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calliper (12 points)

Instrument to measure distance between two points

C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

candider (12 points)

Candid

C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

canister (10 points)

Jar (of for example tea, sugar)

Film setting (wordplay)

Flour holder, maybe

C·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

caponier (12 points)

A type of defense

C·3+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

catbrier (12 points)

A thorny vine

C·3+A·1+T·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

catchier (15 points)

More likely to become an earworm

More easily remembered

More apt to attract attention

C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

cavalier (13 points)

Love, for one

Roundhead's foe

High-and-mighty

C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

caviller (13 points)

Underground explorer keeps ailing, one with gripes

C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

chaffier (19 points)

Chaffy

C·3+H·4+A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts

chalkier (17 points)

More like messy blackboards

Like powdered milk compared with whole milk

C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

chancier (15 points)

More of a risk

More of a gamble

More uncertain

C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

chapiter (15 points)

Capital in Pie chart's wrong

C·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

charrier (13 points)

Charry

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

chattier (13 points)

Really engaging bank discussion opens

C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

cheekier (17 points)

More impudent

C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

cheerier (13 points)

Less dismal

More chipper

Relatively bright

C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

cheesier (13 points)

More schmaltzy (to mix food metaphors)

More shabby, familiarly.

Worse in quality, slangily

C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

chertier (13 points)

Cherty

C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

chestier (13 points)

Chesty

C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

chicaner (15 points)

One who {tricks=v}

C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

chillier (13 points)

Colder or hotter (wordplay)

More in need of a sweater, say

More like hot food cooler

C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

chinkier (17 points)

Chinky

C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

chirpier (15 points)

More cheerful

C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

chiseler (13 points)

Deceitful sculptor (wordplay)

Shady sculptor (wordplay)

Deceitful sculptor?

C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

choosier (13 points)

Harder to please

More discerning

More selective

C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

choppier (17 points)

Choppy

C·3+H·4+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

chubbier (17 points)

More plump

Cold central location for beer, say, is much bigger than 3 down, for instance

College near Axis says beer is heavier than all the rest

C·3+H·4+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

chuffier (19 points)

Chuffy

C·3+H·4+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts

chummier (17 points)

Chummy

C·3+H·4+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

chunkier (17 points)

Less smooth

C·3+H·4+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

cinnabar (12 points)

Bright red mineral containing mercury

Mercury-bearing ore

Brian can make vermilion pigment

C·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts

circular (12 points)

Is that how news gets around (wordplay)

Looking round for a letter (wordplay)

Global pamphlet (wordplay)

C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts

cislunar (10 points)

Within the moon's orbit.

On this side of the moon

C·3+I·1+S·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts

clammier (14 points)

More cold and damp

More humid

C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

classier (10 points)

Of higher grade

More sophisticated or stylish

More ritzy

C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

cliffier (16 points)

Cliffy

C·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

clincher (15 points)

One that embraces decisive argument

Decisive win or statement

Argument-settling fact

C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

clingier (11 points)

Clingy

C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

cliquier (19 points)

Cliquey

C·3+L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts

cloddier (12 points)

Cloddy

C·3+L·1+O·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

cloggier (12 points)

Cloggy

C·3+L·1+O·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

cloister (10 points)

'Religious retreat, a convent, say (8)'

Walk in a certain order (wordplay)

Religious retreat, a convent, say

C·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

clothier (13 points)

One concerned with duds (wordplay)

One with suitable work (wordplay)

Dealer in menswear

C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

cloudier (11 points)

Less transparent or clear, liquid say

Not as transparent

More obscure, like a crystal ball gazing

C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

clubbier (14 points)

More socially exclusive

C·3+L·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

clumpier (14 points)

More like a mass

C·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

clumsier (12 points)

More awkward

The more awkward way in which one cries about the chimney in Scotland

C·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

clunkier (14 points)

More awkward or clumsy

C·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

codifier (14 points)

