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habanera (13 points)

Sultry Cuban dance

Phrygians upset in casino loss

Cuban dance in 2-4 time

H·4+A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1 = 13 pts

habdalah (17 points)

""A Jewish ceremony, also HAVDALAH, HAVDOLOH""

H·4+A·1+B·3+D·2+A·1+L·1+A·1+H·4 = 17 pts

habitans (13 points)

Habitan

H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts

habitant (13 points)

Canadien, in Quebec

Resident dress worker

Any dweller of any place

H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

habitats (13 points)

Desert and swamp, e.g

Rainforests, for many

Desert and swamp, for example

H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts

habiting (14 points)

Habit

H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts

habitual (13 points)

Done constantly by a halibut

A halibut cooked as is customary

Done constantly or regularly

H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts

habitude (14 points)

A usual course of action

H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts

habitues (13 points)

Those who visit a place frequently

Dreadful abuse hit regular attenders

Regular attenders

H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

hackbuts (19 points)

Hackbut

H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 19 pts

hagberry (17 points)

A small {cherry=n}

H·4+A·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

hairball (13 points)

Reason for cat cough (wordplay)

Puking Persian's problem, perhaps

Problem for a cat

H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

hairband (14 points)

* Poison, for one

Snood-like coif accessory

Group of glam metal rockers, in slang

H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 14 pts

halberds (14 points)

Weapons of 15th century

Old weapons ensure cattle are outside a pound

H·4+A·1+L·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts

halberts (13 points)

16th-century weapons (Var.)

H·4+A·1+L·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts

halfback (22 points)

Graduate as a footballer (wordplay)

Fractionally, not a full one!

Person in a rush (wordplay)

H·4+A·1+L·1+F·4+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 22 pts

halfbeak (20 points)

A marine fish

H·4+A·1+L·1+F·4+B·3+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 20 pts

halibuts (13 points)

Large flatfish

The flat way Henry 1 may start to stub up

Might be Henry the First, with reservations. Very fishy

H·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts

hamboned (16 points)

Hambone

H·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

hambones (15 points)

Some vaudeville performers

Leftovers used for stews

H·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

hamburgs (16 points)

Hamburg

H·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+S·1 = 16 pts

handbags (15 points)

Relatives of porte-monnaies.

Clutch, pouch, etc.

Woman carry personal articles in them

H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts

handball (14 points)

*Off-the-wall game (wordplay)

Off-the-wall pastime (wordplay)

Off-the-wall sport (wordplay)

H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts

handbill (14 points)

Hill band (anagram)

Notice worker with medieval weapon

Account after writing information sheet

H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts

handbook (18 points)

Traveler's aid.

User's manual

New employee's reference

H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 18 pts

hangable (14 points)

Good for displaying on a wall

H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts

hangbird (15 points)

Baltimore oriole.

H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts

harbored (14 points)

Entertained, as an idea

Gave asylum to

Gave asylum to.

H·4+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

harborer (13 points)

One holding a con (wordplay)

One hiding fugitives, for example

One hiding fugitives

H·4+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

harbours (13 points)

Bar hours cut in more than one port

Provides asylum for, as for ships

Bar hours changed in more than one port

H·4+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts

hardback (20 points)

Book anything but easy going (wordplay)

But is such a book easy-going (wordplay)

Book with a stiff cover

H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 20 pts

hardball (14 points)

Recalcitrant Lucille (wordplay)

Show featuring Chris Matthews

Game for some businesspeople

H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts

hardboot (14 points)

A {horseman=n}

H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+B·3+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 14 pts

harebell (13 points)

Swilling beer in the foyer is a bloomer!

Renegade caught by Henry makes a bloomer

Blue-flowered herb.

H·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

hatbands (14 points)

Do they play around on ahead (wordplay)

Press card holders

Ropes on Stetsons

H·4+A·1+T·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts

hatboxes (20 points)

Milliner's supply

They have lids under their lids

Where derbies may be held

H·4+A·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts

hateable (13 points)

Like Hillary, to many New Yorkers

Like mean people

Meriting detestation

H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

hauberks (17 points)

Coming to county Henry has gold armour

H·4+A·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts

hautbois (13 points)

""An oboe, also HAUBOIS""

H·4+A·1+U·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+S·1 = 13 pts

hautboys (16 points)

Hi, chaps! Blow them all!

H·4+A·1+U·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts

hawkbill (20 points)

A sea turtle

H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 20 pts

headband (15 points)

Laurel wreath for U2 in Ireland perhaps

Leading musician's circle (wordplay)

Borg or McEnroe accessory

H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 15 pts

healable (13 points)

Receptive to treatment

Like a minor wound

Open to cure

H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

hearable (13 points)

This can make one get sound

Within earshot

H·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

heatable (13 points)

Microwave-safe, say

Microwave safe

H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

hebdomad (17 points)

A week.

H·4+E·1+B·3+D·2+O·1+M·3+A·1+D·2 = 17 pts

hebetate (13 points)

Dull, obtuse

Become obtuse

H·4+E·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts

hebetude (14 points)

Dullness, lethargy

He put a fiver on youd go to Spain in boring state

Lethargy

H·4+E·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts

hebraize (22 points)

Assimilate, in Israel

H·4+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts

hecatomb (17 points)

Large-scale sacrifice

Mass sacrifice of old

Large-scale sacrifice of old

H·4+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+B·3 = 17 pts

heelball (13 points)

Polish on foot and round the rest

H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

hellbent (13 points)

Dead set (on)

Implacably set (on)

Quite determined not to be saved

H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

helpable (15 points)

Able to be helped

H·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts

henbanes (13 points)

Medicinal plants

H·4+E·1+N·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

herbages (14 points)

Grazing plants

Green growths.

