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maguey (12 points)
A century plant
Agave plant yielding fiber
M·3+A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
mainly (11 points)
For the most part.
In large part
For the most part
M·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
malady (12 points)
Constellation of symptoms, say
Your mother, is she? That's a sick one!
One mother gets so sick over one woman
M·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
mameys (13 points)
Mamey
M·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 13 pts
mammey (15 points)
""A tropical tree, also MAMEY, MAMIE, MAMMEE""
M·3+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
mangey (12 points)
""Affected with mange, also MANGY""
M·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
marbly (13 points)
Having mottled streaks, as rock
Having intramuscular fat, as steak
M·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
margay (12 points)
Rain forest feline
American spotted wild cat.
Spotted wildcat
M·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
marshy (14 points)
Good for rushes, say
Like much of the Everglades
Wet planet before humanity ends
M·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
martyr (11 points)
Sufferer of sorts
Sufferer of sorts
St. Sebastian, for one
M·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4+R·1 = 11 pts
mateys (11 points)
All hands on deck (wordplay)
Reading buddies (wordplay)
Jolly Roger fliers
M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
maundy (12 points)
Money royally distributed
Holy Week Thursday
The Thursday before Easter
M·3+A·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
maybes (13 points)
Invitees who didn't R.S.V.P., say
Some R.S.V.P.s
Halfhearted R.S.V.P.'s
M·3+A·1+Y·4+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
mayday (15 points)
Time for a special dance? Help!
"Help wanted" word (wordplay)
Bank holiday - distress signal (3,3;6)
M·3+A·1+Y·4+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
mayest (11 points)
Shakespearean might
Biblical verb.
Mayflower verb
M·3+A·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
mayfly (17 points)
Perhaps it may take off for the angler
Insect could escape (wordplay)
Slender, short-lived insect
M·3+A·1+Y·4+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
mayhap (16 points)
Perhaps, of old
Possibly, old-style
Perchance, old-style
M·3+A·1+Y·4+H·4+A·1+P·3 = 16 pts
mayhem (16 points)
PM on edge in madhouse
Violent destruction or confusion
Masculine army cleared out border chaos
M·3+A·1+Y·4+H·4+E·1+M·3 = 16 pts
maying (12 points)
Gathering flowers at a certain time
M·3+A·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
mayors (11 points)
Council heads, maybe
Heads downtown (wordplay)
City Hall big shots
M·3+A·1+Y·4+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
maypop (15 points)
Old state flower of Tenn
Former State flower of Tennessee.
Fruit of the passionflower.
M·3+A·1+Y·4+P·3+O·1+P·3 = 15 pts
mayvin (14 points)
""An expert, also MAVIN, MAVEN""
M·3+A·1+Y·4+V·4+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
mazily (20 points)
In a mazy manner
M·3+A·1+Z·10+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
meanly (11 points)
How Joe Greene behaved (wordplay)
In a malicious manner
Despicably virile having injected drug
M·3+E·1+A·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
measly (11 points)
Insignificant a having spots!
Paltry - with spots (wordplay)
Slay me (anagram)
M·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
medfly (15 points)
Citrus-damaging insect
Fruit-eating pest
Bug known for infesting California
M·3+E·1+D·2+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
medley (12 points)
Jumble (of tunes in one tune?)
Mixed numbers (wordplay)
Band offering, perhaps
M·3+E·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
meekly (15 points)
Without resistance, maybe
In docile, obedient manner
In a submissive way
M·3+E·1+E·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
meetly (11 points)
In a fitting manner
In a proper way
Suitably.
M·3+E·1+E·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
melody (12 points)
My dole (anagram)
Gosh, takes dole back in part (wordplay)
Mozart's hand-written notes (wordplay)
M·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
memory (13 points)
Something kept in mind (wordplay)
Contents of a computer...or a mind!
Something that's banked (wordplay)
M·3+E·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
merely (11 points)
Is it for me only to depend (wordplay)
Just depend on Gordius!
Just yours truly on top of bank
M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
methyl (14 points)
Kind of alcohol
CH3 (chemical)
Melvyn will take in your old chemical
M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1 = 14 pts
mickey (17 points)
Mouse or Mantle
Judy's co-star, often
It's often taken in jest
M·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
midday (13 points)
One-ish, maybe
When both hands are up (wordplay)
Hot time (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+D·2+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
midway (15 points)
Convenient meeting place (wordplay)
O'Hare alternative
About fifty per cent there
M·3+I·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
mighty (15 points)
Could Cockney sound grand (wordplay)
Heard my drink is strong
Powerful hit gym exercise
M·3+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
milady (12 points)
Woman of fashion
Madame Lydia changed address upstairs
Term of address for a noblewoman
M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
mildly (12 points)
In an understated way
Gently or moderately
In a gentle way
M·3+I·1+L·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
minify (14 points)
Make smaller
Lessen
M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
minyan (11 points)
Quorum in a synagogue
Quorum for Jewish worship
Synagogue number
M·3+I·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
misery (11 points)
Company's company (wordplay)
Lowest state (wordplay)
Blue state (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
mislay (11 points)
Lose many a Scottish island!
Lose (an item)
Lose road-kill!
M·3+I·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
missay (11 points)
Pronounce 'nuclear' as 'nucular,' e.g
Pronounce incorrectly
State wrongly.
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
mizzly (29 points)
{drizzly=adj}
M·3+I·1+Z·10+Z·10+L·1+Y·4 = 29 pts
modify (15 points)
Setter's dog caught up by tinker
Make a change
Change my enthralling dog's name back
M·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 15 pts
moiety (11 points)
Half time - you nearly made it!