One who systematizes

Perhaps Morse cried if troubled about love

One who organises (rules, etc) into a system

C·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

codriver (14 points)

Second mate at the wheel (wordplay)

Divorcer (anagram)

Rally partner

C·3+O·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

coeditor (11 points)

Part of a literary team

One who shares a masthead billing

Publishing house employee

C·3+O·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts

cognizer (20 points)

""One that cognizes, also COGNISER""

C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts

coiffeur (16 points)

French locksmith (wordplay)

Locksmith (wordplay)

A French hairdresser

C·3+O·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 16 pts

colinear (10 points)

Lying in the same straight line

C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts

combiner (14 points)

Mix master (wordplay)

Gaper holding in joiner

Work units

C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

comelier (12 points)

More suitable

More pulchritudinous

More attractive

C·3+O·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

compiler (14 points)

A crossword person, I gather

One would gather that's all one does

Translating computer program

C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

complier (14 points)

One who {complies=v}

C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

conciser (12 points)

Concise

C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

confider (14 points)

One passing on secret award I'd received

C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

confiner (13 points)

One who {confines=v}

C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

conniver (13 points)

One secretly conspiring

Cabal participant

Underhanded one

C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

consider (11 points)

New face in my study (wordplay)

Deem Tory right, perhaps? Right

Not offside inside - just think!

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

corridor (11 points)

Office-seeker's place (wordplay)

Passage (of power?)

I'll say wow to free gold

C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts

cosigner (11 points)

Parent vis-a-vis a child's loan, maybe

Borrower's backup

Loan requirement, sometimes

C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

costlier (10 points)

Causing greater loss

More liable to exceed one's credit limit

Rebuilt cloister is needing more brass

C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

courtier (10 points)

Page company saying you are on line

Duke or earl, say

Messenger taking time for a hanger-on

C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

couthier (13 points)

Couthie

C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

cowinner (13 points)

Sharer of the prize

Sharer of a prize

Sharer of first place

C·3+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

crabbier (14 points)

Even more irritable

More like Oscar the Grouch

Less agreeable

C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

craftier (13 points)

More cunning.

Comparatively cunning

Comparatively arch

C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

craggier (12 points)

Craggy

C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

crankier (14 points)

More ill-tempered

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

crappier (14 points)

Crappy

C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

crawlier (13 points)

Crawly

C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

creakier (14 points)

More run-down

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

creamier (12 points)

More well-blended

Gelato, vis-a-vis sherbert

Richer, as oatmeal

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

creasier (10 points)

More wrinkled

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

creditor (11 points)

Loan shark, for one

Cried rot (anagram)

Owing to this one has to pay for it

C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts

creepier (12 points)

More hair raising

Indian support becomes more disturbing

Producing more chills

C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

crimpier (14 points)

Crimpy

C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

crippler (14 points)

One that {cripples=v}

C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

crispier (12 points)

Cooked longer, perhaps

Cereal-ad claim

Not as stale, as chips

C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

croakier (14 points)

Croaky

C·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

croupier (12 points)

Game official cutting deals (wordplay)

I procure pots; I may give away pots!

Bet middler (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

crucifer (15 points)

Cross-bearer

Crossbearer

C·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

cruddier (12 points)

More filthy

C·3+R·1+U·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

crumbier (14 points)

More like a fresh doughnut

C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

crummier (14 points)

Crummy

C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

crustier (10 points)

More irascible

More brusque

More curmudgeonly

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

cuddlier (12 points)

More likely to be squeezed (wordplay)

More like a teddy bear

C·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

cultivar (13 points)

Plant variety that's been bred

Plant variety produced by selective breeding

Plant genetically modified on September the fourth in transport

C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+R·1 = 13 pts

cuspidor (13 points)

Oater saloon feature

Early hotel-lobby fixture

American name for a spittoon

C·3+U·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts

cutesier (10 points)

Cutesy

C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

cylinder (14 points)

Type of round container, for gas say

Drinking straw, for example

Edison recording medium

C·3+Y·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

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