Pasture growths

H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts

herbaria (13 points)

Mint preserves (wordplay)

Botanical study rooms

Collections of plant specimens

H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts

herbiest (13 points)

Herby

H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

herbless (13 points)

Without herbs

H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts

herblike (17 points)

Resembling a {herb=n}

H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts

hibachis (18 points)

Hot space-savers

Outdoor cookers

Patio braziers

H·4+I·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1 = 18 pts

hibernal (13 points)

Estival's opposite

It's wintry in Ireland, except for one lough

Wintry hail-storm going round Swiss capital

H·4+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts

hibiscus (15 points)

Mallow plant - cub is his (anagram)

Large colourful flower

Hawaii's flower

H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 15 pts

highball (17 points)

Spirit and soda in tall glass - lob (8);

Drink drunk before dance

Long drink of spirit and mixer

H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 17 pts

highborn (17 points)

Of aristocratic lineage

Destined for nobility

Of noble family, sounds lofty

H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 17 pts

highboys (20 points)

Highboy

H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 20 pts

highbred (18 points)

Born of superior stock

Of noble lineage

Soldier's reward

H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts

highbrow (20 points)

Intellectual of sorts.

Feature for an egghead?

Feature for an egghead (wordplay)

H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 20 pts

highbush (20 points)

Forming a tall bush

H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 20 pts

hipbones (15 points)

Pelvis parts

Pelvises

H·4+I·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

hireable (13 points)

Having the necessary work credentials

Capable of working for a company

Capable of doing work for a company

H·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

hobblers (15 points)

Hobbler

H·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts

hobbling (16 points)

Walking awkwardly because of pain

H·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts

hobbyist (18 points)

Person engaged in a favourite pursuit

Person with a particular interest

Horse perhaps with side interest to begin with

H·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts

hobnails (13 points)

Kin of cleats

They get driven in, to boot

Clodhopper feature

H·4+O·1+B·3+N·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts

hoboisms (15 points)

Hoboism

H·4+O·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts

hogbacks (20 points)

Sharp ridges

H·4+O·1+G·2+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts

holdable (14 points)

Fitting in the hands

H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts

holdback (20 points)

Refrain - restrain - retain

Restrain Spooner's intrepid horse

Sufferer from lumbago may restrain from action

H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 20 pts

holibuts (13 points)

Holibut

H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts

homburgs (16 points)

Felt hats with creased crowns

Felt toppers

H·4+O·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+S·1 = 16 pts

homebody (19 points)

This little pig (wordplay)

This little pig?

One often indoors

H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 19 pts

homebred (16 points)

Raised on one's own ranch, as a horse

Like a local

Native

H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

honeybee (16 points)

Queen or her subject (wordplay)

Darling buzzes around colony dweller

Queen or drone.

H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+B·3+E·1+E·1 = 16 pts

honeybun (16 points)

Baker's sweet concoction

'South Pacific' song

Baby boy, he plays with nun

H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+B·3+U·1+N·1 = 16 pts

hoofbeat (16 points)

Sound effect in 'Seabiscuit'

Clop (wordplay)

Hint of an approaching mare

H·4+O·1+O·1+F·4+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 16 pts

hornbeam (15 points)

Tree housing Arthur (wordplay)

Do men abhor this tree (wordplay)

Tree with a whitish wood

H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+M·3 = 15 pts

hornbill (13 points)

Large-beaked tropical bird

Large-beaked bird

Big-beaked bird

H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

hornbook (17 points)

Old-time primer

H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 17 pts

horrible (13 points)

How dreadful Birr turns up in a hole

Not at all living up to the hype

Really, really bad

H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

horribly (16 points)

In a horrible manner

H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

hotblood (14 points)

A thoroughbred horse

H·4+O·1+T·1+B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 14 pts

hotboxes (20 points)

Overheated railway housings

Steam rooms

H·4+O·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts

houseboy (16 points)

Certain young servant

Sort of servant

Charlie, to Mr. Magoo

H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

hubrises (13 points)

Hubris

H·4+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

huggable (15 points)

Like a teddy bear

Like teddy bears

Like teddy bears and puppies

H·4+U·1+G·2+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts

humblers (15 points)

Humbler

H·4+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts

humblest (15 points)

Most meek and lowly

Least likely to boast

Most lowly or unimportant

H·4+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts

humbling (16 points)

Gilded kazoo (wordplay)

Bringing down a peg

H·4+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts

hummable (17 points)

Able to be hummed

H·4+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts

humpback (23 points)

Camelford's replacement (wordplay)

Whale or bridge (wordplay)

Whale - kind of bridge

H·4+U·1+M·3+P·3+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 23 pts

huntable (13 points)

Able to be hunted

H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

husbands (14 points)

Savages song about spouses (wordplay)

Fiances, in the future

Manages with frugality.

H·4+U·1+S·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts

hybrises (16 points)

Hybris

H·4+Y·4+B·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts

hymnbook (22 points)

Service manual (wordplay)

Singer's volume (wordplay)

Choir member's need

H·4+Y·4+M·3+N·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 22 pts

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