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elaphine (13 points)
Pertaining to a genus of deer
E·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
elapsing (11 points)
Passing (as of time)
Passing away (as time)
Looking ill, upset, Carol is passing by
E·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
elastase (8 points)
An {enzyme=n}
E·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
elastics (10 points)
Bands for braces
Handy office supplies.
Bands that stretch across the country
E·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 pts
elastins (8 points)
Proteins from the heart
E·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 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
elaterid (9 points)
Click beetle
E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
elaterin (8 points)
Substance derived from elaterium
Drunk inert ale - what a purgative!...
White crystalline substance, used as a purgative
E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
elations (8 points)
Joy and gladness.
Feelings of happiness.
Blissful states
E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
elatives (11 points)
Superlatives.
E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
elbowing (14 points)
Rush-hour rudeness
Giving a ribbing
Hockey taboo
E·1+L·1+B·3+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
eldritch (14 points)
Weird and ghostly
Weird, sinister, ghostly
Strange children have time for new craze
E·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 14 pts
electees (10 points)
The chosen ones
Those voted into office
The ones chosen
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
electing (11 points)
Determining in favor of.
Choosing by ballot
Without leader, choosing and choosing
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
election (10 points)
Polly affair, perhaps (wordplay)
Pick of the leader (wordplay)
Cross-country race, maybe
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
elective (13 points)
Leave out of Freedom (Italian review)
Music Appreciation 101, perhaps
Choice on campus
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
electors (10 points)
People in college (wordplay)
Voters in college (wordplay)
Let cores have the vote, perhaps
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
electret (10 points)
A permanently polarized dielectric material
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
electric (12 points)
Running currently (wordplay)
A criminal charged? That's shocking!
Like current events (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
electron (10 points)
Bit of negativity (wordplay)
Particle with negative charge
It's negatively charged
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
electros (10 points)
Electro
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 10 pts
electrum (12 points)
Alloy of silver and gold
Gold/silver alloy
Alloy of gold and silver
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 12 pts
elegance (11 points)
Style of European say, in cut ...
Style, say, wearing English cut
Grace and refinement
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
elegancy (14 points)
Refinement
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
elegiacs (11 points)
Where to see matinZe at three approximately
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+S·1 = 11 pts
elegised (10 points)
Wrote wistfully or mournfully about
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
elegises (9 points)
Elegise
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
elegists (9 points)
Thomas Gray et al.
A limb is set around for such sad poets
Poets in a somber vein
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
elegized (19 points)
Mourned in meter
Mourned in verse
Wrote sad, sad verse
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts
elegizes (18 points)
Writes a poem in mourning for
Mourns in verse
Laments in verse
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
elements (10 points)
Do they glow for the chemist (wordplay)
They're essential. Am I (wordplay)
The chemistry of the weather (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
elenchic (15 points)
Pertaining to {elenchus=n}
E·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
elenchus (13 points)
Logical refutation
E·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+S·1 = 13 pts
elenctic (12 points)
Refuting, in logic
E·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
elephant (13 points)
Fantastic plane - the Jumbo perhaps
The plane (anagram)
Seuss's Horton, for one
E·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
elevated (12 points)
2/3 x 11 got up to a boy (wordplay)
How Otis felt (wordplay)
Raised (in status)
E·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
elevates (11 points)
Eve's late, perhaps, but gives a lift
Puts on a pedestal (wordplay)
Eve's late perhaps, gets a lift
E·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
elevator (11 points)
Story line (wordplay)
Upwardly mobile one (wordplay)
An American lift - going up (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
eleventh (14 points)
Last inside (wordplay)
Heel vent (anagram)
Last man in for the Leven (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+H·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
elflocks (17 points)
The Spanish sheep have tangled hair
E·1+L·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
elicited (11 points)
Brought to light
Drew out information.
Brought to light.
E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
elicitor (10 points)
One who draws forth information.
One who educes
One who gets a reaction
E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
elidible (11 points)
Able to be elided
E·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
eligible (11 points)
Desirable (as spouse)
Regarded as desirable, say for marriage
How could gillie be qualified (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 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
elisions (8 points)
Instances of syncope
Speech drop-outs
Parts left out
E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
elitisms (10 points)
Aristocratic beliefs
E·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
elitists (8 points)
Hoi polloi scorners
They believe in ruling classes
Guillotine candidates, once
E·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
elkhound (16 points)
Dog from Norway
Dog used by Viking herdsmen
Large dog, originating in Norway.
E·1+L·1+K·5+H·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 16 pts
ellipses (10 points)
Dot clusters in grafs (wordplay)
Marks of omission
Omissions of words or phrases.
E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
ellipsis (10 points)
Periods of omission (wordplay)
Three points in a row, perhaps
Literary periods (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 10 pts
elliptic (12 points)
Oval-ish in form
Oval tie clip with large split
Rounded like an egg
E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
eloigned (10 points)
Concealed, as property, from a sheriff.
Conveyed to a distance Law.
E·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
eloigner (9 points)
""One who eloigns, also ELOINER""
E·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
eloiners (8 points)
Eloiner
E·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
eloining (9 points)
Eloin
E·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
elongate (9 points)
When alone, get changed and stretch out
Gone late oddly to extend
Extend the elegant carving round the orb
E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
eloquent (17 points)
One has a lot to say this way
Silver-tongued, fluent
Mass-producing, in a manner of speaking
E·1+L·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 17 pts
elusions (8 points)
Clever escapes
Escapes.
Evasions
E·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
elutions (8 points)
Elution
E·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
eluviate (11 points)
To undergo a transfer of materials in the soil
E·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
eluviums (13 points)
Eluvium
E·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 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

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