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abacas (10 points)
Bananalike plants of the Philippines
Varieties of Manila hemp.
Fibers from banana plants
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abacus (10 points)
Digital computer (wordplay)
Chinese takeaway counter (wordplay)
Old computer (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abbacy (15 points)
For prior future appointment (wordplay)
Head monk's position
Head monk's jurisdiction
A·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
abduct (11 points)
Take away (by force)
Take aboard a spaceship, maybe
Violate the Hague Convention, say
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 17 pts
A·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+A·1 = 10 pts
acajou (15 points)
Fruit or gum of the cashew tree
The cashew tree; a kind of mahogany
Mahogany used by cabinetmakers in France
A·1+C·3+A·1+J·8+O·1+U·1 = 15 pts
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1 = 12 pts
access (10 points)
Approach for credit (wordplay)
Retrieve, say data stored in computer
Enter (a place)
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
accord (11 points)
Music for the strings (wordplay)
What a stringy-sounding agreement!
Grant: half the man Jimmy Shand was
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 11 pts
accost (10 points)
Grab by the shirt, say
Buttonhole in a corner, perhaps
Approach and threaten (someone)
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
accrue (10 points)
It's re, perhaps, this for your support
Build up a set of workers, say
Grow or accumulate, say interest
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+U·1+E·1 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+A·1 = 9 pts
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
acetyl (11 points)
Part of aspirin
Radical in aspirin and vinegar
A radical actively cuts four in pieces
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1 = 11 pts
A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
acidic (11 points)
Like orange juice, say
Far from basic (wordplay)
Put a body of police in charge - sharp!
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
A·1+C·3+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
A·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1 = 17 pts
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
action (8 points)
The mechanism of, say, a watch
Deed (or the doing)
First part of play about war (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
actors (8 points)
All the stage is their world (wordplay)
Those making a scene (wordplay)
People with play dates (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
A·1+C·3+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
acuity (11 points)
Sharpness (of for example vision)
Sharpness (for example of mind)
What 20/10 vision demonstrates
A·1+C·3+U·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
A·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+I·1 = 8 pts
acumen (10 points)
'Shrewdness, in business perhaps (6)'
Shrewdness, in business perhaps
Shrewdness, keen insight
A·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
acutes (8 points)
The accent marks in "cinema verite"
The accent marks in 'cinema verite'
Accents in "resume"
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 10 pts
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1 = 10 pts
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
advice (12 points)
Suggestion (invited or otherwise)
One dead in place of tips (wordplay)
Publicity wrong for counsel
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
A·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 14 pts
agamic (11 points)
Reproducing asexually; a magic (anagram)
Able to reproduce asexually
Asexual trumpeter goes to clubs
A·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
agaric (9 points)
A fish, I see, like a mushroom
That's a fish, I see, like a mushroom
Smelly plant leaves large on a fungus
A·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
A·1+H·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1 = 14 pts
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
alcaic (10 points)
Written in a particular four-line stanza form
Pertaining to meter invented by Greek lyric poet
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
A·1+L·1+M·3+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
alnico (8 points)
Alloy found in magnets
Metal alloy named for its elements
Alloy used in making magnets
A·1+L·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+O·1 = 8 pts
A·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+A·1 = 10 pts
A·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+M·3+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+M·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
A·1+M·3+Y·4+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
anchor (11 points)
It weighs salt? On the contrary!
Rear person in a tug-of-war ( 6 )
Moor (ship at sea)
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
anemic (10 points)
In need of iron, perhaps
Not so red-blooded (wordplay)
Needing iron in one's diet, perhaps
A·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
A·1+N·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 8 pts
A·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
A·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+N·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 12 pts
antics (8 points)
Clowning achievements (wordplay)
Auntie's saying about college pranks
Capers contain no fat - fantastic!
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+N·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
A·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
A·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 13 pts
apercu (10 points)
Illuminating comment, race up (anagram)
First impression (anagram of EAR CUP)
summary, insight; race up (anagram)
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1 = 10 pts
A·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
A·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
A·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
A·1+P·3+N·1+E·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
arabic (10 points)
Language (by gum!)
Source of alcohol (wordplay)
What algebra is derived from (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
arcade (9 points)
Game sanctuary (wordplay)
Teen hangout in the mall, perhaps
Quartermaster's hangout (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
arcana (8 points)
Secrets of a special group
Mysteries have the power to break a god
Great secrets of nature, to alchemists
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+A·1 = 8 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1 = 8 pts
A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 12 pts
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2 = 9 pts
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 9 pts
A·1+S·1+H·4+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
aspect (10 points)
View of strand (wordplay)
Look - a ghost about to vanish!
Like being kissed, some say, in view
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 10 pts
aspics (10 points)
Child-made molds (wordplay)
Jellied preparations like shots
Molds often served on cold plates
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 pts
A·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
ataxic (15 points)
Suffering from inability to coordinate movements
Uncoordinated
Bill enters cab. On the contrary suffering from inability to control movements
A·1+T·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
atopic (10 points)
Like a hereditary condition
A thing you talk about, like an allergic reaction
African leader on summit in charge of type of allergic reaction
A·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 12 pts
attics (8 points)
Final flight destinations (wordplay)
Top stories (wordplay)
Top-level projects (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 8 pts
A·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
A·1+U·1+C·3+U·1+B·3+A·1 = 10 pts
avocet (11 points)
Wading bird - octave (anagram)
Shorebird - octave (anagram)
Slender-beaked shore bird
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4 = 14 pts
A·1+X·8+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
A·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
A·1+Z·10+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
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