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cabriole (12 points)
Louis Quinze furniture leg
Curved furniture leg
Ballerina's leap
C·3+A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
caffeine (16 points)
Insomnia cause, perhaps
Stimulant found in mug or cup (wordplay)
The quicker picker upper?
C·3+A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
calamine (12 points)
Poison ivy lotion
Type of lotion
Zinc oxide mixture
C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
calamite (12 points)
Reed fossil
C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
calflike (17 points)
Like a calf
C·3+A·1+L·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
califate (13 points)
The domain of a calif
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
calliope (12 points)
Keyboard with whistles
Muse of epic poetry
Homer's Muse
C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
callipee (12 points)
""The edible part of a turtle, also CALIPASH, CALIPEE""
C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+E·1 = 12 pts
calorize (19 points)
""To coat steel with aluminum, also CALORISE""
C·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
calycine (15 points)
""Pertaining to a calyx, also CALYCATE, CALYCEAL""
C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
camisade (13 points)
Irish rebel catches novelist in surprise attack
C·3+A·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
camisole (12 points)
Poor Lois arrived outside wearing this!
Close aim (anagram)
Woman's garment
C·3+A·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
camomile (14 points)
Flower no distance from 11 (wordplay)
Herb for tea (or lawn?)
Without mom Alice brewed tea (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+M·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
campfire (17 points)
Hot gathering place (wordplay)
Place for storytelling
Social centre for scouts etc
C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 pts
camphine (17 points)
""An explosive liquid, also CAMPHENE""
C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
camphire (17 points)
A flowering plant
C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 pts
campsite (14 points)
Pitcher's spot (wordplay)
Pitching place (wordplay)
In which to pitch a tent
C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
canaille (10 points)
Rabble or riffraff
Nail lace up for the French mob
The rabble forming new alliance
C·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
canalise (10 points)
Cause watercourse in Alsace to wander
C·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
canalize (19 points)
Divert to a channel
Form a passage
C·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
canonise (10 points)
Elevate to sainthood
Declare to be a saint
Soon is in church to turn into a saint
C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
canonize (19 points)
Declare a saint.
Elevate to sainthood
Make sacrosanct
C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
canticle (12 points)
Hymn or chant
Non-metrical hymn may amuse, we hear
Hymn is horrible - cancel it
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
capitate (12 points)
Forming a head
Head-shaped, to botanists
C·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
caponize (21 points)
""To castrate a rooster, also CAPONISE""
C·3+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
capriole (12 points)
Horse's jump
High leap in ballet
Playful leap
C·3+A·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
carabine (12 points)
""A carbon compound, also CARABIN""
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
carinate (10 points)
Shaped like the keel of a ship
C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
carriage (11 points)
Posture adopted by coach (wordplay)
Conveyance (of items of merchandise)
Air transport (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
carriole (10 points)
Quebec passenger sled
Light covered cart variable
Light covered cart Var.
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
casimere (12 points)
""A woollen fabric, also CASIMIRE""
C·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
casimire (12 points)
""A woollen fabric, also CASIMERE""
C·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
catamite (12 points)
A boy used in sodomy
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
caulicle (12 points)
Rudimentary stem of a seedling
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
causerie (10 points)
Sue and Erica involved in chinwag
Informal essay
Informal discussion.
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cavatine (13 points)
Cavatina
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cavelike (17 points)
Like an underground chamber
C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
cavitate (13 points)
Form a vacuum
Form holes
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
ceinture (10 points)
Petite - Tunnel connector
Belt French
Belt: French.
C·3+E·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
celibate (12 points)
Single-minded (wordplay)
Monk, for one
Chaste priest hit in church
C·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cenobite (12 points)
Member of a monastic order.
Dweller in a monastery.
Monk or nun
C·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
centiare (10 points)
""A measure of land area, also CENTARE""
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cerusite (10 points)
A lead ore
C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
chastise (13 points)
Correct a chess move - take it back!
