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wadis (9 points)
African water beds (wordplay)
Driedup desert streams
Usually dry gullies of Africa
W·4+A·1+D·2+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
waifs (11 points)
Wanting children (wordplay)
Was around if they're straying
Typical Horatio Alger heroes
W·4+A·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
wails (8 points)
Siren songs (wordplay)
Emulates a banshee
Cries of grief
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wains (8 points)
Four-wheeled vehicles
Horse-drawn carts
Old-time wagons
W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wairs (8 points)
Wair
W·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
waist (8 points)
Spare tyre location (wordplay)
Line of pants (wordplay)
Narrow part of the body, perhaps
W·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
waits (8 points)
Takes orders say
Is on hold say
Is on hold, say
W·4+A·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
waive (11 points)
Forgo greeting verbally (wordplay)
Pass on the right (wordplay)
Not insist on (claim)
W·4+A·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
weigh (12 points)
Hang in the balance (wordplay)
Evaluate (in mind)
Put in the balance (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4 = 12 pts
weird (9 points)
Hallowe'en golfer Mike (wordplay)
Dam'd uncanny
More than strange
W·4+E·1+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 9 pts
weirs (8 points)
Water containers (wordplay)
River dams used to form fish ponds.
Golfer Mike and kin
W·4+E·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
which (16 points)
What one (wordplay)
Make up your mind!
This one or that one (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+I·1+C·3+H·4 = 16 pts
whids (12 points)
Whid
W·4+H·4+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
whiff (17 points)
Scent in the air (wordplay)
Light gust of air.
Light gust of air
W·4+H·4+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 17 pts
whigs (12 points)
Tyler and Taylor, for two
Tyler and Taylor for two
Presidents W. Harrison and Z. Taylor.
W·4+H·4+I·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
while (11 points)
Waiting period, maybe
Mean or worth follower
Space of time.
W·4+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
whims (13 points)
Flights of fancy
Fancies or impulses
Instincts sometimes indulged
W·4+H·4+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whine (11 points)
'Do I have to?,' for one
Do I have to for one
Are we there yet maybe
W·4+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
whins (11 points)
Evergreen shrubs like furze or gorse.
W·4+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whiny (14 points)
Plaintive question about home
Prone to beefing
Prone to complaining
W·4+H·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
whips (13 points)
Prepares potatoes, perhaps
Prepares potatoes perhaps
Uses an eggbeater
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whipt (13 points)
Whip
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
whirl (11 points)
A trial spin (wordplay)
What a revolver does (wordplay)
Spin or reel
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 11 pts
whirr (11 points)
Music to a mechanic (wordplay)
Drone drone, say
Fan's buzz
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+R·1 = 11 pts
whirs (11 points)
Goes hummingly (wordplay)
Birds' wing sounds
Sounds from fans
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whish (14 points)
Leaf-rustling sound
Soft, rushing sound
Curtain-in-the-breeze sound
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 14 pts
whisk (15 points)
Witch's compact vehicle (wordplay)
Beat in the kitchen
Kind of broom
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+K·5 = 15 pts
whist (11 points)
Tricky game (wordplay)
Tricky drive (wordplay)
Say nothing in card game
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
white (11 points)
Essayist E. B
Like some knuckles (wordplay)
Like nervous knuckles (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
whits (11 points)
Very small amounts
Minuscule amounts
Tiny amounts
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whity (14 points)
A white person [n WHITIES] / {whitish=adj}
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
whizz (29 points)
Move rapidly (colloq.)
Skilled person (colloq.)
Remarkably skilful or talented person
W·4+H·4+I·1+Z·10+Z·10 = 29 pts
wicks (14 points)
Ones going down in flames (wordplay)
Keepers of the flame (wordplay)
Burning needs (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
widdy (13 points)
""A hangman's noose, also WIDDIE""
W·4+I·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
widen (9 points)
Off target for point - put on Lane!
Female jam-makers perhaps study spread
Add a lane to, say
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
wider (9 points)
Less narrow, say vision
Improved, perhaps, as a road
Improved perhaps as a road
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
wides (9 points)
Double big mobile homes
Some shoe sizes
Shoe designations
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
widow (12 points)
Golfer's wife (wordplay)
Golfer's wife, perhaps
Woman in black, perhaps
W·4+I·1+D·2+O·1+W·4 = 12 pts
width (12 points)
Beam across the swimming pool (wordplay)
Side to side (wordplay)
Perhaps abroad from side to side
W·4+I·1+D·2+T·1+H·4 = 12 pts
wield (9 points)
Use (a weapon or tool)
Hold and use (a weapon)
Use (weapon, authority)
W·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wifed (12 points)
Wife
W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
wifes (11 points)
Part of quip
My Relations Buster Keaton comedy
Part 4 of quip
W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wigan (9 points)
The Road to - Pier (Orwell)
Manchester-area town, its Pier, Orwell
Plainweave cotton fabric
W·4+I·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
wiggy (13 points)
Crazed and delirious
Excitedly crazy
Crazy excited
W·4+I·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
wight (12 points)
Isle of Man (wordplay)
Old person (wordplay)
An Isle; a man (obs.)
