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wabble (13 points)
Walk shakily Var.
Walk shakily variable
W·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
wabbly (16 points)
{wobbly=adj}
W·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
waddle (11 points)
Try to avoid slipping on ice, say
A penguin's pace
Walk with clumsily swaying motion
W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
waddly (14 points)
Walking like a duck
Describing a duck's walk.
W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wadmal (12 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAAL, WADMEL, WADMOL, WADMOLL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wadmel (12 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAL, WADMAAL, WADMOL, WADMOLL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wadmol (12 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAL, WADMAAL, WADMEL, WADMOLL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+L·1 = 12 pts
waeful (12 points)
Sad: Scot.
Sad Scot.
W·4+A·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 12 pts
waffle (15 points)
Talk but say very little!
Tripe as breakfast food (wordplay)
Cake from Wittering (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
waggle (11 points)
Shake back and forth
Rapid to-and-fro movement
Side-to-side movement
W·4+A·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
waggly (14 points)
Like a happy dog's tail
Like a frisky dog's tail
W·4+A·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wailed (10 points)
Killed a saxophone solo, say
Sang a siren song (wordplay)
Cried like a banshee
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
wailer (9 points)
Peter Tosh, for one
Tot needing a time-out, maybe
One who cries
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
walers (9 points)
Saddle horses of Australia.
Australian horses
W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
walies (9 points)
Waly
W·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
waling (10 points)
Marking with ridges
Ribs, as on corduroy
W·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
walked (14 points)
Went on strike
Took four bad pitches
Travelled on foot
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
walker (13 points)
Dapper NyC mayor Jimmy
Johnnie is always so spirited on foot
The Color Purple author
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
walkup (15 points)
Kind of apartment
Inaccessible by elevator
No-elevator multistory building
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+U·1+P·3 = 15 pts
wallah (12 points)
Brickwork? Ah, that's the chap!
All fractures may upset top specialist
Specialist, in India
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+H·4 = 12 pts
wallas (9 points)
Walla
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
walled (10 points)
Like most forts
Divided (with "off").
Like some castles.
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
wallet (9 points)
Place for a cabbage patch (wordplay)
Plastic holder (wordplay)
Bill collector (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 9 pts
wallie (9 points)
A fool
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1 = 9 pts
wallop (11 points)
Thrash - beer (slang)
Beat, and how!
Long homer, say
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3 = 11 pts
wallow (12 points)
Luxuriate (in mud, muck)
Roll about (in mud)
Lie (in mud or water)
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 12 pts
walnut (9 points)
Brownie morsel, maybe
Brownie extra, maybe
Bit in a brownie, perhaps
W·4+A·1+L·1+N·1+U·1+T·1 = 9 pts
walrus (9 points)
Carpenter's companion (wordplay)
Marine beast (with moustache)
'The time has come', the . . . said
W·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
wamble (13 points)
To move unsteadily
W·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
wambly (16 points)
{unsteady=adj}
W·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
wandle (10 points)
{supple=adj}
W·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
wangle (10 points)
Contrive to get for oneself
Manipulate - falsify (a situation etc)
Gain through trickery
W·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
warble (11 points)
Singing fly (wordplay)
Sing like a thrush
Imitate a prothonotary bird
W·4+A·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
warily (12 points)
In a cautious manner.
In a cautious way
How to approach a grizzly
W·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
warmly (14 points)
Apt summer email sign-off (wordplay)
With love and kisses.
Cordial letter closing
W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
warsle (9 points)
To {wrestle=v}
W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
wattle (9 points)
What a bind to get it in the neck!
Part of Turkey's employed in fencing
Twig for the turkey's throat
W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
wauled (10 points)
Waul
W·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
wavily (15 points)
In a wavy manner
W·4+A·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
wawled (13 points)
Wawl
W·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
waxily (19 points)
In a waxy manner
W·4+A·1+X·8+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
waylay (15 points)
Lie in wait for, maybe to rob
Stop or interrupt (someone)
Attack is the custom of the people!
