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cabbie (12 points)
Figure in a pickup line (wordplay)
Alex Rieger, for one
Fare-minded one (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cackle (14 points)
Goose talk (sometimes cut)
Hen party comment (wordplay)
What a foul-sounding sound!
C·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
caddie (10 points)
Club porter (wordplay)
Green assistant (wordplay)
Iron man (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
caique (17 points)
Light narrow boat
Light narrow boat used on the Bosphorus
Levantine vessel
C·3+A·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
cajole (15 points)
Do some sweet-talking
Coax little Josephine into ruffled lace
Wheedle, sweet-talk
C·3+A·1+J·8+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
calque (17 points)
To process the tracing of a design
C·3+A·1+L·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
camise (10 points)
A light, loose shirt or tunic
Light loose shirt or tunic.
Loose-fitting shirt
C·3+A·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
canape (10 points)
Snack has copyright (wordplay)
Cucumber sandwich, for one
Is the primate able to eat it (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
candle (9 points)
Lightheaded one (wordplay)
Pioneer flashlight (wordplay)
Something wicked (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
cangue (9 points)
An ancient Chinese punishing device
C·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 9 pts
canine (8 points)
Boxer, for one
Harrier, for one
Spitz, for one
C·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cannie (8 points)
""Prudent, also CANNY""
C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cantle (8 points)
Saddle seat back
Part of a saddle
Rear part of a saddle.
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
capote (10 points)
"House of Flowers" author
U.S. novelist
"Breakfast at Tiffany's "author
C·3+A·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
carafe (11 points)
Port vessel (wordplay)
Wine, water, jug
Night table accessory.
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+F·4+E·1 = 11 pts
carate (8 points)
Method of self-defense*
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
caribe (10 points)
Fish akin to the piranha (Spanish)
Vicious tropical fish
Voracious S.A. fish
C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 10 pts
carnie (8 points)
Sideshow barker, for one
Brian Wilson's eldest daughter
Traveling-show man
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
casque (17 points)
An old helmet from France (wordplay)
Helmet-shaped headgear.
16th-century helmet
C·3+A·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
castle (8 points)
Knight 'hood (wordplay)
Balmoral, for one
Warwick, for one
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cattie (8 points)
An Asian unit of weight
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cattle (8 points)
Were to find brand names (wordplay)
Driven group (wordplay)
Farm stock let out by lion (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
caudle (9 points)
Ousted member of the Justice Department.
C·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
cayuse (11 points)
Northwest Native American
Pony on the range
American Indian pony
C·3+A·1+Y·4+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cellae (8 points)
Cella
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cenote (8 points)
Underground reservoir (Spanish)
Well used by Mayans
Natural underground reservoir.
C·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
centre (8 points)
Bath hub (wordplay)
The middle of England (wordplay)
Middle of the British Isles (wordplay)
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cerate (8 points)
Hard, unctuous preparation
Pharmacist's waxy preparation
Medicated wax ointment.
C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cerise (8 points)
Red, like blood maybe
Vivid purplish red
Kin of shocking pink.
C·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cerite (8 points)
A silicate
Allanite.
C·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
ceruse (8 points)
White lead
White lead
C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cetane (8 points)
Colorless oil in petroleum.
Oily hydrocarbon in petroleum
Diesel equivalent to "octane"
C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
chaine (11 points)
A series of ballet turns
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chaise (11 points)
Outdoor veg locale (wordplay)
Patio furniture, maybe
Two-wheeled carriage
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chance (13 points)
Risk doing (something)
Luck -a fine thing (wordplay)
A fat one would be very little!
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
change (12 points)
Money of sorts
Nickels and dimes, say
It's as good as a rest, they say
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
charge (12 points)
Formally accuse (someone)
Husband in car say reversed to fill up
Entrust (with a task)
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
chasse (11 points)
Step maneuver in country dance
Gliding step, in dancing.
Gliding dance step
C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chaste (11 points)
Pursued, say, like Jane Eyre (wordplay)
Festive flower of the Orient (wordplay)
Pursued, they say, but pure
C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cheese (11 points)
Edam or cheddar, say
Brie, for one
VIP on board (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chegoe (12 points)
A tropical flea
C·3+H·4+E·1+G·2+O·1+E·1 = 12 pts
chelae (11 points)
Crab's claws
Lobster claws
Pincers
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cheque (20 points)
Payment confirmed by phone (wordplay)
Thames bank deposit (wordplay)
Money order on a bank
C·3+H·4+E·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 20 pts
chevre (14 points)
Soft offering at a cheese shop
Goat milk treat
A French cheese made from goat's milk
C·3+H·4+E·1+V·4+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
chicle (13 points)
Ingredient of chewing gum
Chewing-gum base
Chewing gum ingredient
C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
chigoe (12 points)
Larva of skin-mite
Sand flea.
