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abatable (12 points)
Subject to reduction
Subject to remedying, as a nuisance
Stoppable
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 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
abattoir (10 points)
Place for croaking animals (wordplay)
Place for neat disposal (wordplay)
I tar boat (anagram)
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+R·1 = 10 pts
abbatial (12 points)
Monastic
A·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
abdicate (13 points)
Renounce (a throne)
Abandon royal dignity
Quit, a la Edward
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
abducent (13 points)
Drawing back
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abducted (14 points)
Took a berth across Channel
Like earthlings, sometimes, in sci-fi
Ridiculous cut bad editor's taken
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abductor (13 points)
Taker (of someone)
One removing by force
Hercules, to Iole
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
aberrant (10 points)
Ran in a deviating Albert (wordplay)
'Deviant, behaviour say (8)'
Deviant, behaviour say
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
abetment (12 points)
Help in holding up
Support in wrongdoing
Help on a heist
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 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
abetting (11 points)
Helping someone do a bad job (wordplay)
Aiding (a felon)
Bank job action (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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
abjectly (22 points)
In a miserable way
In a servile way
In a grovelling manner
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
ablating (11 points)
Ablate
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
ablation (10 points)
Surgical removal procedure
Surgical removal
Loss of material by melting or evaporation
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
ablative (13 points)
The table, via the case
The case of a table about four
Case for Caesar
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
ablegate (11 points)
A papal envoy
A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
abluents (10 points)
Abluent
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
ablution (10 points)
About nil (anagram)
Remission of sins not so cleansing
The work a washer does
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abnegate (11 points)
Renounce (something of value)
Renounce (something desirable)
Give up, as rights
A·1+B·3+N·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aboiteau (10 points)
""A tide gate, also ABOIDEAU""
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+U·1 = 10 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
aborting (11 points)
Taking a shot cut (wordplay)
Cutting short
Before being born, the gait will be stopping it
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
abortion (10 points)
Premature termination, as of life
Subject of many demonstrations
Premature ending or termination
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
abradant (11 points)
Sandpaper, for one
A badly behaved child, boy kept in for being irritating
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 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
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
abrupter (12 points)
More sudden and unexpected
Shorter able-bodied man serving on game point, about given up
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
abruptly (15 points)
Suddenly or curtly
In a rude or curt manner
Quickly and without warning
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 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
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
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
abundant (11 points)
Notice worker eating cake that's rich
Existing in large quantities, plentiful
Rich worker attached to a German union
A·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
abutilon (10 points)
Plate dropped in ablution plant
Flowering maple
Built on a structure with a flowering maple
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abutment (12 points)
Point of contact
Only men go in at such a meeting
Only males go in at such a meeting
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·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
abutting (11 points)
Next comes a ram fight
Bordering on a fight for rams, it seems
Bordering on a ram fight
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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
acaudate (11 points)
Zoological word meaning having no tail
Without a tail
Without a tail.
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
accented (13 points)
Like some French vowels
Stressed certain syllables
Certain French letters
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
accentor (12 points)
Player stuck round half century gets the bird ...
Bird, in a manner of speaking, joining other ranks
Prunella, the player retaining part of part of play
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
accepted (15 points)
Received something offered
Believed to be valid
Agreed to receive, or approved
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
acceptee (14 points)
One admitted to a college, for example
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
accepter (14 points)
Oscar winner's stand-in
Recipient
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
acceptor (14 points)
Bill-of-exchange signer
He takes the prize
Draft signer
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
accident (13 points)
Bumper-to-bumper occurrence (wordplay)
Eg, car crash
The discovery of penicillin, e.g
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 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
accouter (12 points)
Ready for battle
Equip
Outfit
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 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
accredit (13 points)
Red cacti (anagram)
Give official sanction to (a diplomat)
CID trace (anagram)
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 13 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
accretes (12 points)
Grows together
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·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
accusant (12 points)
An {accuser=n}
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 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
acentric (12 points)
Like certain chromosome fragments
Lacking a middle
Not in the middle
A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
acerated (11 points)
Needle-shaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 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
acerbest (12 points)
Acerb
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acerbity (15 points)
Sharp and forthright manner
Harshness of temper.
Tree, by squeezing it, produces vitriol
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
acervate (13 points)
Heaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 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
acetamid (13 points)
An amide of acetic acid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
acetated (11 points)
Relating to a salt of acetic acid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 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
acetonic (12 points)
Pertaining to {acetone=n}
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
acetoxyl (20 points)
A univalent radical
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+Y·4+L·1 = 20 pts
acetylic (15 points)
Pertaining to the radical of acetic acid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
achiotes (13 points)
Achiote
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
achromat (15 points)
A light transmitting lens
A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1 = 15 pts
acidotic (13 points)
Of the presence of sour substances in the blood
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 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
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
aconitic (12 points)
Relating to a poisonous herb
A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
aconitum (12 points)
Deadly poison from a ranunculaceous plant
Exercised caution with Mike's poisonous plant
A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+M·3 = 12 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
acquaint (19 points)
Make familiar (with)
Make (someone) familiar (with)
Introduce a strange noise
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 pts
acquests (19 points)
Acquest
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 19 pts
acridest (11 points)
Acrid
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
acridity (14 points)
Unpleasant sharpness
Sharp quality, with or without the third letter
I try acid to get bitterness in smell or taste
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 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
acrodont (11 points)
An animal having rootless teeth
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
acrolith (13 points)
Greek statue with extremities of stone
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 13 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
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
actiniae (10 points)
Actinia
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
actinian (10 points)
""A sea-anemone, also ACTINIA""
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
actinias (10 points)
Actinia
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
actinide (11 points)
Einsteinium, for one
Indicate dicey radioactive element
Uranium, neptunium, or plutonium
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 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
actinium (12 points)
Act in one you said has a grand element
Radioactive metallic element
Element of Antony's setback around 8
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 12 pts
actinoid (11 points)
""Any of a series of radioactive elements, also ACTINIDE""
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
actinons (10 points)
Actinon
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
activate (13 points)
Put in play
Set off, trip
Cat I, a vet, managed to get going
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
actively (16 points)
In an energetic way
See appended part of play with animation
With true effort
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 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
activity (16 points)
Show and tell, for one
Occupation or bustle
An occupation, recreation, or the like.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
activize (22 points)
""To activate, also ACTIVIZE""
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 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
actually (13 points)
Strange as it may seem...
