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backstay (19 points)
Part of a ship's rigging
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
badgerly (15 points)
Like a badger
B·3+A·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
balladry (14 points)
Troubadour's skill
(Making) sentimental songs
B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
banality (13 points)
Triteness or staleness
Howl about Latin translation's lack of imagination
Platitude.
B·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
banditry (14 points)
Plundering in gangs
Gang and I attempt brigandage
Activity of armed robbers
B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
barberry (15 points)
Figaro, say, on lines of a thorny item
Shrub with sour red fruit
Shrub bearing tart fruit
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
barratry (13 points)
Persistent incitement to litigation
Crime of a judge influenced by bribery
Fraud, in maritime law.
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
barrenly (13 points)
Futilely
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
barretry (13 points)
""Fraud committed by master or crew of a ship, also BARRATRY""
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
basicity (15 points)
Quality of a high-pH compound
Number of hydrogen atoms replaceable by a base in an acid
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
basilary (13 points)
""Pertaining to a foundation, also BASAL, BASILAR""
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
basketry (17 points)
Craft that uses wicker
Weaver's skill
Summer camp activity
B·3+A·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
bastardy (14 points)
The state of being a bastard
B·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 14 pts
bayberry (18 points)
Candle scent or rum flavoring
Candle scent popular at Christmas
Popular candle scent
B·3+A·1+Y·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
beachboy (20 points)
A male beach attendant
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
bearably (15 points)
Tolerably.
B·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
beautify (16 points)
Make pleasing to the eye
Make more pretty
Smarten up if consumed by a vision (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
beggarly (15 points)
Very mean, poor
Living in extreme poverty
Poor Billy, regularly infested with moth
B·3+E·1+G·2+G·2+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
benignly (14 points)
In a harmless manner
In a kindly manner
Favorably
B·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bestiary (13 points)
Medieval book containing fables
Book of animals
Medieval animal catalogue
B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
biasedly (14 points)
In a biased manner
B·3+I·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
biddably (17 points)
Able to be bidden
B·3+I·1+D·2+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
bifidity (17 points)
The state of being {bifid=adj}
B·3+I·1+F·4+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
bigeminy (16 points)
The state of having a double pulse
B·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
bihourly (16 points)
Occurring every 120 minutes
B·3+I·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
bilberry (15 points)
Fruit; rib Beryl (anagram)
Fruit growing on moorland
Blue fruit
B·3+I·1+L·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
binately (13 points)
In a binate manner
B·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
bioassay (13 points)
Measuring potency (of a substance) by its effect on cells
Lab test watery spot that I'll introduce into another
B·3+I·1+O·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
biometry (15 points)
Statistical study of living organisms
Vital study to lay tracks around isle
B·3+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
bioscopy (17 points)
A type of mediical examination
B·3+I·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
birthday (17 points)
Nothing to wear (wordplay)
Hardy bit (anagram)
Present time (wordplay)
B·3+I·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
bistoury (13 points)
Surgical knife
B·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
bitchery (18 points)
Ill-tempered
B·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
bitchily (18 points)
In a bitchy manner
B·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
bitingly (14 points)
In a piercing manner
Piercingly
B·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bitterly (13 points)
How one might resent beer (wordplay)
How some resent
In a resentful manner
B·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
biweekly (20 points)
How some are paid
100 times a year, roughly
B·3+I·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
biyearly (16 points)
How often federal elections are held
Once every 24 months
B·3+I·1+Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
blackboy (21 points)
An Australian grass-tree
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
blackfly (22 points)
Garden pest
A thrips or aphid that infests beans, etc.
