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cordings (12 points)

Cording

C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts

cordoned (12 points)

Blocked (off)

Formed a protective line around

Enclosed, with "off"

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

cordovan (14 points)

Variety of leather

Chain around Virginia is soft leather

Fine-grain leather

C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+V·4+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts

cordwain (14 points)

""A fine leather, also CORDOVAN""

C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts

coreigns (11 points)

Coreign

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

cornball (12 points)

Like 'Green Acres' humor

Like 'Hee Haw' humor

Like "Green Acres" humor

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

corncake (16 points)

Breakfast item, sometimes

Brazilian dessert delicacy

BREAKFAST ITEM

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts

corncobs (14 points)

Pipes smoked by MacArthur and Twain

Tasty cores of ears of maize

Kinds of pipes.

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+B·3+S·1 = 14 pts

corncrib (14 points)

Storage for fodder

Farm storage site

Certain storage structure on a farm

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

corneous (10 points)

Horny

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cornered (11 points)

Caught angling, perhaps

Up a tree, perhaps

Gosh, dweeb pocketing drug gets caught!

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

cornetcy (15 points)

A rank in the British cavalry

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts

cornhusk (17 points)

Maize's outer covering

Cob covering

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+H·4+U·1+S·1+K·5 = 17 pts

corniced (13 points)

Having a decorative frame that's pleasant held by string

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

cornices (12 points)

Mouldings at the tops of walls

French city features decorative strips

Some wall moldings

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 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

corniest (10 points)

Most tired (wordplay)

Least edgy, as a joke

Like the worst dad joke

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

cornmeal (12 points)

Hush puppy ingredient (2 words)

Hush puppy ingredient

Hush puppy material

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

cornrows (13 points)

Hair lines (wordplay)

Bo's do in '10'

Braided hair style

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

cornuses (10 points)

Cornus

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cornuted (11 points)

Cornute

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

cornutos (10 points)

Cornuto

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+S·1 = 10 pts

coronach (15 points)

Crown and Church join in dirge

Funeral song in Scotland

Scottish or Irish dirge

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

coronals (10 points)

Garlands

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

coronary (13 points)

Like places of the heart (wordplay)

Of the arteries supplying blood to heart

Kind of artery

C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

coronels (10 points)

Coronel

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

coroners (10 points)

Ones looking for a cause

Quincy et al.

*People employed at the ends of battles

C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

coronets (10 points)

Companions for kind hearts

'Kind hearts are more than ........ '

Crowns for nobles

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

coronoid (11 points)

Crown-shaped

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

corpsman (14 points)

First-aid giver

Certain soldier or sailor.

Army medic

C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts

corpsmen (14 points)

Army medics

C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts

corundum (13 points)

Curmudgeon sadly eg removing abrasive

Very hard mineral used as an abrasive

Sapphires and rubies.

C·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts

corvinas (13 points)

Corvina

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

corybant (15 points)

Wild attendant of the goddess Cybele

Follower of Cybele.

Wild reveller (ancient Gr.); cry to ban (anagram)

C·3+O·1+R·1+Y·4+B·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts

cosecant (12 points)

One of the trigonometric functions

Scientific calculator function

Reciprocal in trigonometry

C·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts

cosigned (12 points)

Acted as surety

Backed up for an advance

I agree

C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 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

cosiness (10 points)

Homeliness functions on Sunday

Snugly comfortable quality

Triangle functions on point of intimacy

C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cotenant (10 points)

Person holding property jointly

One of two sharing an apartment

Not the only one that letter deals with (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts

cothurni (13 points)

Cothurn

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

cothurns (13 points)

Cothurn

C·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts

cotillon (10 points)

Formal ball

C·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

cotquean (19 points)

A vulgar woman

C·3+O·1+T·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts

cottoned (11 points)

Warmed up (to)

Took a liking (to)

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

couchant (15 points)

In a lying position (in heraldry)

Sort of lying that hurts is concealed in jargon

C·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts

couching (16 points)

A form of embroidery

C·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts

coughing (15 points)

Noisily expelling air from the lungs

Clearing the throat

Cold symptom

C·3+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

coumarin (12 points)

