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abampere (14 points)
A unit of electric current
A·1+B·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
abortive (13 points)
Are a little fruitless in a boat I have
Steal show outside, returning fruitless
Coming to no result
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
abrasive (13 points)
Vie with Arabs? Could be rough!
Emery paper or steel wool, say
Rubbing the wrong way (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
abrogate (11 points)
Formally cancel (an agreement)
Annul - to a barge (anagram)
Cancel or repeal, say a law
A·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
absterge (11 points)
To cleanse by wiping
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
abstruse (10 points)
Hard to understand, perhaps profound
Hard to understand, recondite
Difficult to comprehend
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
accoutre (12 points)
Cor! A cute flipping dress!
Equip, Brit-style
Accountant gets bizarre dress
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
accurate (12 points)
A c-clergyman, right (wordplay)
Hide copper in a decrepit car? Spot on!
Without error, a chapter on clergyman
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acerbate (12 points)
Put out account with wrong rebate
Create novel about graduate in distress
Make bitter
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acervate (13 points)
Heaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
acierate (10 points)
Change into steel
Convert into steel.
Manufacture steel.
A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 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
acrosome (12 points)
A thin sac at the head of the sperm
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
acrylate (13 points)
A type of resin
A·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 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
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
aerolite (8 points)
Rock meteorite; oil eater (anagram)
Earth-impacting meteorite
Meteorite of stone.
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
afebrile (13 points)
Maintaining a normal body temperature
Not feverish
A·1+F·4+E·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aggrieve (13 points)
Distress; cause pain to
Cause offence or injury to
A stuttering lament will cause injury
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
aigrette (9 points)
Feathered head ornament
Get irate about plume
Get irate, tickled by feather
A·1+I·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
airborne (10 points)
Winging it (wordplay)
Gone with the wind (wordplay)
Like parachutists, at times
A·1+I·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 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
airframe (13 points)
Plane's body
Mechanical structure of a plane
Rocket's outer covering
A·1+I·1+R·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
airplane (10 points)
1980 Leslie Nielsen film title!
Runway model (wordplay)
Stew container (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+R·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
airscape (12 points)
A view of the earth from an aircraft
A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
airspace (12 points)
Room at the top (wordplay)
Shows some speed ? flying through it!
Musical tempo above ground (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
albacore (12 points)
Large tuna; able orca (anagram)
A fish that gets canned (wordplay)
Al Gore has cab back up for good swimmer
A·1+L·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
albicore (12 points)
""A large tuna fish, also ALBACORE""
A·1+L·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
aleurone (8 points)
Protein granule in seeds.
A protein found in some seeds
A·1+L·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
algerine (9 points)
A North African pirate
Native of a North African city.
North African.
A·1+L·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
amarelle (10 points)
Kind of cherry
One of two varieties of the sour cherry
A race of cherries.
A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
ameerate (10 points)
Under the thumb of a mid-eastern potentate
A·1+M·3+E·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
amitrole (10 points)
A herbicide
A·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
amortise (10 points)
Ten on in there (wordplay)
No ten on this to be liquidated
Gradually write off initial costs
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
amortize (19 points)
Write off gradually
Write off over time
Spread out over time, in a way
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
amperage (13 points)
The strength of the current (wordplay)
I'm, through time, a fury for 18 across
Strength of a certain current
A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
amphorae (15 points)
Tall classical jars (E, not S)
A battered hamper containing round jars
Ancient Greek wine jars
A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
anaerobe (10 points)
Septic tank worker (wordplay)
Bacterium that doesn't need oxygen
Organism growing without free oxygen
A·1+N·1+A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 10 pts
ankerite (12 points)
We hear a recluse takes mineral
Iron mineral
A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
anserine (8 points)
Silly as a goose
Stupid, as a goose.
Like a goose
A·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
antimere (10 points)
A part of an organism that corresponds with another
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
antirape (10 points)
Concerned with rape prevention
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
antrorse (8 points)
Turned forward or upward
A·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
anywhere (17 points)
Mercenary's workplace (wordplay)
In no particular place
In whichever place
A·1+N·1+Y·4+W·4+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 pts
aperture (10 points)
Opening for purer tea, perhaps
Opening (for a photographer?)
Opening (on camera, for example)
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
aphorise (13 points)
""To make a concise statement, also APHORIZE""
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aphorize (22 points)
Spout adages
Wax philosophical
Use saws
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
apocrine (12 points)
Relating to a product of a gland
A·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
appraise (12 points)
Evaluate and pop back to say it's good
Assess the value/quality of (something)
Assess value of (something)
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
arborize (19 points)
""To form many branches, also ARBORISE""
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
arbuscle (12 points)
A dwarf tree
A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
arcature (10 points)
Small covered passage
Series of decorative arches.
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
archaise (13 points)
""To use idioms, also ARCHAIZE""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
archaize (22 points)
""To use idioms, also ARCHAISE""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 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
areolate (8 points)
Having small crevices
Having a ring
Divided into angular spaces.
A·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
arginase (9 points)
An {enzyme=n}
A·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
arginine (9 points)
Bitter-tasting amino acid
A·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
arguable (11 points)
Ace grub with ale? Could be contentious!
Open to question
Up for debate
A·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
arillate (8 points)
Having seed coverings.
Having coverings, as seeds.
Having covered seeds Bot.
A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 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
aristate (8 points)
Bearded, as grain.
Bearded, as barley.
Bearded like grain
A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
armature (10 points)
Electric-motor part
Part of a magnet
Keeper to a monarch in his prime
A·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
armillae (10 points)
Armilla
A·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
arrestee (8 points)
One getting pinched (wordplay)
He was apprehended
One taken in
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 8 pts
arrogate (9 points)
Claim for oneself without justification
Seize without right.
Make undue claims
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 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
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
artifice (13 points)
Are you crafty if frozen (wordplay)
If I react strangely it may be a trick!
Crafty trick - if I react (anagram)
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 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
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
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
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
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
aureolae (8 points)
Aureola
A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 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
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

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