W·4+A·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
weakly (16 points)
In feeble manner
How a blooper is hit
In a feeble way
W·4+E·1+A·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
wealds (10 points)
Weald
W·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
wealth (12 points)
Well, off with it!
The law destroyed in capital
Condition of fat cats breaking the law
W·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+H·4 = 12 pts
weasel (9 points)
Creature in a pop song (wordplay)
Rhyme 'popper' with 'propper' (wordplay)
Saw eel (anagram)
W·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts
wedeln (10 points)
""To perform a skiing technique, also WEDEL""
W·4+E·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+N·1 = 10 pts
wedels (10 points)
Zigzags on skis
Skis with high-speed turns
W·4+E·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
weekly (16 points)
Say how one might surrender regularly
Time, for one
Say Observer reporter's without vigour
W·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
weevil (12 points)
One that's a bore (wordplay)
Do we live with the beetle (wordplay)
Type of beetle (WE LIVE anagram)
W·4+E·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+L·1 = 12 pts
welded (11 points)
United with a blowtorch
Fused together with heat
Worked with metal
W·4+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
welder (10 points)
One who carries a torch (wordplay)
Iron man (wordplay)
Someone who carries a torch (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
weldor (10 points)
""One that welds, also WELDER""
W·4+E·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
welkin (13 points)
Large beast's entry to attain heaven
Sky reportedly fine relatives
Poetic sky - make it ring
W·4+E·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
welled (10 points)
Arose, as tears
Sprang (up), as tears
Rose like oil
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
wellie (9 points)
Boot that is put on properly
Boot that is holding up properly
Boot that is comfortable at the front
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1 = 9 pts
welted (10 points)
Put a strip on a shoe
Hit hard
W·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
welter (9 points)
A mess of a boxing weight (wordplay)
A disorderly boxing weight (wordplay)
Boxing weight or kind of mess
W·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
whaled (13 points)
Used harpoons, say
Worked on the Pequod
Did like Ahab
W·4+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
whaler (12 points)
Pequod, for one
Ahab, for one
Ship hunting Moby Dick, for one
W·4+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
whales (12 points)
Pod cast (wordplay)
Moby Dick and others.
Hits hard in part of UK
W·4+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wheals (12 points)
Skin swellings
W·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wheels (12 points)
Rotary devices - motor transport
Turns in a wide curve
Fifth and others.
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
whelks (16 points)
Large marine snails
Kind of sea snails used as food
Marine snails with spiral shells.
W·4+H·4+E·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 16 pts
whelky (19 points)
Marked with whelks
W·4+H·4+E·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 19 pts
whelms (14 points)
Engulfs
W·4+H·4+E·1+L·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
whelps (14 points)
Young dogs or pups
Young dogs or pups.
Babes in the woods
W·4+H·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+S·1 = 14 pts
whiled (13 points)
Passed the time (away)
Passed (away), as time
Frittered (away)
W·4+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
whiles (12 points)
Makes pass, as time, with "away"
Passes (away)
Spends pleasantly, with "away"
W·4+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
whilom (14 points)
Once, once
Formerly, formerly
Former
W·4+H·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+M·3 = 14 pts
whilst (12 points)
In the meantime.
While ( ME )
As long as
W·4+H·4+I·1+L·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
whirls (12 points)
Spins like a dervish
Swings or spins round and round
Rapid rounds of events
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
whirly (15 points)
Violent wind carrying snow
Having a rotary motion.
Having rapid rotation
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
wholes (12 points)
Not just parts
Counterparts of parts
They're complete
W·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wholly (15 points)
Totally sacred, did you say (wordplay)
War's started by Bush? Absolutely!
