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deaconed (12 points)
Deacon
D·2+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
deaconry (14 points)
A clerical office
D·2+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 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
deadbolt (12 points)
Extinct measure for a roll of cloth?
It's a lock
Apartment door feature
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+B·3+O·1+L·1+T·1 = 12 pts
deadened (11 points)
Exploit in port had a numbing effect
English, in cul-de-sac, subdued
Less sensitive act round Gulf port
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
deadener (10 points)
That which devitalizes.
Benzocaine, for example
Novocain, for example
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
deadeyes (13 points)
Straight shooters (wordplay)
Hit makers (wordplay)
They hardly ever miss
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
deadfall (13 points)
Gravity-operated trap
Trap set in late autumn
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
deadhead (14 points)
Useless chap, tidy up the flower bed!
Stoner in a Microbus, maybe
Grateful fan (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 14 pts
deadlier (10 points)
More unbearable Colloq.
More unbearable: Colloq.
More lethal or fatal
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
deadline (10 points)
Time to turn in (wordplay)
Ideal end (anagram)
Phone not working? It's cut-off point!
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
deadlock (16 points)
Log jam six feet under part of canal
Stop awkward load crashing into platform
Lifeless Rugby player at an impasse
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts
deadness (10 points)
Lack of life
Insensitive state
Suggests there's no life producing dense ads
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
deadpans (12 points)
Delivers a la Steven Wright
Delivers the joke with a straight face
Unreadable looks
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+P·3+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
deadwood (14 points)
Useless employees lacking sap (wordplay)
Underperformers at the office
HBO Western drama
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 14 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
deafened (13 points)
Overwhelmed with sound
Stunned with noise.
Impaired one's hearing
D·2+E·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
deafness (12 points)
Trouble for Beethoven.
"Children of a Lesser God" subject
Inability to hear
D·2+E·1+A·1+F·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
deairing (10 points)
Deair
D·2+E·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
dealated (10 points)
Divested of wings
Divested of wings, as ants after mating.
Without wings
D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
dealates (9 points)
Insects that have lost their wings
D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
dealfish (15 points)
A marine fish
D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 pts
dealings (10 points)
Sometimes they're shady
Business angles I'd mulled over
Business in revived Ealing Studios
D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
deanship (14 points)
University office - phased in (anagram)
Job in university for strange pinheads
Office of cathedral dignitary
D·2+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3 = 14 pts
dearness (9 points)
Lovable quality
Reciprocal affection.
Deep affection
D·2+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 9 pts
deashing (13 points)
Deash
D·2+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 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
deathcup (16 points)
A poisonous mushroom
D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+C·3+U·1+P·3 = 16 pts
deathful (15 points)
After mortality, flu somehow remains destructive
D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts
debacles (13 points)
Total disasters
Total failures
Sudden collapses
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
debarked (16 points)
Alit from an SST
Went ashore.
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
debasers (11 points)
Ruiners of currency
Those who corrupt
They're demeaning
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
debating (12 points)
Such discussion may begin with a TD
Pre-election activity
Addressing both sides
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
debility (14 points)
Weakness (of body)
Weakness (from illness)
Therapist's target
D·2+E·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
debiting (12 points)
Debit
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
deboners (11 points)
Butchers, at times
D·2+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
deboning (12 points)
Filleting being done, for the most part, badly
D·2+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
debouche (16 points)
Outlet, as for troops
D·2+E·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 16 pts
debrided (13 points)
Debride
D·2+E·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
debrides (12 points)
Debride
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
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
debtless (11 points)
No interest deduction in this state
In the black
Without creditors
D·2+E·1+B·3+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
debugged (14 points)
Fixed, as a computer program
Polished up, as an app
Got rid of glitches
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
debunker (15 points)
Archie's exposer (wordplay)
Critic or iconoclast
One who exposes a sham
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
debuting (12 points)
Making a first appearance
D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
decadent (12 points)
Dec. lining (wordplay)
Immoral act ended in stir (wordplay)
Showing moral decline
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
decagons (12 points)
Figures with ten sides and ten angles
Ten-sided figures
Five-pointed stars, technically
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
decagram (14 points)
10-point star polygon
Measure of mass
0.3527 ounce avoirdupois
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 14 pts
decalogs (12 points)
Decalog
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
decamped (16 points)
Went on the lam
Took down one's tent
Went away suddenly or secretly
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
decanted (12 points)
Poured (wine) into a new bottle
Poured out evidence admitting hypocrisy
Poured off port
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
decanter (11 points)
Perhaps slow down for a drink from there
Glass spirits container
Serving bottle for liquor
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
decapods (14 points)
Crabs and crayfish
Lobsters and crabs
Shrimp, lobster, crab, etc.
