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cabernet (12 points)
Popular pairing with steak au poivre
Dry table wine
Dry red wine
C·3+A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
calamint (12 points)
Aromatic plant.
C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
canniest (10 points)
Shrewdest sort of ancients
Instance (anagram)
Most careful and shrewd
C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
canoeist (10 points)
One who's up a creek (wordplay)
One with paddles
Kayaker, for example
C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
canonist (10 points)
Ecclesiastical law expert
Specialist in religious law
Expert in church law.
C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
canzonet (19 points)
Short cheerful lively Italian song
C·3+A·1+N·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 19 pts
carcanet (12 points)
Old jewelled collar with a lot of body and no extras
C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
casement (12 points)
Roger's window (wordplay)
Frame traitor (wordplay)
Window when framed by putty, perhaps
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
castanet (10 points)
Fisher's favorite instrument (wordplay)
Go fishing with a click (wordplay)
Go fishing, perhaps, with clicks
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
centrist (10 points)
Middle-of-the-road
Third Way Democrat, for example
Middle-of-the-roader
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
cerement (12 points)
Stiff covering about to be sealed in adhesive
Shroud.
C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
chestnut (13 points)
Rusty saw perhaps that's dropped by tree
8 heard a million times (wordplay)
Tired "old" saying
C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+N·1+U·1+T·1 = 13 pts
claimant (12 points)
One seeking repayment
Mine owner, for example
One making an assertion
C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
clarinet (10 points)
What's in in the wine - blow that!
Perhaps let in car carrying instrument
There's tin in Clare, blow it!
C·3+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
cleanest (10 points)
Most suitable for younger ears
Detergent ad superlative
Most dirt-free
C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
cocoanut (12 points)
""The fruit of the coco, also COCONUT""
C·3+O·1+C·3+O·1+A·1+N·1+U·1+T·1 = 12 pts
cognovit (14 points)
Defendant's agreement the plaintiff's cause is just
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+T·1 = 14 pts
coherent (13 points)
Holding together as a whole
Intelligible and lucid
Logical and lucid
C·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
coinvent (13 points)
To invent together
C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
colonist (10 points)
Coin slot (anagram)
William Penn was one.
Mayflower Pilgrim, for example
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
colorant (10 points)
Shade provider
Pigment
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
conflict (15 points)
Difference of opinion, dispute
War or clash of ideas
Battle - be incompatible
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 15 pts
confront (13 points)
Face up to (a problem)
Meet face to face with
Oppose criminal boldness
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
conjoint (17 points)
Combining all people or things involved
United
C·3+O·1+N·1+J·8+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 17 pts
conjunct (19 points)
Combined, associated
United
C·3+O·1+N·1+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1 = 19 pts
conodont (11 points)
A {fossil=n}
C·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
conquest (19 points)
Escape from prison (wordplay)
Lounge lizard's goal
Prescott's subject.
C·3+O·1+N·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 19 pts
constant (10 points)
Always faithful (wordplay)
Faithful to the CNN - toast it!
Canst not be shaken (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
contempt (14 points)
Disdain or disrespect, perhaps or court
Open disrespect, to a court, say
Hearing problem (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1 = 14 pts
contract (12 points)
Shrink in legal agreement (wordplay)
Term paper (wordplay)
Catch Bond (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
contrast (10 points)
Can't sort out difference in tone
Dissimilitude as shown by juxtaposition.
Dissimilarity of things compared
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
coparent (12 points)
One with shared custody, maybe
Share rearing duties
Have partial custody
C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·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
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
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
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
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
crankest (14 points)
Crank
C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 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

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