In fact, it's a cut-out, chum
'Strange as it may seem...'
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
actuated (11 points)
Put into motion
Turned on top director, tightly drawn up within
Got going
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 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
actuator (10 points)
Something causing operation
Electric motor, mechanically speaking
Mechanism causing operation
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·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
aculeate (10 points)
Sharply pointed (botany)
Having a sting.
Prickly.
A·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
acutance (12 points)
Measure of film sharpness
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
acylated (14 points)
Acylate
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
acylates (13 points)
Acylate
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·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
adapting (12 points)
Making one fit for a change
Changing to fit new circumstances
Altering to fit another purpose
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
adaption (11 points)
Adjustment to cultural surroundings
Process of adjusting to new conditions
Conversion of a flat back into building
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
adaptive (14 points)
Not set in one's ways
Like a chameleon's color
Doctor paid a vet to be compliant
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 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
addicted (13 points)
Dependent on drugs
Unable to let it go, in a way
Dependent on something habit-forming
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
addition (10 points)
This, perhaps, will never be nonplussed
Summing up process (wordplay)
Increase dependency? Not Charlie!
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
additive (13 points)
Something joined, to food say
Something put into food
STP, for example
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
additory (13 points)
Making an increase
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
adducent (12 points)
Drawing inward
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
adducted (13 points)
Adduct
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
adductor (12 points)
An adducent muscle
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 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
adeptest (11 points)
Adept
A·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
adequate (18 points)
Less than stellar
It'll do for Bill and associate
Sufficient now to regard as similar
A·1+D·2+E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
adherent (12 points)
Fan sticking (wordplay)
Loyal follower - sticks close
He daren't appear as a supporter
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
adhibits (14 points)
Adhibit
A·1+D·2+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
adjacent (18 points)
Lying near or next (to)
Lying next (to)
Next (to something)
A·1+D·2+J·8+A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 18 pts
adjoints (16 points)
Adjoint
A·1+D·2+J·8+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 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
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
adjutant (16 points)
Stork frequently seen in a mess
Military admin officer
Large stork of India.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
adjuvant (19 points)
A help
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+V·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 pts
admitted (12 points)
Let in (or out!)
Allowed income (wordplay)
Let it in, it must be confessed
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
admitter (11 points)
One who tells all.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
adnation (9 points)
The state of being {adnate=adj}
A·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·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
adopting (12 points)
Taking on (another's child)
Taking on one pint of this in a dog
Taking by choice
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
adoption (11 points)
Bloodless takeover (wordplay)
Acceptance (of, eg, a report)
Choosing (of a candidate for office)
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
adoptive (14 points)
Kind of parent
Adult pivoted turning parental
Like certain parents
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
adroiter (9 points)
More crafty or skillful
With more skill
More skillful
A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
adroitly (12 points)
With skill - dilatory (anagram)
Cleverly laid Tory off
Skilfully manipulate idolatry
A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 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
adulated (10 points)
Overdid the flattery
P. raised this too much
Licked the boots of
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 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
adulator (9 points)
One who overdoes the praise
Flatterer is one among grown-up men
Person who praises excessively
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
adultery (12 points)
Perhaps 6 down enough for such a sin
Old enough to commit (wordplay)
True lady undone in this (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
aduncate (11 points)
Hooked
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
advected (15 points)
Advect
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 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
advocate (14 points)
Recommend like counsellor (wordplay)
Recommend a solicitor (wordplay)
Urge one to be a barman (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
aerating (9 points)
Bubbling up (wordplay)
Gassing up (wordplay)
Adding gas to
A·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
aeration (8 points)
An allowance of Russell is great gas!
Treatment with carbon dioxide
Function of a faucet insert
A·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 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
aeroduct (11 points)
A type of jet engine
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 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
aerolith (11 points)
A meteorite
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
aeronaut (8 points)
Balloonist, say, in bar with tipsy aunt
Pilot - Eton aura (anagram)
Balloon man (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+U·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aerosats (8 points)
Aerosat
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+T·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
aetheric (13 points)
Pertaining to the aether
A·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
affected (17 points)
Given to a false show
Pretended to be touched
Pretentious, designed to impress
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
affecter (16 points)
One who {affects=v}
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
afferent (14 points)
Conveying impulses toward a nerve center
Conveying impulses to a nerve center
Sensory relay to integrating center
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·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
affinity (17 points)
Strong liking or feeling of kinship
A liking; relationship
A very loud one upset tiny singular 9
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 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
affluent (14 points)
Well off, having plenty of money
In the money
Have a piece of furniture polished
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 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
affright (18 points)
Scared of a fortissimo - OK (wordplay)
Correctly installing high-volume alarm
A very strong and appropriate terror
A·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 18 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
aflutter (11 points)
Waving a couple of flippers, say
A US state, say, in hyped-up state
Agitated - excited (eg in anticipation)
A·1+F·4+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
aftertax (18 points)
Net towards stern extra tangled
Like net income
Like take-home pay
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+X·8 = 18 pts
agametes (11 points)
Agamete
A·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
agatized (19 points)
Agatize
A·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts

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