""A chemical compound, also CUMARIN""

C·3+O·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts

councils (12 points)

Reports direct to school panels

Decision-makers

Administrative bodies

C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts

counsels (10 points)

Gives advice to

Defense teams, for example

Gives legal advice

C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts

counters (10 points)

Opposes the surfaces in shops (wordplay)

Tables for conducting retail business

Contradicts men on the board

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

countess (10 points)

Shakespeare's Olivia, for one

Cora of "Downtown Abbey," for one

One has an early mate, perhaps

C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts

countian (10 points)

A resident of a county

C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts

counties (10 points)

Down with Dublin, for instance

Beds etc in use, cot needs tidying

Administrative divisions

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

counting (11 points)

Election task, possibly

Depending on it being noble with gin

What one might be doing with a totter (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts

coupling (13 points)

Coming together

Joining device

Device that connects the ends of adjacent objects

C·3+O·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

courante (10 points)

Dance with running steps

Court dance of the 16th century

Old French dance

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

couranto (10 points)

""A lively dance, also COURANT, COURANTE""

C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1 = 10 pts

courants (10 points)

Courant

C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts

courlans (10 points)

Courlan

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

coursing (11 points)

Hunting with dogs

Using bad language about old type of hunting

Swearing when nothing is caught in illegal hunting (wordplay)

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

courting (11 points)

Plying with wine and roses, say

Emulating John Alden.

Suitor's task

C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts

cousinly (13 points)

Like a cousin

C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

cousinry (13 points)

Kith and kin

C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

covalent (13 points)

Type of chemical bond

Like some bonds

Bonding by sharing tiny things: love can flourish over time

C·3+O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

covenant (13 points)

Tiny insect that casts spells (wordplay)

Formal agreement in a convent

Promise to keep relative in want

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

covering (14 points)

Providing an alibi (for)

Niqab, for example

The chap may telephone about the case

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

coveting (14 points)

Longing to own someone else's property

Craving the property of another

Desiring with concupiscence

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

cowbanes (15 points)

Cowbane

C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

cowbinds (16 points)

Cowbind

C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts

cowering (14 points)

In the corner, maybe

Cringing in fear

Crouching down in fear

C·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

cowhands (17 points)

Workers of a kind.

Men in Hurd's paintings

Ranch staff

C·3+O·1+W·4+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 17 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

cowlings (14 points)

Jet engine housings

C·3+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts

cowskins (17 points)

Cowskin

C·3+O·1+W·4+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 17 pts

coxswain (20 points)

One over the eight (wordplay)

Crew's leader

Firm kiss by lover for keeper of course

C·3+O·1+X·8+S·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts

cozenage (20 points)

'The old Doge ... smiled on him / With deadly -' (Byron, The Two Foscari)

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

cozeners (19 points)

Cozener

C·3+O·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 19 pts

cozening (20 points)

Deceptive practice

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

coziness (19 points)

Snug state

C·3+O·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 19 pts

craaling (11 points)

Craal

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

crabbing (15 points)

Setting traps in the Chesapeake, say

Defined as front wheels out of line with rear

C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

cracking (17 points)

Solving very fast (wordplay)

Super solving!

Excellent solving

C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts

cracknel (16 points)

Clerk can bake biscuit

Hard nutty filling for confectionery

Hard, brittle cake or biscuit

C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 16 pts

cradling (12 points)

Cradle

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

crafting (14 points)

Artfully making by hand

C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

cragsman (13 points)

Someone who climbs crags

C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts

cragsmen (13 points)

Cragsman

C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts

cramming (15 points)

Stuffing - studying hard

C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

cramping (15 points)

Cause of some charley horses

Arnold's leg woe, or a speed-solver's wrist woe (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crampons (14 points)

Spikes for climbers' boots

Mountaineer's shoe spikes

Iron spikes on climbing boots

C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts

crampoon (14 points)

""A device for raising heavy objects, also CRAMPET""

C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

cranched (16 points)

Cranch

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

cranches (15 points)

Cranch

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·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

craniums (12 points)

Head cases (wordplay)

Parts of skulls that enclose the brain

Brain covers

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 12 pts

crankest (14 points)

