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cabotage (13 points)

Impounded boat involved in coastal trade

Navigation of boat at sea entering enclosure

Navigational bar in Italian navigator's time

C·3+A·1+B·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts

cadastre (11 points)

Official register of real estate

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

calamite (12 points)

Reed fossil

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

calceate (12 points)

Wearing shoes

C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 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

calycate (15 points)

""Pertaining to a calyx, also CALYCEAL, CALYCINE""

C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 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

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

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

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

caretake (14 points)

Look after an invalid, maybe

C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 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

cartable (12 points)

Able to be carted

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

casemate (12 points)

Enclosure on a warship deck

Bombproof chamber in a fort

Fellow counsel for the defence (wordplay)

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

cassette (10 points)

Bungled testcase is on tape!

Testcase bungled (wordplay)

Test case (anagram)

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

castrate (10 points)

Actors' fees take balls

Emasculate

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

catalase (10 points)

An {enzyme=n}

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

catalyze (22 points)

Force changes in

C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1 = 22 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

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

cathouse (13 points)

A {brothel=n}

C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

cavatine (13 points)

Cavatina

C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 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

cellmate (12 points)

Bar buddy (wordplay)

Pen pal, perhaps

Cooler person to live with (wordplay)

C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+M·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

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

cerotype (15 points)

A process of engraving using wax

C·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 15 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

chantage (14 points)

Blackmail

C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 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

chatchke (22 points)

""A knicknack, also CHACHKA, CHATCHKA, TSATSKE, TCHOTCHKE""

C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+K·5+E·1 = 22 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

chlorate (13 points)

Potassium or sodium compound

A salt of potassium

C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·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

chordate (14 points)

Member of a certain biological phylum

Vertebrate, for example

Having vertebrae.

C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 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

chromate (15 points)

Salt of an acid.

Salt of a certain acid.

Compound of element #24

C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 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

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

cleveite (13 points)

Mineral from Norway.

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

clodpate (13 points)

Fool corruptly dealt with cop

Blockhead

Spooner's slog, woman for taming being a dull person

C·3+L·1+O·1+D·2+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts

clypeate (15 points)

Shield-shaped Biol.

Shield-shaped: Biol.

C·3+L·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts

coactive (15 points)

Mutually active

C·3+O·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts

cocreate (12 points)

Cobble together

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

coequate (19 points)

To equate with something else

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

cohobate (15 points)

To distill again

C·3+O·1+H·4+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 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

colocate (12 points)

Share a facility

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

comatose (12 points)

Very drowsy, perhaps unconscious

Comes to a settlement while unconscious

Like some heavy sleepers

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

complete (14 points)

Full make up (wordplay)

Whole, nothing missing

Out-and-out

C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·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

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

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

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

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

copemate (14 points)

An antagonist

C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts

copulate (12 points)

Mate taking money into shelter

Couple at work have sex

Mate welcoming cryptic Paul into bird's home

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

coquette (19 points)

She vainly seeks masculine attention

She vainly seeks men's attention

South American humming-bird

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

corelate (10 points)

To place in mutual relation

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

corotate (10 points)

To rotate together

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

corvette (13 points)

Stingray, for one

Chevy muscle car

Sports car introduced in 1953

C·3+O·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 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

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

creature (10 points)

Life's little pleasures!

Habit adherer, maybe

Habit devotee, maybe

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

creosote (10 points)

Coat on a tie (wordplay)

Oily, smelly wood preservative

Chimney cleaner's target

C·3+R·1+E·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+T·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

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

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

crustose (10 points)

Forming a thin brittle crust

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 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

cubature (12 points)

""Cubical content, also CUBAGE""

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

cultrate (10 points)

Sharp edged and pointed

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

cumulate (12 points)

Heap up

Heaped up

C·3+U·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cupulate (12 points)

Container-shaped

C·3+U·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 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

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

cutpurse (12 points)

Old pickpocket - true cups (anagram)

Pickpocket - set up cru (anagram)

Give new order to put inside evil thief

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

cuttable (12 points)

Able to be cut

C·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 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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