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hacksaws (20 points)
Metal-cutting tools
Cutters of journalist cliches
Journalists who keep saying cutting things
H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 20 pts
hackwork (24 points)
Hardly great literature
Penny-a-line toil.
Dull stuff written to order
H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 24 pts
hairwork (18 points)
The making of articles from hair
H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
hairworm (16 points)
A parasitic worm
H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
hallowed (15 points)
So it's goodbye Tues? That's divine!
Blessed and married after salutation
Blessed lobby had to pay
H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
hallower (14 points)
Lincoln at Gettysburg, for example
Priest, at times
H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
hallways (17 points)
They're on the way in
Indoor passages
Corridors
H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
handsaws (15 points)
Some carpentry tools
What fellers may be skilled with
Carpenters' tools.
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 15 pts
handsewn (15 points)
Like a quilt made by grandma, perhaps
Made like NFL footballs
Not done by machine
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+E·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
handwork (19 points)
Manual labor
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
handwrit (15 points)
Written by hand
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1 = 15 pts
hardware (15 points)
Trophies in a tournament, informally
Nuts and bolts, etc.
Nuts and bolts
H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
hardwire (15 points)
Endow genetically
H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
hardwood (16 points)
Teak or mahogany, say
No soft deal (wordplay)
No soft deal!
H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 16 pts
harrowed (15 points)
Broke up (ploughed earth)
Worked the soil, in a way
Worked farmland, in a way
H·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
harrower (14 points)
Farmer, sometimes
H·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
hatchway (22 points)
How to get chicken on board (wordplay)
Passage on a ship
Deck opening for access
H·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
hawfinch (22 points)
The common grosbeak
Common grosbeak
H·4+A·1+W·4+F·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 22 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
hawkings (19 points)
Hawking
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 19 pts
hawklike (22 points)
Advocating aggressiveness or confrontation
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 22 pts
hawkmoth (23 points)
Sphinx to cough up test that's hard
Stout-bodied insect
Large hovering insect
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 23 pts
hawknose (18 points)
Reason for cosmetic surgery, maybe
Prominent feature
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 18 pts
hawkshaw (24 points)
Detective from 1863 play.
Detective, from character in 1863 play.
Shamus
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4 = 24 pts
hawkweed (22 points)
A weedlike herb
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 22 pts
hawthorn (17 points)
Tree housing Heyerdahl (wordplay)
Britain's first Formula One champion
Hedge tree of the rose family
H·4+A·1+W·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 17 pts
haywards (18 points)
Hayward
H·4+A·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 18 pts
haywires (17 points)
Haywire
H·4+A·1+Y·4+W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
headways (18 points)
Headway
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 18 pts
headwind (16 points)
*Heavy breathing (wordplay)
Blow one has to face
Tough thing to fly into
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2 = 16 pts
headword (16 points)
Puzzled who'd read this? You might!
DictionaryAentry in bold
Dictionary entry in bold
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 16 pts
headwork (19 points)
Principal joins service for lobotomy
Soccer shot
Thinking
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
hedgerow (16 points)
Boundary dispute (wordplay)
Border dispute (wordplay)
Landscaper's handiwork, perhaps
H·4+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 16 pts
heehawed (18 points)
Emulated a mule
Made sound like braying donkey
Made donkey sounds
H·4+E·1+E·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
hempweed (19 points)
A climbing plant
H·4+E·1+M·3+P·3+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts
hereaway (17 points)
In this vicinity
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
herewith (17 points)
Accompanying this (letter)
May I present...
In the enclosed correspondence
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 17 pts
hideaway (18 points)
Retirement home (wordplay)
Private island, for example
Place where one won't be disturbed
H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 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
highways (21 points)
Roads needing bad manners (wordplay)
Intercity roads
Main roads
H·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 21 pts
hoedowns (15 points)
Do-si-do dos
Do-si-do whoop-de-dos
Community dance parties
H·4+O·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
hogweeds (16 points)
Hogweed
H·4+O·1+G·2+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
hollowed (15 points)
Caused to be depressed (wordplay)
Prepared a pumpkin
Revered ring for ace is sunken
H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
hollower (14 points)
More vacuous
H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
hollowly (17 points)
In a hollow manner
H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hometown (16 points)
Each of us has one.
Urban area of birth
How Monet processed birthplace
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
homeward (17 points)
Catcall in store on the way back
Towards one's residence
Bound to be docked when one gets there
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 17 pts
homework (20 points)
Cause of a student protest (wordplay)
Page of math problems, say
Inform this not done, perhaps
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 20 pts
honewort (14 points)
A perennial herb
H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
honeydew (18 points)
Melon - Owen Hyde (anagram)
Crenshaw's cousin
Melon with a green rind
H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+D·2+E·1+W·4 = 18 pts
hoodwink (19 points)
Nictitation from Thomas?
Nictitation from Thomas (wordplay)
Deceive mobster over the counter
H·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 19 pts
hookworm (20 points)
Parasitic bloodsucker
H·4+O·1+O·1+K·5+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 20 pts
hoosegow (15 points)
Prison (in America)
Slammer or pokey
Cooler socks, having trace of orange, go with...
H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+W·4 = 15 pts
hoosgows (15 points)
Homes for hoods
Cooler relatives
H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+G·2+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 15 pts
hornworm (16 points)
The lava of a hawkmoth
H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
hornwort (14 points)
An aquatic herb
H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
howdying (19 points)
Howdy
H·4+O·1+W·4+D·2+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts
howitzer (23 points)
Short, heavy gun fired at an angle
Short-range cannon.
High-angle type of cannon.
H·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
huswifes (17 points)
Huswife
H·4+U·1+S·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
huswives (17 points)
Huswife
H·4+U·1+S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts

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