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lacewing (14 points)
Bug expert caught in left arm
Grown-up aphid lion
Antlion relative
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lacewood (14 points)
An Australian tree
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 14 pts
lacework (17 points)
Bridal gown fringe
Wedding-dress trim
Tatting, for example
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 17 pts
landward (13 points)
Toward the coast
In the direction of a port
Not toward the sea
L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lapwings (14 points)
Plovers with slow, irregular flight.
Types of plover
Crested plovers
L·1+A·1+P·3+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts
latewood (12 points)
A part of an annual ring of wood
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 12 pts
lathwork (18 points)
Wood backing
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
lauwines (11 points)
Lauwine
L·1+A·1+U·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lawbooks (17 points)
References for attorneys
L·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
lawfully (17 points)
How criminals do not behave
Within the rules
By the book
L·1+A·1+W·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
lawgiver (15 points)
Hammurabi, for one
Solon, for one
One as Moses, Solon
L·1+A·1+W·4+G·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
lawmaker (17 points)
Solon, for one
Member of Congress, say
Bill handler (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+W·4+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
lawsuits (11 points)
Attire for attorneys (wordplay)
What judges hear and wear (wordplay)
Correct clothing for court (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+W·4+S·1+U·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lawyered (15 points)
Acted as counsel
L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
lawyerly (17 points)
Masonic (wordplay)
Like some advice
L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
layaways (17 points)
Some merchandise pickups
L·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
laywoman (16 points)
Female flock member
She's not of the cloth
She's not a cleric
L·1+A·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
laywomen (16 points)
Certain congregation members
They aren't in the clergy
Ladies not members of the clergy
L·1+A·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
leadwork (16 points)
Something made of lead
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 16 pts
leadwort (12 points)
Flowering plant also called plumbago
Plumbago plant
Plumbago, a Mediterranean and tropical plant
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 12 pts
leafworm (16 points)
A moth larva that feeds on leaves
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
leewards (12 points)
Toward the sheltered side
Islands of the West Indies.
Antigua, St. Kitts, etc.
L·1+E·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
leftward (15 points)
How liberals lean
Got out of hospital, not in the right direction
Aport
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts
leftwing (15 points)
Radical liberal faction
One side of a political party.
Position in hockey or politics
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
legworks (16 points)
Legwork
L·1+E·1+G·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 16 pts
letdowns (12 points)
Disappointments, failures to satisfy
In time or in side
Disappointments or failures to support
L·1+E·1+T·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lewdness (12 points)
Louis sends away for offensive material
Far from clean
Bawdy behavior
L·1+E·1+W·4+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lewisite (11 points)
Chemical warfare weapon.
Blistering material from an inkling (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lewisson (11 points)
""A hoisting device, also LEWIS""
L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
lifeways (17 points)
Lifeway
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
lifework (18 points)
Calling response (wordplay)
All of an author's writings, for example
All of an author's writings, e.g
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
likewise (15 points)
Too fond of sage (wordplay)
Fancy sage, too (wordplay)
And just as if one was learned, too!
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
linkwork (19 points)
Something composed of interlocking rings
L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
loanword (12 points)
Macho, for one
Spanglish or Franglais component
Term from French, say - 'mortgage' (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+A·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 12 pts
lobbygow (19 points)
An errand boy
L·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4+G·2+O·1+W·4 = 19 pts
lobworms (15 points)
Lobworm
L·1+O·1+B·3+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts
lockjaws (24 points)
Lockjaw
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+J·8+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 24 pts
locoweed (14 points)
It can make horses nuts
It can make for frenzied flocks
Mad cow cause
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
logwoods (13 points)
Dye trees.
L·1+O·1+G·2+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts
longbows (14 points)
Elves' weapons in Middle-earth
The Hunger Games weapons
Weapons of Ivanhoe's time.
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 14 pts
longways (15 points)
From end to end
From stem to stern, for example
Along the length
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 15 pts
longwise (12 points)
Desire to get understanding horizontally (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lookdown (16 points)
Consider inferior, with 'on'
Start of "Lonesome Road"
Consider inferior, with "on"
L·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
lowballs (13 points)
Deliberately underestimates
L·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lowbrows (16 points)
Hardly museumgoers
Philistines
L·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 16 pts
lowdowns (15 points)
Inside items of information
L·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
lowering (12 points)
Reduction - long wire (anagram)
Dark and threatening
Getting down to a glow about Ireland
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
lowlands (12 points)
Owls land (anagram)
Area of Scotland
Part of Scotland.
L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
lowliest (11 points)
Most inferior in station
Toes will curl at the very bottom
L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
lowlifer (14 points)
Cartoonist - career right for criminal, say (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
lowlifes (14 points)
Good-for-nothings
Despicable sorts
Immoral sorts
L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
lowlives (14 points)
Lowlife
L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
lowrider (12 points)
Song by War & custom car type (3,5)
Variable-height car
Road-scraping custom car
L·1+O·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
lugworms (14 points)
Maggots used as fishing bait
L·1+U·1+G·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
lukewarm (17 points)
Hardly a hot gospeller (wordplay)
Tepid, like Paula Power (wordplay)
Mark how what follows is not so hot
L·1+U·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3 = 17 pts
lungworm (14 points)
A parasitic worm
L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 14 pts
lungwort (12 points)
Pulmonaria officinalis
Plant grown wild in Luton not functioning
L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 12 pts

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