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eschewal (16 points)
Ruminate, getting stuck into ales, perhaps - avoidance behaviour (wordplay)
Abstention called for in church. (Ales we mixed outside.)
Avoidance
E·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
eschewed (17 points)
Shunned, kept away from
Steered clear of
Turned one's nose up at
E·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
escrowed (14 points)
Held by a third party
In a holding account
Put safely away, in a way
E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
everyway (20 points)
From all angles
E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
eyebrows (16 points)
They may raise in surprise
Facial distinctions of John L. Lewis.
They're often plucked
E·1+Y·4+E·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 16 pts
eyewater (14 points)
An {eyewash=n}
E·1+Y·4+E·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
eyewinks (18 points)
Eyewink
E·1+Y·4+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
facedown (17 points)
How cards are usually dealt
How your hand is dealt
Wrong side up.
F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts
fadeaway (18 points)
What old soldiers do
Famous last words.
Dirk Nowitzki's signature move
F·4+A·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
fairways (17 points)
Just means 'parts of the course'
A golfer drives down these spaces
Golfers drive the ball down these
F·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
fallowed (15 points)
Left land unplanted.
F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
fanworts (14 points)
Fanwort
F·4+A·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
farewell (14 points)
See you charge correctly!
Manage comfortably for so long
I'm off food and water
F·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
farrowed (15 points)
Had little piggies
Perhaps this distant racket may mean the sow has been delivered
F·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
fawniest (14 points)
Fawny
F·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
fawnlike (18 points)
Like a young deer
F·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
fellowed (15 points)
Fellow
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
fellowly (17 points)
{friendly=adj}
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
felworts (14 points)
Felwort
F·4+E·1+L·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
fencerow (16 points)
The land occupied by a fence
F·4+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 16 pts
fesswise (14 points)
Horizontally
F·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
feverfew (20 points)
Aptly named medicinal plant
Plant some after a hot spell
Herb of Europe
F·4+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+W·4 = 20 pts
fewtrils (14 points)
Trifles
F·4+E·1+W·4+T·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
figworts (15 points)
Figwort
F·4+I·1+G·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
fireweed (15 points)
Growth in recently burned clearings
Yukon official flower
Growth in a recently burned clearing
F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
firewood (15 points)
An ingrate, perhaps, from 23 down
Franklin stove fuel
It may come in cords
F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 15 pts
firework (18 points)
Katy Perry song for July 4th (wordplay)
Stoking boiler for Rocket (wordplay)
Get up and go to job in banger
F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
fireworm (16 points)
A {glowworm=n}
F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
firmware (16 points)
Set of computer instructions
Microprogram stored in a computer's ROM
F·4+I·1+R·1+M·3+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
fishbowl (19 points)
No-privacy situation
Public lifestyle
Cast on the fiddle left exposed in the glare of the media
F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+B·3+O·1+W·4+L·1 = 19 pts
fishways (20 points)
Fishway
F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 20 pts
fishwife (20 points)
Coarse woman (Mrs Pilchard?)
Coarse-mannered woman
Coarse, scolding woman
F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 20 pts
fishworm (19 points)
A worm used as bait
F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 19 pts
fitchews (19 points)
European polecats.
F·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 19 pts
flatware (14 points)
Knives, forks and spoons
Knives and forks, for example
Forks and such
F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
flatwash (17 points)
{flatwork=n}
F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 17 pts
flatways (17 points)
{flatwise=adv}
F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
flatwise (14 points)
With the flat side in a particular position
F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
flatwork (18 points)
Laundry that can be ironed mechanically
F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
flatworm (16 points)
Parasite such as a fluke
Creature such as a fluke
Tram flow (anagram) - parasitic organism
F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
flawiest (14 points)
Flawy
F·4+L·1+A·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
flawless (14 points)
It's loud and tyrannical and no mistake!
