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alleyway (17 points)
Shortcut in a chase scene, maybe
Stray cat's hangout
No place for a rig
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
avowably (19 points)
In an avowable manner
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
avowedly (18 points)
Said to be a promising beginning
As has been acknowledged
With frankness
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
biweekly (20 points)
How some are paid
100 times a year, roughly
B·3+I·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
blowsily (16 points)
In a frumpish way
B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
blowzily (25 points)
In a blowzy manner
B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+Z·10+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 25 pts
bowingly (17 points)
In a bowing manner
B·3+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
brawnily (16 points)
In a brawny manner
B·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
cableway (18 points)
Hoisting system
C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
castaway (16 points)
One sending a message in a bottle, maybe
Person on a deserted isle, perhaps
Alexander Selkirk, for one
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
causeway (16 points)
Reason and means to build elevated road
Raised road crossing shallow water
Overseas Highway feature
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
clownery (16 points)
Comical performance
C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
cobwebby (22 points)
Unclean (of corners in attics, perhaps?)
Like attics in long-abandoned houses
Like an unswept corner
C·3+O·1+B·3+W·4+E·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 22 pts
cowardly (17 points)
Like a literary lion (wordplay)
Describing a fictional lion.
Acting the chicken in a wry cold play
C·3+O·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
cowberry (18 points)
A pasture shrub
C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
crawlway (19 points)
A small low tunnel
C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
crossway (16 points)
Road intersector
Intersecting street
Intersection
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
dewberry (17 points)
Bramble with edible purple fruit
Fruit-bearing shrub
Fruity bramble
D·2+E·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
downplay (17 points)
Make little of sad tragedy, for instance
Make light of
Make light of sad performance
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
driveway (18 points)
Nicklaus's paved range?
A venue (wordplay)
Two roads to the mansion (wordplay)
D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
drowsily (15 points)
Sleepily
D·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
entryway (17 points)
Place for an umbrella bucket, perhaps
Door, for example
Passage leading inside
E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 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
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
fellowly (17 points)
{friendly=adj}
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 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
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
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
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
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
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
hereaway (17 points)
In this vicinity
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·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
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
inwardly (15 points)
In the heart, privately
Not by way of being an outpatient
Toward the center
I·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
lawfully (17 points)
How criminals do not behave
Within the rules
By the book
L·1+A·1+W·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
lawyerly (17 points)
Masonic (wordplay)
Like some advice
L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
mellowly (16 points)
In an easygoing manner
Without harshness
M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
motorway (16 points)
High-speed highway
In Germany, it's an autobahn
Place to drive in Britain
M·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
narrowly (14 points)
Larry won somehow, but not by a lot
By the skin of one's teeth
By a small margin
N·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
nonwoody (15 points)
Not woody
N·1+O·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
outlawry (14 points)
State of one banished or on the run
State of someone on the run or banished
Billy the Kid's deeds
O·1+U·1+T·1+L·1+A·1+W·4+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
outweary (14 points)
To surpass in {wearying=v}
O·1+U·1+T·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
overwary (17 points)
Too {wary=adj}
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
overwily (17 points)
Too {wily=adj}
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
owlishly (17 points)
Acting like a night predator
Wisdom thus exemplified: how silly
How silly, bent out of shape while giving a hoot perhaps
O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
pandowdy (18 points)
Apple dish that Paddy won
Deep-dish apple dessert
Fruity dessert
P·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+D·2+Y·4 = 18 pts
rockaway (20 points)
Four-wheeled carriage with a fixed top
New York City beach
R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
rollaway (14 points)
Guest bed, perhaps
Bed on wheels
Kind of bed
R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
routeway (14 points)
An established course of travel
R·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sallowly (14 points)
In a sallow manner
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
shrewdly (18 points)
In an astute manner
Sharply show powers of judgment
In a crafty or astute manner
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
slideway (15 points)
A route along which something slides
S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sowbelly (16 points)
Salt pork
S·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
speedway (17 points)
Indy, for one
Fast-track form of sport (wordplay)
Indy track, for example
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
spillway (16 points)
Tablet in power for overflow passage
Reservoir's outlet
Surplus-water passage
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
stairway (14 points)
Steps up (wordplay)
Emergency route, maybe
Heavenly approach (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sternway (14 points)
Movement of a ship backward.
Backward movement of a ship.
