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D·2+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
dabbling (14 points)
Doing something without serious effort
Dilettante's interest
Getting involved (in) superficially
D·2+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
D·2+A·1+B·3+C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 22 pts
D·2+A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+A·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+H·4 = 17 pts
D·2+A·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+H·4 = 17 pts
D·2+A·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+E·1+H·4 = 17 pts
D·2+A·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+Y·4+A·1 = 17 pts
damnable (13 points)
Blame Dan? That's terrible and hateful
Extremely clever, but hateful
Atrocious, infernal
D·2+A·1+M·3+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+A·1+M·3+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
D·2+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 15 pts
D·2+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+A·1+U·1+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
D·2+A·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+A·1+Y·4+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
daybreak (18 points)
Dawn in 24-hour holiday (wordplay)
Dawn gets a siesta (wordplay)
When light first appears
D·2+A·1+Y·4+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 18 pts
deadbeat (12 points)
Completely exhausted (colloq.)
One who gets no credit (wordplay)
Tired of graveyard patrol (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+B·3+O·1+L·1+T·1 = 12 pts
deathbed (15 points)
Berth farthest from birth (wordplay)
Sleeping furniture for expiring person
Place where someone expires
D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
debarred (12 points)
Created a dry pub? That's not allowed!
Excluded lawyers' right to be in action
Excluded from a place
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
debasing (12 points)
Devaluing, removing support (wordplay)
Lowering in quality
Humbling, as big end shatters
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
debaters (11 points)
Ones involved in forensics
Forensics-team members
Members of a certain college team.
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
debonair (11 points)
Carefree - or in a bed (anagram)
Jaunty and sophisticated
Sack over broadcasting with style
D·2+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 16 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
debriefs (14 points)
Holds questions until the end (wordplay)
Questions about a flight, say
Gets some dope from (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+F·4+S·1 = 14 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
debunked (16 points)
Ousted from a camp cot?
Ousted from a camp cot (wordplay)
Exposed exaggerated claims
D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
debutant (11 points)
One beginning a career
Actor in his or her first role
Actor playing his first part.
D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
decibels (13 points)
Measures of sound.
Units of sound-wave intensity
Units of sound or power measurements
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
demobbed (16 points)
Returned to civvy street
Discharged, as from the R.A.F.
Retired from military service
D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
deniable (11 points)
Easily contradicted, perhaps
Able to be gainsaid
Can't be proven, with clandestine acts
D·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
D·2+E·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
D·2+E·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
diabetes (11 points)
Disease - a side bet (anagram)
Reason someone might do shots (wordplay)
Debate is involving disease
D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
diabolic (13 points)
Boil acid mistakenly? That's hellish!
Fiendish and cruel, like Old Nick
Of the devil
D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+S·1 = 11 pts
diatribe (11 points)
Flow of invective.
A violent attack in words
Criticism of help returned to the people
D·2+I·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
D·2+I·1+B·3+B·3+U·1+K·5+I·1+M·3 = 19 pts
D·2+I·1+E·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
D·2+I·1+H·4+Y·4+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 18 pts
D·2+I·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
D·2+I·1+O·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
disabled (12 points)
Out of commission.
Put out of action
Managed without fur that's rendered unserviceable
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+B·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 12 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+B·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+L·1 = 14 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 14 pts
disrobed (12 points)
Dire bod's shockingly laid bare
Prepared to bathe
Doris cavorting by couch, undressed
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
disrobes (11 points)
Undresses, so bride's excited!
Prepares to bathe
Strips one of Coe and James in turn
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+B·3 = 18 pts
D·2+J·8+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+A·1 = 18 pts
D·2+O·1+B·3+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+O·1+G·2+B·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
dogberry (15 points)
'Much Ado' policeman
Constable in Shakespeare play
Character in Much Ado About Nothing
D·2+O·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
dogsbody (16 points)
How menial to have such a beastly frame!
Slave in the pet's cemetery (wordplay)
Person given menial tasks
D·2+O·1+G·2+S·1+B·3+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 16 pts
doorbell (11 points)
Avon rep's target (wordplay)
One should admit when one is depressed
Don't knock till you've tried it
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+J·8+A·1+M·3+B·3 = 20 pts
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+K·5+N·1+O·1+B·3 = 15 pts
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
doublets (11 points)
TSTS with the hose (wordplay)
TT and TT are, perhaps, so wearing
Twice T's for old clothes
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
doubling (12 points)
Go twice into Dublin
Increasing by a factor of two
Go and get capitally involved twice over
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
doubting (12 points)
Doing about, but with reserve
Feeling uncertain or unconvinced
Refusing to believe without proof
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
D·2+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
downbeat (14 points)
Gloomy round of an Ulster cop (wordplay)
Conductor's cue, maybe
Understated unhappy defeat
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts
D·2+O·1+W·4+S·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
drawback (20 points)
Ward, perhaps, for such a disadvantage
The disadvantage to the ward (wordplay)
The disadvantage of a ward (wordplay)
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 20 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
drubbing (14 points)
Cudgelling; a thorough defeat
Boys kept in during awful beating
How hundreds get to massage with beating
D·2+R·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
drumbeat (13 points)
Bared tum? Could be for a tattoo!
Fourth strange knock at rub-a-dub-dub
Rock-music staple
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
D·2+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts
D·2+U·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
duckbill (17 points)
"Quack" comes out of it (2 words)
What deadbeats do (wordplay)
Avoid President Clinton (wordplay)
D·2+U·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 17 pts
dumbbell (15 points)
Piece of lifting equipment
Weight, or lightweight
Fitness aid for boxer lacking ring
D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 17 pts
D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts
durables (11 points)
Goods likely to long-wearing
Nonperishable goods
Consumer goods that are not destroyed by use
D·2+U·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
D·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
dutiable (11 points)
Subject to customs
Not free of tax but ideal otherwise
Liable for tax on importation
D·2+U·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+Y·4+B·3+B·3+U·1+K·5+I·1+M·3 = 22 pts
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