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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
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
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
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 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
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 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
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
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
A·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 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
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
A·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 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
A·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
agnation (9 points)
Silver to race for? It's one for the male line!
Relationship through paternal line in a good country
Kinship
A·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
alderman (11 points)
Terry, cricket council member (wordplay)
Town council member
City of London ward councillor
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
alizarin (17 points)
Darker shade of crimson
Colouring matter of the madder root
Compound used in making red pigments
A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
allusion (8 points)
Hint of troubled soul in LA
Oblique or indirect reference
A brief or indirect reference
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
ambition (12 points)
Desire to get on? No, I'm a bit sloppy!
I'm in boat (anagram)
Aim not to be a mocker, as 5 says
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
A·1+M·3+O·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
A·1+M·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
antiphon (13 points)
Musical church response
Response expected by a pair at the altar
Item sung in church
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
aphelion (13 points)
Orbital point farthest from the sun
Farthest-from-the-sun orbital point
*Point of orbit furthest from the sun
A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
A·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
audition (9 points)
A process for rejecting ham (wordplay)
Show trial (wordplay)
(To) assess (an actor)
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
A·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+H·4+N·1 = 13 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
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
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