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wabblers (15 points)
Wabbler
W·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
waddlers (13 points)
Ducks, for example
Ducks, when moving around
W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wadmaals (14 points)
Wadmaal
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wadmolls (14 points)
Wadmoll
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wageless (12 points)
Without income from work
Without time at last, and without pay too
W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wagtails (12 points)
Footballers' partners embracing team leader upset birds
W·4+A·1+G·2+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wakeless (15 points)
Not having a wash? So a good night
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
walkings (16 points)
Walking
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 16 pts
walkouts (15 points)
Pedestrian protests (wordplay)
Work stoppages
The Taft-Hartley law is concerned with these
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
walkways (21 points)
Pedestrians' paths
Passages from the Hitchhiker's Guide, for example
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 21 pts
walleyes (14 points)
Some pikes
Some perch
Food fish
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
walruses (11 points)
Large marine mammals
They fight with canines
Barrier nearly tricks sea mammals
W·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
waltzers (20 points)
12 in 3/4 time
Ballroom dancers
W·4+A·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 20 pts
wamefuls (16 points)
Wameful
W·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts
wanglers (12 points)
Manipulators
W·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
warblers (13 points)
Singing birds
Spring visitors in unseemly brawl at Queens
Singers fighting back learn early renaissance song intros
W·4+A·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
warlocks (17 points)
Spelling experts (wordplay)
Male witches or sorcerers
Sorcerer's relatives
W·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
warlords (12 points)
Men of power in China.
Chinese bandit leaders
Ten military leaders
W·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
warslers (11 points)
Warsler
W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warstles (11 points)
Warstle
W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wartless (11 points)
Without warts
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wassails (11 points)
Drinking songs, old style.
Toasts in old England
Carousals, in old England.
W·4+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wastrels (11 points)
Good-for-nothings.
1983 Michener novel
Profligates
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wattless (11 points)
Denoting a type of electric current
W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
waveless (14 points)
Having no waves
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wavelets (14 points)
Ripples in the water
Ripples
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
waxbills (20 points)
Waxbill
W·4+A·1+X·8+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 20 pts
waybills (16 points)
FedEx documents
Commercial papers.
W·4+A·1+Y·4+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts
wedlocks (18 points)
Wedlock
W·4+E·1+D·2+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
weedless (12 points)
Condition of an ideal garden.
Word for a well-kept lawn
Cleared out, as by hoeing
W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
weeklies (15 points)
Papers printed twice fortnightly
Types of magazines.
Many small newspapers
W·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
weigelas (12 points)
Weigela
W·4+E·1+I·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
welchers (16 points)
They fail to pay on their bets
Debt disregarders, slangily
They shirk from paying their debts or bets
W·4+E·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
welcomes (15 points)
We offer a hundred thousand of them
Accepts with pleasure
Greets with open arms
W·4+E·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
weldless (12 points)
Having no welded joints
W·4+E·1+L·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
welfares (14 points)
States of health, prosperity, etc.
W·4+E·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wellness (11 points)
Spring head for a state of good health
Rehabber's goal
Health nut's goal
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
welshers (14 points)
Swindlers who don't repay debts
Deadbeats
W·4+E·1+L·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
weltings (12 points)
Welting
W·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
wergelds (13 points)
Wergeld
W·4+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts
wergelts (12 points)
Wergelt
W·4+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wergilds (13 points)
Wergild
W·4+E·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts
wetlands (12 points)
Marshy regions of ecological importance
Bogs, for example
Vital nesting areas
W·4+E·1+T·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
whalings (15 points)
Whaling
W·4+H·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
wheedles (15 points)
Persuades by coaxing
Persuades with flattery
Uses flattery.
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wheelers (14 points)
V.P. and family: 1877-81
V.P. and family: 187781
V.P. and family 1877-81
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wheelies (14 points)
Things that can be popped on hogs
X Gamers pop them
Cyclist's tricks
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wheeples (16 points)
Wheeple
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
whiffles (20 points)
Whiffle
W·4+H·4+I·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
whirlers (14 points)
Whirler
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
whirlies (14 points)
Whirly
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
whistles (14 points)
Calls that may follow wolf (wordplay)
Sounds from a teakettle
Pipes with finger holes
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
whitlows (17 points)
Nails problem for Welsh leader on strike at low point
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 17 pts
whittles (14 points)
Pares
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wholisms (16 points)
Wholism
W·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts
whooplas (16 points)
Whoopla
W·4+H·4+O·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 16 pts
whortles (14 points)
Whortle
W·4+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wielders (12 points)
Ax users, for example
W·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wifeless (14 points)
Trouble-free in the East End (wordplay)
Single file, we abandoned ship
W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wigglers (13 points)
Belly dancers
Insect larvae
W·4+I·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wildcats (14 points)
Team from Lexington, Ky.
1986 Goldie Hawn comedy
Kansas State athletes
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+C·3+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wildings (13 points)
Wilding
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts
wildness (12 points)
Characteristic of flaming youth.
Unchecked behavior
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wiliness (11 points)
Crafty, sly nature
Cunning lies - wins by design
Craft with single course facing empty seas
W·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
windlass (12 points)
Blow that revolutionary girl!
Device for raising the old oaken bucket.
Apparatus for hoisting.
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
windless (12 points)
Still proceed in a more direct way
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wineless (11 points)
Without wine
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wingless (12 points)
What "apteryx" means
Like male fig wasps
Like fleas and lice
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
winglets (12 points)
Nestlings' appendages
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wireless (11 points)
Early name for radio
Requiring no cables
Brit's radio
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wishless (14 points)
Not wishful
W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
witlings (12 points)
Witling
W·4+I·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
witloofs (14 points)
Witloof
W·4+I·1+T·1+L·1+O·1+O·1+F·4+S·1 = 14 pts
wobblers (15 points)
Wobbler
W·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wobblies (15 points)
Wobbly
W·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wolframs (16 points)
Wolfram
W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts
woodless (12 points)
Lacking trees
W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
woodlots (12 points)
Tree farms
W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+L·1+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
woolhats (14 points)
Early political faction in S. C.
Term for rural supporters of Georgia politicos.
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+H·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
woollens (11 points)
Woollen
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
woollies (11 points)
Knitted garments
Kingfisher's familiar garments (wordplay)
Ring man in borders of Wales to get warm clothing
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wooralis (11 points)
Woorali
W·4+O·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wordless (12 points)
Before you start, this grid is dumb
Like pantomime
W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
workless (15 points)
Unemployed
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wrangles (12 points)
Disputes them to a degree at last
Approaches after work, dismissing fine for disputes
Disputes
W·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wrassles (11 points)
Wrassle
W·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wrastles (11 points)
Grapples: Slang
Grapples Slang.
W·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wrestles (11 points)
Puts a hold on, perhaps
Struggles to break a lock, perhaps
Has a lock on (wordplay)
W·4+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wriggles (13 points)
Squirms.
Writhes
W·4+R·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wrinkles (15 points)
Gathers shellfish round river
Things that can be ironed out
Depressions in the smoothness of skin
W·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

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