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magazine (20 points)
Part of paper clip (wordplay)
Glossy publication (wordplay)
Part included with paper clip (wordplay)
M·3+A·1+G·2+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 20 pts
mailable (12 points)
O.K. at the P.O., as a letter
Meeting USPS regulations
Lawful to post.
M·3+A·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
mainline (10 points)
Inject into a vein
Track for the Century.
Part of a railroad.
M·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
manciple (14 points)
Steward, as in an English college.
Claim pen broken by steward
Steward for a monastery
M·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
mandible (13 points)
The lower jaw
Ambled in bearing lower jaw
Bone idle man worried about bishop
M·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
manicure (12 points)
Nailing work (wordplay)
Hence aim diverted (for heretic)
Professional filing system (wordplay)
M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
marinade (11 points)
Bath for some chicken (wordplay)
Cook, in a dream, created this!
Oil and vinegar, maybe
M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
marinate (10 points)
Ready for grilling, maybe
Prepare for the grill, say
Rain team (anagram)
M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
maritime (12 points)
Relating to the sea
Mad Rita in form of drama at the seaside
Like some provinces
M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
marquise (19 points)
Countess's superior
Who classically breaks a horse but a noble French lady (wordplay)
Noblewoman
M·3+A·1+R·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 19 pts
marriage (11 points)
You need a groom for one like this
Two-party system (wordplay)
Weds, for the follow-up of 8 down
M·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
masklike (18 points)
Like a mask
M·3+A·1+S·1+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
mastiche (15 points)
""An aromatic resin, also MASTIC, MASTIX""
M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts
mastlike (14 points)
Like a mast
M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
maxillae (17 points)
Bones from male evil adult concealed in sack
Jawbones
M·3+A·1+X·8+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 17 pts
maximise (19 points)
Make the best use of
Make as big as possible
Make as large as possible
M·3+A·1+X·8+I·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 19 pts
maximite (19 points)
A powerful explosive
M·3+A·1+X·8+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
maximize (28 points)
Make the most of
Get the most out of
Raise fully
M·3+A·1+X·8+I·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 28 pts
mazelike (23 points)
{mazy=adj}
M·3+A·1+Z·10+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 23 pts
mealtime (12 points)
One for lunch maybe (wordplay)
Eight for dinner maybe (wordplay)
Dinner, for one
M·3+E·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
meantime (12 points)
For now I hate myself (wordplay)
GMT doesn't start in the interim!
In the interim (2 words)
M·3+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
medicare (13 points)
T.C. Douglas creation
Government health program
Social Security program
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
medicate (13 points)
Apply a healing substance to.
Treat with pills a doctor swallowed
Treat a number going in to go between
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
medicine (13 points)
House specialty (wordplay)
Mice dine (anagram)
Practice for a GP (wordplay)
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
mediocre (13 points)
Average (but poor)
Come ride (anagram)
Doctor getting nothing extra, on average
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
meditate (11 points)
Do your om work (wordplay)
Focus one's thoughts
What Hamlet liked to do.
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
melamine (12 points)
Heat-resistant plastic
H eat-resistant plastic
Resin surface made from Maine elm
M·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
melanite (10 points)
Deep black garnet variety
Black garnet.
M·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
melanize (19 points)
""To make dark, also MELANISE""
M·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
melilite (10 points)
A mineral group
M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
melinite (10 points)
High explosive
M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
melodise (11 points)
""To compose a melody, also MELODIZE""
M·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
melodize (20 points)
""To compose a melody, also MELODISE""
M·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
memorize (21 points)
Master mentally, maybe
Learn by heart.
Get down pat
M·3+E·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
meringue (11 points)
Gum Irene smeared over cake
Egg-white concoction
Beaten egg white.
M·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 11 pts
mesquite (19 points)
Barbecue flavoring that quiets me down
Shrub used in barbecuing
Woody barbecue fuel
M·3+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
metalise (10 points)
""To treat with metal, also METALIZE""
M·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
metalize (19 points)
Coat with zinc or tin
Strengthen, in a way
M·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
meuniere (10 points)
One way to serve sole
Served with lemon, parsley
Floured and sauteed in butter
M·3+E·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
mezquite (28 points)
""A spiny tree or shrub, also MESQUITE, MESQUIT, MEZQUIT, MUSKIT""
M·3+E·1+Z·10+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 28 pts
micellae (12 points)
Micella
M·3+I·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
midrange (12 points)
Neither high nor low
Not a compact or luxury car
Neither cheapest nor most expensive
M·3+I·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
midspace (15 points)
The middle of space
M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
mignonne (11 points)
Daintily small [adj] / a {darling=n}
M·3+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
migraine (11 points)
It's a headache as I dash into myself!
Hot-dog headache (wordplay)
From mare gin I get a severe headache
M·3+I·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
militate (10 points)
Be a force (against)
Have weight (against)
Have power (against)
M·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
millable (12 points)
Like peppercorns
M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
millcake (16 points)
A residue from pressed linseed
M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
milliare (10 points)
A unit of area
M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
millieme (12 points)
Small coin press that is most excellent
Monetary unit of Egypt
M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
millrace (12 points)
Flow of water in motorway bad - hurry!
Channel for a water-driven wheel
Channel for water driving wheel
M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
mimetite (12 points)
Mineral made from two-item compound (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
mineable (12 points)
Able to be mined
M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
minibike (16 points)
Scooter's kin
Off-road two-wheeler
Small two-wheeler
M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+B·3+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
minimise (12 points)
Make a lesson this way (wordplay)
Make as small as possible
Make the least of
M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
minimize (21 points)
Reduce drastically
Play down
Depreciate.