Legal sort of half
A legal sort of half
M·3+O·1+I·1+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
moneys (11 points)
Sen and yen
Cash, in law
Sums of cash
M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
monkey (15 points)
Primate; five hundred (slang)
For Scotsman, vital to be a swinger!
For a Scotsman, vital to be a swinger!
M·3+O·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
monody (12 points)
Verse for one voice
Note part way through brooding solo
Song with single voice part.
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
mooley (11 points)
""A hornless cow, also MULEY, MOOLY, MULLEY""
M·3+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
mopery (13 points)
The act of {dawdling=v}
M·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
morays (11 points)
Sharp-toothed swimmers
Coral reef eels.
Eels that live in warm seas
M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
moseys (11 points)
Walks without purpose
Walks to the saloon
Shuffles along: Slang.
M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
mostly (11 points)
In the main.
In the main
For the greater part; usually
M·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
motley (11 points)
Crue-ish (wordplay)
A jester's coloured dress - on with it
Variegated in color
M·3+O·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
mouldy (12 points)
Torpedo, in British slang
Stale; fungally infected
Dull - musty from lack of use
M·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
mousey (11 points)
Shy and unassertive
Timid variable
Ineffectually timid
M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
mouthy (14 points)
Unassertive, lisping? Far from it!
Prone to talking back
Rudely garrulous
M·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
muchly (16 points)
To a great extent
In a big way
M·3+U·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
muddly (13 points)
Disordered
M·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
muleys (11 points)
Cows, down on the farm.
Hornless cows
Hornless cows
M·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
mulley (11 points)
""A hornless cow, also MULEY, MOOLEY, MOOLY""
M·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
mumbly (15 points)
Given to mumbling
M·3+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
murkly (15 points)
Darkly
M·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
murphy (16 points)
King Edward, say, as lawgiver (wordplay)
Chowder-song "Mrs."
Name attached to a tongue-in-cheek law
M·3+U·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
murrey (11 points)
A dark purple colour
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
muscly (13 points)
Ripped, say
Bulked up like a weightlifter
Like weightlifters
M·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
mutely (11 points)
Without a word
Without a word
How Harpo performed
M·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
mutiny (11 points)
Rebellion as on Bligh's Bounty
Rebellion in the armed forces
What tyranny often brings.
M·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
myases (11 points)
Myasis
M·3+Y·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
myasis (11 points)
""Infestation of human tissue by fly maggots, also MYIASIS""
M·3+Y·4+A·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
mycele (13 points)
""The vegetative portion of a fungus, also MYCELIUM""
M·3+Y·4+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
myelin (11 points)
Fatty substance in nerve cells
Nerve fibre sheath
Substance protecting many nerve fibres
M·3+Y·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
mynahs (14 points)
Denials of mine (wordplay)
Large, tropical starlings
Shy man trained birds
M·3+Y·4+N·1+A·1+H·4+S·1 = 14 pts
myomas (13 points)
Myoma
M·3+Y·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
myopes (13 points)
Mr. Magoo and others
Mr. Magoo et al.
Mr. Magoo et al
M·3+Y·4+O·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
myopia (13 points)
Reason to make contact (wordplay)
Lack of foresight (wordplay)
In short, insight (wordplay)
M·3+Y·4+O·1+P·3+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
myopic (15 points)
Needing lenses, say
Having Coke-bottle glasses (wordplay)
Unable to take the long view (wordplay)
M·3+Y·4+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
myoses (11 points)
Myosis
M·3+Y·4+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
myosin (11 points)
Common muscle protein
Muscle-contraction protein
One's wrong to eat no protein
M·3+Y·4+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
myosis (11 points)
Excessive constriction of the pupils
Eye ailment variable
Eye ailment
M·3+Y·4+O·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
myotic (13 points)
Drug, as opium, that contracts the pupil
M·3+Y·4+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
myriad (12 points)
a vast number, perhaps innumerable
An indefinitely large number
Army headmaster has diary problem
M·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+A·1+D·2 = 12 pts
myrica (13 points)
A medicinal tree bark
M·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1 = 13 pts
myrrhs (14 points)
Incense-producing resins
Aromatic gum resins.
Some aromatic resins
M·3+Y·4+R·1+R·1+H·4+S·1 = 14 pts
myrtle (11 points)
Shrub - try elm (anagram)
Evergreen shrub - try elm (anagram)
Flower-and-berry evergreen
M·3+Y·4+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
myself (14 points)
A sound eye, perhaps
What might follow me (wordplay)
Do-Re-Mi pronoun
M·3+Y·4+S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4 = 14 pts
mysids (12 points)
Mysid
M·3+Y·4+S·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
mysost (11 points)
Norwegian cheese
M·3+Y·4+S·1+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
mystic (13 points)
Yogi, for one
Rasputin, for one
Sixth sense believer (wordplay)
M·3+Y·4+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
mythic (16 points)
Paul's fat bottom wiped - fabulous!
Lacking factual validity
Larger than life
M·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
mythoi (14 points)
Mythos
M·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+I·1 = 14 pts
mythos (14 points)
Body of legends
Underlying system of beliefs
Body of beliefs about a group
M·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+S·1 = 14 pts
myxoid (19 points)
Containing mucus
M·3+Y·4+X·8+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 19 pts
myxoma (20 points)
A tumour composed of mucous tissue
M·3+Y·4+X·8+O·1+M·3+A·1 = 20 pts

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