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aasvogel (12 points)
A South African vulture
A·1+A·1+S·1+V·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
abacuses (12 points)
You can count on them!
You can always count on these
Devices you can count on
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abalones (10 points)
Mother-of-pearl sources
Mother-of-pearl source
A mother-of-pearl source
A·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abandons (11 points)
Leaves (sinking ship)
A T. Rex perhaps touching small leaves
Deserts, say a sinking ship
A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abasedly (14 points)
In a lowering way
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
abashing (14 points)
A striking defeat that's humiliating
A defeat that is humiliating
A beating is embarrassing
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abatises (10 points)
Tree barricades used in war
Barbed barricades
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abbacies (14 points)
Monastery offices
A·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abbesses (12 points)
Big sisters (wordplay)
'Mothers superior, prioresses (8)'
Mothers superior, prioresses
A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abdomens (13 points)
Assimilating body parts (wordplay)
Breadbaskets, so to speak
Exercise targets
A·1+B·3+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abducens (13 points)
A cranial nerve
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abelmosk (16 points)
A tropical herb
A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+K·5 = 16 pts
abettals (10 points)
Sanctions.
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abetters (10 points)
A punter's fellow criminals (wordplay)
Fences, for example
They help or incite others
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abettors (10 points)
Lookouts, for example
Helpers in crime
Getaway drivers, e.g
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abfarads (14 points)
Abfarad
A·1+B·3+F·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
abhenrys (16 points)
Abhenry
A·1+B·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
abigails (11 points)
Adams and Fillmore
Second first lady and others.
Adams and Van Buren
A·1+B·3+I·1+G·2+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abjurers (17 points)
Abjurer
A·1+B·3+J·8+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
abluents (10 points)
Abluent
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abomasal (12 points)
Pertaining to the abomasum
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
abomasum (14 points)
Old mother's filling a hobo's stomach
Nearly a lot of money, a 12 to stomach
A cow's fourth stomach
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
abomasus (12 points)
""The fourth stomach of a ruminant, also ABOMASUM""
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
aborters (10 points)
Apollo 13 astronauts, for example
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
aboulias (10 points)
Aboulia
A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abraders (11 points)
Emery boards, for example
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abrasion (10 points)
Result of scraping by (wordplay)
Souvenir from a bad trip (wordplay)
A support is replaced on wound
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
abreacts (12 points)
Expresses an emotion.
Conquers a trauma, in therapy
Releases pent-up emotions, in psychoanalysis
A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abridges (12 points)
Shortens article by English poet
Curtails the brigade's movement
A poet prepares a precis
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abrosias (10 points)
Abrosia
A·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abscised (13 points)
Abscise
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abscises (12 points)
Abscise
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
abscisin (12 points)
Plant hormone causing the fall of leaves in autumn
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
abscissa (12 points)
Ordinate's opposite
X-axis coordinate
Element of reference in geometry.
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1 = 12 pts
absconds (13 points)
Goes without saying (wordplay)
Bolts, runs away
Runs off, as with stolen property
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts
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
absences (12 points)
They soften the heart
Attendance book entries
Attendance-book notations
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
absented (11 points)
Kept away, being dispatched into a place of rest
Kept away
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
absentee (10 points)
A busy worker sent in for one away
Missing voter (wordplay)
Truant, for one.
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
absenter (10 points)
One intentionally not present
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
absently (13 points)
In a preoccupied way
Without thinking
Inattentively
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
absinthe (13 points)
Sailors in the drink (wordplay)
Bits of kebabs in their drink (wordplay)
Strong liquour in the basin (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 13 pts
absinths (13 points)
Absinth
A·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 13 pts
absolute (10 points)
Positive kind of zero? On the contrary!
Complete and unrestricted, say power
Free from limits, power perhaps
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 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
absolver (13 points)
He who pardons.