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
decayers (14 points)
Decayer
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
decaying (15 points)
Going to seed
Deteriorating
Decomposing
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
deceased (12 points)
Totally bereft of life
No longer living
Late last month became less tense
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
deceases (11 points)
Sounds as if one dyes this
By the sound of it, dyes at last
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decedent (12 points)
Will writer, at a will reading
Silent partner in a will fight
Will's writer
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
deceived (15 points)
Led astray, deluded
Hoodwinked.
Caused someone to believe something that wasn't true
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
deceiver (14 points)
Liar, for example
One who misleads
How I have got into a false creed
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
deceives (14 points)
Plays a Federer-style disguised shot
Devise play about Clare fiddles
Fools, causes to believe something untrue
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
decemvir (16 points)
One of the ten Roman magistrates
One of a group of ten Roman lawmakers
Old magistrate, one of ten preoccupied with twelve tables
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+V·4+I·1+R·1 = 16 pts
decenary (14 points)
A {tithing=n}
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
decennia (11 points)
Many nicknamed eras
Ten-year periods
Century tenths
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+A·1 = 11 pts
decenter (11 points)
Make (a thing) eccentric.
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
decently (14 points)
In the right manner
In a proper manner
In a respectable manner
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 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
decerned (12 points)
Differentiated clearly.
Perceived.
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
deciares (11 points)
Deciare
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 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
deciders (12 points)
Game-winning shots, e.g
Settlers of questions.
Game-winning shots, for example
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
deciding (13 points)
Like some factors
Making one's mind up
Making up one's mind.
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
deciduae (12 points)
Decidua
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
decidual (12 points)
Pertaining to the decidua
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
deciduas (12 points)
Decidua
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
decigram (14 points)
Grimaced about one tenth of a gram
Grimaced about a tenth of a gram
Metric weight
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 14 pts
decimals (13 points)
Topic in arithmetic
Fractions usually indicated by a dot
Alternatives to fractions
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
decimate (13 points)
Kill a large proportion of
Nearly wipe out
Kill one in ten of
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
decipher (16 points)
Work out (text in code)
Unravel, as a mystery
Figure out price he'd restructured
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
decision (11 points)
Santa's boxing award (wordplay)
Duty expected of an executive.
Judge's sentence remarkably is in code
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
decisive (14 points)
Quickly settling an issue
Producing a definite result
Settling an issue
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
deckhand (19 points)
Two sets of cards for one on board
Manual labourer in a ship's crew
Ordinary seaman's two sets of cards
D·2+E·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 19 pts
deckings (16 points)
Decking
D·2+E·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 16 pts
declaims (13 points)
Speaks impressively during medicals
Speaks impressively or dramatically
Speaks dramatically about medicals
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
declared (12 points)
Said it was in the bag
Dukes flanking English girl as stated
Said one didn't intend to run
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
declarer (11 points)
Successful bidder (bridge)
One calling for no trump, perhaps
Dummy's bridge partner.
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
declares (11 points)
Makes a bid, in bridge.
Bids, in bridge
Ends the innings and makes announcement
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
declasse (11 points)
Lowered in social status Fr.
No longer chic
Fallen in social status
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
declined (12 points)
Refused or weakened
Last month ruled, but fell away
Refused an invitation
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
decliner (11 points)
One who {declines=v}
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
declines (11 points)
Turns down a challenge (wordplay)
Says no thanks
Says "No, thanks"
D·2+E·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decocted (14 points)
Boiled down to an essence
Boiled down.
