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aromatics (13 points)
Sweet-smelling things
Fragrant plants
Spices
A·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 13 pts
arrogance (12 points)
A grocer with an outrageous conceit
Too much pride in exotic orange car
An "offspring of riches," to Twain
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
arsenical (11 points)
Clean air's unlikely to be poisonous
Like some poisoning
In charge in club, liable to prove poisonous
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
artefacts (14 points)
Relics, to Brits
Best cafe trattoria boxing up handmade products
A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
arthritic (14 points)
With inflamed joints
Suffering from stiff joints
In need of joint relief
A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
artichoke (18 points)
After 'Jerusalem' maybe choir take break
Plant with a heart (wordplay)
Take choir trip to Jerusalem, perhaps
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
articling (12 points)
Article
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
articular (11 points)
Pertaining to the joints
Pertaining to joints
Relating to a joint
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
artifacts (14 points)
Ruins things (wordplay)
Objects made by humans
Products of primitive man.
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
artificer (14 points)
Mechanic in the armed forces
A terrific oily mechanic
A terrific construction worker
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
artifices (14 points)
Clever tricks
The tricks of painting, if they're so cold
Strategems
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
aruspices (13 points)
Aruspex
A·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
ascarides (12 points)
Ascaris
A·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
ascendant (12 points)
Get-upping (wordplay)
Rising man penetrating a series of clues
Where the Star was in
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
ascendent (12 points)
Tending upward (var.)
Get up over the ant on the up and up
Rising; predominant
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
ascenders (12 points)
More than half of adulthood (wordplay)
Mountain climbers, for example
Ones on the way up
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
ascending (13 points)
Is counsel at last up to it (wordplay)
Up with a dying counsel!
Is counsel finishing up (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
ascension (11 points)
The Easter Rising (wordplay)
Canonises, being on the way up
Island of St. Helena.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ascensive (14 points)
""Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.""
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
ascertain (11 points)
Establish (the facts)
'Find out to assure me, perhaps (9)'
Find assure out (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ascetical (13 points)
Like the lifestyle of many a monk
Rigorously abstinent
Austere.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
ascidians (12 points)
Ascidian
A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
asclepiad (14 points)
""A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.""
A·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+D·2 = 14 pts
ascocarps (15 points)
Ascocarp
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
ascogonia (12 points)
Pl. ascogonia (-n - ) The female reproductive organ of ascomycetous fungi.
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1 = 12 pts
ascorbate (13 points)
ASCORBATE
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
ascospore (13 points)
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.] Illust. of Ascus.]
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
ascribing (14 points)
Attributing (to) - giving credit (to)
Crediting (to)
Putting it down to one as it's in writing
A·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
aspectual (13 points)
ASPECT to look at
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
asphaltic (16 points)
""Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.""
A·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
associate (11 points)
Hang out (with)
Not yet a principal
Rub shoulders of teammate
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
assonance (11 points)
Resemblance of sound (in nearby words)
Can season (anagram)
Resemblance of sound
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
assurance (11 points)
Confidence (in abilities)
Uses car with an awful confidence
Freedom from doubt.
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
asthenics (14 points)
Asthenic
A·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 14 pts
asthmatic (16 points)
Of a respiratory disease
German cathedral city
That's enough to make short of 27 down
A·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
astricted (12 points)
Astrict
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
astrocyte (14 points)
Star-shaped glial cell
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
asyndetic (15 points)
Of a sentence in which conjunctions are omitted
A·1+S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
atamascos (13 points)
Atamasco
A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+S·1 = 13 pts
ataractic (13 points)
Of or relating to a drug or other agent that has a tranquilizing effect.