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
bladdery (15 points)
Like a bladder
B·3+L·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
blamably (17 points)
In a blamable manner
B·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
blatancy (15 points)
Flagrant behaviour
Brazen obviousness
Obtrusive quality
B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
blazonry (22 points)
A great display
B·3+L·1+A·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
blearily (13 points)
Bali lyre (anagram) - vaguely
B·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
blistery (13 points)
Severely sunburned, say
Having bubbles, as paint or glass
Scorching, as weather
B·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
blithely (16 points)
With a 'tra-la' attitude
With a "tra-la" attitude
Silly billy smuggling article without a thought
B·3+L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
bloodily (14 points)
In a bloody manner
B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bloomery (15 points)
A furnace for smelting iron
B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
blossomy (15 points)
Full of flowers
Flowery death met with honour in past
B·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
blousily (13 points)
In a blousy manner
B·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
blowsily (16 points)
In a frumpish way
B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
blowzily (25 points)
In a blowzy manner
B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+Z·10+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 25 pts
blubbery (17 points)
Like a wailing whale (wordplay)
Like a wailing whale?
Fat, like a whale
B·3+L·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
blurrily (13 points)
In a blurry manner
B·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
blustery (13 points)
Sly brute (anagram)
Like some days.
Full of hot air
B·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
bodingly (15 points)
Ominously
B·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
boringly (14 points)
In a boring manner
B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
botchery (18 points)
Something botched
B·3+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
botchily (18 points)
In a botchy manner
B·3+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
bottomry (15 points)
Ship-as-security insurance
B·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
bouldery (14 points)
Like boulders
B·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bouncily (15 points)
In an animated way
B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
boundary (14 points)
Six, perhaps, seen in march
Border (especially in cricket)
Jog by, around border
B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bovinely (16 points)
{stolidly=adv}
B·3+O·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
bovinity (16 points)
The state of being a bovine
B·3+O·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
bowingly (17 points)
In a bowing manner
B·3+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
boxberry (22 points)
An evergreen plant
B·3+O·1+X·8+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
boyishly (19 points)
How young guys behave
In the manner of a lad
In a youthful manner
B·3+O·1+Y·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
brainily (13 points)
In a brainy manner
B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
brassily (13 points)
In a brassy manner
B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
brawnily (16 points)
In a brawny manner
B·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
brazenly (22 points)
Without a hint of shame
In shameless manner
In a bold way
B·3+R·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
breezily (22 points)
In a sprightly way
In a carefree manner
B·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+Z·10+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
brevetcy (18 points)
An honorary rank
B·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
breviary (16 points)
Barry, I've mislaid the prayer book
Book of daily prayer for RC priests
Catholic priest's book of daily prayers
B·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
bridally (14 points)
In a manner befitting a bride
B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
brightly (17 points)
How powerful lights shine
Remove the top with a shine in the correct manner
Bishop with good reason described as illuminating
B·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
broguery (14 points)
The use of an Irish accent
B·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
broidery (14 points)
The act of {broidering=v}
B·3+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
brokenly (17 points)
Not, by the sound of it, holy as Brother Kenneth in the beginning
B·3+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
broodily (14 points)
In a broody manner
B·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
brutally (13 points)
In a savagely violent manner
How some people's honesty is conveyed
In a vicious manner
B·3+R·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
bryology (17 points)
The study of mosses
B·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 17 pts
buccally (17 points)
Of the cheek
B·3+U·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
bullocky (19 points)
Like a bullock
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 19 pts
bullyboy (18 points)
Swaggering tough
Hired hoodlum
Tough guy
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
bunchily (18 points)
In a bunchy manner
B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
buoyancy (18 points)
Life jacket quality
Archimedes principle factor
Keeping up? You can by going round
B·3+U·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
burglary (14 points)
Domestic lifting (wordplay)
The Italian Job steals the show perhaps (wordplay)
There's breaking in this
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
burgundy (15 points)
Red French wine
Shade of red.
Red wine region
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
busybody (19 points)
A meddlesome person, certainly not idle
Meddlesome, prying person
One minds everyone else's business
B·3+U·1+S·1+Y·4+B·3+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 19 pts
butchery (18 points)
Needless or brutal killing
Needless or brutal killing, slaughter
Indiscriminate slaughter
B·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

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