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abseiled (11 points)
Rests back in a bed and let oneself down
Descended rock face
Let oneself down rockface as I bleed badly
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
absolved (14 points)
Declared free (from guilt)
Let off the hook, a slob finally cracked
Sailor, cracked, released from duty
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
acylated (14 points)
Acylate
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
adulated (10 points)
Overdid the flattery
P. raised this too much
Licked the boots of
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
agalwood (13 points)
""The fragrant wood of a tropical tree, also AGALLOCH""
A·1+G·2+A·1+L·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 13 pts
airfield (12 points)
Dry area for landing (wordplay)
Carpet for the landing (wordplay)
Dry area used once by camels (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 12 pts
alarumed (11 points)
Alarum
A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
alighted (13 points)
Got off a train, say
How A got down on fire (wordplay)
Got down from, plane or train
A·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
alkaloid (13 points)
Caffeine, for one
All oak? I'd planned organic compound
Morphine or nicotine, for example
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
allotted (9 points)
Totalled yield? That's a given!
Suspect tale told and distributed
Earmarked (for)
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
analysed (12 points)
Carefully examined any leads broken
Yes, a land was examined
Determined the constituent parts
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
analyzed (21 points)
Looked at from every angle
Broke down
Investigated thoroughly
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 21 pts
anglepod (12 points)
Vine of the milkweed family
Dixie vine.
Milkweed
A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+D·2 = 12 pts
annealed (9 points)
Did a glassblower's job, perhaps
Tempered, as steel.
Tempered with heat
A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
annulled (9 points)
Made legally void
Cancelled the Dane around the void
Declared to no longer exist
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
anticold (11 points)
Effective against the common cold
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 11 pts
antlered (9 points)
Like some stag party members (wordplay)
Like a dik-dik
A deer is on ahead
A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
anvilled (12 points)
Anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
appalled (13 points)
Shocked and horrified
Took off cloak in disgusted condition
Deeply shocked, filled with dismay
A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
appealed (13 points)
Was attractive (to)
Asked out (wordplay)
Pleaded in an attractive way (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
arilloid (9 points)
Resembling an {aril=n}
A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
articled (11 points)
- Clerk, trainee solicitor
Apprenticed, as a lawyer
Like some clerks
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
ashlared (12 points)
Ashlar
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
ashlered (12 points)
Ashler
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
assailed (9 points)
Silly, sick and set upon
Idiot Delia got up and attacked
Attacked finding a ship needed a doctor
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
assoiled (9 points)
Pardoned, old style.
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
aureoled (9 points)
Aureole
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
auricled (11 points)
Relating to an auricle
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

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