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aardvark (16 points)
First animal (wordplay)
Picnickers' pet (wordplay)
First creature found in a dictionary
A·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 16 pts
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
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
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
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
acervate (13 points)
Heaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
acervuli (13 points)
Spore-producing organs of certain fungi
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+I·1 = 13 pts
achieved (17 points)
Dive and got there with an ache
Reached or accomplished
Bad advice he obtained
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
achiever (16 points)
Vie! Reach! Perhaps become the winner
One who accomplishes or reaches goal
He gets things done
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 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
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
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
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
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
adjuvant (19 points)
A help
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+V·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 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
advanced (15 points)
Made progress during Lent!
Far on; complex
Lent - ahead in development
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
advancer (14 points)
One moving forward
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 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
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
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
advocacy (19 points)
Public support (for something)
Pleading in support (of someone)
Support of a cause
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 19 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
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
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
agentive (12 points)
A word part that denotes the doer of an action
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 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
airwaves (14 points)
Atmospheric whitecaps (wordplay)
Medium for radio
TV programs go over them
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
akvavits (18 points)
Alaska tanks hold six bottles of poit?n perhaps
Alaska tanks hold six bottles of poitn perhaps
A·1+K·5+V·4+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 18 pts
alewives (14 points)
Spirited ladies (wordplay)
Fish of the herring family.
Atlantic Coast herrings.
A·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
allovers (11 points)
Allover
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
allusive (11 points)
Having lots of references to evil Saul
Having reference to
Having indirect references
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
alluvial (11 points)
Of a delta deposit
Kind of deposit
Everyone on university vessel washed up
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
alluvion (11 points)
1 down and earth forming land gradually gained from a river
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
alluvium (13 points)
Matter deposited by river or flood
Stream deposit
Delta sediment
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
alveolar (11 points)
Pertaining to the lungs' air sacs
Of the lungs' air cells
Like the sound "tsk"
A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
alveolus (11 points)
Small pit or cavity, eg a honeycomb cell
Lung compartment
A sort of love and lust that won't end depression
A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
amadavat (14 points)
Cage bird from India
A loony woman beginning to tickle a bird
Fleet losing right to put tax on a bird
A·1+M·3+A·1+D·2+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts
ambivert (15 points)
Sometimes shy, sometimes outgoing
One who's sometimes outgoing, sometimes shy
Person who might enjoy a party and a Netflix binge equally
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
anovular (11 points)
Not involving ovulation
A·1+N·1+O·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
antevert (11 points)
To tip forward
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 11 pts
anviling (12 points)
Anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
anvilled (12 points)
Anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
anviltop (13 points)
A cloud mass shaped like an anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+O·1+P·3 = 13 pts
approval (15 points)
Thumbs up for it!
It may come with a stamp
Trying to get on this
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 15 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
approver (15 points)
One signing off
FDA, vis-a-vis Pfizer products
One who gives permission
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
approves (15 points)
Thinks well of or authorises
Gives the high sign
Stamps, maybe
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
aquavits (20 points)
Caraway-flavored liquors
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 20 pts
archival (16 points)
Of public records.
Of a large store of data
One-third of a 1979 Journey hit
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 16 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
archives (16 points)
Rich vase (anagram)
Save rich assortment in here (wordplay)
Historical record(s)
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
arrivals (11 points)
Artist set back by competitors' entries
O'Hare events
Part of airport terminal
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arrivers (11 points)
They're met at the airport
They've landed
Guests.
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arriving (12 points)
Pulling into the station
Coming of four or six in a c-circle
Coming to pass.
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
atavisms (13 points)
Reversions to type
Reversions of a sort
Reversions
A·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
atavists (11 points)
Biological throwbacks
Throwbacks
A·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
auditive (12 points)
Related to hearing
Hearing-related
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
avadavat (15 points)
Indian songbird related to the weaver birds
A·1+V·4+A·1+D·2+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1 = 15 pts
availing (12 points)
Being of benefit.
A helping for the sick at last
Being of help.
A·1+V·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 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
avellane (11 points)
{avellan=adj}
A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 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
avenging (13 points)
Exacting retribution for
Getting back for
Settling a score
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
aventail (11 points)
An air flap in a helmet
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 11 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
avgasses (12 points)
Avgas
A·1+V·4+G·2+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
avianize (20 points)
""To modify by repeated culture in a chick embryo, also AVIANISE""
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 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
aviating (12 points)
In a dogfight, say
Up in the air, maybe
Getting high, perhaps
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
aviation (11 points)
The Wright thing to do (wordplay)
Wright field (wordplay)
Air field (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·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
avidness (12 points)
Eagerness and enthusiasm
Eager enthusiasm
Enthusiasm
A·1+V·4+I·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
avifauna (14 points)
Audubon Society array
Ornithologist's concern
Hawks are often a part of it
A·1+V·4+I·1+F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+A·1 = 14 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
avionics (13 points)
High-tech aircraft science
Plane's electronics
Field of flight technology
A·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 13 pts
avocados (14 points)
Pulpy green fruits
Green salad fruit
Sushi bar slices
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+O·1+S·1 = 14 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
avoiding (13 points)
Keeping away from
Steering clear of
Shying away from
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
avouched (17 points)
Declared as true
Affirmed or asserted
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 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
avouches (16 points)
Affirms
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
avowable (16 points)
Worthy of confession
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
avowably (19 points)
In an avowable manner
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
avowedly (18 points)
Said to be a promising beginning
As has been acknowledged
With frankness
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
avulsing (12 points)
Tearing away
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
avulsion (11 points)
Tearing away
Sudden removal of land, but no visual changes (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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

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