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dactyl (12 points)
"Innocent," but not "guilty"
Foot whose name means "finger"
Metrical unit of poetry
D·2+A·1+C·3+T·1+Y·4+L·1 = 12 pts
daftly (13 points)
In a mildly insane manner
In an inane manner
In a foolish way
D·2+A·1+F·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
daimyo (12 points)
Japanese feudal nobleman
D·2+A·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4+O·1 = 12 pts
dainty (10 points)
Neat an' tidy arrangement (wordplay)
Small and neat in time, in time!
Elegant, perhaps, but inside it is not
D·2+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
damply (14 points)
How pooches' smooches are delivered
More than adequately following head of department but not in a dry manner
D·2+A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
dankly (14 points)
In humid fashion
D·2+A·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
darkly (14 points)
'Through a glass . . . . . .' (Bible)
In a sinister manner
In a gloomy manner
D·2+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
datary (10 points)
Roman Curia office
Official of the Roman Curia.
Office of the Roman Curia.
D·2+A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
daubry (12 points)
""A bad painting, also DAUBERY""
D·2+A·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
daybed (13 points)
Couch in a guest room, perhaps
Sofa for light sleeper (wordplay)
Couch to sit or sleep on
D·2+A·1+Y·4+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
dayfly (16 points)
Short-lived insect
Insect with a short lifespan
D·2+A·1+Y·4+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
daylit (10 points)
In the sun, maybe
Certainly not under moonlight
Like many an atrium
D·2+A·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+T·1 = 10 pts
deadly (11 points)
Fatal delay, perhaps, involves a number
Fatal attribute of French lady, perhaps
Fat Al might delay about five hundred
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
deafly (13 points)
With an unwillingness to pay heed
Without heed
Without listening
D·2+E·1+A·1+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
dearly (10 points)
In an affectionate way
One way to pay
500 ahead of schedule, very much so
D·2+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
deathy (13 points)
Like death
D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
debyes (12 points)
Debye
D·2+E·1+B·3+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
decays (12 points)
Half-lives' measurements
Goes to seed
Falls into ruin
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 12 pts
decoys (12 points)
Red herrings, perhaps
Game drawers (wordplay)
Prey fakes (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 12 pts
decury (12 points)
""A group of ten soldiers, also DECURIA""
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
deejay (17 points)
Record player (wordplay)
Disc jockey (colloq.)
Record holder (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+E·1+J·8+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
deeply (12 points)
With all one's heart
With intense feeling
With great conviction
D·2+E·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
defray (13 points)
Provide money for say, expenses
Provide money to pay (a cost)
Provide money to pay, say, expenses
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
deftly (13 points)
Put on a twisted cue, just to cite this
With skill and grace
Quickly and skillfully
D·2+E·1+F·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
delays (10 points)
Laxness at LAX, maybe
Holds up, impedes
Rush-hour banes
D·2+E·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
denary (10 points)
Of the number 10
The number ten
Group of ten.
D·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
deploy (12 points)
Go out on tour (wordplay)
Bring into action, say troops
Move into place, as troops
D·2+E·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
deputy (12 points)
Coal-mine representative (wordplay)
Fife, for one
Booking agent (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+P·3+U·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
derays (10 points)
Deray
D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
descry (12 points)
Just see the boy weep!
Catch sight of (poetic)
See some in Paris weep
D·2+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
dewily (13 points)
With condensation
D·2+E·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
dhooly (13 points)
A stretcher for the sick
D·2+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
dickey (16 points)
False front (wordplay)
Yankee catcher, now coach.
Detachable shirt front
D·2+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
diddly (12 points)
Nothing, so to speak
Nothing, slangily
Squat
D·2+I·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
digamy (13 points)
Legal second marriage
Enjoy little woman - second attempt at marital bliss (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
dimity (12 points)
Light cotton fabric
Checked or striped cotton, often
Patterned cotton fabric
D·2+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
dimply (14 points)
Describing pretty smiles
Like a golf ball
Like young Shirley Temple
D·2+I·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
dingey (11 points)
""A small boat, also DINGHY, DINGY""
D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
dinghy (14 points)
A small inflatable rubber boat
Light rowing boat
Husband got into shabby boat
D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
dinkey (14 points)
Small locomotive: Colloq.
Small locomotive Colloq.
Loggers' little locomotive
D·2+I·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
dinkly (14 points)
{neatly=adv}
D·2+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
dipody (13 points)
Metrical unit of two feet
D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
direly (10 points)
In a terrible way
With great urgency
In an urgent way
D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
dismay (12 points)
Blue state (wordplay)
Alarm at detective having say over Mass
...and is maybe concealing sadness
D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
djinny (17 points)
""A supernatural being in Muslim mythology, also DJIN, DJINN, DJINNI, GENIE, JANN, JIN, JINN, JINNEE, JINNI [n pl.]""
D·2+J·8+I·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
dogeys (11 points)
Dogey
D·2+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
donkey (14 points)
Don Quixote's horse, say (wordplay)
Party animal (wordplay)
Rocky Mountain canary.
