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arriving (12 points)
Pulling into the station
Coming of four or six in a c-circle
Coming to pass.
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
arrogant (9 points)
Too big for one's britches
Feeling so much better!
Feeling much better (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
arrowing (12 points)
Arrow
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
arsenals (8 points)
Army-Navy stores (wordplay)
Powder rooms (wordplay)
Places to keep magazines (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
arsenate (8 points)
Ester of a poison.
Salt of a poison
Salt related to a poison
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
arsenics (10 points)
Arsenic
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 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
arsenite (8 points)
Salt of arsenious acid.
Poisonous salt
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
arsenous (8 points)
Containing a poisonous element
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
arsonist (8 points)
Switched on, star is lighter (wordplay)
One with a burning passion (wordplay)
Flaming guy (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
arsonous (8 points)
Pertaining to {arson=n}
A·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts
artiness (8 points)
Part, in essence, reveals theatricality
Esthetic affectation
Dilettantish air
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
artisans (8 points)
Crafty ones (wordplay)
Crafty folks (wordplay)
Crafty people (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
ascended (12 points)
Has counsel finished at last (wordplay)
How counsel got up and finished
Got up like the last of the century
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
ascender (11 points)
Part of letter one posts, say
Characteristic of b, d, or h
d or k, for example
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ascidian (11 points)
Sea squirt
A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ashiness (11 points)
Lack of color
Feature of a well-used hearth
Cadaverous quality
A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
ashplant (13 points)
A sapling used as a walking stick
Tackling Alp, hasn't a walking stick
Never, never split transverse stick
A·1+S·1+H·4+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
aspirant (10 points)
One works hard to achieve something
One with a goal
Partisan assembly produces a candidate
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
aspiring (11 points)
Cold-blooded killer I call ambitious!
*Wedding band made by Apple (wordplay)
Aiming for fresh pairings
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
aspirins (10 points)
Medicine chest occupants.
Two are often prescribed
Bayer and St. Joseph
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
assassin (8 points)
Murderer (of prominent figure)
Ruby, for one
One with a killer job (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
assaying (12 points)
The way to get value like a saw
Analyzing to determine properties
Like talking about testing metals
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
assented (9 points)
Caved in, maybe
A greed is not denied
Agreed (to)
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
assenter (8 points)
One agreeing to make fool join
Yes-man, for example
... one agrees for fool to come in
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assentor (8 points)
One who agrees
Nominee endorser in Britain
Endorsing voter, in England.
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assignat (9 points)
The way to put one's name at revolutionary currency
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1 = 9 pts
assigned (10 points)
Given gas, is end exploding (wordplay)
Given out the way it was autographed
Allotted or delegated
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
assignee (9 points)
Recipient of a right, in law
Recipient of a task
Heir, for example
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
assigner (9 points)
Professor, at times
Professor, re homework
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assignor (9 points)
One transferring property rights, in law
Property transferor
One who nominates a southern Italian gentleman
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assonant (8 points)
Like small talk (wordplay)
Onager treading insect?
Onager treading insect (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
assuming (11 points)
Accepting without verification
Based on the supposition
Taking as true
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
assuring (9 points)
Using a calming voice
Silly! You press the bell for cover
Making certain
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
astatine (8 points)
Halogen family element
Tea stain removed from element
At sea, Titan at sea
A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
asternal (8 points)
Lacking a breastbone
Unattached to the breastbone, as the floating ribs.
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
asthenia (11 points)
Debility at that time within continent
Debilitating weakness
The way it was, I anticipated a loss of strength
A·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+A·1 = 11 pts
asthenic (13 points)
Weak
A·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
astonied (9 points)
Astony
A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
astonies (8 points)
Astony
A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
astonish (11 points)
University is hard? Surprise!
Villa-style floor (wordplay)
Like James Bond's car? Wow!
A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
astounds (9 points)
Changing to Sun's ad brings surprises!
Fizzy soda with nuts is amazing
Causes shock
A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
astringe (9 points)
Ingrates, coming to grief, draw together
Geraint's arranging draw together
Bind together
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
asyndeta (12 points)
Sentences in which conjunctions are omitted
A·1+S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+A·1 = 12 pts
ataghans (12 points)
Ataghan
A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
atechnic (15 points)
Lacking technical knowledge
A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
athanasy (14 points)
Immortality
A·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
atheling (12 points)
Anglo-Saxon noble
A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
atheneum (13 points)
Library for example
Library for example
Hadrian's school
A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
atlantes (8 points)
Figures of men used as columns
Statues used as columns
Male figures used as columns.
A·1+T·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
atonable (10 points)
Forgivable, like venial sins
Like venal sins
Expiable
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
atonally (11 points)
In a keyless way (wordplay)
How keyless music is written
Without any key, in music
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
atrazine (17 points)
A weedkiller
A·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
atropine (10 points)
Declare view after concocting rat poison
Drug left over stopping boundless hurt
Compound used to dilate the pupil
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
atropins (10 points)
Atropin
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
attained (9 points)
Got date and ain't bothered!
