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wacks (14 points)
Wack
W·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
wades (9 points)
Gets cold feet (wordplay)
Crosses the stream, perhaps
Gets one's feet wet (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
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
waffs (14 points)
Waff
W·4+A·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 14 pts
wafts (11 points)
Floats on breeze
Circulates, as an aroma
Floats through air
W·4+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wages (9 points)
Its death for sin according to the Bible
Pay for work
Hourly workers' pay
W·4+A·1+G·2+E·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
wakes (12 points)
Is alarming (wordplay)
Boat trailers (wordplay)
They rock boats
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wales (8 points)
Country (was invaded by the French)
Home of Merlin in Arthurian legend
Land of Dai and Dylan
W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
walks (12 points)
Takes balls, perhaps (wordplay)
Works off a big lunch maybe
Works off a big lunch, maybe
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
walls (8 points)
Places for plaque buildup (wordplay)
Barriers (with ears?)
Safe places (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wames (10 points)
Wame
W·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
wamus (10 points)
Heavy cardigan jacket
W·4+A·1+M·3+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
wands (9 points)
Sticks around at a magic show (wordplay)
Hogwarts School musts
West with the South for the sorcerers
W·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wanes (8 points)
Approaches the end
Draws to a close
Of the moon, gradually decreases
W·4+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wants (8 points)
Aims to purchase
Collector's list
Stands in need of.
W·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wards (9 points)
Might S sketch up in hospital (wordplay)
Urban voting districts
Artemas and Artemus
W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wares (8 points)
Things to sell
Merchant's inventory
Goods for sale
W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
warks (12 points)
Where Stratford-upon-Avon is abbreviation
W·4+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
warms (10 points)
Becomes more receptive (to)
Readies the rolls
Becomes friendly (to).
W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
warns (8 points)
Shoots off a flare, maybe
Shoots off a flare maybe
Growls at, say
W·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
warps (10 points)
Advances to world say
Gets bent (wordplay)
Takes a bow (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
warts (8 points)
Bumps on a hog (wordplay)
Plantar problem (wordplay)
Feature of toad's legs (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
washy (14 points)
Somewhat irresolute (wordplay)
Too much diluted.
Wishy's partner
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
wasps (10 points)
English Protestant stingers (wordplay)
Insects that might build mud nests
Pests in nests
W·4+A·1+S·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
waspy (13 points)
Slender-waisted, perhaps
Resembling a hornet, say
Like a hornet.
W·4+A·1+S·1+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
waste (8 points)
Collector's item (wordplay)
Refuse the middle, say
We covered a road in rubbish!
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
wasts (8 points)
Wast
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
watts (8 points)
Power units (lighting)
Light numbers (wordplay)
Juice amounts (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wauks (12 points)
Wauk
W·4+A·1+U·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
wauls (8 points)
Makes high-pitched, whiny noises (var.)
Makes highpitched whiny noises var
Cries like a feline
W·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
waves (11 points)
Says hi silently
Evidence of brain power (wordplay)
Says "hi" silently
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wawls (11 points)
Makes highpitched whiny noises
Makes high-pitched, whiny noises
W·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
waxes (15 points)
Shines up, maybe
Spiffs up ones mustache
Ski shop supplies
W·4+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
weals (8 points)
Ridges on the skin
Results of a flogging
Stripes from strokes
W·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
weans (8 points)
Takes off life support (wordplay)
Trains to the cup say
Breaks (from a habit)
W·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wears (8 points)
Becomes frayed, say
Becomes frayed say
Deteriorates by use
W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
weeds (9 points)
Plot spoilers (wordplay)
Keeps a plot to the plan (wordplay)
Bed intruders (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
weeks (12 points)
A while, say
Vacation twosome, perhaps
Calendar lines, perhaps
W·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
weens (8 points)
Supposes, old style
Supposes old style
Supposes Archaic
W·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
weeps (10 points)
Shows joy perhaps
Is joyful, maybe
Shows joy, perhaps
W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
weest (8 points)
Most itsy-bitsy
Like the runt of the litter
Minute to the max
W·4+E·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
weets (8 points)
Weet
W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wefts (11 points)
Yarns used in weaving.
Yarns used in weaving
Some threads on a loom
W·4+E·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 11 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
wekas (12 points)
Maori hens
Flightless birds
W·4+E·1+K·5+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
welds (9 points)
Carries a torch maybe
Carries a torch, maybe
Carries a torch perhaps
W·4+E·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wells (8 points)
Terrific, H. G.!
Blue Jay Vernon, for one
Places for drawings (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
welsh (11 points)
From Swansea, say (wordplay)
Tom Jones, for one
Cheat from Cardiff (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+L·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
welts (8 points)
Results of a whipping, perhaps
Results of a whipping perhaps
S&M parlor souvenirs (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wends (9 points)
Pursues (one's way)
Goes on (one's way)
Proceeds on ones way
W·4+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wests (8 points)
Mae and Adam
Adam and Jerry
Batman portrayer Adam et al.
