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ashlered (12 points)
Ashler
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
ashtrays (14 points)
Camels' resting places (wordplay)
Camels' destinations (wordplay)
Once-common table toppers
A·1+S·1+H·4+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 14 pts
asparkle (14 points)
Aglow
A·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
asperate (10 points)
Make rough or harsh
Roughen, old style
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
asperges (11 points)
Religious ceremony of sprinkling.
Holy water-sprinkling rite
The sprinkling of holy water presages disaster
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
asperity (13 points)
Cooking tripe, say, may lead to acrimony
The peas I try with a bad grace
Harshness or severity of manner
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
aspersed (11 points)
Sprinkled in the way of uppish Desmond
Damaged a reputation
Besmirched, in a way
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
asperser (10 points)
One who runs a smear campaign
Vilifying villain
He accuses falsely, as the ship's officer said
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
asperses (10 points)
Spreads false charges against
Throws mud at
Slings mud at
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
aspersor (10 points)
""One who asperses, also ASPERSER""
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
aspheric (15 points)
Chips are all over the place, but not totally global
A·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 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
aspirata (10 points)
A breathed sound like "ph" or "th"
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+A·1 = 10 pts
aspirate (10 points)
Say hi to my favourite snake (wordplay)
Say the "h" in "historical," say
Say "hitch," for example
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
aspirers (10 points)
Goal-oriented sorts
They have high hopes
Wishful ones
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·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
assailer (8 points)
He mugged a sailor, they say
One on the attack
One casting aspersions
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assayers (11 points)
Ones doing rush work (wordplay)
They may take rush orders
They test animal facing years working
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 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
asserted (9 points)
Declared with authority!
A dessert may well be insisted upon
Stated with conviction
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
asserter (8 points)
One who states plainly and strongly
One who's sure
One who seizes the day
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assertor (8 points)
Star rose to become a champion defender
One speaking positively
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assessor (8 points)
Perhaps the woman is silly or values it
One with a taxing job (wordplay)
Perhaps she's silly or after 22 across
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 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
assister (8 points)
Help when family member needed
One who helps because she's related
Right-hand man.
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assistor (8 points)
Lawyer's aide
Supportive one
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assorted (9 points)
How silly a boy can be ini various ways!
Various, as chocolates
Like some candies in boxes
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
assorter (8 points)
One who classifies things
Classifier
Classifier.
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assumers (10 points)
Supposers.
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
assureds (9 points)
Policy beneficiaries
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
assurers (8 points)
They give confidence
They make you feel confident
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 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
assurors (8 points)
Assuror
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
asterias (8 points)
Asteria
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
asterisk (12 points)
Star of "M*A*S*H" (wordplay)
Star on the keys (wordplay)
Star in "M*A*S*H" (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+K·5 = 12 pts
asterism (10 points)
Cluster of stars
Small constellation
Constellation
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 10 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
asteroid (9 points)
Sex hormone, for example (wordplay)
'Rock' perhaps, a drug
Small celestial body
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
astragal (9 points)
Silver in heavenly ornament
Moulding in the form of a strip of beads
The ankle makes a star of a girl
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
astrally (11 points)
In a starlike manner
Pertaining to the stars
In a starlike way
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
astricts (10 points)
Confines
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 10 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
ataraxia (15 points)
State of tranquillity
State of calmness
Peace of mind
A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+A·1 = 15 pts
ataraxic (17 points)
A tranquilizing drug
A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
ateliers (8 points)
Places for beret wearers
Places for canvases
Studios with canvases
A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
atheroma (13 points)
Thickening of inner coat of arteries
Fatty deposits in an artery obstructing blood flow
Fatty deposit on inner lining of an artery
A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1 = 13 pts
atomizer (19 points)
Item on a vanity, perhaps
Perfume delivery option
Item on milady's dresser
A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
atrazine (17 points)
A weedkiller
A·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
atremble (12 points)
Albert Cook holds me back swaying
Shaking like a leaf
Shaking a thrice about a thousand
A·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
atresias (8 points)
Atresia
A·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
atrocity (13 points)
Wretched work of art: colloq.
Type of inhuman treatment
Town behind doctored schedule of horror
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
atrophia (13 points)
A wasting away of body parts
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
atrophic (15 points)
Relating to atrophia
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 15 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
atropism (12 points)
Toxic condition of armpit - so revolting!
Diseased state
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
attacher (13 points)
Welder, for example
Paper clip, for example
Stapling machine
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
attacker (14 points)
What an offensive sort of a person!
Take cart moving forward
One picking holes in fancy cake and tart
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 14 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
attemper (12 points)
A term pet used to adapt old style
Modify by mixture.