Boiled down
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
decoders (12 points)
Specialists of a sort
'Morse' may be intelligible to such folk
Keys of a kind
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
decoding (13 points)
Decode
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
decolors (11 points)
Decolor
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decolour (11 points)
""To deprive of color, also DECOLOR""
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+R·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
decorous (11 points)
O, so crude, perhaps? Far from it
Becoming so crude, blasted about nothing
Proper and well-arranged
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decorums (13 points)
Requirements of polite behavior
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
decouple (13 points)
Separate (one thing from another)
Disconnect (carriages)
Separate, disengage
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
decoyers (14 points)
They employ red herrings
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
decoying (15 points)
Setting a trap for, perhaps
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 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
decreers (11 points)
They lay down the law
Decision makers.
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decrepit (13 points)
Lacking pep, vim and vigor.
Impaired by age
Really run-down
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
decretal (11 points)
Papal letter
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
decrials (11 points)
Noisy censures
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decriers (11 points)
Belittlers
Belittlers.
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decrowns (14 points)
Decrown
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
decrying (15 points)
Condemning; criticising as worthless
Attacking and cracking: beside the point
Publicly condemning
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
decrypts (16 points)
Reads (coded message)
Converts code into ordinary language
Cracks a code
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+P·3+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
decupled (14 points)
Decuple
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
decuples (13 points)
Decuple
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
decuries (11 points)
Decury
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
decurion (11 points)
A commander of a decury
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
decurved (15 points)
Decurve
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
decurves (14 points)
Decurve
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
dedicate (12 points)
Address (eg, a book to a person)
Devote (to), pledge (to)
Devote (to a purpose)
D·2+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
deducing (13 points)
Making use of clues
Drawing as a logical conclusion
Figuring out
D·2+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
deducted (13 points)
Taken off (from sum)
Took away pipe? Indeed!
Taken away (from)
D·2+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
deediest (10 points)
Deedy
D·2+E·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
deedless (10 points)
Accomplishing naught, old style
Without title to land
Lacking a property title
D·2+E·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
deemster (11 points)
Isle of Man judge
Manx judge, or novel by Hall Caine.
Novel by Hall Caine (with "The").
D·2+E·1+E·1+M·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
deepened (12 points)
Got more serious, say
Dug out, perhaps
What the dugout did (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
deepener (11 points)
River dredger
Intensifying agent
Intensifier.
D·2+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
deepness (11 points)
Never shall Ow! have this
Pool's far-end feature
Well or pool measurement
D·2+E·1+E·1+P·3+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
deerskin (13 points)
Elk, for example (wordplay)
Red Ken is let loose? Hide!
Bambi's pelt (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
deerweed (13 points)
A bushlike herb
D·2+E·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
deeryard (13 points)
An area where deer herd in winter
D·2+E·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 13 pts
defacers (14 points)
Vandals, for example
Graffiti artists
Spoilers
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
defacing (15 points)
Scrawling graffiti on, for example
Scrawling graffiti on, e.g
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
defamers (14 points)
Reputation ruiners
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
defaming (15 points)
Slandering and libeling
Calumniating
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
defanged (14 points)
Neutralized an asp
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
defatted (13 points)
Like some milk powder
Like skim milk
Skim
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
defaults (12 points)
Gets in arrears
This just doesn't pay
Fails to fulfil obligation or to appear
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
defeated (13 points)
Beaten by accident: fate indeed!
Won victory over
Beaten by achievement in contract
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
defeater (12 points)
One who {defeats=v}
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
defecate (14 points)
Excrete
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
defected (15 points)
Went over to the enemy
Changed sides
Fell away.
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
defector (14 points)
One seeking asylum, perhaps
Baryshnikov, for one
Baryshnikov, for example
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
defences (14 points)
Justifications from French receivers
Means of protection
Protections or justifications
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
defended (14 points)
Got into a zone, say
Played to keep, as a title
Made a case for
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
defender (13 points)
Player in which to put faith (wordplay)
Fed up 'Terminator' is back, maybe
He is there to protect back, for example
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
defensed (13 points)
Tried to stop from scoring
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
defenses (12 points)
What QB's must "read"
Problems for Secy. Wilson.
