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laciest (9 points)
Most gossamer, maybe
Most delicate, as fabrics.
Like the most delicate fabric
L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
lacings (10 points)
Sneaker-tying styles
Some sneak holders
Thrashings
L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
lackers (13 points)
Lacker
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lackeys (16 points)
Footmen or servile followers
Many a servant wants to hold you back
Smee of Peter Pan et al.
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
lacking (14 points)
Lazy son's gone missing
Without being idle, don't start
In want of mere French novelist
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
laconic (11 points)
Having little to declare (wordplay)
Terse - can coil (anagram)
Not saying much
L·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
lacquer (18 points)
Strong finish (wordplay)
Varnish; hair-spray
Glossy resin coat
L·1+A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
lacquey (21 points)
""To serve in a servile manner, also LACKEY""
L·1+A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+E·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
lactams (11 points)
Lactam
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 11 pts
lactary (12 points)
Of milk.
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
lactase (9 points)
Aid in digestion
Dairy consumer's enzyme
Enzyme put in milk
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lactate (9 points)
Feed the baby, maybe
React to a baby crying, maybe
Emulate a mammal, perhaps
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lacteal (9 points)
Milk-like; pertaining to milk
Milk-like, milky
Milk-related
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
lactean (9 points)
""Resembling milk, also LACTEOUS""
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
lactone (9 points)
Acid ester
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lactose (9 points)
Cause of much intolerance (wordplay)
Be like Lear's Pobble, say, sweet thing
What some folks can't tolerate
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lacunae (9 points)
Gaps girl found in fine material
Gaps; breaks.
Unfilled spaces
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lacunal (9 points)
Having small openings or gaps
Having small gaps
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
lacunar (9 points)
Ceiling having sunken panels.
Relating to gaps
Gap runs behind sunken panel
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
lacunas (9 points)
Gaps at U.S. canal
Gaps in a manuscript
Series gaps
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lacunes (9 points)
Lacune
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
laicise (9 points)
Secularise, remove from clergy
Withdraw priestly status
Return to the status before ordination
L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
laicism (11 points)
Secularity
L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 11 pts
laicize (18 points)
Cut from the cloth (wordplay)
Remove the clerical nature of
Make secular
L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
lancers (9 points)
Dance from Bengal (wordplay)
Light cavalry soldiers.
Cavalry, of old
L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lancets (9 points)
Double-edged cutters
Surgeon's tools
High, narrow windows ending in arches
L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lancing (10 points)
Surgery school (wordplay)
Taking care of a boil, maybe
Opening in theatre school
L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
larceny (12 points)
Grand crime (wordplay)
Misappropriate charge (wordplay)
Taking things the wrong way (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
larches (12 points)
Trees replanted by Charles
Deciduous coniferous trees
Trees left on curved structures
L·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lascars (9 points)
East Indian sailors
East Indian sailors.
E. Indian sailors
L·1+A·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
latched (13 points)
Fastened (like a garden gate)
Shut, as a gate
Secured, in a way
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
latches (12 points)
Locks in canal at Cheshunt
Shuts the gate
They keep the door shut
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
latchet (12 points)
Old lace left at church - and in France!
Shoe strap, in olden times
Strap for fastening an old-time sandal.
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
latency (12 points)
Annoyance for online gamers
Quality of being dormant.
Period of inactivity
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
latices (9 points)
Elastic mixtures for making rubber goods
Milkweed juices, for example
Rubbery liquids
L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lattice (9 points)
Piecrust pattern, perhaps
'Line the loft' (Energy Grid)
A teetotaller framed in such a lousy way
L·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
launces (9 points)
Launce
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lavrock (16 points)
""A songbird, also LAVEROCK""
L·1+A·1+V·4+R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts
leached (13 points)
Dissolved and washed away.
Dissolved out by percolation
Removed by percolating
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
leacher (12 points)
Soil nutrients remover
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
leaches (12 points)
Cary Grant's folks
Percolates, as water
Percolates through soil or ore
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lechers (12 points)
Lascivious ones
Lascivious men
Goatish guys
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lechery (15 points)
Unrestrained sexual desire
Desire hot instead of cold 7 soup
Wary about companion's lustfulness
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
leching (13 points)
Lech
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
lectern (9 points)
Reading desk (in church)
Stand for one standing for reading
Speaking point (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 9 pts
lectins (9 points)
Lectin
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lection (9 points)
Lesson read in church
A text from Scripture.
