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darksome (15 points)
{dark=adj}
D·2+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
deaerate (9 points)
To remove air or gas from
D·2+E·1+A·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
debruise (11 points)
To cross a coat of arms
D·2+E·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
decentre (11 points)
Reasonable about move away from position in middle
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
decorate (11 points)
Give one an order to paint (wordplay)
Work on a tree, maybe
Award a medal for dress (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
decrease (11 points)
Lower iron, perhaps (wordplay)
As in formal order for iron (wordplay)
Drop iron (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
degrease (10 points)
Clean the oven, perhaps
Remove oil from
Skim chicken stock
D·2+E·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
demarche (16 points)
Kiki's got some spring in her step!
Diplomatic measure or initiative
A diplomatic initiative
D·2+E·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 16 pts
demiurge (12 points)
Benevolent deity in Platonic philosophy
Creator of the world
Creator's drive reduced by 50% (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
denature (9 points)
Render alcohol unfit for drinking
Change the essence of
Treat alcohol, in a way
D·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
dendrite (10 points)
Nerve-cell process
Marking on a stone
Branch of a neuron
D·2+E·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
departee (11 points)
One who {departs=v}
D·2+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
deportee (11 points)
One expelled (from a country)
Philip Nolan, for one
One on the way out
D·2+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
depurate (11 points)
Free from impurities
D·2+E·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
derisive (12 points)
Tending to scoff
Get eating endless dish, scoffing
Scoffing father turned into sleazy bar
D·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
derivate (12 points)
Word that comes from another word
D·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
derogate (10 points)
Allow a rule to be broken
Stray in conduct
Act beneath one's position
D·2+E·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
derriere (9 points)
Nice behind (wordplay)
Behind in French class (wordplay)
Stern, to a matelot
D·2+E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
describe (13 points)
Say what something is like
Use adjectives, perhaps
Draw (a geometrical figure)
D·2+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 13 pts
dethrone (12 points)
Arrange to end her rule (wordplay)
Leave without power (wordplay)
Take the championship from
D·2+E·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dextrine (16 points)
""A substance used as an adhesive, also DEXTRIN""
D·2+E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
dextrose (16 points)
Energy bar ingredient
Former wife in diet ends increased sugar
Another word for glucose or grape sugar
D·2+E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
diaspore (11 points)
Hydrate of aluminum.
D·2+I·1+A·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·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
dimerize (20 points)
""To make into a dimer, also DIMERISE""
D·2+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
disagree (10 points)
Said to differ? Acquiesce - or not!
Be at odds (with)
To say no would upset you
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
disburse (11 points)
Pay out (allotted money)
Pay out (money)
Shell out for free bus rides
D·2+I·1+S·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
discrete (11 points)
Individually distinct, maybe discreet
Unattached girl with naughty secret
Separate, and distinct.
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
disgorge (11 points)
Throw up, regurgitate
Diane's short on Cheddar? Bring it up
Release forcefully
D·2+I·1+S·1+G·2+O·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
disgrace (12 points)
501 by Sunday cricketer? Shame!
Shame it's a prayer from the underworld!
Insult Princess Rainier (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+S·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
dishware (15 points)
Pfaltzgraff products
D·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
disperse (11 points)
Scatter coppers and wallet, say
Last thing crowd will do (wordplay)
Bully rips seed to scatter
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
disprize (20 points)
To {disdain=v}
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
disprove (14 points)
Provides ground to negate
Show to be false
Demonstrate to be false
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
disserve (12 points)
Do one wrong
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
divorcee (14 points)
A split personality (wordplay)
One with a splitting headache (wordplay)
1930 Best Picture nominee, with "The"
D·2+I·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
doctrine (11 points)
Monroe, for one
Marxism, for one
Body of religious teaching
D·2+O·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
dolerite (9 points)
The B.A. would need salt to be so rocky
D·2+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
dormouse (11 points)
Trap is set - sure doom for him!
Creature in teapot (Alice)
Rodent roomed with us unfortunately
D·2+O·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
doublure (11 points)
The lining of a book cover
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
drachmae (16 points)
Silver coins of ancient Greece
Coins that have left circulation twice
Chair made to shake - I extracted old coins
D·2+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
dragline (10 points)
Rope trailing an airship, for example
Excavator
D·2+R·1+A·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
dragrope (12 points)
A rope used for dragging
D·2+R·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
drainage (10 points)
Anagram for gardenia
Removal of waste water
Type of ditch
D·2+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
drapable (13 points)
Able to be draped
D·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
drawable (14 points)
Like well water
Still worth playing, as a game of tournament chess
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
drawbore (14 points)
A hole for joining a mortise and tenon
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
drawtube (14 points)
A tube that slides within another tube
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1 = 14 pts
dressage (10 points)
Horse trainer's method
Get on after groom in equestrian event
Event suited to the obedient horse
D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
driftage (13 points)
Tide-borne wood, for example
Tidal debris
Deviation from an intended course caused by wind and currents
D·2+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
drivable (14 points)
Ready to roll (car)
Like Miss Daisy (wordplay)
(Of vehicle) in working order
D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
drumfire (14 points)
Continuous battlefield sound
Continuous attack
Big shots going nonstop with what one can 18 and sack
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
drumlike (15 points)
Resembling the head of a drum
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
dungaree (10 points)
Sturdy denim fabric
Cotton fabric used for overalls etc
Denim by another name
D·2+U·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
durative (12 points)
A type of {verb=n}
D·2+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts

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