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abhorred (14 points)
Couldn't stomach
A British mob said to be very unpopular
Disliked, and then some
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abridged (13 points)
Condensed (as text)
Cut short - big adder (anagram)
An old bird flew into and got cut
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
absorbed (13 points)
Took in gold found in berth (wordplay)
Wholly engrossed or imbued
Deep in thought.
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accorded (14 points)
Granted as proper.
Given in a stringy sort of way
Bestowed on
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
accreted (13 points)
Enlarged bit by bit
Built up gradually
Grew together
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accursed (13 points)
Under a spell, perhaps
Charged across river, doomed
Detestable chapter in abandoned crusade
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
acerated (11 points)
Needle-shaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
acquired (20 points)
Got papers without a disc (wordplay)
Came into possession of
Came to have.
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 20 pts
adherend (13 points)
The surface to which an adhesive sticks
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 pts
adsorbed (12 points)
Collected by condensation.
Condensed on a surface.
Held, as a dissolved substance
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
adverted (13 points)
Referred (to)
Made reference
That referred to the holy Father up there, my boy
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
aerified (12 points)
Aerify
A·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
affirmed (17 points)
Stated as a fact
Agreed to, as an oath
*Upheld or uplifted
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
afforded (16 points)
Yielded, and bore the expense
Met the expense of
Gave the fellow for dead - somehow came round
A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
affrayed (18 points)
Affray
A·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
aggraded (12 points)
Aggrade
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
airbound (11 points)
Supported by air
A·1+I·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 11 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
airspeed (11 points)
The going rate for planes (wordplay)
Going rate for high fliers (wordplay)
Plane's velocity
A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
alarumed (11 points)
Alarum
A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
amberoid (13 points)
""A synthetic amber, also AMBROID""
A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
anchored (14 points)
Ron ached (anagram)
Presented the top stories, perhaps
Dropped in to run the last leg!
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
answered (12 points)
Sawn reed (anagram)
How the rep lied!
Talked back (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
antherid (12 points)
The male reproductive organ of some plants
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 12 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
appeared (13 points)
Made it, say
Seemed like a priest equipped to listen
Came into view
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
apprised (13 points)
Informed how a priest dries
Kept in the know
A beloved, it's said, must be informed
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
apprized (22 points)
Valued
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 22 pts
approved (16 points)
A very quiet ramble daughter agreed to
Loan application stamp
Agreed to a very quiet ramble with duke
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
arabized (20 points)
Arabize
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 20 pts
arachnid (14 points)
Tick, for one
One often on the web (wordplay)
Daddy-longlegs, for one
A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+D·2 = 14 pts
arboured (11 points)
Pertaining to an {arbour=n}
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
archived (17 points)
Stored, as public records
Filed in historical records
Stored, as old files
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
arcuated (11 points)
""Arched like a bow, also ARCUATE""
A·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
argufied (13 points)
Argufy
A·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+F·4+I·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
armoured (11 points)
Member Sun's boss protected (wordplay)
Branch our journalist protected
Having protective covering
A·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
arointed (9 points)
Exited the premises, old-style
A·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
aroynted (12 points)
Aroynt
A·1+R·1+O·1+Y·4+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
arranged (10 points)
Put some notes in order (wordplay)
Placed in order
Planned a road to bypass mountains
A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
arrested (9 points)
Stopped and r-relaxed (wordplay)
In handcuffs, maybe
Got off the streets, say
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·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
ascribed (13 points)
Chalked up (to)
Credited the writer in a TV pitch
Gave credit to
A·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 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
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
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
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
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
attorned (9 points)
Attorn
A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
attrited (9 points)
Attrite
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·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
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
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

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