Scold is indecent (wordplay)
Beat, but it's the other way in pursuit
C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cheddite (15 points)
""An explosive, also CHEDITE""
C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chenille (13 points)
Silly Hellenic yarn maybe
Pile-face fabric
Tufted velvety cord or yarn
C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
chinbone (15 points)
The lower jaw
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chivaree (16 points)
""To perform a mock serenade, also CHIVARI, SHIVAREE""
C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 16 pts
chloride (14 points)
Salt, for one
Half of table salt
Table salt, for example
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
chlorine (13 points)
It's used to purify a swimming pool
Pale green gas
PS This follows periodically
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
chlorite (13 points)
Green stone
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
chowtime (18 points)
Occasion to fill up
C·3+H·4+O·1+W·4+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 18 pts
christie (13 points)
Crime writer's serial killer
"Death on the Nile" author
'Agatha..., crime writer (8)'
C·3+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 13 pts
chromide (16 points)
A tropical fish
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
chromite (15 points)
A chromium ore
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chromize (24 points)
""To chrome, also CHROMISE""
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
cicerone (12 points)
Guide famous old orator to Tyneside
A guide supplied by rice cone, strangely
Guide for sightseers
C·3+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cincture (12 points)
Belt for senior officer? Possibly true
Generalissimo with true twist of belt
Surrounding border.
C·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cineaste (10 points)
Movie buff - tie canes (anagram)
Quarterly movie review magazine
Film fan ordered nice high teas
C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
citeable (12 points)
""Suitable for citation, also CITABLE""
C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
citywide (17 points)
Occurring throughout a metropolis
DIY twice collapsed all over capital
Throughout town
C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4+W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 17 pts
civilise (13 points)
Polite untruths are said to educate
Improve the behaviour of - savages (wordplay)
One engineer is going to Spain to socialise
C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
civilize (22 points)
School in culture
Refine
C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
clavicle (15 points)
Bone linking scapula and sternum
Commonly fractured bone
Part of the pectoral girdle
C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
claylike (17 points)
Like clay
C·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
cleveite (13 points)
Mineral from Norway.
C·3+L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
coactive (15 points)
Mutually active
C·3+O·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
coadmire (13 points)
To admire together
C·3+O·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cocklike (20 points)
Like a rooster
C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
coderive (14 points)
To derive jointly
C·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
codpiece (15 points)
Meat shield (wordplay)
Jewel case (wordplay)
Man put on sham cover for crown jewels
C·3+O·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
coercive (15 points)
Involving intimidation, say
Pressurising old chap about cooked rice
Having power to restrain by force
C·3+O·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
cogitate (11 points)
Think tooth - it chewed
Think about old barrier about sex
Reflect on this
C·3+O·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cohesive (16 points)
He voices doubt that it makes sense
Like good arguments
Sticking together.
C·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
coiffure (16 points)
An arrangement of locks
Hairdo, if of curls dipped in restorer
Sassoon job
C·3+O·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
coinable (12 points)
Capable of being devised.
