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polished (14 points)

Cutback, one she had smoothed over

Free from imperfections

Central European editor is accomplished

P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

polisher (13 points)

Shoe brush, for example.

Buffer state head meets East European

Craftsman finishing as European monarch

P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

polishes (13 points)

Shines, as shoes

Makes perfect

Burnishes, shines

P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

polymath (18 points)

Person of great and varied learning

Very learned person

Fry (or similar) batter amply hot

P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+T·1+H·4 = 18 pts

pooching (16 points)

Pooch

P·3+O·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts

poolhall (13 points)

Shark habitat (wordplay)

Place for a break (wordplay)

Hustler's hangout

P·3+O·1+O·1+L·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

poortith (13 points)

""Poverty, also PUIRTITH""

P·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 13 pts

porphyry (21 points)

Hard igneous rock

P·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts

porthole (13 points)

Circular window in ship

Window on board

Ship's window

P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

poshness (13 points)

The quality of being posh

P·3+O·1+S·1+H·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 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

posthole (13 points)

Fence builder's starting point

Excavation.

P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

postiche (15 points)

False hair

P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts

potashes (13 points)

Soft-soap ingredients

P·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

potheads (14 points)

High society (wordplay)

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts

potheens (13 points)

Potheen

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts

potherbs (15 points)

Purslane and peppergrass, for example

Greens, as spinach.

Mint, spinach, and thyme

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 15 pts

pothered (14 points)

In a stew

Fussed.

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

potholed (14 points)

Pothole

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

potholes (13 points)

Road tests (wordplay)

Road hazards that need filling

Drug dens in underground caverns

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

pothooks (17 points)

Pothook

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts

pothouse (13 points)

Is it you that is in a position to make a pub (wordplay)

P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

potiches (15 points)

Potiche

P·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

potlache (15 points)

""An Indian winter festival, also POTLACH""

P·3+O·1+T·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts

potlatch (15 points)

Native American ceremonial feast

Indian equivalent of Christmas.

Northwestern native ceremony

P·3+O·1+T·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 15 pts

potshard (14 points)

Dig discovery variable

P·3+O·1+T·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 14 pts

potsherd (14 points)

Archaeological relic, maybe

Pottery fragment; the drops (anagram)

Shoots flock or piece of clay (wordplay)

P·3+O·1+T·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+D·2 = 14 pts

potshots (13 points)

Components of stoner movies (wordplay)

Not-so-nice digs (wordplay)

Snipes from crack endings

P·3+O·1+T·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts

pouchier (15 points)

Pouchy

P·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

pouching (16 points)

Pouch

P·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts

prankish (17 points)

Like a card

Mischievous

Frolicsome.

P·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 17 pts

preached (16 points)

Parson started and attained what he did

Having held forth, poor rep was in pain

Pulp it for this before it got sore

P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

preacher (15 points)

He's demoralized (wordplay)

Service provider (wordplay)

One giving a sermon

P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

preaches (15 points)

Spreads the Word

How one speaks so softly about pain

Delivers the homily

P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

precheck (21 points)

Verify before proceeding

Boarding pass designation, or hint to either word in each starred entry

P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 21 pts

prechill (15 points)

Prepare a new wine for drinking

P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts

precrash (15 points)

Preceding a crash

P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 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

preheats (13 points)

Readies an oven, maybe

Starts the oven early

Gives advance warming

P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts

prehuman (15 points)

From a time before man evolved

Before mankind's time

Earlier than the appearance of man

P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts

prelunch (15 points)

Countdown to blast-off leaving area, not yet having got to one (wordplay)

P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 15 pts

prepunch (17 points)

To punch in advance

P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 17 pts

preshape (15 points)

To shape beforehand

P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 15 pts

preshown (16 points)

Preshow

P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts

preshows (16 points)

Preshow

P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 16 pts

priggish (15 points)

Pious monarch in beastly surroundings

Nonsense about actress Diana being smug

'Obnoxious' about right for 'smug'

P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 pts

prochain (15 points)

Next (French)

P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts

prochein (15 points)

""Nearest in time, relation or degree, also PROCHAIN""

P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts

prohibit (15 points)

Ban from bar (wordplay)

Say nay to

Verb from the Latin for "hold back"

P·3+R·1+O·1+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+T·1 = 15 pts

prophage (16 points)

A form of virus

P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts

prophase (15 points)

The first stage in mitosis

P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts

prophecy (20 points)

Perhaps that's all for the telling

Divine message of what is to come

Oracle's stock-in-trade

P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+Y·4 = 20 pts

prophesy (18 points)

See what's in the cards, maybe

Reveal through divine inspiration

Foretell - portend

P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

prophets (15 points)

Samuel and Amos

They speak by divine inspiration

Fortunetellers of a sort.

P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts

pschents (15 points)

Pschent

P·3+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts

psephite (15 points)

Rock composed of pebbles (geol.)

P·3+S·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts

pshawing (17 points)

Expressing contempt or impatience

P·3+S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts

psychics (20 points)

Mentalists, of sorts

Ones charging reading fees (wordplay)

Ones selling futures (wordplay)

P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 20 pts

psyching (19 points)

Means of intimidation

P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts

puncheon (15 points)

Drink a very long time - one has several gallons

Might C. ask for boxing, by the sound of it (wordplay)

Change starter in midday meal for quite a few gallons

P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts

punchers (15 points)

Stationery store items (with "hole")

Pugilists ... or stationery store items

Pugilists... or stationery store items

P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts

punchier (15 points)

Dig that is right for having the most impact

P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

punchily (18 points)

In a punchy manner

P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

punching (16 points)

Boxer's activity

Hitting with the fist

P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts

punished (14 points)

Gave what for

Imposed a penalty

Penalised because I got rid of the joke

P·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

punisher (13 points)

Role in "Marvel's Daredevil"

Spanker, for example

Vigilante, maybe

P·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

punishes (13 points)

Spanks, perhaps

Disciplines

Penalizes

P·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

puppyish (20 points)

Playful and eager like very young dog

This type of love is hot for St Bernard when little

P·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 20 pts

purchase (15 points)

Acquire grip (wordplay)

Buy tea in container for cash

How Alaska was acquired from Russia.

P·3+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts

purplish (15 points)

Somewhat purple

P·3+U·1+R·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 pts

pushball (15 points)

A type of ball-game

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts

pushcart (15 points)

Outdoor vendor's wagon

Vendor's wagon

Street vendor's vehicle

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts

pushdown (17 points)

Depress

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 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

pushover (16 points)

Piece of cake turned up? Keep mum on!

Something easily done

Easily defeated type

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

pushpins (15 points)

Bulletin board accessories

Items stuck in bulletin boards

Bulletin board items

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts

pushrods (14 points)

Engine parts

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts

putsches (15 points)

Putsch

P·3+U·1+T·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

pygmyish (22 points)

Like Gen. Tom Thumb.

P·3+Y·4+G·2+M·3+Y·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 22 pts

pyorrhea (16 points)

Pus in the sockets of the teeth

P·3+Y·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+A·1 = 16 pts

pyrrhics (18 points)

Pyrrhic

P·3+Y·4+R·1+R·1+H·4+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 18 pts

pythonic (18 points)

Hypnotic writhing of a snake

P·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 18 pts

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Refine to P+: PA PB PC PD PE PF PG PH PI PJ PK PL PM PN PO PP PQ PR PS PT PU PV PW PX PY PZ

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