)
Riata end perhaps
The end of one's rope, maybe
N·1+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
nosed (6 points)
Barely beat (out)
Barely edged (out)
Just beat (out)
N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
noses (5 points)
Busybodies' active organs (wordplay)
Attendance count, perhaps
Smoke detectors (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
nosey (8 points)
Too curious (var.)
Like tabloids (var.)
Compulsively curious (var.)
N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
noted (6 points)
Famous put down (wordplay)
Famous refusal to a former PM (wordplay)
Was wasted with this (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
noter (5 points)
One with a pad perhaps
One with a pad, perhaps
One who takes things down (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
notes (5 points)
Cash registers (wordplay)
Do-re-mi (wordplay)
Staff members (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
novae (8 points)
Super stars (wordplay)
Milky Way phenomena (Var.)
Stars bursting in air (wordplay)
N·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
novel (8 points)
Mystery for one
Exodus for one
Henry Jamess The Golden Bowl for one
N·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
nuder (6 points)
Showing less wear (wordplay)
Closer to being in the buff
Showing less wear
N·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
nudes (6 points)
Minimalist paintings (wordplay)
Art class subjects, maybe
Some chilly models (wordplay)
N·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
nudge (7 points)
Attention-getter of sorts
Send a second email to, say
Push (with a wink?)
N·1+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
nudie (6 points)
Film with few costumes (wordplay)
Film that's barely shown (wordplay)
Film with no costume designer (wordplay)
N·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1 = 6 pts
nuked (10 points)
Prepared, perhaps, as yesterday's dinner
Prepared as frozen foods maybe
Struck with atomic weapons (informal)
N·1+U·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
nukes (9 points)
Uses a microwave (wordplay)
Heats up food, maybe
Gets heated (wordplay)
N·1+U·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
numen (7 points)
Presiding spirit of Roman myth.
Dynamic or creative force
Presiding spirit in ancient Rome.
N·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 7 pts
nurse (5 points)
Cavell for one
Margaret Houlihan for one
Practical worker (wordplay)
N·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts

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