Like silver and gold
C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coincide (13 points)
Happen at the same time
Happen at the same time in unplanned way
Happen at same time
C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
coinhere (13 points)
Stick together as indicated by ticket machine (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
coinmate (12 points)
A fellow inmate
C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coinsure (10 points)
Share a policy's risk
Share a policy
C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
colicine (12 points)
""An antibacterial substance, also COLICIN""
C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
colonise (10 points)
Make it: like that (wordplay)
Settle for the takeover
Form a settlement in a foreign country
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
colonize (19 points)
Settle, in a way
Settle, as a new territory
What ants do
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
comblike (18 points)
Like a comb
C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
comingle (13 points)
Mix together variable
C·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
complice (16 points)
An associate
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
compline (14 points)
Monks' last hour
Final canonical hour
Canonical hour
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
comprise (14 points)
Include Charlie, replacing semi-pro
Include Conservative promise broken
Include free ticket? That's a deception
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
comprize (23 points)
""To include or contain, also COMPRISE""
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
conative (13 points)
Making some effort to be firm and natural
C·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
conceive (15 points)
Hatch a plan for firm to develop Venice
Form an idea, with 'of'
Become pregnant - imagine
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
conspire (12 points)
Plot together - on prices (anagram)
High point of a skyline
Join a cabal
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
continue (10 points)
I'm still listening
Go on without stopping
Last Tory Unite upset
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+E·1 = 10 pts
contrite (10 points)
Scottish loughery, perhaps (wordplay)
Chastened tot - nicer maybe as a result
Saying 'Sorry,' say
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
contrive (13 points)
Does one man age like this (wordplay)
Bring about; successfully manage
How to manage to get the cot riven
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
convince (15 points)
Satisfy knight held in Tory grip
Satisfy knight in criminal depravity
Persuade someone of something
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
coprince (14 points)
One of two princes ruling jointly
C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
coquille (19 points)
Dish or pastry case in the shape of a scallop or shell
C·3+O·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 19 pts
cordlike (15 points)
Like a cord
C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
corklike (18 points)
Like cork
C·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
cormlike (16 points)
Like a corm
C·3+O·1+R·1+M·3+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
corniche (15 points)
Cliff-side road
Cliff-face coastal road
Road along a cliff
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts
cornicle (12 points)
A part of an aphid
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coulisse (10 points)
A side scene of a theatre stage
C·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
crabwise (15 points)
(Of movement) sideways
Curve lifted over web is turned sideways
Occasionally cars at BMW did skew sideways
C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
craniate (10 points)
Type of animal.
Having a skull
C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
creatine (10 points)
Supplement used by bodybuilders
Powder supplement for bodybuilders
Bodybuilder's supplement
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
creative (13 points)
Kind of accounting
Make fuss about tea time is innovative
Like some differences
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
credible (13 points)
Trustworthy (unlike Bruce Banner)
Like something to believe in
Having a ring of truth
C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
crescive (15 points)
Increasing
C·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
cribbage (15 points)
Key capture at the end of the card game
Card game for two to four players
Popular card game.
C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
crispate (12 points)
""Curled, also CRISPATED""
C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cristate (10 points)
""Having a projection on the head, also CRISTATED""
C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
critique (19 points)
Point out the pluses and minuses of
Nearly plagiarise quite freely in review
Review, as an article
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 19 pts
croceine (12 points)
""A red dye, also CROCEIN""
C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
crocoite (12 points)
A mineral
C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
crosstie (10 points)
Beam for rails (2 words)
Part of a railroad track
Transverse railroad timber
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cruciate (12 points)
Odd bits to unclip in box, like a cross
Shaped like a cross, as ligaments in the knee
Erica cut loose piece arranged like a cross
C·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
crucible (14 points)
Snooker hot spot (wordplay)
Shaun Murphy reached meltdown here!
Melting pot or pots here (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cryolite (13 points)
Sodium-aluminum fluoride
The earliest source of aluminium
Mineral extractable from Tyrol ice
C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
culicine (12 points)
Of an insect of the gnat family that includes common European mosquitos
C·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
curarine (10 points)
A poisonous alkaloid
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
curarize (19 points)
""To poison with curare, also CURARISE""
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
curative (13 points)
Well, that's the way to make one
Restoring to health
Restoring to health.
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
curbside (13 points)
Place to leave your recycling
Trash pickup spot
C·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
curlicue (12 points)
Kind of spiral ornamental line
Fancy curve in handwriting
Scribe's flourish
C·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+E·1 = 12 pts
curricle (12 points)
Light racing carriage
Two-wheeled carriage
Might rice curl with such carriage (wordplay)
C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cutinise (10 points)
""To become coated with cutin, also CUTINIZE""
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cutinize (19 points)
""To become coated with cutin, also CUTINISE""
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
cysteine (13 points)
""An amino acid, also CYSTEIN, CYSTINE""
C·3+Y·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cytidine (14 points)
A compound containing cytosine
C·3+Y·4+T·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cytosine (13 points)
Section prepared includes unknown constituent of DNA
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts

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