Jack you may forgive
A priest may be such, or half a French one and you
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
absolves (13 points)
Saves lob shot and clears
Saves lob shot and clears completely
Remits, as sins
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
absonant (10 points)
Unnatural boast about strangling old relative
Discordant
Discordant, archaically
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 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
absorber (12 points)
Sponge recipe accepted by sailor, not drunk
Cushion
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
abstains (10 points)
Doesn't say yes or no
Chooses not to do
Casts no vote
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 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
abstract (12 points)
Quietly remove painting, perhaps
Hard to grasp, maybe
Knock off some modern art (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
abstrict (12 points)
To set free by constriction
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 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
absurder (11 points)
More ridiculous
More ridiculous bends on road during Lincoln runs
It's more ridiculous - I'm lost for words after Australian has bowled Root
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
absurdly (14 points)
In preposterous manner.
In a ridiculous manner
In a foolish way
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
abusable (12 points)
Able to be abused
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
abuttals (10 points)
Legal land boundaries.
Boundaries
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
abutters (10 points)
Abutter
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
academes (13 points)
College professors, for example
Made case out for literary colleges
Places of instruction and learning
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acalephs (15 points)
Acaleph
A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+S·1 = 15 pts
acanthus (13 points)
A staunch sort of plant (wordplay)
Like this a tin will have spikes
A tin like this will be prickly
A·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acapnias (12 points)
Acapnia
A·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+N·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acarines (10 points)
Acarine
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acarpous (12 points)
Bearing no fruit
Bearing no fruit.
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acaulose (10 points)
""Stemless, also ACAULINE, ACAULOUS""
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acaulous (10 points)
""Stemless, also ACAULINE, ACAULOSE""
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acceders (13 points)
Those who give in
Compliant ones
Agreers.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
accessed (13 points)
Made contact with
Got into, as a website
Reached hacker style
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accesses (12 points)
Bypasses security, perhaps
Passages to and from.
Ways to get in
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accidias (13 points)
Accidia
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
accidies (13 points)
Accidie
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acclaims (14 points)
Applauds a demand in case of cabbies
Gives a hero's welcome
Gives props to
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
accosted (13 points)
Approached boldly, solicited
Approached and spoke to
Approached - when priced under a hundred
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accounts (12 points)
Bill's impressions (wordplay)
Bills given by retailers (wordplay)
Bill's versions (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accretes (12 points)
Grows together
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accruals (12 points)
Savings account gains
Interest amounts
Casual working around credit and numerous accumulations of interests
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 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
accusals (12 points)
'Et tu?' and others
Et tu? and others
Whodunit climaxes
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accusant (12 points)
An {accuser=n}
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
accusers (12 points)
D.A.'s, essentially
Some trial witnesses
They impute guilt
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accusing (13 points)
Charging (someone with crime)
Making a charge
Charging with an offence
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
accustom (14 points)
Make (someone) used to (something)
Get used (to)
Make used (to)
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3 = 14 pts
acequias (19 points)
Acequia
A·1+C·3+E·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 19 pts
acerbest (12 points)
Acerb
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acerolas (10 points)
Acerola
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acescent (12 points)
Of milk, sour or turning sour
A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acetates (10 points)
Protective film sheets
Bases for movie film
LP disks for example
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acetones (10 points)
Polish removers rewrote case note
Nail polish removers
Cigarette smoke byproducts
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
achieves (16 points)
Accomplishes with effort
Accomplishes, gains by effort
Each vies desperately and is successful
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
achiness (13 points)
Reason for liniment
Sore quality
Flu clue
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts
achiotes (13 points)
Achiote
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acholias (13 points)
Acholia
A·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
aciculas (12 points)
Acicula
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acidness (11 points)
Quality of being sour
Ill manner
Vitriol
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acidoses (11 points)
Acidosis
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acidosis (11 points)
Blood disorder involving low pH
Low blood alkalinity
Low-pH blood condition
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acolytes (13 points)
Novices could be colts, yea (wordplay)
Cosy tale about apostles
They assist clergy
A·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
aconites (10 points)
One's admitting turning into flowers
Monkshood and wolfsbane
Wolfsbane and monkshood
A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acoustic (12 points)
What one plays pool with?
