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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
adamsite (11 points)
A lung-irritating gas
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adaptive (14 points)
Not set in one's ways
Like a chameleon's color
Doctor paid a vet to be compliant
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
additive (13 points)
Something joined, to food say
Something put into food
STP, for example
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
adequate (18 points)
Less than stellar
It'll do for Bill and associate
Sufficient now to regard as similar
A·1+D·2+E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
adhesive (15 points)
Hide vase (anagram)
Hades! I have got stuck with it!
A small deposit secures!
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
adoptive (14 points)
Kind of parent
Adult pivoted turning parental
Like certain parents
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
adorable (11 points)
Eliciting an "aww," maybe
Cute and cuddly (wordplay)
Eliciting an 'aww,' maybe
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 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
aerodyne (12 points)
Heavier-than-air craft
Heavier-than-air aircraft
Weighty flier
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
airdrome (11 points)
Landing field, of a kind
When you might start school
Field of a sort
A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 11 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
aldehyde (16 points)
Organic compound used in perfumery
Volatile alcohol derivative.
Chemical with lead ruined northern town
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
aldolase (9 points)
An {enzyme=n}
A·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 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
altitude (9 points)
Height (above ground)
Something to gain from flying (wordplay)
High number (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
amandine (11 points)
A bloke gets to eat a candle maybe!
Garnished with almonds
A chap to scoff: 'This is nutty!'
A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
amygdale (15 points)
""A small gas bubble in lava, also AMYGDULE""
A·1+M·3+Y·4+G·2+D·2+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
amygdule (15 points)
""A small gas bubble in lava, also AMYGDALE""
A·1+M·3+Y·4+G·2+D·2+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
andesite (9 points)
Volcanic rock
A night informally includes some Parisian rock
Volcanic rock around volcano - outside inside (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
andesyte (12 points)
""A volcanic rock, also ANDESITE""
A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 12 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
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
antedate (9 points)
Precede in time
Come before in time.
The day poker players kicked in
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
antidote (9 points)
Toxic avenger (wordplay)
Remedy for one opposing love
I'd not eat nasty poison? Certainly not!
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
antinode (9 points)
Part of a radio wave
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
antipode (11 points)
Hint, in one poem, the exact opposite
Opposite conductor, head buried
North, to south
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
aptitude (11 points)
A diet put out for fitness
Tied up at work acquiring proficiency
Natural ability or skill
A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 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
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
arillode (9 points)
A type of {aril=n}
A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
arsenide (9 points)
Poisonous compound
Chemical compound.
Compound of poisonous element; nearside (anagram)
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
attendee (9 points)
One at a meeting; teen date (anagram)
One present (at event)
Face in the crowd (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
attitude (9 points)
Conviction for temper (wordplay)
Frame of mind.
Chip on one's shoulder
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 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
auditive (12 points)
Related to hearing
Hearing-related
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 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
autodyne (12 points)
Relating to a type of electrical circuit
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts

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