Ship's backward movement
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
stowaway (17 points)
Fare beater, maybe
One getting a free ride (wordplay)
One who goes free (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
swankily (18 points)
In a swanky manner
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
swannery (14 points)
Place to put pens etc (wordplay)
Place for breeding waterfowl
Place where large birds are kept or bred
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sweatily (14 points)
In a laborious manner
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
swimmily (18 points)
In a swimmy manner
S·1+W·4+I·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
takeaway (18 points)
Subtract 12 add 25, perhaps (wordplay)
Remove a burger (wordplay)
Remove an Indian perhaps
T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
tawdrily (15 points)
In a tawdry manner
T·1+A·1+W·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
tearaway (14 points)
Hot-headed youth's rip-off (wordplay)
Rip off from hoodie, say
Hooligan from Split is on holiday
T·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
thataway (17 points)
In the direction indicated
The direction of Westerns
*Where "they went," in old westerns
T·1+H·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
thrawnly (17 points)
In a twisted manner
T·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
thwartly (17 points)
{athwart=adv}
T·1+H·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
towardly (15 points)
Favourable
T·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
trackway (20 points)
A trodden path
T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
trainway (14 points)
A {railway=n}
T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
twittery (14 points)
Nervous, tense rabbit close to anxiety
Sounding like a bird
Giggling nervously
T·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
twopenny (16 points)
Original fare on the London tube.
Worthless pony went wild
Of very little value
T·1+W·4+O·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
underway (15 points)
Has the tunnel got going (wordplay)
In motion (nautical)
Going by sea - or tunnel, perhaps
U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
unwarily (14 points)
In a careless manner
U·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
unwieldy (15 points)
Large and awkward to carry or manage
Difficult to handle
Heavy wine duly analysed
U·1+N·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
unwifely (17 points)
Not wifely
U·1+N·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
unwisely (14 points)
In defiance of warnings, say
With poor judgment.
Without much thinking
U·1+N·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
unworthy (17 points)
Not fit to run - why bother (wordplay)
Not deserving (of respect)
Not deserved, deserving
U·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
upwardly (17 points)
In the ascendant
On the ascendant
Likely to achieve a higher social position
U·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
walkaway (21 points)
' Renee' (1960s hit)
One way to avoid a potential scene
One entering path to win with ease
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
wantonly (14 points)
Demand nothing but in an extravagant way
In a reckless unrestrained way
That's the this of 9 across
W·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wardenry (15 points)
The office of a warden
W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
warranty (14 points)
Heart-pounding question (Part 3)
Undertaking (as to quality)
Quality assurance (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wasteway (17 points)
A channel for excess water
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
watchcry (21 points)
A {password=n}
W·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+C·3+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
waterily (14 points)
In a watery manner
W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
waterway (17 points)
Erie or Kiel
Panama Canal, e.g
Canal, for example
W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
waxberry (23 points)
A berry
W·4+A·1+X·8+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
weaponry (16 points)
Armaments any power may provide
Any power could have this armament
Cache in Rambo's trunk
W·4+E·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
weaselly (14 points)
Sly, treacherous
Underhanded
Furtive
W·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
weevilly (17 points)
That starts to be a little grubby, it seems
W·4+E·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
welladay (15 points)
Old-fashioned exclamation.
Alas, in olden days.
Sorrowful cry
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
wellaway (17 points)
Far from being off to a good start
Old word of woe
Alas, a considerable distance off
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
westerly (14 points)
Wet lyres (anagram)
Toward the sunset
Type of wind blowing east
W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wheezily (26 points)
In a wheezy manner
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+Z·10+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 26 pts
whiskery (21 points)
Unshaven king drowning in Irish drink
With facial hair
Scotch queen protected from displaying facial hair
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
whispery (19 points)
Resembling a whisper
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
whitefly (20 points)
Plant pest
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
wickedly (21 points)
In a decidedly evil manner
In a morally bad way
How some witches do their work
W·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
widthway (21 points)
From side to side
W·4+I·1+D·2+T·1+H·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
wilfully (17 points)
Deliberately, not accidentally
W·4+I·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
wingedly (16 points)
{swiftly=adv}
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
winterly (14 points)
""Having the characteristics of winter, also WINTRY, WINTERY""
W·4+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wintrily (14 points)
In a wintry manner
W·4+I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
witchery (19 points)
Spelling (wordplay)
Casting spells
Which reports from hospital have unknown quantity of unholy practices (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
wizardly (24 points)
Resembling Professor Dumbledore
W·4+I·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
wizardry (24 points)
Spelling, for example (wordplay)
The practice of magic
Mad skills, as it were
W·4+I·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1+D·2+R·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
woefully (17 points)
How a handwringer may act
Leaving a lot to be desired
About nothing, we get absolutely in a sad way
W·4+O·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
wontedly (15 points)
In the usual way
W·4+O·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
woodenly (15 points)
How lousy actors deliver their lines
Stiffly, awkwardly
W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
wooingly (15 points)
Attractively
W·4+O·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
wordplay (17 points)
Misuse of 'wad' or 'ply', for example!
Pun for a drama without music (wordplay)
Acknowledged ghost (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
workaday (19 points)
King in roadway abused pedestrian
Take almost the whole week off from routine
Unremarkable path involving kilometres in tortuous road
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+A·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
worthily (17 points)
In virtuous way, revised version of Holy Writ
How I try frantically holding line in righteous way
W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
wrathily (17 points)
In a wrathy manner
W·4+R·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
writerly (14 points)
Having an accomplished literary style
W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
yellowly (17 points)
In a yellow manner
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

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