Choice to omit first reading
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
lectors (9 points)
Readers, in a church.
Readers, as in churches.
Professors, at times
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lecture (9 points)
Talk that might put one to sleep
TED talk, e.g
Speech giving information to a class
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lecythi (15 points)
Lecythus
L·1+E·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+I·1 = 15 pts
leeched (13 points)
Was a parasite
Drained the essence
Sucked dry, as of one's fortune
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
leeches (12 points)
Removes bad humors, perhaps
Blood-sucking worms once used by doctors
Doctors once used them to bleed patients
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
letched (13 points)
Letch
L·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
letches (12 points)
Creepy dudes
Slangy creeps
Lascivious types
L·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lettuce (9 points)
Salad, shall we say (wordplay)
Head on a plate (wordplay)
Leaves for lunch (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
leucine (9 points)
White amino acid
An essential amino acid
'Acid' in clue wrongly associated with 'drug' (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
leucins (9 points)
Leucin
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
leucite (9 points)
White or gray mineral
White mineral.
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
leucoma (11 points)
Opacity in the cornea
Eye condition
Opacity of the cornea - Mao clue (anagram)
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1 = 11 pts
lexemic (18 points)
Pertaining to a {lexeme=n}
L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 18 pts
lexical (16 points)
Pertaining to words
Linguist's adjective
Pertaining to vocabulary
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
lexicon (16 points)
Nice lox (anagram)
Set of words
Book on law I study closely
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
licence (11 points)
Authority (or the lack of it!)
Authority - or freedom!
Authority - or lack of it (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
license (9 points)
Grant formal permission (to)
Space to make art (wordplay)
To empower student, one needs logic, say
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
licente (9 points)
Sente
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
licenti (9 points)
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1 = 9 pts
lichees (12 points)
Chinese fruit trees (var.)
Chinese nuts Var.
Nuts of a Chinese tree variable
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lichens (12 points)
Fungus-alga unions
Plants for rock gardens.
Growths on treeatrunks or rocks
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lichted (13 points)
Licht
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lichtly (15 points)
""To slight or make light of, also LIGHTLY""
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
licitly (12 points)
According to law
By the rules
Flower-girl covering up about it without breaking law
L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
lickers (13 points)
Ice-cream cone eaters, say
Lollipop partakers
Lollipop savorers
L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
licking (14 points)
Affection surrounding clubs in defeat
Working on a lollipop
Defeating with the tongue
L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lictors (9 points)
Roman magistrate's attendants
Roman magistrate's attendants.
Bearers of the fasces.
L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
limacon (11 points)
Heart-shaped curve
L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
limbeck (17 points)
Beat gong in aphetic still
L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 17 pts
linecut (9 points)
Engraving of sorts
Style of photoengraving
Photoengraving in solid black and white
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1 = 9 pts
lingcod (11 points)
Northern Pacific food fish
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+C·3+O·1+D·2 = 11 pts
linocut (9 points)
Picture crazy - O for a lunatic!
It may be made with a gouge and a brayer
Type of print made by engraving
L·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+T·1 = 9 pts
lipidic (12 points)
Pertaining to a {lipid=n}
L·1+I·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
litchis (12 points)
Dessert after moo goo gai pan, perhaps
They're nuts
Soapberry family trees
L·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1 = 12 pts
litotic (9 points)
Pertaining to {litotes=n}
L·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
loaches (12 points)
Fresh-water fishes.
Slender fresh-water fish
Slender, Old World fish
L·1+O·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
locales (9 points)
Spots colonel returning with beers
Scenes of ecstasy in boozers
Scenes; settings
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
locally (12 points)
In one's city
In the immediate neighbourhood
In the surrounding area
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
located (10 points)
Found topless model worried about tiger!
Settled - cold tea (anagram)
Cold tea (anagram)
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
locater (9 points)
He'll find the top man comes in later
Finder
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
locates (9 points)
Finds cat in sole possession, perhaps
Finds a closet rearranged
Lays one's hands on
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
locator (9 points)
Google map, say
Radar, for example
One who establishes a mining claim.
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
lochial (12 points)
Pertaining to {lochia=n}
L·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
lockage (14 points)
Canal toll.
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
lockbox (22 points)
Portable security device
Place for valuables
Secure place
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+O·1+X·8 = 22 pts
lockers (13 points)
Dressing room array
Keys for safety sake
Gym storage units
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lockets (13 points)
Small picture holders
Small picture containers
Props in "Annie" and "Oliver!"