M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
minutiae (10 points)
Auntie, I'm fussed about minor details
Most trivial details
Tiny or trivial details
M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
misatone (10 points)
To atone wrongly
M·3+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
miscible (14 points)
Easily stirred together
M·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
misdrive (14 points)
To drive improperly
M·3+I·1+S·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
misdrove (14 points)
Misdrive
M·3+I·1+S·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
miserere (10 points)
The 51st Psalm
Psalm opening that means "have mercy"
Psalm 51 found on choir stall
M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
misframe (15 points)
To frame badly
M·3+I·1+S·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
misgauge (12 points)
Measure incorrectly
Estimate incorrectly.
M·3+I·1+S·1+G·2+A·1+U·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
misgrade (12 points)
To grade incorrectly
M·3+I·1+S·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
misguide (12 points)
Lead astray - wrongly direct
Lead the wrong way
M·3+I·1+S·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
misjudge (19 points)
Fail the vibe check (wordplay)
Misinterpret notes taken by referee
Be wrong about
M·3+I·1+S·1+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 19 pts
mislodge (12 points)
To lodge in a wrong place
M·3+I·1+S·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
misparse (12 points)
To parse incorrectly
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
misplace (14 points)
Lose - limp case (anagram)
Put in wrong location
Put in the wrong spot
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
mispoise (12 points)
To poise incorrectly
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
misprice (14 points)
To price incorrectly
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
misprize (21 points)
Undervalue.
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
misquote (19 points)
Reporter's inaccuracy, maybe
Get the words wrong
Interviewer's inaccuracy
M·3+I·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
misraise (10 points)
To raise wrongly
M·3+I·1+S·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
misroute (10 points)
Send via the wrong place
M·3+I·1+S·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
missense (10 points)
A form of genetic mutation
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
misshape (15 points)
Emphasis (anagram)
Mar, in a way
Distort, using emphasis in wrong way
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 15 pts
misspace (14 points)
To space incorrectly
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
misspoke (16 points)
Confused this and that, maybe
She might deliver a jab
Said the wrong thing
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
misstate (10 points)
Say wrong (wordplay)
Say it wrong
Art patron's daughter, say, making error
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
misstyle (13 points)
To style wrongly
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
mistitle (10 points)
Make the wrong call, perhaps
Handle incorrectly (wordplay)
List time taken to get the name wrong
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
mistrace (12 points)
Make a drafting error
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
misusage (11 points)
Mrs. Malaprop's problem
Malapropism
M·3+I·1+S·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
misvalue (13 points)
Underrate or overrate
M·3+I·1+S·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+U·1+E·1 = 13 pts
miswrite (13 points)
To write incorrectly
M·3+I·1+S·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
miswrote (13 points)
Miswrite
M·3+I·1+S·1+W·4+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
miticide (13 points)
Agent that kills arachnids and mice? Di worried about it
M·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
mitigate (11 points)
Reduce the severity of, say a sentence
Take the edge off
Make less harsh
M·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
moatlike (14 points)
Like a moat
M·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
mobilise (12 points)
Get ready for war
Prepare for war
Is hacking phone - take action
M·3+O·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
mobilize (21 points)
Assemble and make ready for use
Get ready for war
Put into action
M·3+O·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
moisture (10 points)
Liquid, in drops perhaps
Liquid in small quantity, in the air say
Cellophane keeps it out
M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
monazite (19 points)
A mineral
M·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
monetise (10 points)
Convert to 5
Way to generate income, when artist is English
M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
monetize (19 points)
Purchase government debt, for example
Turn liquid
Coin
M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
monitive (13 points)
Giving warning
M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
monoxide (18 points)
O in combination
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 18 pts
moonlike (14 points)
Round and glowing
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
moonrise (10 points)
Bad time for lunatics (wordplay)
A nightly appearance, but not by star
Start of evening light
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
moralise (10 points)
Lecture is given in spirit
Lecture when spirit is trapped inside
Preach new realism about love
M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
moralize (19 points)
Opine self-righteously
Give a sermon
Get all preachy
M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
morphine (15 points)
Sedative derived from opium
Pain-easing opiate
Opiate to transform in ecstasy
M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
mosslike (14 points)
Like moss
M·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
mothlike (17 points)
Like a moth
M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
motivate (13 points)
Give an incentive
Stimulate to action.
Give incentive to
M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
motorise (10 points)
Farah to increase power
Provide with engine needing short time to get up
Little time to leave tortoise? It's what one needs to do to get things moving!
M·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
motorize (19 points)
Add an engine to
Make easier to use, in a way
Make more powerful, as a wheelchair
M·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
mucilage (13 points)
Gum with which Alice got involved
Gluey mixture of carbohydrates in plants
Relative of library paste
M·3+U·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
mudslide (12 points)
Flood aftermath, perhaps
Hillside danger after a heavy shower
Rainstorm result, sometimes
M·3+U·1+D·2+S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
multiage (11 points)
Including people of various ages
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
multiple (12 points)
Lit plume (anagram)
More than one mull over a tipple, say
Nine to three, say
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
multiuse (10 points)
Having many uses
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
muricate (12 points)
""Covered with short, sharp points""
M·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
murrhine (13 points)
A substance used to make ancient Roman vases
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
musicale (12 points)
Social entertainment of a sort
Soiree entertainment
Tuneful event
M·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
mutative (13 points)
Causing genetic change
Changeable.
M·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
mutilate (10 points)
Grangerize (a book)
Ultimate butcher's butcher (wordplay)
Damage very seriously
M·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
mylonite (13 points)
A type of rock
M·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
mystique (22 points)
Aura of magic
Aura or secrecy or obscurity
Aura of heightened interest
M·3+Y·4+S·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 22 pts

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