Perfect female not bound by regulations
Fellow criminal is unimpaired
F·4+L·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
fleawort (14 points)
Plant reputed to repel insects
Ploughman's spikenard
European plantain
F·4+L·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
floodway (18 points)
Path of a cresting river
Route of a cresting river
F·4+L·1+O·1+O·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
flowages (15 points)
Flowage
F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
flowered (15 points)
How the blooming forte got deeper
Female slimmed down and blossomed
Blooming well got down the it at last
F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
flowerer (14 points)
A plant that flowers at a certain time
F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
floweret (14 points)
Part of a daisy or dandelion.
Part of a daisy or dandelion
Small bloom
F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 14 pts
flyaways (20 points)
Flyaway
F·4+L·1+Y·4+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 20 pts
flyblown (19 points)
In a dirty condition
It's dirty and unpleasant to travel by air with barrister on own
Annoying sort gets local drugs to policeman - ultimately, it's all contaminated
F·4+L·1+Y·4+B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
flyblows (19 points)
Flyblow
F·4+L·1+Y·4+B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 19 pts
flywheel (20 points)
Top entomologist (wordplay)
Device used to smooth rotational speeds
Rotating power store
F·4+L·1+Y·4+W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 20 pts
foldaway (18 points)
Type of bed
Community on holiday like beds in caravans
Type of bed worn out in the hands of footballers, with practice
F·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
folkways (21 points)
Folkway
F·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 21 pts
followed (15 points)
Didn't take the lead, but succeeded
Kept up with
Went after food well cooked
F·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
follower (14 points)
A loyal adherent - or a pursuer
A devotee or a pursuer
Adherent or pursuer
F·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
foofaraw (17 points)
Mountain made out of a molehill
Tempest in a teapot
Big hooha
F·4+O·1+O·1+F·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+W·4 = 17 pts
footwall (14 points)
The layer of rock beneath a vein of ore
F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
footways (17 points)
Say two of oscillating paths (wordplay)
Pedestrian passages
F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
footwear (14 points)
Pumps and clogs
That should cover 9 across, to boot
Boots and shoes
F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
footwork (18 points)
Concern for boxers and dancers
As shown by the side-stepping centre
Boxer's special skill.
F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
footworn (14 points)
{footsore=adj}
F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
foreknew (18 points)
Foreknow
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+K·5+N·1+E·1+W·4 = 18 pts
foreknow (18 points)
Be tipped off
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+K·5+N·1+O·1+W·4 = 18 pts
forepaws (16 points)
Pup's front pair
Raccoon's hands
Animal feet
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 16 pts
foreshow (17 points)
Pre-indicate.
Prefigure
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4 = 17 pts
forewarn (14 points)
Alert ahead of time
Give a premonition
Caution in advance
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
forewent (14 points)
Preceded, as in time
Gave up? Fine, we're not upset
Preceded
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
forewing (15 points)
An anterior wing of an insect
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
foreword (15 points)
Author's note
Front-matter section
Preface of a sort
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts
foreworn (14 points)
""Worn out, also FORWORN""
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
forswear (14 points)
Renounce upon oath - far worse (anagram)
Abstain from wafers or soup (wordplay)
Reject or disavow
F·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
forswore (14 points)
Gave up because worse off
Agreed to give up
Rejected in favour of Cornish mineral
F·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
forsworn (14 points)
Guilty of perjury
Perjured
Perjured.
