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earthily (14 points)
Liar they put right in a crude way
Chance I entered in a somewhat crude way
E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
easterly (11 points)
Wind describing a festival (wordplay)
Festive, perhaps, set in no late setting
This direction in a festive way, perhaps
E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
ecdysial (14 points)
Relating to ecdysis
E·1+C·3+D·2+Y·4+S·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
ecdysone (14 points)
""An insect hormone, also ECDYSON""
E·1+C·3+D·2+Y·4+S·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
ecdysons (14 points)
Ecdyson
E·1+C·3+D·2+Y·4+S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
ecotypes (15 points)
Smallest species subdivisions
Subspecies adapted to their environments
Specially adapted subspecies
E·1+C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
ecotypic (17 points)
Pertaining to an {ecotype=n}
E·1+C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
edgeways (16 points)
How to get a word in (wordplay)
Crabby movement (wordplay)
With a side leading
E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
edifying (16 points)
Defying about one to give one a lift
Filled with facts
Intellectually or morally stimulating
E·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
effetely (17 points)
In a decadent way
E·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
efficacy (21 points)
The power to produce an effect
Ability to work
Ability to produce required result
E·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
egyptian (14 points)
Cleo, for one.
Cleopatra or Tutankhamun, say
Person from Alexandria (wordplay)
E·1+G·2+Y·4+P·3+T·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
eighthly (18 points)
By no means in the first place for the broken thigh in the ley
E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
elatedly (12 points)
How lottery winners react
How World Series winners celebrate
In a gleeful manner
E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
elegancy (14 points)
Refinement
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
elfishly (17 points)
In an elfish manner
E·1+L·1+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
eligibly (14 points)
In a fit manner
E·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
elvishly (17 points)
In an elvish manner
E·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
elytroid (12 points)
Pertaining to {elytron=n}
E·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 12 pts
elytrous (11 points)
Pertaining to {elytron=n}
E·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
embaying (16 points)
Embay
E·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
embryoid (16 points)
A mass of tissue that resembles an embryo
E·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 16 pts
embryons (15 points)
Embryon
E·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
eminency (15 points)
High reputation
Outstanding quality
Prominence befitting relative importance.
E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
emissary (13 points)
Miss in early ignoring pupil with deputy
Spy girl in year out
Ambassador, for example
E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
employed (16 points)
Engaged to work
Used to be in a job
Like a working stiff
E·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
employee (15 points)
What you'll get if you lay a hand on!
Firm hand (wordplay)
Hand in work
E·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4+E·1+E·1 = 15 pts
employer (15 points)
Background check runner, maybe
One who engages workers
One engaging staff
E·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
employes (15 points)
Help.
E·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
emptying (16 points)
Pouring out clear gin cocktail
Clearing out meaningless gin cocktail
Tossing everything
E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
empyemas (17 points)
Empyema
E·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4+E·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts
empyemic (19 points)
Pertaining to {empyema=n}
E·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 19 pts
empyreal (15 points)
Of the sky
Heavenly
E·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
empyrean (15 points)
The heavens (poetic)
Sublime; the highest heaven (arch.)
Repay men made in heaven for the poets
E·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
emulsify (16 points)
Prepare a salad dressing, perhaps
Prepare a film coating
Disperse oil in water
E·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
enactory (13 points)
Pertaining to the enactment of law
E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
encrypts (15 points)
Rewrites with new characters, perhaps
Writes in cipher
Puts in code
E·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+P·3+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
encyclic (17 points)
For general circulation.
Of letters intended for wide circulation
Papal message.
E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
encysted (14 points)
Formed a sac
E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
endarchy (17 points)
The condition of being endarch
E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
endogamy (15 points)
Non-mixed marriage
Custom of marriage within a tribe.
Marriage within a group
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
endogeny (13 points)
Growth from within: Biol
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
enginery (12 points)
Machinery
E·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
enjoyers (18 points)
Enjoyer
E·1+N·1+J·8+O·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 18 pts
enjoying (19 points)
Deriving pleasure from
Having a good time
Derive pleasure from
E·1+N·1+J·8+O·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts
enormity (13 points)
It could be minor, yet it's clearly not!
