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pagurian (11 points)

""A hermit crab, also PAGURID""

P·3+A·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

palmitin (12 points)

A chemical compound

P·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts

panacean (12 points)

Having remedial properties.

Be critical about an expert able to solve everything

P·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pangolin (11 points)

Scaly anteater - a long pin (anagram)

Pain long-suffering creature has

Long-tailed scaly anteater.

P·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts

panhuman (15 points)

Pertaining to all humanity

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

pannikin (14 points)

Small cup

P·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts

pantheon (13 points)

Special Olympians (wordplay)

Hall of fame

The gods of a people

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

papillon (12 points)

Charriere's dog (wordplay)

1973 McQueen/Hoffman film

Devil's Island escapee

P·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts

papyrian (15 points)

Resembling a {papyrus=n}

P·3+A·1+P·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts

paraffin (16 points)

Preservative coating material.

Nuisance about airmen needing fine oil

Fuel smell returns to soldier

P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts

parazoan (19 points)

Any of a major division of multicellular animals

P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts

parergon (11 points)

Moonlighter's second job

P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

partaken (14 points)

Shared a good round of golf (wordplay)

Had a share (in)

Eaten some (of food/drink)

P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts

partisan (10 points)

In Sparta (anagram)

Arts pain (anagram)

Prejudiced to one side

P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts

partizan (19 points)

""An adherent of a person, party or cause, also PARTISAN""

P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts

parvolin (13 points)

An oily liquid obtained from fish

P·3+A·1+R·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts

pathogen (14 points)

Heptagon (anagram)

Disease-causing agent

Disease-causing micro-organism

P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts

pattypan (15 points)

Summer squash variety

Baking container.

Squash variety

P·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts

pauldron (11 points)

""A shoulder plate for armour, also PULDRON""

P·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

pavilion (13 points)

Cricket ground clubhouse

Park picnic place

Players can pop in here for a change

P·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts

pavillon (13 points)

The bell of a wind instrument

P·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts

pearmain (12 points)

Worcester Conference chief (wordplay)

Fruit of the sea (wordplay)

Fruit that's most important: apple

P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pelorian (10 points)

Pertaining to a {peloria=n}

P·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts

pemmican (16 points)

Jerky cousin (wordplay)

Native American dried-meat concoction

Staple of old Arctic explorers

P·3+E·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts

pentagon (11 points)

Brass container (wordplay)

It holds a lot of brass (wordplay)

Brass building (wordplay)

P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

pentosan (10 points)

Plant substance

P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts

peregrin (11 points)

Type of falcon variable

Type of falcon Var.

P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts

perigean (11 points)

Type of spring tide

Like very close passage, as with fabled flyer going by wild cherry

P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

petition (10 points)

Amendment impetus, maybe

Request (often by many)

Request, maybe signed by many

P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

phenazin (22 points)

A chemical compound

P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1 = 22 pts

phosphin (18 points)

A poisonous gas

P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts

phthalin (16 points)

A chemical compound

P·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts

picaroon (12 points)

Alternative to "rapscallion!"

Pirate ship

Pirate perhaps still gets broken oar working

P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pitchman (17 points)

Certain major leaguer in ads (wordplay)

Jim Palmer in TV ads (wordplay)

Billy Mays, notably

P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts

pitchmen (17 points)

Pitchman

P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts

pivotman (15 points)

Basketball center, for example

Basketball center, at times

One playing under the hoop, often

P·3+I·1+V·4+O·1+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts

pivotmen (15 points)

Pivotman

P·3+I·1+V·4+O·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts

placeman (14 points)

Priest to thrash male civil servant

P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts

placemen (14 points)

British spoils-system beneficiaries

P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts

plankton (14 points)

Food for whales (wordplay)

Board not up for school food (wordplay)

Board weight (wordplay)

P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

plantain (10 points)

Pal at inn (anagram)

A hollow nut found in ordinary fruit

Firmly fix one in fruit

P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts

plastron (10 points)

Turtle's bottom shell.

Torso-protecting armor

Doctor patrols with new pad to protect chest

P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

playdown (17 points)

Minimise the importance of (something)

Make light of drama not working

Make light of

P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts

plebeian (12 points)

Non-U (wordplay)

Of the common people

Vulgar 'bleep' in a broadcast

P·3+L·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts

plectron (12 points)

""A small pointed object for plucking guitar strings, also PLECTRUM, PLECTRE""

P·3+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pleuston (10 points)

Aquatic vegetation

P·3+L·1+E·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

pliotron (10 points)

A type of vacuum tube

P·3+L·1+I·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

pointman (12 points)

Soldier at the head of a patrol

Go-to person

Forefront figure

P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pointmen (12 points)

Pointman

P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts

poltroon (10 points)

Having cut back course, one's afraid

No, L Troop does not want such a coward

Utter coward

P·3+O·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

polyzoan (22 points)

Old place to learn, with Australian, about an aquatic invertebrate

P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts

position (10 points)

It for one has a place in a broken spoon

Is it one place in the spoon (wordplay)

With it I have a place in 16 across

P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

positron (10 points)

Sub-atomic particle

Particle one found in smashing protons

Antiparticle of the electron

P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

postburn (12 points)

Following a burn

P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts

postteen (10 points)

Occurring after one's teenage years [adj] / a young adult

P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts

potation (10 points)

Bartender's product

One can swig a pint, too

Drink - a magical one ensnaring volunteers

P·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

pozzolan (28 points)

A finely divided material used to make cement

P·3+O·1+Z·10+Z·10+O·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 28 pts

preclean (12 points)

Tidy up ahead of time

Tidy up for the maid

P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 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

prenomen (12 points)

The first name of an ancient Roman

P·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts

preshown (16 points)

Preshow

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

pressman (12 points)

Certain newspaper employee

Urge fellow to become reporter

Correspondent put squeeze on husband

P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pressmen (12 points)

Galley slaves (wordplay)

Workers in paper hats

Urge fellows to become journalists

P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pressrun (10 points)

Number of book copies made

Circulation calculation

P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+R·1+U·1+N·1 = 10 pts

pretrain (10 points)

Discipline beforehand.

P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts

preunion (10 points)

A union beforehand

P·3+R·1+E·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

priapean (12 points)

""Phallic, also PRIAPIC""

P·3+R·1+I·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 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

prolamin (12 points)

A simple protein

P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts

propylon (15 points)

Structure forming the entrance to a temple

P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts

protamin (12 points)

A simple protein

P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts

prounion (10 points)

In behalf of organized labor

Like a Teamster, presumably

P·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

psilocin (12 points)

A hallucination

Mushroom drug

P·3+S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts

psoralen (10 points)

Substance used in treating acne

P·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts

publican (14 points)

One who'd give you wallop (wordplay)

Man behind bars (wordplay)

British tavern keeper

P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 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

punition (10 points)

Punishment

P·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

pupation (12 points)

The act of {pupating=v}

P·3+U·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts

purpurin (12 points)

A reddish dye

P·3+U·1+R·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts

pushdown (17 points)

Depress

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts

pygmaean (16 points)

Like a pygmy

P·3+Y·4+G·2+M·3+A·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts

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