W·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 12 pts
wilco (10 points)
Roger's follower (wordplay)
Roger's last name (wordplay)
Roger's cousin (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+L·1+C·3+O·1 = 10 pts
wilds (9 points)
Beyond the boondocks
Sparsely inhabited tracts
Sparsely inhabited areas, with 'the'
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wiled (9 points)
Passed, as time (with "away")
Passed time with away
away the hours
W·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wiles (8 points)
Subterfuges of sorts
With cunning I slew this
Pieces of trickery designed to attract
W·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wills (8 points)
Heir-splitting papers (wordplay)
Terms of interment (wordplay)
Passing notes (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
willy (11 points)
Arthur Miller role
Bank robber Sutton
Fictional chocolatier Wonka
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
wilts (8 points)
Droops; county (abbreviation)
Becomes limp; county
Chamberlain and namesakes
W·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wimps (12 points)
Bullys victims perhaps
Bully's victims, perhaps
Feeble people (informal)
W·4+I·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
wimpy (15 points)
Like punting on 4th-and-1
Popeyes hamburgerloving pal
Pal of Popeye
W·4+I·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
wince (10 points)
React to a bad joke perhaps
React to a bad joke, perhaps
Betray an igry feeling, say
W·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
winch (13 points)
Stage-set mover
Crank-operated lifter
Machine for hauling
W·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
winds (9 points)
Current events (wordplay)
Closes up - draughts
Flutes and clarinets
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
windy (12 points)
Turn your head yellow (wordplay)
Like Chicago, so they say
Fearful sort of weather (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
wined (9 points)
Did half the entertaining (wordplay)
Plied with merlot, say
Charmed with chardonnay, say
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wines (8 points)
A port is one of those ews, perhaps
South African reds, say
Port and blush
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
winey (11 points)
Coffee tasters adjective
Tasting like pinot
Like some fancy sauces
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
wings (9 points)
Oscar's first Best Picture (1927-28)
Symbol of USAF
First Best Picture Oscar winner
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wingy (12 points)
Jazz trumpeter Manone
Alate
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
winks (12 points)
Flips one's lid (wordplay)
40 in a bedroom (wordplay)
Eye come-ons
W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
winos (8 points)
Brown-baggers (wordplay)
Dispirited alcoholics (wordplay)
Grape nuts (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
winze (17 points)
Mine passageway from one level to another
Mine passageway from one level to another.
W·4+I·1+N·1+Z·10+E·1 = 17 pts
wiped (11 points)
Obliterated (with "out").
In need of a nap
Erased as a tape
W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
wiper (10 points)
Rain check (wordplay)
Clearer in the rain (wordplay)
Ticket holder (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
wipes (10 points)
Gucci Mane Baby
Cleans up a spill
Contents of a diaper bag packet
W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
wired (9 points)
Perhaps too edgy
Jittery on caffeine, say
Jittery from coffee, say
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wirer (8 points)
Worker who makes connections (wordplay)
Cable guy at times
Electrician, for example
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wires (8 points)
Sends money perhaps
Mess under a desk, maybe
Prepares an undercover agent, perhaps
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wirra (8 points)
Gaelic cry of grief
W·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+A·1 = 8 pts
wised (9 points)
Got smart (with "up")
Became less reckless, say, with "up"
Became less reckless say with up
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wiser (8 points)
Older mate (wordplay)
More experienced perhaps
More experienced, perhaps
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wises (8 points)
Gets smart (with "up")
Smartens (up to)
Gets a clue, with 'up'
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wisha (11 points)
Used to express surprise
W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+A·1 = 11 pts
wisps (10 points)
Flyaway hair (wordplay)
This little thing (wordplay)
Streaks of smoke
W·4+I·1+S·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wispy (13 points)
Like cirrus clouds
Thin as smoke
The West Indies agent is not solid
W·4+I·1+S·1+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
wists (8 points)
Wist
W·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
witan (8 points)
Counselors to early English kings
Anglo-Saxon parliament
Anglo-Saxon assembly
W·4+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
witch (13 points)
Spelling pro (wordplay)
Hunt object, maybe
BroomHilda for one
W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
wited (9 points)
Wite
W·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wites (8 points)
Wite
W·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
withe (11 points)
Tough shoot; hew it (anagram)
Willow or osier twig.
Seems like E included in the weave
W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 11 pts
withy (14 points)
How ears become years and stick with it
Attached to the top of your willow tree
The osier willow
W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
witty (11 points)
Smart and clever
Quick with the quips
Swift, in a way
W·4+I·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
wived (12 points)
Took a bride
Took her hand in marriage
Got hitched
W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
wiver (11 points)
""In heraldry, a dragon with wings, the tail of a snake and two legs, also WIVERN, WYVERN""
W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
wives (11 points)
Better halves, perhaps
Windsor people (wordplay)
Better halves perhaps
W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wizen (17 points)
Shrivel with age
Get wrinkled with age
Wrinkle with age
W·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
wizes (17 points)
Wiz
W·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
wrick (14 points)
Sprain
W·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
wried (9 points)
Contorted
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wrier (8 points)
More twisted, in a way
More ironic, as humor
More ironic, as humor goes
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wries (8 points)
Twists.
Contorts
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wring (9 points)
Do the twist (wordplay)
Squeeze moisture (from)
Squeeze out moisture
W·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
wrist (8 points)
Watch station (wordplay)
Slap target, perhaps
Hand holder (wordplay)
W·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
write (8 points)
Act on a novel idea (wordplay)
Keep in touch!
Work on a mystery, say
W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
writs (8 points)
Bar orders (wordplay)
Coram nobis et al
Habeas corpus and others
W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts

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