All sacred in recital (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
whorls (12 points)
Ridges on a print
Circles found in fingerprints
Loops in fingerprints
W·4+H·4+O·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
widdle (11 points)
To {urinate=v}
W·4+I·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
widely (13 points)
To a large extent
To the full extent
Far and near
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
wields (10 points)
Holds and brandishes, say a weapon
Makes use of
Handles with authority
W·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
wieldy (13 points)
Easy to handle
Easy to use
User-friendly
W·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
wifely (15 points)
Like some outdated household duties
Uxorial
W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
wiggle (11 points)
Type of room (wordplay)
Move from side to side, say toes
Leg wig (anagram)
W·4+I·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
wiggly (14 points)
Like a kid who can't sit still
2 are like foxes having trapped horse
Prone to squirming
W·4+I·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wiglet (10 points)
Front of a sort
Small hairpiece
W·4+I·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
wilder (10 points)
Legendary director Billy
Wife awfully riled getting more livid
He wrote "The Skin of Our Teeth"
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
wildly (13 points)
To the extreme
With great enthusiasm.
With reckless abandon
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
wilful (12 points)
Deliberate - unreasonably stubborn
Done deliberately, not an accident
'...... waste makes woeful want'
W·4+I·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wilier (9 points)
More like a coyote (wordplay)
Yet more foxy
More artful
W·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
wilily (12 points)
In a sneaky way
With cunning
Cunningly
W·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
wiling (10 points)
Enticing
W·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
willed (10 points)
Left behind (wordplay)
Left as a legacy
Devised, in a sense
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
willer (9 points)
Someone who wills
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
willet (9 points)
Large North American wading bird
Shore bird
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 9 pts
willow (12 points)
Weeping one? Gosh, sick inside!
Wood for bats (wordplay)
Cricket bat wood
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 12 pts
wilted (10 points)
Drooped, lost freshness
Drooped as from heat
(Of a plant) limp
W·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
wimble (13 points)
Boring tool
Gimlet
W·4+I·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
wimple (13 points)
A bit of a habit (wordplay)
It's habit-forming
Woman's veil of old
W·4+I·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
windle (10 points)
Appliance for spinning yarn
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
winkle (13 points)
Gastropod with half a shoe (wordplay)
Edible sea snail.
The French going after instant sea food
W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
wintle (9 points)
To {stagger=v}
W·4+I·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
wirily (12 points)
In a wiry manner
W·4+I·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
wisely (12 points)
Good way to choose
How Solomon might reply
In a sage manner
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
withal (12 points)
Besides, old style.
Here's that funny fellow Henry as well
Henry is a funny fellow as well
W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wittol (9 points)
A man who tolerates his wife's infidelity
W·4+I·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+L·1 = 9 pts
woalds (10 points)
Woald
W·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
wobble (13 points)
Need leveling, perhaps
Low ebb (anagram)
Move unsteadily (like a jelly?)
W·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
wobbly (16 points)
Unstable - it may be thrown!
None too secure
Far from firm
W·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
woeful (12 points)
Terrible foul ... we exploded!
Of poor quality
"Wilful waste makes . . . . . . want"
W·4+O·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wolfed (13 points)
Ate in a hurry
Bolted (down)
Devoured, with "down"
W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
wolfer (12 points)
One who hunts wolves
W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
wolver (12 points)
A hunter of wolves
W·4+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
wolves (12 points)
Pack animals (wordplay)
Wild animals; a soccer team
Compressed fuel block
W·4+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wooled (10 points)
Bearing wool
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
woolen (9 points)
Providing warmth, perhaps
Taken from ewe (wordplay)
Like some warm blankets
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
wooler (9 points)
A domestic animal raised for it's wool
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
woolie (9 points)
Wave, in Aussie surfing slang
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+E·1 = 9 pts
woolly (12 points)
Vague description of mammoth (wordplay)
Wild associate (wordplay)
Unclear, as thinking
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
worlds (10 points)
Free and dream
Sci-fi authors' creations
Members of the universe.
W·4+O·1+R·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
wormil (11 points)
A lump in the skin of an animal's back
W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts
wurzel (18 points)
A variety of beef
W·4+U·1+R·1+Z·10+E·1+L·1 = 18 pts
wyling (13 points)
Wyle
W·4+Y·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

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