F·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
forwards (15 points)
Despatches what are in 24 across
Sends on, as a letter
Passes on for strikers
F·4+O·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
fowlings (15 points)
Fowling
F·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
freeways (17 points)
Roads with no tolls
Routes without tolls
L.A. highways, for example I-405 & I-110
F·4+R·1+E·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
freewill (14 points)
Let Smith out of a contract (wordplay)
Let Rogers go (wordplay)
Lawyer's come-on (wordplay)
F·4+R·1+E·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
fretsaws (14 points)
Tools with short blades and long frames
They're used to cut curved outlines
Cutters with U-shaped frames
F·4+R·1+E·1+T·1+S·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 14 pts
fretwork (18 points)
Design cut with a saw
Ornamental three-dimensional pattern
Ornamental design done with saw
F·4+R·1+E·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
frowners (14 points)
Frowner
F·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
frowning (15 points)
In a dour mood
Down in the mouth
Not in a merry mood
F·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
frowsier (14 points)
More slovenly
F·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
frowsted (15 points)
Frowst
F·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
frowzier (23 points)
Frowzy
F·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+Z·10+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
frowzily (26 points)
In a frowzy manner
F·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+Z·10+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 26 pts
fuelwood (15 points)
Charcoal
F·4+U·1+E·1+L·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 15 pts
furbelow (16 points)
Coat underneath border
Pleated ruffle on a garment
Trimming hair somewhere underneath
F·4+U·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 16 pts
furrowed (15 points)
Had argument after coat becoming creased
Like some brows
Wrinkled, as a brow
F·4+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
furrower (14 points)
One that {furrows=v}
F·4+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
gadwalls (13 points)
Wild ducks
G·2+A·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
gangplow (15 points)
An agricultural implement
G·2+A·1+N·1+G·2+P·3+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 15 pts
gangways (16 points)
Escape passages, possibly
Ships' boarding bridges
Bridges for boarding ships
G·2+A·1+N·1+G·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
gapeworm (16 points)
A worm that causes a disease of young birds
G·2+A·1+P·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
gasworks (16 points)
Fuel-making factory
Plant manufacturing fuel
Place for manufacturing fuel
G·2+A·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 16 pts
gateways (15 points)
Picket line openings (wordplay)
Entrances and exits
They could be used to make get-aways
G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 15 pts
gawkiest (16 points)
Gawky
G·2+A·1+W·4+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
gaywings (16 points)
A perennial herb [n pl.]
G·2+A·1+Y·4+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 16 pts
getaways (15 points)
What spas are visited for
Develop a strategy for school holidays
Speedy departures
G·2+E·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 15 pts
giftware (15 points)
China, say
G·2+I·1+F·4+T·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
gigawatt (13 points)
Big quantity of juice (wordplay)
Mass power generation unit
Large unit of power
G·2+I·1+G·2+A·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1 = 13 pts
giveaway (18 points)
Cousin of a handout
Modern type of TV program.
Act generously - betray
G·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
glowered (13 points)
Looked angrily (at)
Looked mighty angry
Scowled when Greek leader was put down
G·2+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
glowworm (17 points)
Beetle, partly luminous
Kind of beetles that emit greenish light
Beetle with luminescent organs
G·2+L·1+O·1+W·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 17 pts
gnawable (14 points)
Able to be gnawed
G·2+N·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
gnawings (13 points)
Feelings of hunger
Pangs
G·2+N·1+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts
golliwog (13 points)
Politically incorrect old rag doll
Non-PC doll
Grotesque doll.
G·2+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+W·4+O·1+G·2 = 13 pts
goodwife (16 points)
CBS drama (with "The")
CBS hit drama (with "The")
G·2+O·1+O·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 16 pts
goodwill (13 points)
Angelic George (wordplay)
Kind William having friendly disposition
Feeling of kindness towards others
G·2+O·1+O·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
goshawks (19 points)
Large raptors
Birds disappear and lurk finally in woods
Gracious, a week before start of spring you'll see these birds!
G·2+O·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+S·1 = 19 pts
gownsman (14 points)
Don, perhaps, has fed FBI agent
G·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
gownsmen (14 points)
Gownsman
G·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
grewsome (14 points)
""Repugnant, also GRUESOME""
G·2+R·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
gromwell (14 points)
Bloomer makes Roundhead lose head for good
Flower is good for head of commonwealth leader
G·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
growable (14 points)
Capable of being cultivated
Argue, entering part of roof? That could be raised!
G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
growlers (12 points)
Small icebergs
Angry dogs
Small bergs.