Parts of all football teams
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
deferent (12 points)
Humble before Newton, having expert around
Respectful
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
deferral (12 points)
Postponement, as of a decision
College admissions office request
Act of postponing
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
deferred (13 points)
Put off to later
Delayed agent's return and blundered
Yielded, being put off
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
deferrer (12 points)
Procrastinator, essentially
Procrastinator
Procrastinator.
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
defiance (14 points)
Insolence of French intended
Opposition of Parisian's intended
Newspaper boss backed intended contempt
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
deficits (14 points)
Short ends, on the scoreboard
Escesses of expenditure over income
Excesses of liabilities over assets
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
defilade (13 points)
Shield against frontal fire
Shield from enemy eyes
Fortified position offering protection from enemy fire
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
defilers (12 points)
Ones who sully reputations
Corrupters
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
defiling (13 points)
Corruption of purity
Desecrating
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
definers (12 points)
Interpreters.
Lexicographers.
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
defining (13 points)
Job for Webster
Lexicographer's job
Critically important
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
definite (12 points)
Like a particular article for sure
Sure to describe it as contents
Sure, some get in if editor is rejected
D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
deflated (13 points)
Lost self-esteem - or gas (wordplay)
Let the air out
Let air out
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
deflates (12 points)
Punctures one's balloon.
Takes the air out of
Lets the air out of
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
deflator (12 points)
Parking lot prankster, perhaps
Foe of the pompous.
Gas balloon emptier
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
defleaed (13 points)
Deflea
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+A·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
deflects (14 points)
Changes the subject, perhaps
Turns from a straight course
Does some spin doctoring
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
deflexed (20 points)
Deflex
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 20 pts
deflower (15 points)
Sully an overstuffed cow (wordplay)
Ruin agent set up by subordinate
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
defoamed (15 points)
Defoam
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
defoamer (14 points)
Chemical that removes suds
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
defogged (15 points)
Freed from mist
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
defogger (14 points)
Windshield-clearing aid
It helps drivers see through glass
Windshield cleaner
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
deforced (15 points)
Deforce
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
deforces (14 points)
Deforce
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
deforest (12 points)
Costar of William and Leonard
Clear-cut, as for lumber
Rid of trees
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
deformed (15 points)
Damaged document put inside another
Twisted out of shape, warped
Distorted in shape
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
deformer (14 points)
One that {deforms=v}
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
defrauds (13 points)
Takes for a ride
Swindles no-goods fare badly in
Deprives of by deceit
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts
defrayal (15 points)
The provision of money to pay expenses
Unravel during trade payment
Skirmish in wood for payment
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
defrayed (16 points)
Paid, settled (a cost)
It's discharged in battle during action
Priest always in action must be paid
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
defrayer (15 points)
One that {defrays=v}
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
defrocks (18 points)
Ousts from the clergy *
Deprives of ecclesiastical status
Cuts from the cloth
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
defrosts (12 points)
Gets out of the freezer, say
Uses the microwave, maybe
Does a refrigerator job
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
deftness (12 points)
Magician's asset
Dead newt by Scottish water facility
Dexterity of movement
D·2+E·1+F·4+T·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
defusing (13 points)
Calming down, as a tense situation
Bomb-squad job
Rendering harmless; in another sense, this puzzle's theme
D·2+E·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
defuzing (22 points)
Defuze
D·2+E·1+F·4+U·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 22 pts
degassed (11 points)
Made vacuum tubes
Rid of oxygen, for example
Completed a vacuum
D·2+E·1+G·2+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
degasser (10 points)
One that {degasses=v}
D·2+E·1+G·2+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
degasses (10 points)
Degas
D·2+E·1+G·2+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
degermed (13 points)
Sterilized
D·2+E·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
deglazed (20 points)
Deglaze
D·2+E·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 20 pts
deglazes (19 points)
Deglaze
D·2+E·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
degraded (12 points)
Lowered the class curve on a test?
Erased the exam scores (wordplay)
Brought into disrepute
D·2+E·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
degrader (11 points)
One who corrupts.
Humiliating type
Sadist
D·2+E·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
degrades (11 points)
Brings to a lower level
Brings into disrepute
Brings into dishonor
D·2+E·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·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

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