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
locking (14 points)
Securing, as a door
Securing, in a way
Closing tightly.
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lockjaw (23 points)
Popular name for tetanus
Acute infectious disease, a.k.a. tetanus
Symptom of tetanus
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+J·8+A·1+W·4 = 23 pts
locknut (13 points)
Fastener anti-loosening device (4,3)
Item for securing hair on head
Screw-fastening device
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+N·1+U·1+T·1 = 13 pts
lockout (13 points)
Labor dispute tactic
The opposite of a strike
Employer's ploy
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 13 pts
lockram (15 points)
Kind of linen cloth.
Flag officer hung up linen
Jam with butter - it's material
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 15 pts
lockups (15 points)
Pokeys
Jails
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
locoing (10 points)
Loco
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
locoism (11 points)
A disease of livestock
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 11 pts
locular (9 points)
Pupil (of the eye) is compartmentalised
Having 'nooky' places, Miss Montez embraced copper and king
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
loculed (10 points)
Having a locule
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
locules (9 points)
Locule
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
loculus (9 points)
Catacomb recess
A place for Sir Thomas Browne's subterranean artefacts
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
locusta (9 points)
Swarming insect genus
Family of grasshoppers irritated scout in Los Angeles
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1 = 9 pts
locusts (9 points)
Short-horned grasshoppers
Insects in a plague
Insects in a biblical plague
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
logical (10 points)
Making sense of Gallico (wordplay)
Soldier found in pub? Stands to reason!
Like KenKen or Kakuro puzzles
L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
loricae (9 points)
Roman soldiers' corselets
Roman cuirasses.
Roman cuirasses
L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lucarne (9 points)
Spire dormer might be unclear
Dormer window
Spire dormer might be unclear - clue ran awkwardly (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lucence (11 points)
Brightness
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
lucency (14 points)
Clearness of thought
Limpidness
Clarity.
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
lucerne (9 points)
City and lake in clover (wordplay)
Obvious place to buy Swiss fodder
William Tell's lake
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lucerns (9 points)
Lucern
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lucidly (13 points)
In a clear way
Clearly, allowing understanding
With clarity
L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
lucifer (12 points)
Devil of a match!
Cryptic clue fair? Without a match!
A match for Nick (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
luckier (13 points)
Winning more at the slots, say
More Irish (wordplay)
Doing better at the casino, say
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
luckies (13 points)
Luckie
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
luckily (16 points)
By good fortune
It is fortunate that
Word before "I carry a spare"
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
lucking (14 points)
Luck
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
luetics (9 points)
Luetic
L·1+U·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 9 pts
lunatic (9 points)
Moon-dog problem (wordplay)
Kind of fringe
Involved in a cult that's crazy
L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
lunched (13 points)
Had a sandwich, perhaps
Ate at noon
Had a midday meal
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
luncher (12 points)
Abroad, the one expensive meal taker
One starting to miss a diner
Midday diner
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
lunches (12 points)
Box and free
Brown baggers' repasts
Partakes of Uncle H.'s hospitality
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lurched (13 points)
Tempted to go round church that's listed
Walked with unsteady swaying movement
Swayed suddenly to one side.
L·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lurcher (12 points)
One staggering on all fours (wordplay)
A dog on the prowl (wordplay)
Dog that might stagger (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
lurches (12 points)
Moves in unsteady swaying way, staggers
|Moves with an unsteady uneven gait
Walks with unsteady swaying motion
L·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lyceums (14 points)
Some European secondary schools
Educational groups.
Lecture halls
L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
lychees (15 points)
Chinese fruits
Chinese fruit
It's hard in schools to find exotic fruits
L·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
lychnis (15 points)
A flowering plant
L·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 15 pts
lycopod (15 points)
A club moss
Club moss.
Moss here in America is stopped by cop in outskirts of Long Island
L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+O·1+D·2 = 15 pts
lyncean (12 points)
Like a wildcat, sharp-sighted
Sharp-sighted, as a certain animal.
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
lynched (16 points)
Killed without legal sanction
So to deny HCI may be the death of one
Killed by mob action
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
lyncher (15 points)
One who {lynches=v}
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
lynches (15 points)
Hangs illegally as mob might
Acts like a mob in a western
Illegally executes
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
lyrical (12 points)
Like an ode
Like Hammerstein's works.
Song-like and poetic
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

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