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papyrine (15 points)
Pertaining to a {papyrus=n}
P·3+A·1+P·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
paradise (11 points)
Two-spot and six-spot (wordplay)
Naked geisha seen in show? Heaven!
Shangri-La (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
paragoge (12 points)
The addition of a sound or sounds at the end of a word
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
parakite (14 points)
A kite used for holding up a person towed by a motorboat
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
paralyse (13 points)
Cause to be immobile
Immobilise a person
Immobilise player as ordered
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
paralyze (22 points)
Two tall tales (wordplay)
Two untruths (wordplay)
Two untruths?
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
parasite (10 points)
Host's least favorite guest (wordplay)
Paste that sucker with air!
Bong hit (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
paravane (13 points)
Device causing marine mines to surface
Navy device for detecting mines.
Underwater device used in mined areas.
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
parklike (18 points)
Like a park
P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
parlance (12 points)
As usual, the man is all talk!
A manner of speaking
Way of speaking
P·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
parlante (10 points)
""Sung in a manner suggestive of speech, also PARLANDO""
P·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
parridge (12 points)
""A soft meal of oatmeal, also PORRIDGE, PARRITCH""
P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
parsable (12 points)
Able to be parsed
P·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
parterre (10 points)
Section of a theatre.
First tier of boxes in the Met.
Part of the main floor of a theatre
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
partible (12 points)
Divisible
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
particle (12 points)
Piece of dust, perhaps
Phosphorus, maybe a bit
Bit dim keeping right in charge
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
parvenue (13 points)
Newly wealthy woman
Pan revue featuring an upstart
Recently wealthy woman
P·3+A·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+U·1+E·1 = 13 pts
paygrade (15 points)
Military monetary scale
Union-contract stat
Military salary determiner
P·3+A·1+Y·4+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
pearlite (10 points)
Constituent of steel and cast iron.
Constituent of steel.
Carbon and iron alloy.
P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
pedicure (13 points)
Treat for the feet
Beauty treatment for feet
It might help with a foot ailment
P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pedigree (12 points)
Perhaps that's just for bears
Line of cats or dogs (wordplay)
A good line in stock (wordplay)
P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 12 pts
pelerine (10 points)
Woman's narrow cape
Cape for sick leper in Spain
Woman's cape.
P·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
perceive (15 points)
The sound of the sea (wordplay)
Make out, discern
Catch sight of.
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
perforce (15 points)
By necessity some wallpaper for ceiling
Necessarily, arising from free crop
Agent turned to violence of necessity
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
pericope (14 points)
Extract from a book
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
perilune (10 points)
The point at which a celestial body is nearest to the moon
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
permease (12 points)
A catalyzing agent
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
permeate (12 points)
Fill the nooks and crannies of
Flow or spread into every part of
Fill up as foreign peer grabs heart
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
perorate (10 points)
Speak at length
Make (or conclude) a big speech
Conclude a speech
P·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
peroxide (18 points)
Bleach (for hair)
Blonde aid (wordplay)
Blonde maker, maybe
P·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 18 pts
personae (10 points)
Dramatis follower (cast)
"Dramatis" follower (cast)
Characters of a novel or play
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
perspire (12 points)
Feel the heat, perhaps
Sweat (as a lady does?)
Get worked up (wordplay)
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
persuade (11 points)
Convince by arm-twisting, maybe
Convince or induce, maybe coax
Convince (by argument)
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
perverse (13 points)
A work by 22, perhaps capricious
How poets are paid (wordplay)
Not co-operative in the way of poetry
P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pharisee (13 points)
Air sheep (anagram)
Strict follower of Jewish law
Hypocritical Biblical official
P·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pinafore (13 points)
Name of stage fame
Sort of apron
This bit of the stage Navy is so wearing
P·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
piperine (12 points)
A chemical compound
P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
pleasure (10 points)
Will Pearl and Sue go haywire (wordplay)
A repulse (anagram)
Hedonist's chief goal
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
podomere (13 points)
""A limb segment of an arthropod, also PODITE""
P·3+O·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
poechore (15 points)
A semi-arid region
P·3+O·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
polarise (10 points)
Set at opposite extremes of opinion
Separate group wanting nothing before a hike
Missile with onset of explosion split in two
P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
polarize (19 points)
Divide into two camps
Divide sharply
Cause dissension
P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
polypore (15 points)
A type of {fungus=n}
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
porpoise (12 points)
Sea-creature I propose doctoring!
Victim of a drift net
Playful sea creature
P·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
porridge (12 points)
Something for breakfast time (wordplay)
Cereal offender often does it!
For breakfast in prison (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
portable (12 points)
Laptop perhaps left with expert
Wine expert? Lightweight!
Easy to carry
P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
portance (12 points)
{demeanor=n}
P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 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
portiere (10 points)
Curtain in a doorway
Old-fashioned substitute for a door.
Curtain has small hole - outside layer
P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
postrace (12 points)
Following a race
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
poularde (11 points)
""A spayed hen, also POULARD""
P·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
pourable (12 points)
Like wet cement
Fit to decant
Like wet concrete
P·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
practice (14 points)
It makes perfect, they say
Perfect maker (wordplay)
Become perfect, perhaps.
