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palliest (10 points)
Most cordial friends in gym training (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
palmiest (12 points)
Most prosperous.
It's all very fine to start to make a date there
P·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
pamphlet (17 points)
Common Sense, for one.
"Common Sense," for one.
Motel-rack freebie
P·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
panelist (10 points)
Quiz game participant (US spelling)
Discussion-group member
Member of a discussion
P·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pappiest (14 points)
Pappy
P·3+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
parakeet (14 points)
One known for talking back (wordplay)
Take pear (anagram)
Budgerigar, for one
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 14 pts
parament (12 points)
An ornamental vestment
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
paraquet (19 points)
""A small parrot, also PARAKEET, PAROQUET, PARROKET""
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1 = 19 pts
paroquet (19 points)
""A small parrot, also PARAKEET, PARAQUET, PARROKET""
P·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1 = 19 pts
parroket (14 points)
""A small parrot, also PARAKEET, PARAQUET, PAROQUET""
P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+T·1 = 14 pts
pastiest (10 points)
The sickest looking neckwear in history
Most sallow
Most pallid
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
patulent (10 points)
""Spreading, open, also PATULOUS""
P·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pavement (15 points)
Job seekers may pound it
Walkway by road
What Americans call sidewalk
P·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
pawkiest (17 points)
Pawky
P·3+A·1+W·4+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
peakiest (14 points)
Peaky
P·3+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
peartest (10 points)
Peart
P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
peatiest (10 points)
Most like sphagnum
P·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
peckiest (16 points)
Pecky
P·3+E·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
pederast (11 points)
A man who engages in sexual activity with boys
P·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
pediment (13 points)
Structure atop a portico
Triangular space over porch etc
Classical triangular gable
P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
peetweet (13 points)
A wading bird
P·3+E·1+E·1+T·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts
penchant (15 points)
Fondness (for) - bias (towards)
Fondness for 5 (wordplay)
Strong liking (for)
P·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
penitent (10 points)
Teen pint (anagram)
Expressing sorrow for one's sins
Ready to atone.
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
penlight (14 points)
Assistance in finding a keyhole, maybe
Illuminator in a shirt pocket, perhaps
After-dark convenience
P·3+E·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 14 pts
penpoint (12 points)
Bic's writing end
Ink flow site
Ink spot
P·3+E·1+N·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
peppiest (14 points)
Most lively
Most vigorous
Most energetic
P·3+E·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
perkiest (14 points)
Most animated
Most lively
Most chipper
P·3+E·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
permeant (12 points)
Saturating.
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
peskiest (14 points)
Most difficult to manage
Most bothersome
Most irritating
P·3+E·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
pettiest (10 points)
Small in the biggest way (wordplay)
Most small-minded
Of least importance
P·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
petulant (10 points)
Peevish, inclined to complain
Prone to pique
Favourite aunt left in tizzy, irritable
P·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
phaseout (13 points)
Bring to an end gradually (2 words)
Diminish and cease use gradually
Bring gradually to an end, discontinue
P·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 13 pts
pheasant (13 points)
Ring-necked game bird, for one
Ant heaps (anagram)
It's often served under glass
P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
phoniest (13 points)
Most bogus or fake
Most two-faced
Least genuine
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
photoset (13 points)
To prepare for printing by photographic means
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts
pickiest (16 points)
Fussy to the max
Most finicky
P·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
piecrust (12 points)
Cobbler's bottom (wordplay)
Rolled out item
Item for a rolling pin
P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
piedfort (14 points)
""An unusually thick coin, also PIEFORT""
P·3+I·1+E·1+D·2+F·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
piedmont (13 points)
Department of Italy where Turin is
At the base of mountains.
Region of northern Italy
P·3+I·1+E·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
pieplant (12 points)
Rhubarb, country style
Rhubarb
Rhubarb.
P·3+I·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
piggiest (12 points)
Piggy
P·3+I·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
pilewort (13 points)
Ranunculus ficaria, lesser celandine
P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 13 pts
pithiest (13 points)
Most terse and vigorously expressive
Most concise and full of meaning
Most concise
P·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
plainest (10 points)
Most like Jane
Most unembellished
Most ordinary
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
planchet (15 points)
Metal disk to be made into a coin
Design revolutionary - given time this may make money
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1 = 15 pts
plangent (11 points)
Ringing the draughtsman (wordplay)
Noisy draughtsman (wordplay)
Mournful map chap
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
plantlet (10 points)
Small growth
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
platelet (10 points)
Part of a body count (wordplay)
That bloody little flat has got leased
Unit of blood
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
platiest (10 points)
Platy
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pleasant (10 points)
Excuses worker, that's nice!