Reached (eg, age)
Got at gratitude in the editor
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
attainer (8 points)
Achiever of a goal.
One who got it
Goal getter
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
attaints (8 points)
Outlaws at what spoils the food
Get to the backstreet that outlaws one
Sounds as if bad taste is not what makes one an outlaw
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
attended (10 points)
How a teetotaller died (wordplay)
Came with servants (wordplay)
Was present at
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 10 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
attender (9 points)
One who's all there (wordplay)
One who showed up
Someone who shows up
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
attiring (9 points)
Clothing (oneself)
Dressing (oneself)
Dressing - a place in Herts is holding it up
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
attorned (9 points)
Attorn
A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
attorney (11 points)
Right guard (wordplay)
Suit specialist in New York (wordplay)
No treaty (anagram)
A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
attuning (9 points)
Bringing into harmony
Upsetting taunting, finding the right pitch
Making it, all the same, by the sound of it
A·1+T·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
auctions (10 points)
Events that might have lots of lots
Puts on the block
Many eBay sales
A·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 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
audients (9 points)
Audient
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
auditing (10 points)
Inspecting (accounts)
Checking the books
Checking car with metallic sound
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
audition (9 points)
A process for rejecting ham (wordplay)
Show trial (wordplay)
(To) assess (an actor)
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
augments (11 points)
Enlarges or increases
Increases, adds to
Stun game makes larger
A·1+U·1+G·2+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
auguring (10 points)
Portending
Foretelling
Sounds as if it's for telling how you press the bell after a month
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
aunthood (12 points)
The state of being an aunt
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 12 pts
auntlier (8 points)
Auntly
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
auntlike (12 points)
Like an aunt
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
aurorean (8 points)
Radiant
A·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
autobahn (13 points)
Main route (wordplay)
... and how to get there (wordplay)
Famously fast route
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+H·4+N·1 = 13 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
autogeny (12 points)
Spontaneous generation
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
autonomy (13 points)
Independence, freedom to govern
Freedom encourages my aunt to keep ducks
'Independence, self-sufficiency (8)'
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
autumnal (10 points)
Fally, perhaps (wordplay)
Three-monthly perhaps
All about the Fall (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
autunite (8 points)
A mineral
A·1+U·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
availing (12 points)
Being of benefit.
A helping for the sick at last
Being of help.
A·1+V·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
avellane (11 points)
{avellan=adj}
A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
avengers (12 points)
TV show of the '60s (with "The")
They get even, perhaps at Ibrox
Agents of retribution
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
avenging (13 points)
Exacting retribution for
Getting back for
Settling a score
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
aventail (11 points)
An air flap in a helmet
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts
averment (13 points)
Positive affirmation.
Positive declaration
Affirmation
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
averring (12 points)
Saying with conviction
Stating firmly and positively
Asserting with confidence
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
aversion (11 points)
Dislike and say so in a roundabout way
One way of expressing distaste
Horror of a kind
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
averting (12 points)
Turning aside to affirm money is good
Turning aside one's eyes
Turning aside and preventing.
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
avianize (20 points)
""To modify by repeated culture in a chick embryo, also AVIANISE""
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
aviating (12 points)
In a dogfight, say
Up in the air, maybe
Getting high, perhaps
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
aviation (11 points)
The Wright thing to do (wordplay)
Wright field (wordplay)
Air field (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
avidness (12 points)
Eagerness and enthusiasm
Eager enthusiasm
Enthusiasm
A·1+V·4+I·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
avifauna (14 points)
Audubon Society array
Ornithologist's concern
Hawks are often a part of it
A·1+V·4+I·1+F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+A·1 = 14 pts
avionics (13 points)
High-tech aircraft science
Plane's electronics
Field of flight technology
A·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 13 pts
avoiding (13 points)
Keeping away from
Steering clear of
Shying away from
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
avulsing (12 points)
Tearing away
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
avulsion (11 points)
Tearing away
Sudden removal of land, but no visual changes (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
awaiting (12 points)
Perhaps a heavy way to be hanging around
In the wings
A comic drinks one can in store
A·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
awakened (16 points)
Perhaps RO used this
Became a ware (wordplay)
Dreamed no more
A·1+W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
awakener (15 points)
An alarm clock or rooster, for example
Alarm clock, for example
An alarm clock or rooster, e.g
A·1+W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
awarding (13 points)
Draw a gin forgiving a prize (wordplay)
Giving, as damages
Giving a prize for a fantastic drawing
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
awayness (14 points)
Distant state (wordplay)
Absence.
A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
awninged (13 points)
Like many storefronts
Sun-screened, as a bungalow.
A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
axonemal (17 points)
Pertaining to an {axoneme=n}
A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
axonemes (17 points)
Axoneme
A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts

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