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 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
attester (8 points)
One bearing witness
One who certifies
One who gives evidence
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
attestor (8 points)
Notary, for instance
One's present at the trial, or ready to give one's 15 across at it
Certifier
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 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
attracts (10 points)
Is an opposite (wordplay)
What drawers does (wordplay)
Acts like an opposite (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
attrited (9 points)
Attrite
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
atwitter (11 points)
All keyed up and telling folks about it
1959 John Wayne western
Nervously excited
A·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
auberges (11 points)
Inns in Tours
A·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aubretia (10 points)
Genus of purple-flowered Mediterranean plants
A·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+A·1 = 10 pts
aubrieta (10 points)
Trailing rockery plant genus
A·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+T·1+A·1 = 10 pts
auditors (9 points)
Year-end visitors
Readers of books
They check the accounts annually
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
auditory (12 points)
Car blue, in one sense (wordplay)
Kind of memory
Via the ears
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
augurers (9 points)
Augurer
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
auguries (9 points)
Vintage car for a laureate (wordplay)
Signs of what will happen
James portrayed her as a lady
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 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
auguster (9 points)
August
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
auntlier (8 points)
Auntly
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
aureolae (8 points)
Aureola
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
aureolas (8 points)
Halos
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
aureoled (9 points)
Aureole
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
aureoles (8 points)
Rings of light
White halos, as around suns
Hal? O, that would make him one of those going around overhead
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 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
auricles (10 points)
External parts of ears
Parts of hearts
Ears.
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
auricula (10 points)
Alpine primrose.
Alpine primrose
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1 = 10 pts
auriform (13 points)
Ear shaped
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 13 pts
aurorean (8 points)
Radiant
A·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
ausforms (13 points)
Ausform
A·1+U·1+S·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
austerer (8 points)
Austere
A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
australs (8 points)
Austral
A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
autarchy (16 points)
Czarism, for example
Absolute rule
Absolute power
A·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
autarkic (14 points)
A Turk trained in best college must be self-sufficient
A·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
authored (12 points)
Was responsible for our death in crash
Created, in a way
Note added to novel Thoreau wrote
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
autocrat (10 points)
Detroit lobby leader (wordplay)
Henry Ford, for example (wordplay)
Detroit lobby leader?
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts
autogiro (9 points)
Kind of aircraft.
Cousin of a helicopter
To split a gold cheque for high flier
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+R·1+O·1 = 9 pts
autogyro (12 points)
Type of aircraft - yoga tour (anagram)
Kind of aircraft.
Rotating-wing aircraft
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+R·1+O·1 = 12 pts
avarices (13 points)
States of intense greed.
States of extreme greed
Miserly qualities
A·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 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
averaged (13 points)
Did a mean job (wordplay)
Did a mean thing (wordplay)
Found the middle of (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
averages (12 points)
Means, say, salary must be topped
Do they mean to claim time (wordplay)
How mean they are to claim the Times!
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 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
aversely (14 points)
In a bad way
Lay about poetry in a contrary manner
With a feeling of distaste
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 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
aversive (14 points)
Tending to shun
Kind of stimulus
Putting off claims I have reduced
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 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
aviaries (11 points)
Buildings for keeping birds
Buildings with wings
Where hawks and doves are kept apart
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aviarist (11 points)
One who gets lots of tweets (wordplay)
Birdman of a sort.
Birdhouse attendant
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
aviators (11 points)
Plane folks (wordplay)
People in high places (wordplay)
Aces high (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aviatrix (18 points)
Fly girl (wordplay)
Amelia Earhart, for one
Earhart, for one
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+X·8 = 18 pts
avicular (13 points)
Pertaining to birds
A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 13 pts
avigator (12 points)
One who navigates aircraft
A·1+V·4+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
avodires (12 points)
Avodire
A·1+V·4+O·1+D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
avoiders (12 points)
They won't look you in the eye
Shirkers.
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
avoucher (16 points)
One who {avouches=v}
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
awaiters (11 points)
Awaiter
A·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 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
awardees (12 points)
People getting prizes
Tony winners, for example
Medal winners
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
awarders (12 points)
Oscar presenters, e.g
Those giving out prizes
Oscar presenters, for example
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 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
aweather (14 points)
On the windy side
Not sheltered, on ship
Dread of woman on the windward side
A·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
awfuller (14 points)
Awful
A·1+W·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
awlworts (14 points)
Awlwort
A·1+W·4+L·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
axillars (15 points)
Axillar
A·1+X·8+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
axillary (18 points)
Of the armpit.
Relating to the armpit
Kind of artery or nerve
A·1+X·8+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
axletree (15 points)
Hub-hub (wordplay)
Wheel's attachment on a horse-drawn cart
Bar Alex felling large plant
A·1+X·8+L·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 15 pts
ayurveda (15 points)
Traditional Indian medicine system
Alternative medicine from India
Holistic medicinal approach from India
A·1+Y·4+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+D·2+A·1 = 15 pts
azoturia (17 points)
An excess of nitrogenous substances in the urine
A·1+Z·10+O·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 17 pts
azurites (17 points)
Blue copper ores
A·1+Z·10+U·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts

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