Sunny and 75, say
Nice tree, perhaps, holding sea off
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
plumelet (12 points)
Small cluster of feathers
Small tuft
Small feather
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
plumiest (12 points)
Plumy
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
plumpest (14 points)
Plump
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
plushest (13 points)
Most deep-piled
Most gorgeous nuisance, drunk coming in
P·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
pockiest (16 points)
Pocky
P·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
podgiest (12 points)
Podgy
P·3+O·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
pokeroot (14 points)
Coarse herb
P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 14 pts
polemist (12 points)
One versed in disputation
Controversial writer exposes European dimness
P·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
politest (10 points)
Least likely to make a faux pas
Most civil pilot set adrift
Exhibiting the most civility
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
porkiest (14 points)
Least slender
P·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
postheat (13 points)
Heat applied to a metal after welding
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 13 pts
posttest (10 points)
A test given after an instructional programme
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pottiest (10 points)
Start off initially in drug trial with least sense
P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
poutiest (10 points)
Pouty
P·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
praefect (15 points)
""An ancient Roman official, also PREFECT""
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 15 pts
praelect (12 points)
""To lecture, also PRELECT""
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preadapt (13 points)
Adjust to biological change
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
preadmit (13 points)
Cut down the wait at a hospital, perhaps
Save time at the hospital, maybe
Do advance work at a hospital
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
preadopt (13 points)
To adopt beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
preadult (11 points)
Preceding adulthood [adj] / a person of preadult age
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 11 pts
preallot (10 points)
To allot beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1 = 10 pts
preaudit (11 points)
Accountant's task
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 11 pts
precinct (14 points)
(E.g. pedestrian) zone
An enclosed area, say around cathedral
Pert C-in-C (anagram)
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1 = 14 pts
preelect (12 points)
Install before November, say
Opt in advance
Choose in advance, as an unopposed candidate
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preenact (12 points)
To enact beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preerect (12 points)
Put up beforehand
Build beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preexist (17 points)
Sex tripe (anagram)
Have a former life
Be there already
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
prefight (17 points)
Like a boxer's weigh-in
Like some extremely heated interviews
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 17 pts
pregnant (11 points)
Overseeing a child's development, say
Full of life (wordplay)
Ready to drop!
P·3+R·1+E·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
prelimit (12 points)
To limit beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1 = 12 pts
preplant (12 points)
Occurring before planting
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
preprint (12 points)
Advance portion of a book or magazine
Article issued in advance of publication
Early publication becomes late one
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
presplit (12 points)
Like some English muffins
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+T·1 = 12 pts
preterit (10 points)
Signifying past time Gram.
Past tense in grammar
What's past could be prettier
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pretreat (10 points)
Use Shout on, say
Put a stain remover on a garment before putting it in the wash, for example
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts
priciest (12 points)
Like top-shelf liquor
Hardest on the wallet
Setting one back the most
P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
primmest (14 points)
Most like a schoolmarm
Most stiffly proper
Most mannerly
P·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
priviest (13 points)
Privy
P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
prosiest (10 points)
Prosy
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
prospect (14 points)
Go for the gold (wordplay)
Youngster who could find gold (wordplay)
A golden one, perhaps
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 14 pts
proudest (11 points)
Most delighted (with an achievement)
Most self-satisfied
Most self-respecting
P·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
prurient (10 points)
Obscene play - interrupt endlessly
Given to lewd thoughts
Pruner, it aggravated itching
P·3+R·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pudgiest (12 points)
Pudgy
P·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
puffiest (16 points)
Most bloated, irritating one swallowing muffin's filling
P·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
puggiest (12 points)
Puggy
P·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
pulpiest (12 points)
Pulpy
P·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
pulsejet (17 points)
Engine type that thrusts intermittently
Buzz bomb engine
P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+E·1+J·8+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
pulsojet (17 points)
{pulsejet=n}
P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
punkiest (14 points)
Punky
P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
punniest (10 points)
Punny
P·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
purplest (12 points)
Purple
P·3+U·1+R·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
pursiest (10 points)
Pursy
P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
purulent (10 points)
Weeping priest to turn to line (part of Bible)
Let run up rubbish? That's bound to mean infection!
P·3+U·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pushiest (13 points)
Most brash
Most insistent
Most assertive
P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
pussiest (10 points)
Pussy
P·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

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