G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
growlier (12 points)
Growly
G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
growling (13 points)
Sound of hunger, maybe
Become attached to Heather making wild animal noises (wordplay)
Threatening noise, initially loud, increasing in volume outside
G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
grownups (14 points)
Adults, in the idiom of those younger
One of Seton's beastly protagonists
Former teens
G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 14 pts
grubworm (16 points)
The larva of some insects
G·2+R·1+U·1+B·3+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
guffawed (19 points)
Hooted 'Humbug!' to one being married
Didn't just chuckle
Gave coarse noisy laugh
G·2+U·1+F·4+F·4+A·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts
guideway (16 points)
A track for controlling the line of motion of something
G·2+U·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
gulfweed (16 points)
A brown algae
G·2+U·1+L·1+F·4+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
gumweeds (15 points)
Plants known as "sticky-heads"
Plants known as 'sticky-heads'
G·2+U·1+M·3+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
gumwoods (15 points)
Gumwood
G·2+U·1+M·3+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
gunwales (12 points)
Upper edges of a ship sides
Shoot the Welsh there on board
Oarlocks' locales
G·2+U·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
gweducks (19 points)
Gweduck
G·2+W·4+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 19 pts
hacksaws (20 points)
Metal-cutting tools
Cutters of journalist cliches
Journalists who keep saying cutting things
H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 20 pts
hackwork (24 points)
Hardly great literature
Penny-a-line toil.
Dull stuff written to order
H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 24 pts
hairwork (18 points)
The making of articles from hair
H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
hairworm (16 points)
A parasitic worm
H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
hallowed (15 points)
So it's goodbye Tues? That's divine!
Blessed and married after salutation
Blessed lobby had to pay
H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
hallower (14 points)
Lincoln at Gettysburg, for example
Priest, at times
H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
hallways (17 points)
They're on the way in
Indoor passages
Corridors
H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
handsaws (15 points)
Some carpentry tools
What fellers may be skilled with
Carpenters' tools.
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 15 pts
handsewn (15 points)
Like a quilt made by grandma, perhaps
Made like NFL footballs
Not done by machine
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+E·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
handwork (19 points)
Manual labor
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
handwrit (15 points)
Written by hand
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1 = 15 pts
hardware (15 points)
Trophies in a tournament, informally
Nuts and bolts, etc.
Nuts and bolts
H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
hardwire (15 points)
Endow genetically
H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
hardwood (16 points)
Teak or mahogany, say
No soft deal (wordplay)
No soft deal!
H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 16 pts
harrowed (15 points)
Broke up (ploughed earth)
Worked the soil, in a way
Worked farmland, in a way
H·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
harrower (14 points)
Farmer, sometimes
H·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
hatchway (22 points)
How to get chicken on board (wordplay)
Passage on a ship
Deck opening for access
H·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
hawfinch (22 points)
The common grosbeak
Common grosbeak
H·4+A·1+W·4+F·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 22 pts
hawkbill (20 points)
A sea turtle
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 20 pts
hawkings (19 points)
Hawking
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 19 pts
hawklike (22 points)
Advocating aggressiveness or confrontation
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 22 pts
hawkmoth (23 points)
Sphinx to cough up test that's hard
Stout-bodied insect
Large hovering insect
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 23 pts
hawknose (18 points)
Reason for cosmetic surgery, maybe
Prominent feature
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 18 pts
hawkshaw (24 points)
Detective from 1863 play.
Detective, from character in 1863 play.
Shamus
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4 = 24 pts
hawkweed (22 points)
A weedlike herb
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 22 pts
hawthorn (17 points)
Tree housing Heyerdahl (wordplay)
Britain's first Formula One champion
Hedge tree of the rose family
H·4+A·1+W·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 17 pts
haywards (18 points)
Hayward
H·4+A·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 18 pts
haywires (17 points)
Haywire
H·4+A·1+Y·4+W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
headways (18 points)
Headway
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 18 pts
headwind (16 points)
*Heavy breathing (wordplay)
Blow one has to face
Tough thing to fly into
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2 = 16 pts
headword (16 points)
Puzzled who'd read this? You might!