*Like a Taylor 810, say
What one plays pool with (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
acquests (19 points)
Acquest
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 19 pts
acquires (19 points)
Buys a hundred sheets of paper
Comes into the possession of
Gets a hundred sheets of paper
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
acrasias (10 points)
Acrasia
A·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acrasins (10 points)
Acrasin
A·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acreages (11 points)
Lots and lots (wordplay)
Lots and lots of lots
Realtor's quantities
A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acridest (11 points)
Acrid
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
acrobats (12 points)
Those falling head over heels (wordplay)
Coat, bras, pants, jumpers (wordplay)
Ones seeking steady work (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acrogens (11 points)
Ferns or mosses.
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acronyms (15 points)
Malcontent may scorn Oxfam, Unicef etc
Laser and Taser, e.g
Laser and Taser, for example
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+S·1 = 15 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
acrostic (12 points)
Leaders in poetry, perhaps
Beginnings of poetry (wordplay)
Initial puzzle (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
acrotism (12 points)
Absence of pulsation
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
acrylics (15 points)
Some synthetic fibers
Bill finds Cyrils fabricated paints
Alternative to oils
A·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 15 pts
actinias (10 points)
Actinia
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
actinism (12 points)
Property of radiant energy
Property of radiant energy.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
actinons (10 points)
Actinon
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
activism (15 points)
Nader's way
Trying to change society
Policy of being involved
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
activist (13 points)
Subversive part of play I view endlessly
Issue-oriented person
Busy worker for cause
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
actorish (13 points)
Theatrical remake of Oscar hit
A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 13 pts
actuates (10 points)
Puts into motion
Arouses.
Drives
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acuities (10 points)
Keen qualities of sense
A·1+C·3+U·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
acylates (13 points)
Acylate
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acyloins (13 points)
Acyloin
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
adamants (11 points)
Unbreakable stones of legend
Impenetrably hard stones.
Impenetrably hard stones
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adamsite (11 points)
A lung-irritating gas
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adapters (11 points)
Plugs with more prongs, say
Some electrical devices
Certain TV writers
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adaptors (11 points)
Vacationers' tech purchases
Electricians' linking devices
Ad, just what they're able to do
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adducers (12 points)
Adducer
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
adenines (9 points)
Compounds paired with thymines in DNA
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adenitis (9 points)
Inflammation produced by port? Positive answer to question!
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adenoids (10 points)
Did a nose get behind a nose (wordplay)
Tonsil hockey sideliners (wordplay)
Did a nose get them up it (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
adenomas (11 points)
A sad Nemo swimming in things that grow
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adenoses (9 points)
Adenosis
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adenosis (9 points)
Abnormal growth of glandular tissue
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adeptest (11 points)
Adept
A·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
adherers (12 points)
Ones that stick
Rule followers
They cling
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
adhesion (12 points)
Stick-to-it-iveness (wordplay)
Stick-to-itiveness (wordplay)
Unhappily he said no steady attachment!
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
adhesive (15 points)
Hide vase (anagram)
Hades! I have got stuck with it!
A small deposit secures!
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
adhibits (14 points)
Adhibit
A·1+D·2+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
adiposes (11 points)
Adiposis
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adiposis (11 points)
Corpulence
Obesity
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adjoints (16 points)
Adjoint
A·1+D·2+J·8+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
adjourns (16 points)
Breaks up the vessels at last
Stops for now
Takes a break from a meeting
A·1+D·2+J·8+O·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 16 pts
adjudges (18 points)
Deems in court
Plug book awards
Makes a ruling
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
adjuncts (18 points)
Things added or attached but subordinate
Supplements
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 18 pts
adjurers (16 points)
Adjurer
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
adjurors (16 points)
Adjuror
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
adjusted (17 points)
Got 22 across, but only among the dead
Dead drunk, imbibing barely changed
Fixed, adapted or set right
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
adjuster (16 points)
Insurance-company employee
Insurance agency employee
Insurance company employee
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
adjustor (16 points)
Professional claims examiner
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
admirals (11 points)
Fleet runners (wordplay)
Nimitz and Byrd
Sherman and Joy.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
admirers (11 points)
Errs amid wayward lovers
They really like you
Little Monsters, to Gaga
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
admonish (14 points)
Minos had monstrous counsel
Take to task
Scots man in a depression shows caution
A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 14 pts
adonises (9 points)
Calendar collection, perhaps
Good-looking guys
Handsome young men
A·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adoptees (11 points)
Rescued boxers, e.g
Shelter pets, hopefully
Emigrants from orphanages
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adopters (11 points)
Some new parents
Many humane society visitors
Pet shelter customers
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adorners (9 points)
Decorators.
