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mainmast (12 points)
Pole on a schooner
Ship's pole usually second from the prow
Schooner or brig component
M·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
makefast (17 points)
Hasten to stay (wordplay)
Moor to put booster in engine
Secure fake nuts among acorns
M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+F·4+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
malapert (12 points)
Saucy person.
Impudent: Archaic.
Impudent Archaic.
M·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 12 pts
maledict (13 points)
Put a curse on
M·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 13 pts
malemiut (12 points)
""An Alaskan sled dog, also MALAMUTE, MALEMUTE""
M·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+U·1+T·1 = 12 pts
malmiest (12 points)
Malmy
M·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
maltiest (10 points)
Malty
M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
maltreat (10 points)
Scotch perhaps about a time to bully
Act badly or cruelly towards someone
Do an injustice to
M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mangiest (11 points)
Shabbiest
M·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
manifest (13 points)
Fine mast (anagram)
List of a ship's contents
(Of ghost) appear
M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
manliest (10 points)
Most masculine - isn't male (anagram)
Most butch, say
Exhibiting the most machismo
M·3+A·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mantelet (10 points)
Short cloak or cape.
Short cape
Short cloak
M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
marabout (12 points)
Play a tambour by holy shrine
Bird that could spoil a fight
He turns sheepish in the matter of a holy man
M·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 12 pts
marliest (10 points)
Marly
M·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
marmoset (12 points)
Small monkey - Rome's mat (anagram)
Latin American monkey
Small American monkey
M·3+A·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
martinet (10 points)
Met train (anagram)
Flier and French disciplinarian
Stickler for rigid regulations.
M·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
masscult (12 points)
The arts as shown on TV, for example
M·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 12 pts
massicot (12 points)
Lead compound used as a pigment
M·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+T·1 = 12 pts
massiest (10 points)
Massy
M·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
maturest (10 points)
Least green
M·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
maxicoat (19 points)
A long coat
M·3+A·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+O·1+A·1+T·1 = 19 pts
mealiest (10 points)
Most floury food is situated to be eaten
Least crisp, as an apple
Most soft-spoken.
M·3+E·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
meatiest (10 points)
Fullest of substance
Having the most substance
Offering the richest content
M·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
medalist (11 points)
Eric Heiden, for one
Michael Phelps, for one
One of the top three, perhaps
M·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
megavolt (14 points)
Big shock (wordplay)
Whole lot of juice
Big potential difference
M·3+E·1+G·2+A·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+T·1 = 14 pts
megawatt (14 points)
Source of a big shock (wordplay)
Lots of power (wordplay)
Power-plant measure
M·3+E·1+G·2+A·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1 = 14 pts
melanist (10 points)
""One who is affected with melanism, also MELANIC""
M·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
melodist (11 points)
Sondheim or Simon
Cloud covers dole reversal for singer
Frederick Loewe or Dick Rodgers.
M·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
merchant (15 points)
Shakespeare's Antonio, for one
Hard worker, maybe, after car dealer
Ten march (anagram)
M·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
merriest (10 points)
Most intoxicated (wordplay)
Most like Windsor wives (wordplay)
Superlative for Christmas.
M·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
meshiest (13 points)
Meshy
M·3+E·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
messiest (10 points)
Least clear-cut, say
Not the neatest
Miss Tee's the most untidy
M·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
metalist (10 points)
Eschewer of paper money
M·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
micklest (16 points)
Mickle
M·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
microdot (13 points)
Photograph of my bird Dorothy, say
A spot of intelligence (wordplay)
The . in 1.0 x 10^-6 (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
midnight (15 points)
Implied opening of gate 12 (wordplay)
Time for a snack, perhaps
Time for a mass celebration (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+D·2+N·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
midpoint (13 points)
Exact halfway location
Noon, to a day
A compass may help you find one
M·3+I·1+D·2+P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
miffiest (16 points)
Miffy
M·3+I·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
milepost (12 points)
Simple to unravel 9 marker (wordplay)
Highway-distance marker
Marker at a race track
M·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
militant (10 points)
Aggressive (for example protest)
Up in arms
Given to fighting
M·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
milkiest (14 points)
Milky
M·3+I·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
milkwort (17 points)
Plant of the Polygala genus
Plant once believed to increase a cow's yield
M·3+I·1+L·1+K·5+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 17 pts
miltiest (10 points)
Milty
M·3+I·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
minciest (12 points)
Mincy
M·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
mingiest (11 points)
Most miserly
M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
mintiest (10 points)
Most flavorful, as some mouthwashes
M·3+I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
minutest (10 points)
Most small or tiny
Superlatively small
Most tiny
M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
miquelet (19 points)
A former Spanish or French soldier
M·3+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 19 pts
mirkiest (14 points)
Mirky
M·3+I·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
misadapt (13 points)
Not acclimate properly
Adjust unsatisfactorily
M·3+I·1+S·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
misagent (11 points)
A bad agent
M·3+I·1+S·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
misbegot (13 points)
Born prematurely (wordplay)
From a poor plan
Monstrous boy consumed by terrible egotism
M·3+I·1+S·1+B·3+E·1+G·2+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
misbuilt (12 points)
Misbuild
M·3+I·1+S·1+B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+T·1 = 12 pts
miscount (12 points)
Teller's goof
Get a wrong number
Ballot-box bungle
M·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
misdealt (11 points)
Erred, in poker
Goofed at the card table
Gave 12 to North and 14 to West
M·3+I·1+S·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+T·1 = 11 pts
misdoubt (13 points)
Suspect
M·3+I·1+S·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+T·1 = 13 pts
misevent (13 points)
A mishap
M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
misgraft (14 points)
To graft wrongly
M·3+I·1+S·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 14 pts
mislight (14 points)
To lead astray by its light
M·3+I·1+S·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 14 pts
mispaint (12 points)
To paint wrongly
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
misplant (12 points)
To plant wrongly
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
mispoint (12 points)
To point improperly
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
misprint (12 points)
Was it wrong to mention Tiepo (wordplay)
'Motorway run' typing mistake (wordplay)
The Grauniad's road race (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
misspelt (12 points)
Erred in a bee (var.)