DictionaryAentry in bold
Dictionary entry in bold
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 16 pts
headwork (19 points)
Principal joins service for lobotomy
Soccer shot
Thinking
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
hedgerow (16 points)
Boundary dispute (wordplay)
Border dispute (wordplay)
Landscaper's handiwork, perhaps
H·4+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 16 pts
heehawed (18 points)
Emulated a mule
Made sound like braying donkey
Made donkey sounds
H·4+E·1+E·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
hempweed (19 points)
A climbing plant
H·4+E·1+M·3+P·3+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts
hereaway (17 points)
In this vicinity
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
herewith (17 points)
Accompanying this (letter)
May I present...
In the enclosed correspondence
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 17 pts
hideaway (18 points)
Retirement home (wordplay)
Private island, for example
Place where one won't be disturbed
H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
highbrow (20 points)
Intellectual of sorts.
Feature for an egghead?
Feature for an egghead (wordplay)
H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 20 pts
highways (21 points)
Roads needing bad manners (wordplay)
Intercity roads
Main roads
H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 21 pts
hoedowns (15 points)
Do-si-do dos
Do-si-do whoop-de-dos
Community dance parties
H·4+O·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
hogweeds (16 points)
Hogweed
H·4+O·1+G·2+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
hollowed (15 points)
Caused to be depressed (wordplay)
Prepared a pumpkin
Revered ring for ace is sunken
H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
hollower (14 points)
More vacuous
H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
hollowly (17 points)
In a hollow manner
H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hometown (16 points)
Each of us has one.
Urban area of birth
How Monet processed birthplace
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
homeward (17 points)
Catcall in store on the way back
Towards one's residence
Bound to be docked when one gets there
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 17 pts
homework (20 points)
Cause of a student protest (wordplay)
Page of math problems, say
Inform this not done, perhaps
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 20 pts
honewort (14 points)
A perennial herb
H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
honeydew (18 points)
Melon - Owen Hyde (anagram)
Crenshaw's cousin
Melon with a green rind
H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+D·2+E·1+W·4 = 18 pts
hoodwink (19 points)
Nictitation from Thomas?
Nictitation from Thomas (wordplay)
Deceive mobster over the counter
H·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 19 pts
hookworm (20 points)
Parasitic bloodsucker
H·4+O·1+O·1+K·5+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 20 pts
hoosegow (15 points)
Prison (in America)
Slammer or pokey
Cooler socks, having trace of orange, go with...
H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+W·4 = 15 pts
hoosgows (15 points)
Homes for hoods
Cooler relatives
H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+G·2+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 15 pts
hornworm (16 points)
The lava of a hawkmoth
H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
hornwort (14 points)
An aquatic herb
H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
howdying (19 points)
Howdy
H·4+O·1+W·4+D·2+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts
howitzer (23 points)
Short, heavy gun fired at an angle
Short-range cannon.
High-angle type of cannon.
H·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
huswifes (17 points)
Huswife
H·4+U·1+S·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
huswives (17 points)
Huswife
H·4+U·1+S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
imbowers (15 points)
Imbower
I·1+M·3+B·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
imbrowns (15 points)
Imbrown
I·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
impawned (16 points)
Impawn
I·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
impowers (15 points)
Impower
I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
inchworm (18 points)
Short crawler (wordplay)
Creep! Groveller! Grub!
Small hairless caterpillar
I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 18 pts
indowing (13 points)
Indow
I·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
indwells (12 points)
Remains for ever in mind, we'll swear
Exists as an activating force
I·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
ingrowth (15 points)
Painful toenail, sometimes
Structure developing inwards
Toenail, sometimes
I·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+T·1+H·4 = 15 pts
inkwells (15 points)
Schoolhouse features of yore
Early schooldesk appointments
Bygone schoolroom items
I·1+N·1+K·5+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 15 pts
inkwoods (16 points)
Trees of Florida.
I·1+N·1+K·5+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
inswathe (14 points)
""To wrap around, also ENSWATHE""
I·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 14 pts
interrow (11 points)
Existing between rows
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 11 pts
interwar (11 points)
Time between WWI and WWII
Exam can be a struggle within the bounds of a number of conflicts
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts

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