P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
practise (12 points)
Be engaged in (profession)
Rehearse scene in lift
Rehearse Eric and Pat's arrangement
P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
praecipe (14 points)
""A legal writ, also PRECIPE""
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
pratique (19 points)
Postquarantine permission to use a port
Sailor returns in a huff, needing permission to enter port
P·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 19 pts
preamble (14 points)
Opening remarks before walk (wordplay)
Introduction before a stroll (wordplay)
A more perfect Union source
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
precavae (15 points)
Precava
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
preclude (13 points)
In the overture, a note and bar
Rule out in advance
Rule out C found in musical work
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
preflame (15 points)
Preceding a flame
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
prefroze (22 points)
Prefreeze
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
prejudge (19 points)
Go by appearances, perhaps
Jump to conclusions
Pass an opinion beforehand.
P·3+R·1+E·1+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 19 pts
premiere (12 points)
Mere pier (anagram)
First showing of a film
First ever public performance
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
premorse (12 points)
Like foxtail palm leaves
Bitten off
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
prentice (12 points)
Noted name in book publishing
It would cost about ten to have one indentured of old like this
P·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
prepaste (12 points)
To paste beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
prepense (12 points)
Premeditated.
Writer among peers with diversion that's intentional
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
preplace (14 points)
To place beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
preprice (14 points)
To price beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
prerinse (10 points)
Wet before washing, maybe
Prepare for the dishwasher, perhaps
Wash lightly in advance
P·3+R·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
prescore (12 points)
To record the sound before filming
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
presence (12 points)
Impressive manner (of a person)
Being there (with an impressive manner?)
Bearing gifts for the listener
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
preserve (13 points)
Quietly order kipper (wordplay)
Jam in pupil's first book!
Conservationist's field (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 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
preslice (12 points)
To slice beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
pressure (10 points)
Harry from Persuasion (wordplay)
Kind of cooker
Tire gauge readout
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
prestige (11 points)
Collapsed spire - get standing!
Standing the pig with the steer
Succes d'estime
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
pretaste (10 points)
Sample of what's to come
Early sample
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
pretence (12 points)
Ten creep (anagram)
Mere ostentation variable
False show hiding reality
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
pretense (10 points)
Something done for show.
It's only make-believe
False show of something.
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
preunite (10 points)
To unite beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
primrose (12 points)
Strait-laced girl's flower (wordplay)
Flower that makes proper wine (wordplay)
Flower on a pleasant path (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
principe (14 points)
Brother of an Infanta.
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
priorate (10 points)
Abbot's assistant's office
Office of a certain religious leader
Office of the head of an abbey
P·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
pristane (10 points)
A chemical compound
P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
pristine (10 points)
Pure - tire spin (anagram)
Is Pinter play unused (wordplay)
Fresh and clean as if new
P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
probable (14 points)
Likely but not certain
Likely to be the case
Likely to happen but not certain
P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
procaine (12 points)
Old-time dental anesthetic
Dentist's anesthetic
Dental anesthetic
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
prodrome (13 points)
""A foreboding sign of disease, also PRODROMUS""
P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
prognose (11 points)
Forecast, medically
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
prograde (12 points)
To accumulate sediment and hence advance seaward
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
prolapse (12 points)
Slip out of place (medical)
Slide out of place
Slip out of place Med.
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
prologue (11 points)
Poor glue (anagram)
A novel start (wordplay)
Introductory section (of, eg, a play)
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 11 pts
prolonge (11 points)
A rope used for pulling a gun carriage
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
promisee (12 points)
Beneficiary, of sorts
Contract law figure
Party to a promissory note.
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 12 pts
promulge (13 points)
To {proclaim=v}
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
propense (12 points)
Tending toward
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 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
prorogue (11 points)
Put off supporting scoundrel
Suspend professional prankster
End a parliamentary session.
P·3+R·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 11 pts
prostate (10 points)
Gland inclined to Erastianism (wordplay)
Gland about the size of a walnut
Organ in favour of the government
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
prostyle (13 points)
Portico; lost pyre (anagram)
Greek portico not in amateur fashion
In favour of chic for Greek portico
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
protease (10 points)
Plants start to excrete enzyme
Substance in body supporting rib
Digestive enzyme
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
protegee (11 points)
Special female ward (wordplay)
Ms Ward (wordplay)
Girl given patronage
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
proteide (11 points)
""A nitrogenous organic compound, also PROTEIN, PROTEID""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
proteose (10 points)
A water-soluble protein
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
protrude (11 points)
Stick out, project from surface
Old maid carrying rhubarb stick out
Stick out, project from a surface
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
provable (15 points)
Able to be demonstrated
Meriting a "Q.E.D."
Capable of being established
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
province (15 points)
Ontario, for one
Backing Cable's department (wordplay)
Munster or Leinster, say
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
prudence (13 points)
Brown property of redness in copper
Shrewdness in planning ahead
Care and thought for the future
P·3+R·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
pruinose (10 points)
Covered with whitish dust, as a plant
P·3+R·1+U·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
prunable (12 points)
Like a rose bush
P·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
prunelle (10 points)
Prune packed without the skin
P·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
pterylae (13 points)
Pteryla
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
puggaree (12 points)
Up, up with a horse over a lough to go on ahead
P·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 12 pts
puncture (12 points)
Flat cause, perhaps
Cause of flat needing repair (wordplay)
Hole (in a tyre)
P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 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
purslane (10 points)
Weed with pink, fleshy stems.
Weed with pink fleshy stems.
Portulaca plant in salads
P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
pyranose (13 points)
A simple sugar
P·3+Y·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pyridine (14 points)
A flammable liquid
P·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
pyrolyze (25 points)
""To decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1 = 25 pts
pyronine (13 points)
A dye
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pyroxene (20 points)
Mineral found in igneous rocks
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+X·8+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 20 pts
pyruvate (16 points)
A chemical salt
P·3+Y·4+R·1+U·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts

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