Crank

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 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

crankily (17 points)

In a grumpy manner

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

cranking (15 points)

Starting an ancient auto

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crankled (15 points)

Crankle

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

crankles (14 points)

Crankle

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

crankous (14 points)

{cranky=adj}

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 14 pts

crankpin (16 points)

Journal on which connecting rod rides (5,3)

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts

crannied (11 points)

Having crevices

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

crannies (10 points)

Nooks' partner (wordplay)

Councillor, somehow insane, cracks

Nooks and crevices

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

crannoge (11 points)

""An artificial island, also CRANNOG""

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

crannogs (11 points)

Ancient lake dwellings of Ireland or Scotland.

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

crapping (15 points)

Crap

C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crashing (14 points)

Char's gin (anagram)

Collapsing suddenly, as the stock market

Total going down

C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

cratonic (12 points)

Relating to a craton

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

cravened (14 points)

Craven

C·3+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

cravenly (16 points)

In a spineless manner

How a coward acts

As a coward would

C·3+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

cravings (14 points)

Intense desires

Great desires evident in Conservative gibberish (wordplay)

Desires

C·3+R·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts

crawling (14 points)

Action of baby, naked, to hug clothes

Moving along the ground slowly

Creeping slowly along the ground

C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

crayoned (14 points)

Drew and Corey dancing

Sketched with chalk.

Colored, in a way

C·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

creaking (15 points)

Giving away an intruder, maybe

Sounding like a loose floorboard

Sounding like old floor boards

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

creaming (13 points)

Defeating soundly

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

creasing (11 points)

Making folds

Is the crescendo getting slack in the fold (wordplay)

Folding

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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

creating (11 points)

Establishing credit, being a consumer

Bringing into being

Bringing into existence

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

creatins (10 points)

Creatin

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

creation (10 points)

Could this be made from 16 (wordplay)

May King start things going (wordplay)

First act (wordplay)

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

credence (13 points)

Something lent (wordplay)

Faith or belief placed in something

Belief; type of table

C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts

credenda (12 points)

Faithful signs shown by radical before death in California

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

credenza (20 points)

Executive cabinet (wordplay)

Office holder (wordplay)

Dinette piece with cupboards

C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+Z·10+A·1 = 20 pts

creeling (11 points)

Creel

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

creeping (13 points)

Moving on hands and knees

Kind of juniper

Like ground ivy

C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

cremains (12 points)

Urn contents

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

crenated (11 points)

Having a scalloped edge

Having notched edges.

Scalloped, as a leaf

C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

creneled (11 points)

Fort walls often are

Having gaps in the top, as a castle wall

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

crenelle (10 points)

Embrasure in a battlement.

Frenchman in ghastly cell finds gap in castle wall

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

creodont (11 points)

An extinct carnivore

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

crescent (12 points)

Sailors almost smell the moon above?!

Bow Street (wordplay)

Shape of some rolls.

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

cresting (11 points)

Reaching the highest point

At its peak

Rising, as a flood

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

cretonne (10 points)

Cotton fabric being worn, new in island

Fabric used for upholstery

Fabric once rent needs repair

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

crewneck (19 points)

Style of collarless shirt

Like many tees

Like polo team to drink

C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 19 pts

cribbing (15 points)

Plagiarising or complaining

Action taboo at West Point

Relying on a cheat sheet

C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

cricking (17 points)

Crick

C·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts

criminal (12 points)

Record holder (wordplay)

Record-holding type (wordplay)

A case might be made for one

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

crimping (15 points)

Prioritising economy, dismissing son and making waves

C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crimsons (12 points)

Red shades

Purplish reds

Blushes

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

cringers (11 points)

They obviously show fear

They show timidity about the doubles

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

cringing (12 points)

Reacting to an awkward moment, perhaps

Wincing in fear or embarrassment

Reacting to an awkward hug

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

cringles (11 points)

Cringle

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

crinites (10 points)

Crinite

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

crinkled (15 points)

Made a rustling sound

Like crepe paper

Like seersucker

C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

crinkles (14 points)

Crepe paper feature

Ripples or rustles

Tissue paper sounds

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

crinoids (11 points)