A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
ataraxics (18 points)
Ataraxic
A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 18 pts
atavistic (14 points)
Resembling remote ancestors
Reverting to something ancient
Involving reversion to an earlier type
A·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
atheistic (14 points)
Rejecting higher authority (wordplay)
Eschewing a higher calling (wordplay)
Not believing the man is in Greek mode
A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
athletics (14 points)
Sports - cheat list (anagram)
His cattle wandering off track, perhaps
Lithe acts (anagram)
A·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 14 pts
athrocyte (17 points)
English word
A·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
atomistic (13 points)
Less than molecular
Composed of simple elements
A cat is twitching, completely broken down (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
atrocious (11 points)
Our coat is incredibly appalling
Terrible actor in trouble with debts
Very bad tragic actor promises to pay
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
attachers (14 points)
Attacher
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
attaching (15 points)
Fixing a non-drinker's craving
(M/W)elding
A teetotaller in pain, and stuck with it
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
attackers (15 points)
Offensive ones (wordplay)
People in a rush
They're 1 across, not 8 down
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
attacking (16 points)
Fighting animal volunteers upset leader
At the cat back there His Majesty is offensive
It's so offensive to get at this in a zigzag way
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
attackman (17 points)
Offense player in lacrosse
Lacrosse player on the offensive side of the field
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
attackmen (17 points)
ATTACK to {assault=v}
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
atticisms (13 points)
Atticism
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
atticists (11 points)
Atticist
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
attracted (12 points)
Employed a magnet (wordplay)
Engaged the attention
Exerted a gravitational pull
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
attractor (11 points)
Magnet or pheromone
Drawing card, essentially
Magnet, vis-a-vis iron
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
auctioned (12 points)
Had lots to sell (wordplay)
Had a lot to offer (wordplay)
Like a lot, perhaps
A·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
auctorial (11 points)
Our Altaic version of the author
Of, by or typical of an author
Pertaining to a writer
A·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
audacious (12 points)
Rash or insolent
Daring USA duo involved with CIA
Bold and daring
A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
audiences (12 points)
Play groups (wordplay)
House sitters (wordplay)
Interviews those in the theatre
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
auriculae (11 points)
Pl. auriculas or auriculae (-l ) A central European primrose (Primula auricula) having large yellow flowers grouped in umbels. Also called bear's ear .
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 11 pts
auricular (11 points)
Cur Laura and I stupidly told privately
French composer's universal god of the ear
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
auriculas (11 points)
Auricula
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aurochses (14 points)
Wild oxen extinct since 1627
A·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
autacoids (12 points)
Autacoid
A·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
autarchic (16 points)
AUTARCH an absolute ruler
A·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
autecisms (13 points)
Autecism
A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
authentic (14 points)
Real thin with a cute bust!
Genuine, not a copy
Real thin with a cute bust
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
autistics (11 points)
Autistic
A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 11 pts
autocades (12 points)
They're often escorted by police
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
autoclave (14 points)
Surgical instruments steriliser
Relative of a pressure cooker.
Kin of a pressure cooker
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
autocoids (12 points)
Autocoid
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
autocracy (16 points)
Absolute government by one person
Dictatorship, e.g
One-man rule.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
autocrats (11 points)
They reign without rein
Rulers with unlimited power
They're absolutely at the top.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
autocross (11 points)
Tossed out this sort of clue about sport
Motor racing over rough terrain
Slalom race on parking lot course
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
autoecism (13 points)
Having all stages of a life cycle occurring on the same host.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 13 pts
autogenic (12 points)
Golden garment on back of film needs training to relieve stress
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
autolytic (14 points)
""Of, pertaining to, or causing autolysis.""