Tropical flea
C·3+H·4+I·1+G·2+O·1+E·1 = 12 pts
childe (12 points)
Byron's Harold
Early title of honor.
Daughter in the country becoming gentle youth
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
chirre (11 points)
""To chirp like a cricket, also CHIRR""
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
choice (13 points)
Trick or treat, say
Two from Column B, perhaps
Of top quality
C·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
choose (11 points)
Make your decision!
Get off the fence (wordplay)
Pick a card, any card, say
C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chouse (11 points)
""To swindle, also CHOWSE""
C·3+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chowse (14 points)
""To swindle, also CHOUSE""
C·3+H·4+O·1+W·4+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
chrome (13 points)
Plate (for bathroom fixtures etc)
What did Homer see on the car (wordplay)
Auto shiner (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
cicale (10 points)
Cicala
C·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cilice (10 points)
Hair shirt
Hair shirt
C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
cinque (17 points)
V as in Venice (wordplay)
- - Ports (on the south coast)
The five, at dice
C·3+I·1+N·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
circle (10 points)
Change shape (wordplay)
O for the theatre!
Wait to land, perhaps
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cirque (17 points)
Semicircular basin with steep sides
Steep-sided hollow on a mountainside
Crescent-shaped basin with steep sides
C·3+I·1+R·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
citole (8 points)
Early dulcimer
Archaic four-stringed instrument
C·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
claque (17 points)
Hired hands (wordplay)
Group hired to applaud
Noisy opera coterie
C·3+L·1+A·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
clause (8 points)
Dependent thing, maybe
Separate item in contract
Group of words
C·3+L·1+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cleave (11 points)
Hack from Split (wordplay)
Remain faithful (to)
Stick that's split (wordplay)
C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
cleome (10 points)
Spider plant
C·3+L·1+E·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 10 pts
cliche (13 points)
Easy for you to say, for example
Part of a formula, perhaps
'Easy for you to say,' e.g
C·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 13 pts
clique (17 points)
A small exclusive group
Small exclusive groups of people.
Group of those who are "in"
C·3+L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
cloche (13 points)
Close-fitting hat
Mini-greenhouse for a plant
Tight-fitting hat
C·3+L·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 13 pts
cloque (17 points)
An embossed fabric
C·3+L·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
clothe (11 points)
Dress code for top hotel? Changeable!
Dress for Dumbo? What's up (wordplay)
Dress of clergy (English)
C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 11 pts
coarse (8 points)
Rough track, say
Not fine, say
Far from finely ground
C·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
coatee (8 points)
Short outer garment, for a baby perhaps
Short-skirted garment
Garment with short flaps
C·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cobble (12 points)
Mend part of the old street (wordplay)
Work to save one's sole (wordplay)
Save somebody's sole (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cockle (14 points)
Heart part (wordplay)
A little seafood - that's pukka, we hear
Heart-shaped mollusk
C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
coddle (10 points)
Baby food (wordplay)
Pamper, over-indulge
We hear fish'll cook
C·3+O·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
coerce (10 points)
Exploit anxiety, perhaps
Force to confess, say
Make do (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
coffee (14 points)
Popular bean drink, maybe instant
Cappuccino or espresso, say
Mud from the grounds (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
coffle (14 points)
Gang of slaves tied together
Chain gang
C·3+O·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cohere (11 points)
Give it stick!
Be united with present company on top
Stick (to)
C·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cohune (11 points)
Important Central and South American palm
C·3+O·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
coiffe (14 points)
Bonnet, in Boucherville
C·3+O·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+E·1 = 14 pts
coigne (9 points)
The keystone of an arch
___ of vantage
C·3+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
collie (8 points)
Border guard (wordplay)
Lassie, for one
Dog having depression? Make up a story!
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
colone (8 points)
""A section of the large intestine, also COLON""
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
colure (8 points)
Great circle of the celestial sphere
C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
comade (11 points)
Comake
C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
comake (14 points)
To serve as a comaker for another's loan
C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
comate (10 points)
Hairy: bot.
Partner, redundantly
Associate.
C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
commie (12 points)
Bolshevik, for example (informal)
Eg, Marxist (colloq.)
Extreme left-winger
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
comose (10 points)
Having a tuft of soft hairs
Hairy
C·3+O·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
congee (9 points)
Chinese rice porridge
Asian rice porridge
Bow ceremoniously
C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
conine (8 points)
""A poisonous alkaloid, also CONIINE, CONIN, CONICINE, CICUTINE""
C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cookie (12 points)
Oreo, for one
Treat perhaps most desirable when baked
S'more, for one
C·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coolie (8 points)
Near-slave worker
Worker in the paddy field.
Kin of a peon.