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adrenals (9 points)
Glands above the kidneys
Pair above the kidneys
Epinephrine-producing glands
A·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adscript (13 points)
Feudal serf attached to the soil
Written after.
A·1+D·2+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 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
adulates (9 points)
Really looks up to
Plays up to.
USA dealt out praises
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
aduncous (11 points)
Hooked
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
advances (14 points)
Moneylender's overtures (wordplay)
Makes overtures to get cash loans
Adult cavorts, accepting volume rises
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
advisees (12 points)
Advisee
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
advisers (12 points)
Faculty members appointed to students
Cabinet members, for example
Counsellors or guides
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
advising (13 points)
Diva confused by Carol in counselling
Counselling, suggesting
Recommending a holy condition, I render hymn perhaps
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
advisors (12 points)
Guides from peak in Andes, oddly
Guides of a sort
Cabinet members, for example
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
advisory (15 points)
Recommended but not compulsory
Like some boards
In the position of a back-seat driver (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
advowson (15 points)
For Church living - that's right
Living for the present in church (wordplay)
A fellow keeping promises has gift of living
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+W·4+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
aerators (8 points)
Parts of some fountain drink dispensers
They put fizz in a cooked roaster
Devices for oxygenation.
A·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
aerifies (11 points)
Aerify
A·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aerobics (12 points)
Heartfelt class (wordplay)
Exercises for pilots (wordplay)
Exercises pens at altitude (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 12 pts
aerogels (9 points)
Aerogel
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
aerosats (8 points)
Aerosat
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
aerosols (8 points)
Particles of concern to climatologists
Dispensers of substances in a fine spray
Colloids of particles
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
aerostat (8 points)
Balloon or dirigible
Balloon or blimp
Any lighter-than-air craft.
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aesthete (11 points)
The tease (anagram)
Person appreciating the beauty of art
Person who appreciates the beautiful
A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aestival (11 points)
A gala bar opening in summer
A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
affaires (14 points)
Romantic entanglements
Romantic escapades, but sounding business-like
Overseas matches - Fifa's are controversial
A·1+F·4+F·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
affiants (14 points)
Affiant
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
affiches (19 points)
Affiche
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
affixers (21 points)
Affixer
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+X·8+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 21 pts
afflatus (14 points)
Inspiration, as of an artist, poet, etc.
A divine creative impulse or inspiration
Poet's creative impulse
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+S·1 = 14 pts
afflicts (16 points)
This distresses 501100 among the staff
Distresses mentally or physically
Besets or plagues
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
affluxes (21 points)
Afflux
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 21 pts
afforest (14 points)
Plant with trees
Plant trees over a wide area
Would, by the sound of it, plant
A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
affronts (14 points)
Criminal rants off with insults
When protecting female face insults
Actions or remarks that cause offence
A·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
affusion (14 points)
The act of pouring a liquid on
A·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
afghanis (15 points)
Bundle of kale in Kabul (wordplay)
Where the Helmand River flows
Kandahar residents
A·1+F·4+G·2+H·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 15 pts
agametes (11 points)
Agamete
A·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
agaroses (9 points)
Agarose
A·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
agatizes (18 points)
Agatize
A·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
agedness (10 points)
No youth for this for many years
Old property
Unusually dense gas in far from fresh condition
A·1+G·2+E·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
agencies (11 points)
Principal actors (wordplay)
Ad companies, for example
Madison Avenue companies
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
agendums (12 points)
Agendum
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 12 pts
ageneses (9 points)
Agenesis
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
agenesia (9 points)
""Absence or imperfection of a bodily part, also AGENESIS""
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+A·1 = 9 pts
agenesis (9 points)
Absence of a body part
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts

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