A girl to beat vigourously, perhaps
2 forms requiring an editor (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+T·1 = 12 pts
misspent (12 points)
Wasted (as youth)
Like some youths
Wasted, as youth
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
misstart (10 points)
Get off on the wrong foot
She loves pastries
Bad beginning
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mistiest (10 points)
Dimmest
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mistreat (10 points)
It's a term improperly used for abuse
Deal with badly.
Stir meat stew - the doctor won't do it
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mistrust (10 points)
Lack of belief (in someone)
Have no confidence in (someone)
Suspect corrosion after condensation
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mistryst (13 points)
To fail to keep an appointment with
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
mobocrat (14 points)
A supporter of mob rule
M·3+O·1+B·3+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts
modelist (11 points)
Maker of toy planes
Pattern maker.
M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
moistest (10 points)
Like the best chicken or turkey, say
Top-rated, in a brownie bake-off
Most humid
M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
moldiest (11 points)
Most outmoded
M·3+O·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
monocrat (12 points)
Believer in dictatorship
Ruler in a dictatorship
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1 = 12 pts
monodist (11 points)
One who writes monodies
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
monoglot (11 points)
Speaking or writing only one language
Without a second language
Using only one language
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+L·1+O·1+T·1 = 11 pts
monotint (10 points)
A painting done in different shades of one colour
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
monument (12 points)
Lincoln Memorial, for one
Bunker Hill, for one.
Mount Rushmore, for one
M·3+O·1+N·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
moodiest (11 points)
Most volatile emotionally
Least even-tempered
Most sullen
M·3+O·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
mooniest (10 points)
Moony
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
moonport (12 points)
A facility for launching spacecraft to the moon
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 12 pts
moonshot (13 points)
Apollo perhaps wanders about in fashion
Apollo 11, for one
Apollo 11 launch, e.g
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
moonwort (13 points)
Plant dug over town moor
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 13 pts
mooriest (10 points)
Moory
M·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
moorwort (13 points)
A marsh plant
M·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 13 pts
moralist (10 points)
Aesop, for one
Increase Mather, for one
Ail storm (anagram)
M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mossiest (10 points)
Old-fashioned to the max
Most antiquated
M·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mothiest (13 points)
Mothy
M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
motliest (10 points)
Most diverse or varicolored
Most varicolored
Water nymph
M·3+O·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
motorist (10 points)
One running a saloon (wordplay)
One for the road (wordplay)
Driving force (wordplay)
M·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mousiest (10 points)
Least assertive
M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
movement (15 points)
Stirring music (wordplay)
Part of 'The Clock' symphony (wordplay)
Gesture made by the organisation
M·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
muckiest (16 points)
Mucky
M·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
muddiest (12 points)
Least lucid
Boggiest, muckiest
Most turbid.
M·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
muggiest (12 points)
Muggy
M·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
multijet (17 points)
Having more than two jets
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+J·8+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
muniment (12 points)
""A means of defence, also MINIMENT""
M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
muralist (10 points)
LeRoy Foster, for one
Diego Rivera, for one
One providing the big picture (wordplay)
M·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
murkiest (14 points)
Of minimum clarity
Most obscured
Least distinct
M·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
murrelet (10 points)
A small diving bird
M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
muscadet (13 points)
Melon de Bourgogne
White wine variety
French dry white wine
M·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts
mushiest (13 points)
Mawkish to the max
Most overly sentimental
Most sentimental
M·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
muskiest (14 points)
Musky
M·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
mussiest (10 points)
Most rumpled
M·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
mustiest (10 points)
Most stale and moldy
M·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
muzziest (28 points)
Muzzy
M·3+U·1+Z·10+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 28 pts
myoblast (15 points)
A cell capable of giving rise to muscle cells
M·3+Y·4+O·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts

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