W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
whams (13 points)
Hits Ms. Haw hard
Hits Ms Haw hard
Comic book thuds
W·4+H·4+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whaps (13 points)
Hits with a newspaper
Sounds signifying flies passing (wordplay)
Wallops
W·4+H·4+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whats (11 points)
Preceder of his name (wordplay)
the big deal
Start of a riddle
W·4+H·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whens (11 points)
The times things happen.
They're covered on timelines
Theyre covered on timelines
W·4+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whets (11 points)
Makes a point (wordplay)
Improves one's edge (wordplay)
Sharpens (one's appetite)
W·4+H·4+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whews (14 points)
Sounds of relief
That was a close call! sounds
Exclamations of surprise.
W·4+H·4+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 14 pts
wheys (14 points)
Cheesemaking by-products
Substances in cheese-making.
Products used in making ricotta
W·4+H·4+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 14 pts
whids (12 points)
Whid
W·4+H·4+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 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
whims (13 points)
Flights of fancy
Fancies or impulses
Instincts sometimes indulged
W·4+H·4+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whins (11 points)
Evergreen shrubs like furze or gorse.
W·4+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 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
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
whits (11 points)
Very small amounts
Minuscule amounts
Tiny amounts
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whops (13 points)
Knocks: Dial.
Smacks hard
Forcible blows
W·4+H·4+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whose (11 points)
Question of ownership (wordplay)
Question on the WATS line (wordplay)
Body Dorothy L Sayers first mystery
W·4+H·4+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
whoso (11 points)
Ever open (wordplay)
Any person (with "ever")
Any one can go whoosh!
W·4+H·4+O·1+S·1+O·1 = 11 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
wides (9 points)
Double big mobile homes
Some shoe sizes
Shoe designations
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 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
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
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
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
winds (9 points)
Current events (wordplay)
Closes up - draughts
Flutes and clarinets
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 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
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
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
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
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
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
wites (8 points)
Wite
W·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 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
wizes (17 points)
Wiz
W·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
woads (9 points)
Dye-yielding mustard plants
Blue dye plants.
Blue-dye plants
W·4+O·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wolds (9 points)
High treeless plains
High, treeless plains.
Hills of Yorkshire
W·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wolfs (11 points)
Eats greedily (with "down")
Devours (with "down")
Gulps down greedily
W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
wombs (12 points)
Developmental areas (wordplay)
Certain centers of development
Ovens so to speak
W·4+O·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 12 pts
wonks (12 points)
Arcane-detail experts
Public policy experts
Selfstyled experts
W·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
wonts (8 points)
Usual practices
Customary behaviors
Usual ways
W·4+O·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
woods (9 points)
5 of G - his tools (wordplay)
Errant golf shots destination perhaps
Errant golf shot's destination, perhaps
W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
woofs (11 points)
Scares a cat in a way
Rover's greetings
Sounds made by comic-strip canines.
W·4+O·1+O·1+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
wools (8 points)
Sheeps' clothing (wordplay)
Angora and alpaca.
Angora merino etc
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
woops (10 points)
To {vomit=v}
W·4+O·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
woosh (11 points)
Sound of a rush of air
Sound of something rushing by
Rushing sound variable
W·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
words (9 points)
Speaking parts (wordplay)
Music partner (wordplay)
What one has to say with them
W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
works (12 points)
Desktop area, perhaps
Desktop area perhaps
Is in labor (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
worms (10 points)
Rewards for early birds (wordplay)
Fisherman's canful, maybe
Can contents (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
worse (8 points)
Bad's successor (wordplay)
Like an even more off-key singer, say
Deserving fewer stars (than)
W·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
worst (8 points)
In the - way (very much)
Paradoxically, it could be best!
Cellar-dwelling, perhaps
W·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
worts (8 points)
Joe-pye weeds.
Joepye weeds
Beer bases
W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wraps (10 points)
Prepares for Christmas Day, maybe
Prepares for Christmas Day maybe
Prepares for a birthday party, say
W·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wrens (8 points)
Natural singers (wordplay)
Singing family (wordplay)
Some flying singers
W·4+R·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wrest (8 points)
Force victory on the mat (wordplay)
Twist, and sometimes shout (wordplay)
Use force for peace, say
W·4+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
wries (8 points)
Twists.
Contorts
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 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
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
wurst (8 points)
Brat attachment (wordplay)
Sausage (and the theme of this puzzle)
Knack attachment (wordplay)
W·4+U·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
wyles (11 points)
Wyle
W·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wynds (12 points)
Wynd
W·4+Y·4+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
wynns (11 points)
Comedian Ed and others
Ed and Keenan
Actors Ed and Keenan
W·4+Y·4+N·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wytes (11 points)
Wyte
W·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

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