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cableway (18 points)
Hoisting system
C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
cakewalk (21 points)
Dancer's address (wordplay)
Dancer's address?
*Epitome of ease
C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5 = 21 pts
callower (13 points)
More immature
C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 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
capework (19 points)
A bullfighting technique
C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
carassow (13 points)
""A turkey-like bird, also CURASSOW""
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+W·4 = 13 pts
caraways (16 points)
Deli bread seeds
Bakery seeds
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
careworn (13 points)
Oarsman overturned in vessel in distress
Fatigued by worry
Tired through worry
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 13 pts
casework (17 points)
Wore sack (anagram)
Social service concern
Social service studies
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 17 pts
caseworm (15 points)
Soft-bodied aquatic larva
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 15 pts
castaway (16 points)
One sending a message in a bottle, maybe
Person on a deserted isle, perhaps
Alexander Selkirk, for one
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
catawbas (15 points)
Members of a Carolina Indian nation
Native wine grapes
Reddish wine grapes
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+S·1 = 15 pts
catspaws (15 points)
Scam victims
Feline extremities.
Easy marks
C·3+A·1+T·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 15 pts
catwalks (17 points)
Bags awarded to Tigers (wordplay)
Bases on balls to Tigers (wordplay)
How Pussy sets foot up among the flies
C·3+A·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
causeway (16 points)
Reason and means to build elevated road
Raised road crossing shallow water
Overseas Highway feature
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
checkrow (22 points)
To plant in rows that divides the land into squares
C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 22 pts
chewable (18 points)
OK for one's teeth to cut into wire
Like some vitamins
Like many children's vitamins
C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
chewiest (16 points)
Least tender
Sort of ethics we found hardest to swallow immediately
C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
chewinks (20 points)
Chewink
C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts
chowchow (24 points)
Dog food doubled
Dog with an upturned tail
Pickle relish with mustard
C·3+H·4+O·1+W·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+W·4 = 24 pts
chowders (17 points)
Mrs. Murphy's creations
Soups made with fish
Hearty soups
C·3+H·4+O·1+W·4+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
chowsing (17 points)
Chowse
C·3+H·4+O·1+W·4+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 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
cityward (17 points)
In the direction of an urban area
C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 17 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
clamworm (17 points)
A marine worm
C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 17 pts
clawless (13 points)
Like certain otters
C·3+L·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts
clayware (16 points)
Pottery
C·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
clerihew (16 points)
Averse, say, to Bentley
Verse minister cut and cut again
Four-line verse
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+H·4+E·1+W·4 = 16 pts
clowders (14 points)
Clowder
C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
clownery (16 points)
Comical performance
C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
clowning (14 points)
Buffoon's business
Acting the fool
Shack and Gazza were always doing it
C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
clownish (16 points)
Like a buffoon
Ridiculously exaggerated
Comedic, common error that's come up in church
C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 16 pts
cobwebby (22 points)
Unclean (of corners in attics, perhaps?)
Like attics in long-abandoned houses
Like an unswept corner
C·3+O·1+B·3+W·4+E·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 22 pts
cockcrow (21 points)
Dawn as signalled by farmyard fowl (4.4)
First light of day
Sounds so foul so early
C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 21 pts
cogwheel (17 points)
Its teeth engage as it rotates
Toothed circular frame
Force in ox foot jelly with teeth
C·3+O·1+G·2+W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 17 pts
coleslaw (13 points)
Old King's statute (wordplay)
Dish with fish, perhaps
Singer Natalie's side dish (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+W·4 = 13 pts
colewort (13 points)
Kale
C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 13 pts
comedown (16 points)
Decline to a lower status (2 words)
Get sick (with)
Most of farce has now gone into decline
C·3+O·1+M·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
cookware (17 points)
Pots and pans and such
Pots and pans
Kitchen utensils
C·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 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
cordwood (15 points)
It make be stacked near the fireplace
Logs.
C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 15 pts
corkwood (18 points)
A small tree
C·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 18 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
cowardly (17 points)
Like a literary lion (wordplay)
Describing a fictional lion.