C·3+O·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
coombe (12 points)
Dublin maternity hospital
Bo, come to this area of Dublin
Area of Dublin, with maternity hospital
C·3+O·1+O·1+M·3+B·3+E·1 = 12 pts
cootie (8 points)
Target for a nitpicker (wordplay)
Lousy kids' game (wordplay)
Germ, in kidspeak
C·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
corbie (10 points)
""A raven, a crow, also CORBY""
C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
corpse (10 points)
Hallowe'en politician Sheila (wordplay)
Forget lines (informal)
Halloween costume, maybe
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
corrie (8 points)
Semicircular lake in a mountain
Soap in basin
Soap that is used on company car
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
corvee (11 points)
An obligation to perform feudal service
C·3+O·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cosine (8 points)
Term in trig
Term in trigonometry.
Secant's reciprocal
C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
costae (8 points)
Central veins of leaves
Ribs, in anatomy
Ribs, in biology
C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cottae (8 points)
Cotta
C·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cotype (13 points)
Associate group specimen in botany
C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 13 pts
coulee (8 points)
Grand Dam's name (wordplay)
Grand dam (wordplay)
Deep dry gulch
C·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+E·1 = 8 pts
couple (10 points)
Item in the news, perhaps
Candlelight diners, perhaps
Tabloid item (part 2)
C·3+O·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
course (8 points)
Part of a meal (par for this?)
Swear about none. That's the way!
Layer (of bricks)
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cowage (12 points)
""A tropical vine, also COWHAGE""
C·3+O·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
cowpie (13 points)
Don't step on it!
Beef patty (wordplay)
Firm wipe shifted beastly dung
C·3+O·1+W·4+P·3+I·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cowrie (11 points)
Mollusc (shell used as money)
Cower about one and go into one's shell
Sounds as if Shelley began as a beast
C·3+O·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 11 pts
coyote (11 points)
Wylie, for one
Road Runner's wily nemesis (wordplay)
Wile E., for one
C·3+O·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cradle (9 points)
Stork's repository (wordplay)
Birthplace of rock (wordplay)
Treetop furniture (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
crambe (12 points)
An annual herb
C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1 = 12 pts
crease (8 points)
Stop outside right line for one on 26
Fold, maybe unmeant
Clothes line (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
create (8 points)
Can 'e make it into the box (wordplay)
Play God (wordplay)
Make (a fuss?)
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
creche (13 points)
People mind when kid is dropped here!
Note cheer created from this nursery
Display with donkeys
C·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 13 pts
creese (8 points)
Malay dagger with serpentine blade.
Dagger having a serpentine blade.
Malay dagger variable
C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
creole (8 points)
Aerials (E, not S)
Cajun cooking style
Like Antoine's cuisine
C·3+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cringe (9 points)
React to a Ricky Gervais bit, perhaps
So to gcre, perhaps, is 28 across
That's a sore subject (nonverbal)
C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
crosse (8 points)
Hooked stick Fr
Racket used in a game.
Stick for a sport
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
croupe (10 points)
The rump of certain animals
C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
crouse (8 points)
Lindsay of "Places in the Heart"
Lindsay of 'Places in the Heart'
Lindsay's partner
C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cruise (8 points)
One's main holiday perhaps
Float your boat, say
Actor's wandering voyage (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+U·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cubage (11 points)
Volume measurement unit
Crate content
Crate volume
C·3+U·1+B·3+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
cuddie (10 points)
""A donkey, also CUDDY""
C·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cuddle (10 points)
Couples' get-together (wordplay)
Get cozy (with)
'Hold close, hug (6)'
C·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cuisse (8 points)
Knight's thigh protector
Thigh piece of armor.
Thigh armor
C·3+U·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
culpae (10 points)
Culpa
C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cupule (10 points)
""A cup-shaped anatomical structure, also CUPULA""
C·3+U·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
curare (8 points)
An arrow poison
Paralysing plant poison
City in charge of arrow poison
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
curate (8 points)
Pick out the pieces for, perhaps
A truce (anagram)
Parish priest, for example
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
curdle (9 points)
Coagulate (of milk)
Turn into thick lumps (of milk etc)
Of milk, turn thick and soft when sour
C·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
curiae (8 points)
Roman political subdivisions
Political subdivisions of ancient Rome
Church administrators
C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
curite (8 points)
Mineral named for a French physicist
Mineral named for two radioactivity researchers
C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
currie (8 points)
Clinton secretary Betty
Finlay of "Great Expectations"
Canadian commander, W. W. I.
C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
curule (8 points)
Of the highest rank
C·3+U·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cuttle (8 points)
Army mollusk (wordplay)
Sea creature with eight arms
Kind of fish.
C·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cymene (13 points)
""A hydrocarbon, also CYMOL""
C·3+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cymose (13 points)
""Resembling a cyme, also CYMOUS""
C·3+Y·4+M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

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