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
automatic (13 points)
Will it shoot itself (wordplay)
Occurring as a matter of course
Type of gun or car
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
autonomic (13 points)
Like a nervous system
Occurring involuntarily
Acting independently.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
autotelic (11 points)
Of or pertaining to autotelism.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
avalanche (17 points)
It's down-white dangerous (wordplay)
A descent that's very flaky (wordplay)
Alpine snowdrop (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 17 pts
avascular (14 points)
Not having blood vessels
A·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
avocadoes (15 points)
Avocado
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
avocation (14 points)
That's the job - or maybe a calling
Hobby; avian coot (anagram)
A life's work leads to hobby
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
avoidance (15 points)
The shunning (of something)
Dodger's goal
Dodger's aim
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
avouchers (17 points)
Avoucher
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
avouching (18 points)
Keeping out of hospital, stifling cry of pain, giving assurance
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
avuncular (14 points)
Friendly, as an older relative, say
Friendly, like some relatives
Friendly in a non-threatening way
A·1+V·4+U·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
awestruck (18 points)
Wondering at a vehicle we collided with
Lost for words as we crashed lorry
Ace you and I hit is impressed
A·1+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 18 pts
axiomatic (20 points)
Taken for granted
Pertaining to self-evident truths
Of universally received principles
A·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 20 pts
ayahuasca (17 points)
Brazilian plant that has winged fruits
Tea in some Amazonian rituals
Psychotropic drug said to induce spiritual experiences
A·1+Y·4+A·1+H·4+U·1+A·1+S·1+C·3+A·1 = 17 pts
baccarats (15 points)
Baccarat
B·3+A·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
bacchanal (18 points)
Cold tea consumed by trite reveller
Wild and drunken celebration
Drunken party
B·3+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 18 pts
bacchante (18 points)
Female priest can chat and be funny
When she's drunk, might she get the cab back to sing a single note (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
bacchants (18 points)
Bacchant
B·3+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 18 pts
bachelors (16 points)
Single-minded people (wordplay)
Male roles for the composer (wordplay)
Ones not tied down
B·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
bacillary (16 points)
Of or pertaining to little rods; rodshaped.
B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
backaches (22 points)
Backache
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 22 pts
backbeats (19 points)
Rock sounds
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 19 pts
backbench (24 points)
Like most MPs, needing support with seat
(Of MP) not holding office
Bet against the replacements not in the cabinet
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 24 pts
backbends (20 points)
Some acrobatic feats
Calisthenics
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 20 pts
backbiter (19 points)
Perhaps a molar re tib
Molar (wordplay)
One attacks the reputation of another
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
backbites (19 points)
Attacks absent friends, say
Disparages player defending snacks
Slanders
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
backblock (25 points)
BLOCK to {obstruct=v}
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 25 pts
backboard (20 points)
It's behind a hoop
Where Wilt Chamberlain shines.
Support company leaders in panel
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 20 pts
backbones (19 points)
Main supports.
Certain columns.
Spines
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
backcasts (19 points)
Backcast
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 19 pts
backchats (22 points)
Backchat
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 22 pts
backcloth (22 points)
Support ministers creating a scene
Maintain ministers should set the scene
Painted fabric scenery
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 22 pts
backcourt (19 points)
COURT to {woo=v}
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 19 pts
backcross (19 points)
CROSS to intersect
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1 = 19 pts
backdated (19 points)
Made retrospectively valid
Made retroactive, as a contract
Pretended to have written earlier, as a letter
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts
backdates (18 points)
Makes retroactive... or what the eight other longest Across answers have
Makes retroactive ... or what the eight other longest Across answers have
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
backdrops (20 points)
*Prepares to pass the football
They go behind the scenes
Stage scenery.
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 20 pts
backdropt (20 points)
Backdrop
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+T·1 = 20 pts
backfield (21 points)
Group of football players
Players behind the line of scrimmage
Part of a football team
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 21 pts
backfills (20 points)
Restores a dig site
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 20 pts
backfired (21 points)
Rebounded noisily, perhaps on the grid
Went wrong
Had a bad effect on the instigator of the action
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 21 pts
backfires (20 points)
Has the reverse effect
Flops create serif, apparently
Boomerangs
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
backflows (23 points)
Backflow
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 23 pts
backhands (21 points)
Reverse shots on court (wordplay)
Not hush-hush tennis shots!
