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adamance (13 points)
Unwillingness to yield
Inflexibility
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
adamancy (16 points)
Stubbornness
Mulishness
Insistence
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 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
addendum (13 points)
A literary supplement (wordplay)
Would an adder do to finish you? Um!
Supplement to a book
A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+M·3 = 13 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
adducers (12 points)
Adducer
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
adducing (13 points)
Adduce
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 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
adeeming (12 points)
Adeem
A·1+D·2+E·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 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
adequacy (23 points)
That's enough
Minimum ability
Acceptable competence
A·1+D·2+E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 23 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
adherend (13 points)
The surface to which an adhesive sticks
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 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
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
adhering (13 points)
Following, with 'to'
Bill gets that man to phone for bonding
Following, with "to"
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 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
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
adjoined (17 points)
Shared a boundary with
Was next to
This was next
A·1+D·2+J·8+O·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 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
adjudged (19 points)
Considered to be true
Determined
Declared
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 19 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
adjuring (17 points)
Adjure
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 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
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
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
admiring (12 points)
Looking up to
Having a high regard for
Regarding with respect or approval
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 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
admixing (19 points)
Admix
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+X·8+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 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
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
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
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
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
adorably (14 points)
How tots perform recitals
In a captivating way.
In a charming manner.
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
adorners (9 points)
Decorators.
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
adorning (10 points)
Putting the finishing touches on
Xmas tree activity
Tree trimmer's activity
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 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
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
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
adularia (9 points)
Moonstone
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 9 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
adumbral (13 points)
In shadow.
A·1+D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
aduncate (11 points)
Hooked
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aduncous (11 points)
Hooked
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 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
adynamia (14 points)
Lack of physical strength
A·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+A·1 = 14 pts
adynamic (16 points)
Without strength
A·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts

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