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abdicate (13 points)
Renounce (a throne)
Abandon royal dignity
Quit, a la Edward
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
abeyance (15 points)
State of limbo
State of temporary cessation
State of suspension
A·1+B·3+E·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
abidance (13 points)
Act of enduring without yielding
Patient waiting
Conformity
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
acalephe (15 points)
Type of jellyfish
A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts
acaudate (11 points)
Zoological word meaning having no tail
Without a tail
Without a tail.
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
acauline (10 points)
""Stemless, also ACAULOSE, ACAULOUS""
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acaulose (10 points)
""Stemless, also ACAULINE, ACAULOUS""
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acceptee (14 points)
One admitted to a college, for example
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
accolade (13 points)
A steel tap (wordplay)
Praising mention or award.
A praising mention
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
accoutre (12 points)
Cor! A cute flipping dress!
Equip, Brit-style
Accountant gets bizarre dress
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
accurate (12 points)
A c-clergyman, right (wordplay)
Hide copper in a decrepit car? Spot on!
Without error, a chapter on clergyman
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acerbate (12 points)
Put out account with wrong rebate
Create novel about graduate in distress
Make bitter
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acervate (13 points)
Heaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aciculae (12 points)
Acicula
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acierate (10 points)
Change into steel
Convert into steel.
Manufacture steel.
A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acridine (11 points)
Crystalline compound
Bill runs before I sup what's found in coaltar
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
acrosome (12 points)
A thin sac at the head of the sperm
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
acrylate (13 points)
A type of resin
A·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
actiniae (10 points)
Actinia
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
actinide (11 points)
Einsteinium, for one
Indicate dicey radioactive element
Uranium, neptunium, or plutonium
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
activate (13 points)
Put in play
Set off, trip
Cat I, a vet, managed to get going
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
activize (22 points)
""To activate, also ACTIVIZE""
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
aculeate (10 points)
Sharply pointed (botany)
Having a sting.
Prickly.
A·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acutance (12 points)
Measure of film sharpness
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
adamance (13 points)
Unwillingness to yield
Inflexibility
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
aduncate (11 points)
Hooked
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
advocate (14 points)
Recommend like counsellor (wordplay)
Recommend a solicitor (wordplay)
Urge one to be a barman (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
affiance (16 points)
Engage a fin with a face
F get engaged in a caf
Betroth with face I fan
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
aglycone (14 points)
""A type of chemical compound, also AGLYCON""
A·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
airscape (12 points)
A view of the earth from an aircraft
A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
airspace (12 points)
Room at the top (wordplay)
Shows some speed ? flying through it!
Musical tempo above ground (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
albacore (12 points)
Large tuna; able orca (anagram)
A fish that gets canned (wordplay)
Al Gore has cab back up for good swimmer
A·1+L·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
albicore (12 points)
""A large tuna fish, also ALBACORE""
A·1+L·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
alcidine (11 points)
Pertaining to a family of seabirds
A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
algicide (12 points)
Fish pond treatment
Doing away with seaweed, a nostalgic idea in part (8) 5,3
A·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
alliance (10 points)
NATO, for one
Confederation of nations
Everyone in church covering a marriage
A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
allocate (10 points)
Assign or give to, say a duty
Distribute (eg, duties)
Assign (to a purpose)
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
allspice (12 points)
Pill case (anagram)
Berry whose oil is used in catsup
Jerk chicken ingredient
A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
ambiance (14 points)
Jobs once in California
Atmosphere, as at a restaurant
Theme restaurant's offering
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
ambience (14 points)
Atmosphere (of a place)
Aura (of a place)
Environment or surroundings
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
amicable (14 points)
Do I give current service? How nice!
How pleasant to be in current use!
Can I be of current use (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
ammocete (14 points)
The lava of a lamprey
A·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
analcime (12 points)
""A white mineral, also ANALCITE""
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
analcite (10 points)
""A white mineral, also ANALCIME""
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
ancillae (10 points)
Ancilla
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
anecdote (11 points)
Neat code (anagram)
Date once (anagram)
Speaker's intro, perhaps
A·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
announce (10 points)
Declare girl's a lightweight (wordplay)
Make known girl wait, say
Do the play-by-play, say
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
antecede (11 points)
Go ahead of
Come earlier than
Go in advance
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
anyplace (15 points)
Here, there, or everywhere (wordplay)
Apathetic reply to a mover's query
Nowhere in particular
A·1+N·1+Y·4+P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
apocrine (12 points)
Relating to a product of a gland
A·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
apothece (15 points)
A spore-producing organ of fungi
A·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
aquacade (20 points)
Billy Rose production
Swimming and diving pageant
Billy Rose offering
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 20 pts
arbuscle (12 points)
A dwarf tree
A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
arcature (10 points)
Small covered passage
Series of decorative arches.
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
archaise (13 points)
""To use idioms, also ARCHAIZE""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
archaize (22 points)
""To use idioms, also ARCHAISE""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
archduke (18 points)
Franz Ferdinand, for one
Waggish nobleman (wordplay)
Prince Henry follows car, shaking fist
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+U·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
artifice (13 points)
Are you crafty if frozen (wordplay)
If I react strangely it may be a trick!
Crafty trick - if I react (anagram)
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
audience (11 points)
Public house (wordplay)
Theater group (wordplay)
Assembly gathered to watch, say, a play
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
autocade (11 points)
Antique car show event, perhaps
Parade of a sort
Procession of cars
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts

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