Great wickedness - more tiny (anagram)
Vastness of size
E·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
ensigncy (14 points)
Naval rank
E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
enskying (16 points)
Ensky
E·1+N·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
enthalpy (16 points)
It's symbolized by an H
Total heat content of a system
Play, then work on heat content
E·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+P·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
entirely (11 points)
The whole of the start of 23 down
Fully or absolutely
Pans away from tennis player completely
E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
entirety (11 points)
Wholeness concerning interior of being
Whole of Queen brought back into being
Sounds like the holy way to have it
E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
entreaty (11 points)
Plea for a two-point pact (wordplay)
Cry wolf in submission (wordplay)
Cry from wolf, perhaps, breaking gate
E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
entryway (17 points)
Place for an umbrella bucket, perhaps
Door, for example
Passage leading inside
E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
enviably (16 points)
In a way arousing resentful longing in others
E·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
ependyma (16 points)
A membrane lining certain body cavities
E·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4+M·3+A·1 = 16 pts
epically (15 points)
In an impressively great way
Heroically, ecstatically proletarian: no hothead, no alternative
E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
epicalyx (22 points)
Series of small sepal-like bracts on some flowers
E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4+X·8 = 22 pts
epicotyl (15 points)
The stem of an embryo plant
E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1 = 15 pts
epicycle (17 points)
Inner circle, in astronomy
Astronomical circle
It's taught in maths class, different pie attached what's going around
E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
epilepsy (15 points)
Disease of nervous system
Nervous disorder causing convulsions
Disorder resulting in seizures
E·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
epimysia (15 points)
Muscle sheaths
E·1+P·3+I·1+M·3+Y·4+S·1+I·1+A·1 = 15 pts
epinasty (13 points)
Downward growth
Baked pie, not at all nice, causing downturn
E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
epiphany (18 points)
January 6th Christian celebration
Christian festival on January 6th
Moment when the fog lifts
E·1+P·3+I·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
epiphyte (18 points)
Plant growing on another
Plant growing non-parasitically on another
Organism that grows on another plant nonparasitically
E·1+P·3+I·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
epistasy (13 points)
A suppression of genetic effect
E·1+P·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
epistyle (13 points)
The letter Y in the letter for the architrave
E·1+P·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
epizooty (22 points)
A type of animal disease
E·1+P·3+I·1+Z·10+O·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
eponymic (17 points)
Like Volt or Watt
Like something named after someone
Like Fahrenheit or Celsius
E·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
epoxying (21 points)
Modeling job (wordplay)
Bonding together, in a way
E·1+P·3+O·1+X·8+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 21 pts
equality (20 points)
Nature of cyberspace (wordplay)
State of parity of status etc.
Philosophy of the Founding Fathers
E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
equinely (20 points)
In a horselike manner
E·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
equinity (20 points)
Equine nature
E·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
errantly (11 points)
Hither and yon
In an aimless way
Quixotically, in a wandering way
E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
errantry (11 points)
Knightly news (wordplay)
Knight life (wordplay)
Knightly excursions (wordplay)
E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
erringly (12 points)
In a mistaken manner
In a misguided way
E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
eryngoes (12 points)
Eryngo
E·1+R·1+Y·4+N·1+G·2+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
erythema (16 points)
Query the manner in which I turn red
Redness of the skin
Superficial patchy reddening of the skin
E·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+A·1 = 16 pts
erythron (14 points)
A bodily organ consisting of the red blood cells
E·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
essayers (11 points)
Those who try Sears? Yes!
Trying ones (wordplay)
Those who endeavor.
E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
essaying (12 points)
Attempting, to write a treatise perhaps
Making an attempt
The cockney is talking, or trying to
E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
essayist (11 points)
Lamb for one? Yes, as it's cooked
Aldous Huxley, for one
Novel sites around for one writer
E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
esterify (14 points)
To convert into an ester
E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
estrayed (12 points)
Looked around flipping university faculty and got lost!
E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
eternity (11 points)
Time in entirety perhaps (wordplay)
Time in its entirety, perhaps
What Blake saw in an hour (wordplay)
E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
etherify (17 points)
Convert into an anesthetic
E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
ethinyls (14 points)
Ethinyl
E·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
ethology (15 points)
The study of animal behaviour
Behavioural science
Study of natural animal behavior patterns
E·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
ethoxyls (21 points)
Ethoxyl
E·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+X·8+Y·4+L·1+S·1 = 21 pts
ethylate (14 points)
To introduce the ethyl group into
E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
ethylene (14 points)
Colorless, flammable gas
Flammable hydrocarbon gas
Citrus colorant
E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
ethynyls (17 points)
Ethynyl
E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+N·1+Y·4+L·1+S·1 = 17 pts
etiology (12 points)
The study of causes
Study of causation
Cause of a disease
E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
eucalypt (15 points)
Australasian tree
E·1+U·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+T·1 = 15 pts
euonymus (13 points)
""A plant of the burning bush family, also EVONYMUS""
E·1+U·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+U·1+S·1 = 13 pts
euphrasy (16 points)
An annual herb
E·1+U·1+P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
euploidy (14 points)
The state of being an euploid
E·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+Y·4 = 14 pts
eurybath (16 points)
An organism that can live in various water depths
E·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4+B·3+A·1+T·1+H·4 = 16 pts
eurythmy (19 points)
Harmony of proportion (US spelling); try my hue (anagram)
E·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+M·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
eutrophy (16 points)
Brussels prize for healthy nutrition
Brussels offers a prize for good nutrition ...