Acting the chicken in a wry cold play
C·3+O·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
cowbanes (15 points)
Cowbane
C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
cowbells (15 points)
Sounds from the lea
Noisemakers for bovines
Noisemakers at Tampa Bay Rays games
C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 15 pts
cowberry (18 points)
A pasture shrub
C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
cowbinds (16 points)
Cowbind
C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
cowbirds (16 points)
Cowbird
C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+I·1+R·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
cowflaps (18 points)
Cowflap
C·3+O·1+W·4+F·4+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 18 pts
cowflops (18 points)
Cowflop
C·3+O·1+W·4+F·4+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 18 pts
cowgirls (14 points)
Some rodeo participants
Some rodeo entrants
Barrel race participants
C·3+O·1+W·4+G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cowhages (17 points)
Cowhage
C·3+O·1+W·4+H·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 17 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
cowherbs (18 points)
Cowherb
C·3+O·1+W·4+H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 18 pts
cowherds (17 points)
Cowherd
C·3+O·1+W·4+H·4+E·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 17 pts
cowhided (18 points)
Cowhide
C·3+O·1+W·4+H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
cowhides (17 points)
Leather boots, informally
Leather materials
Baseball coverings
C·3+O·1+W·4+H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+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
cowlicks (19 points)
Combing problems
Unruly hairdos covered by hoods; that's disgusting
C·3+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 19 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
coworker (17 points)
Person to have lunch with, perhaps
Lunch companion, perhaps
Lenny or Carl, to Homer Simpson
C·3+O·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
cowplops (17 points)
Cowplop
C·3+O·1+W·4+P·3+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 17 pts
cowpokes (19 points)
Herdsmen of a sort.
Ranch riders
Roundup folks
C·3+O·1+W·4+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
cowpoxes (22 points)
Cowpox
C·3+O·1+W·4+P·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 22 pts
cowrites (13 points)
Pens together
C·3+O·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
cowsheds (17 points)
Farm housing for bovines
Chews sod peculiarly for farmhouses
Where Holsteins are housed
C·3+O·1+W·4+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 17 pts
cowskins (17 points)
Cowskin
C·3+O·1+W·4+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 17 pts
cowslips (15 points)
Bovine errors (wordplay)
Frighten with errors and bloomers
Wild yellow flowers for unsteady bovines
C·3+O·1+W·4+S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 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
crabwise (15 points)
(Of movement) sideways
Curve lifted over web is turned sideways
Occasionally cars at BMW did skew sideways
C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
crawdads (15 points)
Miniature lobster lookalikes
Fishy fathers
Cajun delicacies
C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+D·2+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
crawfish (19 points)
Alternative name for the Norway lobster
Bayou critter
Spiny lobster
C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 19 pts
crawlers (13 points)
Baby clothes in the lane (wordplay)
Pre-toddler tots
Not very fast-moving toadies
C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
crawlier (13 points)
Crawly
C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 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
crawlway (19 points)
A small low tunnel
C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
crewless (13 points)
Like a ghost ship
C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 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
cribwork (19 points)
A framework of logs
C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
crossbow (15 points)
Angry toxophilite's weapon (wordplay)
Out-of-sorts Clara (wordplay)
Maybe fired with anger and inclination
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+B·3+O·1+W·4 = 15 pts
crossway (16 points)
Road intersector
Intersecting street
Intersection
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
crowbars (15 points)
Providers of leverage (wordplay)
Where the birds drink (wordplay)
Convivial locales (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
crowders (14 points)
Crowder
C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
crowdies (14 points)
Crowdy
C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 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
crowfeet (16 points)
Crowfoot
C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+F·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts
crowfoot (16 points)
Species of buttercup
Aquatic plant related to buttercup
Another name for a buttercup
C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 16 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
crowstep (15 points)
A step on top of a wall
C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+P·3 = 15 pts
cudweeds (15 points)
Cudweed
C·3+U·1+D·2+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
cumshaws (18 points)
Cumshaw
C·3+U·1+M·3+S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 18 pts
curassow (13 points)
Bird dog? A small pig!
Dog in the role of pig or bird
Pheasant-like bird found in tropical American forests
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+W·4 = 13 pts
cussword (14 points)
Censored item, maybe
*Censor's target
Angry oath
C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 14 pts
cutaways (16 points)
Cutaway
C·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
cutdowns (14 points)
Cutdown
C·3+U·1+T·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cutwater (13 points)
The front part of a ship's prow
C·3+U·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
cutworks (17 points)
Cutwork
C·3+U·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
cutworms (15 points)
Farmer's bane
C·3+U·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts

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