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cabezone (21 points)

""A large edible fish, also CABEZON""

C·3+A·1+B·3+E·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 21 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

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

campagne (15 points)

Campagna

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

camphene (17 points)

""An explosive liquid, also CAMPHINE""

C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·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

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

caneware (13 points)

A yellowish stoneware

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

cannulae (10 points)

Tubes unclean, ale initially disgusting!

C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 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

canoodle (11 points)

Kiss and cuddle (informal)

Win over with flattery

Be lovey-dovey

C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 11 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

canulate (10 points)

To insert a canula into

C·3+A·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 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

capstone (12 points)

Most notable achievement

Acme of achievement

Highest point of achievement

C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·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

carotene (10 points)

Tenor ace ( anag.)

Coloured substance in carrots

Fall color cause

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

caruncle (12 points)

Coxcomb (wordplay)

The sort of comb that is mechanical, to a relative extent

With his motor, that relative of yours in a proper coxcomb

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

catenate (10 points)

Connect in series of links.

Connect, as with links

Linked and in a chain

C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·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

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

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

centuple (12 points)

Add two zeroes to

Increase a hundredfold

The continental coin having risen first 100-fold

C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts

chaconne (15 points)

Composition arranged? No chance!

Stately Spanish dance.

Old Spanish dance

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

chantage (14 points)

Blackmail

C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 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

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

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

clarence (12 points)

19th century carriage

Thomas in court

Mr. Mulford, creator of Hopalong.

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

coendure (11 points)

To endure together

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

coenzyme (24 points)

Compound helping a protein to do its work

C·3+O·1+E·1+N·1+Z·10+Y·4+M·3+E·1 = 24 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

comanage (13 points)

Run together (wordplay)

Run alongside someone else

Run together

C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 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

commence (16 points)

Beg in this perhaps

Blow the airhorn, maybe

Amount divided by people about to start

C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+N·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

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

conclave (15 points)

Private meeting, perhaps of cardinals

Private meeting (to elect a pope?)

Inner circle curving inward around line

C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts

conclude (13 points)

Decide, though it's close

Decide to terminate

Wind up judge finally

C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts

concrete (12 points)

Mason's material

Real cold on Greek isle

It's definitely in the mix

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

condense (11 points)

Send once (anagram)

Put in a nutshell

Cold Scandinavian city absorbing new cut

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

conenose (10 points)

Big bug of southwestern U.S

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

conepate (12 points)

""A skunk, also CONEPATL""

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

conferee (13 points)

Badge wearer, perhaps

Recipient of an academic degree

Award winner

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

conflate (13 points)

Put together to form a whole

Merge (texts) together

Fuse into a single entity

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

confrere (13 points)

Stir brother (wordplay)

Stir brother?

Tory Right blocking liberal colleague

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

conglobe (13 points)

To become a globule

C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 13 pts

conserve (13 points)

Protect (from damage)

Save (eg energy)

Forestall a shortage, perhaps

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

consomme (14 points)

Do battle as a clear starter (wordplay)

Stock option (wordplay)

Clear meaty soup

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+M·3+E·1 = 14 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

construe (10 points)

Read - trounces (anagram)

Recounts so as to interpret or explain

Explain the sense

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+E·1 = 10 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

converge (14 points)

Tend to meet at a point

Meet criminal grass at side of road

Meet criminal by the roadside

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

converse (13 points)

Talk of being contrary!

Talk about 22 down (wordplay)

Discuss poetry in prison (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+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

convolve (16 points)

To roll together

C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts

convulse (13 points)

Undergo spasms (from pain or laughter)

Shake with laughter

Shake, as with laughter

C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

cymogene (16 points)

A volatile compound

C·3+Y·4+M·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts

cynosure (13 points)

Object of great interest.

Center of attraction

Centre of attraction

C·3+Y·4+N·1+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 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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