E·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
everyday (18 points)
It's commonplace all year round perhaps
Happening seven times a week as usual
Run-of-the-mill
E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
everyman (16 points)
Joe Blogg's morality (wordplay)
Morality play for himself (wordplay)
Typical person (for himself?)
E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
everymen (16 points)
Rabbit Angstrom and Homer Simpson, for two
E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
everyone (14 points)
Is 'e the very man and all (wordplay)
Who's a critic, so they say
Who's a critic (wordplay)
E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
everyway (20 points)
From all angles
E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
evonymus (16 points)
""A plant of the burning bush family, also EUONYMUS""
E·1+V·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+U·1+S·1 = 16 pts
exigency (21 points)
Situation demanding prompt action
Urgent predicament
Urgent need
E·1+X·8+I·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
exiguity (19 points)
Poorness of English team, half-heartedly shamefaced
E·1+X·8+I·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
expertly (20 points)
As an old hand
With great skill
With high skill
E·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
eyeballs (13 points)
Good lookers (wordplay)
Containers for pupils, irises, etc.
They fill sockets
E·1+Y·4+E·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
eyebeams (15 points)
Superman's X-ray vision (wordplay)
E·1+Y·4+E·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts
eyebolts (13 points)
Rope attachments, sometimes
Rope attachments with ring-shaped heads
Hardware with ring-shaped heads
E·1+Y·4+E·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
eyebrows (16 points)
They may raise in surprise
Facial distinctions of John L. Lewis.
They're often plucked
E·1+Y·4+E·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 16 pts
eyedness (12 points)
The preference for the use of one eye over the other
E·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
eyeglass (12 points)
A singular spectacle (wordplay)
Say about the old girl's monocle
Aid to vision
E·1+Y·4+E·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
eyeholes (14 points)
Some costume cutouts
Ghost costume feature
Parts of a mask
E·1+Y·4+E·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
eyehooks (18 points)
Eyehook
E·1+Y·4+E·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
eyeliner (11 points)
Pencil contents, perhaps
Bad thing to cry over (wordplay)
Look at Titanic for face-painter perhaps
E·1+Y·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
eyepiece (15 points)
See-through item (wordplay)
Iris is a bit of a looker
Viewing lens of optical instrument
E·1+Y·4+E·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
eyepoint (13 points)
The point at which an eye is placed
E·1+Y·4+E·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
eyeshade (15 points)
Sleep aid, perhaps
Freebie on some airplane flights
Looks at Hell, sunless with this
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
eyeshots (14 points)
Ranges of vision.
Views
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
eyesight (15 points)
Pupil power (wordplay)
Seeing 8 across OK
Power of seeing
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
eyesores (11 points)
Dilapidated buildings, say
A sty and a sty (wordplay)
Condemned buildings, say
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
eyespots (13 points)
Butterfly markings look square close up
Moth markings
Peacock features
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
eyestalk (15 points)
Piece of lobster or shrimp (wordplay)
Part of a lobster's anatomy
Stem bearing optical organ - steal key (anagram)
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+K·5 = 15 pts
eyestone (11 points)
Item used to remove ocular debris
Ophthalmologist's implement
Cinder remover
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
eyeteeth (14 points)
Organs of sight in the mouth (wordplay)
Can such canines see to bite (wordplay)
Choice things to give (wordplay)
E·1+Y·4+E·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+H·4 = 14 pts
eyetooth (14 points)
One ahead, I say! Press horn hard
Visionary by gum!
Yet he too (anagram)
E·1+Y·4+E·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 14 pts
eyewater (14 points)
An {eyewash=n}
E·1+Y·4+E·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
eyewinks (18 points)
Eyewink
E·1+Y·4+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts

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