Marine animals like the sea lily and feather star

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

crispens (12 points)

Crispen

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

crisping (13 points)

Making brittle

Browning

C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

croaking (15 points)

Sounding like a frog

Making frog noise

Going west and not really caring - OK (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 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

croceins (12 points)

Crocein

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

crocking (17 points)

Crock

C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts

cronyism (15 points)

Partiality in job appointments

Pal-appointing, for example

Playing of favorites

C·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts

crooking (15 points)

Making a bend in

Bending

C·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crooners (10 points)

Coroners as pop singers (wordplay)

Crosby and Martin

Crosby and Sinatra

C·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

crooning (11 points)

Singing Sinatra at karaoke, say

Singing a la Michael Buble

Singing like Bing Crosby

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

cropland (13 points)

Farm country resource

Farmer's acreage

Much of the Plains States

C·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 pts

cropping (15 points)

Cutting off short

C·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crossing (11 points)

Letter in two puzzle words, maybe

Ferry ride, say

Pelican perhaps going over the water

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

croutons (10 points)

Little bread boxes (wordplay)

Caesar salad components

Caesar salad ingredients

C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts

crowding (15 points)

Pressing too closely

Gathering together in large numbers

Overfilling with people

C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crowners (13 points)

Crowner

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

crownets (13 points)

Crownet

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

crowning (14 points)

Putting a cap on (wordplay)

Part of a royal enthronement ceremony

Credit with having the very best

C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

crucians (12 points)

Eur. carp

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

crudding (13 points)

Crud

C·3+R·1+U·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

cruising (11 points)

Aboard the QE2, perhaps

See are you the one I serenade at sea

Meeting no resistance

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

crumbing (15 points)

Dusting off the dinner table.

C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crumhorn (15 points)

Renaissance woodwind

Instrument for putting spirit, hot, into excrescence

Renaissance period wind instrument with an upward curving end

C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts

crumping (15 points)

Crump

C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

crunched (16 points)

Chewed a carrot, say

Got to ground with one's teeth

Did ab exercises

C·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

cruncher (15 points)

Dickensian resurrectionist working with numbers (wordplay)

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

crunches (15 points)

Crunch

C·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

crunodal (11 points)

Pertaining to {crunode=n}

C·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

crunodes (11 points)

Crunode

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

crushing (14 points)

Violently subduing (opposition)

It was originally done by foot

Putting down note in a hurry

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

crusting (11 points)

Becoming corroded under carbon coating

Losing liquidity

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts

cryingly (17 points)

In a crying manner

C·3+R·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

cryogens (14 points)

Freezing mixtures

Refrigerants

C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts

cryogeny (17 points)

Study of low temperatures

C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

cryonics (15 points)

Cold storage (wordplay)

Cold storage of a kind

Keen on ice cream sundae, initially in cold storage

C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 15 pts

cryotron (13 points)

Supercooled switch; corny rot (anagram)

C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts

ctenidia (11 points)

Spiny rows on certain fleas

C·3+T·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1 = 11 pts

cuddling (13 points)

Getting close and comfy

Hugging, embracing affectionately

Hugging, nestling

C·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

cuisines (10 points)

Italian and Japanese, notably

Chef's assortment

Thai and Hunan

C·3+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 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

culinary (13 points)

Used in cooking.

Related to cooking

To do with cooking

C·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

cullions (10 points)

Cullion

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

cullying (14 points)

Cully

C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

cultigen (11 points)

""A variety of plant originating under cultivation, also CULTIVAR""

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

culverin (13 points)

Did the vine curl for firing (wordplay)

Run, Clive, from the old canon, by the sound of it

Sounds as if the old canon has a nil curve in

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

cumarins (12 points)

Cumarin

C·3+U·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts

cuneated (11 points)

""Wedge-shaped, also CUNEAL, CUNEATE, CUNEATIC""

C·3+U·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

cuneatic (12 points)

""Wedge-shaped, also CUNEAL, CUNEATE, CUNEATED""

C·3+U·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts

cuniform (15 points)

Wedge-shaped writing characters

C·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 15 pts

cunnings (11 points)

Cunning

C·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts

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