Support workers making plays in court
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 21 pts
backhauls (20 points)
Backhaul
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 20 pts
backhouse (20 points)
A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
backlands (18 points)
Backland
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 18 pts
backlight (21 points)
*Source of a halo effect
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 21 pts
backlists (17 points)
Where to find modern classics, say, in publishers' catalogues
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 17 pts
backpacks (25 points)
Hikers' burdens
Knapsacks, rucksacks
Students' carriers
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+P·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 25 pts
backpedal (20 points)
Reverse attitude - on bicycle (wordplay)
Modify one's opinion
Retreat in the ring
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+P·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 20 pts
backrests (17 points)
Many stools' lacks
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 17 pts
backseats (17 points)
Places for some drivers, so to speak
Passenger places
Car parts
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 17 pts
backsides (18 points)
Rears to support crews
They may get spanked
Rumps, informally
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
backslaps (19 points)
Strikes among co-workers (wordplay)
Congratulates effusively
Congratulatory gestures
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 19 pts
backslide (18 points)
Fall away in faith or morals
Revert to old habits
Left in rear, go astray
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 18 pts
backspace (21 points)
Return a letter, say
Certain typewriter key
Move a cursor left
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 21 pts
backspins (19 points)
Backspin
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 19 pts
backstabs (19 points)
Betrays, in a way
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+S·1 = 19 pts
backstage (18 points)
Behind the scenes (theatrically)
Near, but not in, the limelight
In the green-room
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 18 pts
backstays (20 points)
Backstay
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 20 pts
backstops (19 points)
Tennis and baseball necessities
Screens in sports arenas.
Gives support to summit's contingency plans
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 19 pts
backswept (22 points)
Defenders cried moving away from front
Slanting away
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+W·4+E·1+P·3+T·1 = 22 pts
backswing (21 points)
Golfer's reverse mode
Start of a golf stroke
Movement of sportsperson helps side
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 21 pts
backsword (21 points)
Fencing stick with a basket-hilt
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 21 pts
backtrack (23 points)
Beat a retreat (wordplay)
Retrace one's steps
Return to support course
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 23 pts
backwards (21 points)
How to look for nostalgia (wordplay)
Support hospital facilities in recession
What Mica Paris claimed you are
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 21 pts
backwater (20 points)
Re taw, perhaps, in no current way
O2H (wordplay)
Tew, perhaps, is an isolated spot
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
backwoods (21 points)
Support drivers (wordplay)
Help drivers to find remote places
Support golfer from remote country area
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 21 pts
backwraps (22 points)
Backwrap
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 22 pts
backyards (21 points)
Play areas, perhaps
S dray not on the road
City playgrounds
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 21 pts
bacterial (13 points)
Of unicellular micro-organisms
Like ptomaine poisoning
6 (anagram)
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
bacterias (13 points)
Bacteria
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
bacterins (13 points)
Bacterin
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
bacterium (15 points)
Salmonella, for example
Micro-organism that can cause disease
Micro-organism
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 15 pts
bacterize (22 points)
To subject to the action of bacteria.
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
bacteroid (14 points)
Resembling bacteria in appearance or action.
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 14 pts
bailiwick (20 points)
Area of authority
Jurisdiction of a bailiff
Area of expertise
B·3+A·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+W·4+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 20 pts
balaclava (16 points)
Battle overhead (wordplay)
Battle dress (wordplay)
Knitted hat (for bank robbers?)
B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1 = 16 pts
balancers (13 points)
Accountants, at times
Some circus performers
B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
balancing (14 points)
Acting on the beam (wordplay)
Olga Korbut's act (wordplay)
*Checking, as books
B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
balconied (14 points)
With raised platform unlocked, rook that is occupying it
B·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
balconies (13 points)
Theater features
Auditorium sections
B·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
baldachin (17 points)
Canopy for a shaven jaw (wordplay)
Unadorned feature beneath a cloth canopy
'Lacking a beard, this will give some cover over the head (9)'
B·3+A·1+L·1+D·2+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
baldricks (18 points)
Baldrick
B·3+A·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
ballistic (13 points)
Wild description of missile (wordplay)
What's round is jerky for a missile
Irrational way to go
B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
balmacaan (15 points)
Loose, boxy overcoat
Coat with raglan sleeves.