D·2+O·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
doubly (12 points)
A way to be sure (wordplay)
To twice the degree
A way to be sure
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
doughy (14 points)
Soft and heavy
Soft and flabby
The guy with the hod is too soft
D·2+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
dourly (10 points)
Without a pleasant face
In a brooding fashion
In a gloomy way
D·2+O·1+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
dowery (13 points)
Woman's marriage gift variable
Two-year-old loses a lot of mother's money from the time she was married
D·2+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
doyens (10 points)
Ones with seniority
Senior members of a group
Deans of diplomacy
D·2+O·1+Y·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
doyley (13 points)
Lacy paper under dishes
Roughly two years old, English bit of lacework
Lacy table decoration - almost a la carte (wordplay)
D·2+O·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
dozily (19 points)
In sleepy, slow-witted, way
D·2+O·1+Z·10+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
drably (12 points)
In a ho-hum way
In a dreary way
In a hardly thrilling way
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
draffy (16 points)
Worthless
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
drafty (13 points)
In need of caulking, maybe
Poorly sealed, maybe
Poorly insulated, maybe
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
draggy (12 points)
Lacking liveliness
Seemingly endless
Dreadfully slow
D·2+R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
drapey (12 points)
Depending on folds for effect.
D·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
drawly (13 points)
Marked by drawling
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
drayed (11 points)
Carted
D·2+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
dreamy (12 points)
My dear (anagram)
Abstracted and worried? Dear, oh dear!
Unreal, very pleasant (colloq.)
D·2+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
dreary (10 points)
Like rainy weather, say
Like Poe's "midnight"
Boring daydreamer misses dame
D·2+R·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
drecky (16 points)
Awful
D·2+R·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
dreggy (12 points)
Full of sediment.
Like lees
Containing impurities in liquid that fall to the bottom
D·2+R·1+E·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
dressy (10 points)
Fancy dispensary gets rid of pain!
For smart people (wordplay)
Fancy, as a gala
D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
drifty (13 points)
Like fallen snow on a windy day
D·2+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
drippy (14 points)
Mawkish - leaking (wordplay)
Apt to leak
Like some noses
D·2+R·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
drolly (10 points)
In a quaintly amusing way
In a wryly humorous way
In a witty manner
D·2+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
droopy (12 points)
7-Dwarfs' doleful kin (wordplay)
Some say poor design put up is limp
Pessimistic, long-eared cartoon dog
D·2+R·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
dropsy (12 points)
Oedema (old name)
Poor outfielder's affliction?
Poor outfielder's affliction (wordplay)
D·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
drosky (14 points)
""An open carriage, also DROSHKY""
D·2+R·1+O·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
drossy (10 points)
Full of slag.
Full of impurities
Full of worthless stuff
D·2+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
drowsy (13 points)
Nodding but not saying yes
Nodding off, maybe
Dropping off, perhaps
D·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
druggy (12 points)
Affected by drugs
D·2+R·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
drumly (12 points)
{gloomy=adj}
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
dryads (11 points)
Wood nymphs, in myth
Nymphs out of water and awfully sad
Nymphs of the woods
D·2+R·1+Y·4+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 11 pts
dryers (10 points)
Load bearers (wordplay)
Vidal Sassoon products
Found in beauty shops.
D·2+R·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
dryest (10 points)
Most in need of a moisturizer
Least sweet, as wine goes
Least sweet.
D·2+R·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
drying (11 points)
On the line, say
On the line (wordplay)
Removing the moisture
D·2+R·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
dryish (13 points)
Fairly arid
Dishy redhead turns out to be rather dull
D·2+R·1+Y·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 13 pts
drylot (10 points)
Place to fatten livestock by limiting roughage
D·2+R·1+Y·4+L·1+O·1+T·1 = 10 pts
dually (10 points)
Side by side or in pairs
Twofoldly.
How hundreds get you to your supporter at the double
D·2+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
dumbly (14 points)
In a dumb manner
D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
dupery (12 points)
Double-dealing
Foul play
Deception
D·2+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
dyable (12 points)
Like most fabrics
D·2+Y·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dyadic (13 points)
Of two parts.
Paired
D·2+Y·4+A·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
dybbuk (18 points)
Jewish folklore spirit
Other 'alf goes back into Denmark for spirit
D·2+Y·4+B·3+B·3+U·1+K·5 = 18 pts
dyeing (11 points)
Hiding the gray, say
Turning blue, say
Treating with Clairol, say
D·2+Y·4+E·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
dyings (11 points)
Dying
D·2+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts
dyking (15 points)
Dyke
D·2+Y·4+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
dynamo (12 points)
Energetic multi-tasker, perhaps
Generator (sometimes 'human'?)
Energetic person (colloq.)
D·2+Y·4+N·1+A·1+M·3+O·1 = 12 pts
dynast (10 points)
Elizabeth I, for one
Kim Jong-il, for one
Kim Jong-un, for one
D·2+Y·4+N·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
dynels (10 points)
Dynel
D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
dynode (11 points)
Vacuum tube feature
Vacuum tube component
Electrical conductor
D·2+Y·4+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
dyvour (13 points)
One who is bankrupt
D·2+Y·4+V·4+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 13 pts

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