Man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
B·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+A·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
bandicoot (14 points)
Marsupial, one breaking ring on bird
Small insectivorous marsupial
Marsupial in group with one bird
B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 14 pts
bankcards (18 points)
They might get "swiped out"
Guarantors lean toward eccentrics
B·3+A·1+N·1+K·5+C·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 18 pts
barbascos (15 points)
Barbasco
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+S·1 = 15 pts
barbecued (16 points)
Cooked Texas-style
Had a cookout
They say doll waited in line and got roasted
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
barbecuer (15 points)
""BARBECUE to grill over an open fire, also BARBEQUE""
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
barbecues (15 points)
Events with steak-holders (wordplay)
Meals outside cooked on an open fire
Uses an outdoor grill
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
barbicans (15 points)
Barbican
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
barbicels (15 points)
Barbicel
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 15 pts
barcarole (13 points)
One perhaps dressed up a part for song
Number in Venice (wordplay)
Exclude Lombard (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
barefaced (17 points)
Not ashamed to be 31 across (wordplay)
Yogi unmasked (wordplay)
Kind of lie
B·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
barleducs (14 points)
Barleduc
B·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+S·1 = 14 pts
barnacled (14 points)
Having crustaceans, as a ship's hull
B·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
barnacles (13 points)
Geese that hang around ships (wordplay)
Shells found on boats' hulls
Building scale model for hangers-on
B·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
baronetcy (16 points)
Title that might be played by a cornet
Lowest hereditary honour
Lowest British heritable position
B·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
barouches (16 points)
Four-wheeled carriages.
B·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
barracked (18 points)
Encouraged to embrace a bishop when heckled
Accommodated as soldiers given hostile reception
Jeered
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
barracker (17 points)
Hostile demonstrator, a supporter down under
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
barracoon (13 points)
Prevent the car going in reverse with norhing on the end for the slaves
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
barracuda (14 points)
Plymouth muscle car
Predatory fish found in tropical seas
'68 Plymouth with optional Mod Top roof
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+D·2+A·1 = 14 pts
barrancas (13 points)
Southwestern ravines.
Ravines
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
barrancos (13 points)
Barranco
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+S·1 = 13 pts
barricade (14 points)
Barrier, to block a street perhaps
Defensive structure, maybe improvised
Temporary blockage to obstruct movement
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
barricado (14 points)
See Barricade. Barricade.
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+O·1 = 14 pts
basically (16 points)
In essence
At heart
Fundamentally
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
basilicae (13 points)
English word
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
basilican (13 points)
Church's prohibition covering mineral substance
Major church's interdict embracing quartz etc
One is able to follow saint of the church
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
basilicas (13 points)
St. Peter's and others
Roman assembly halls
St. Peter's et al.
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
beachboys (21 points)
God Only Knows group
All Summer Long singers
They sang "In My Room"
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+B·3+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 21 pts
beachcomb (22 points)
Go shelling, perhaps
Use a metal detector, maybe
Add to a shell collection, say
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3 = 22 pts
beachgoer (17 points)
Miami tourist, often
One packing up the answers to the seven starred clues, maybe
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+G·2+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
beachhead (20 points)
Landing point (for seaborne troops)
Troops' landing site
Normandy campaign objective
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 20 pts
beachiest (16 points)
Beachy
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
beachside (17 points)
On the waterfront, say
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 17 pts
beachwear (19 points)
Trunks, bikinis etc
*Thongs and surf shop T-shirts
Cabana items
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 19 pts

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