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abolition (11 points)
End of the act (wordplay)
A way to be doing with this (wordplay)
Action of terminating (a practice)
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
acylation (14 points)
ACYLATE to introduce acyl into
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
adulation (10 points)
Very high regard
Sycophant's specialty
High praise for an adult I love to tease
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
aflatoxin (19 points)
Poison produced by food moulds; oxtail fan (anagram)
A·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
allantoin (9 points)
""A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid. allantoic acid and amniotic acid.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
allethrin (12 points)
""A synthetic clear or amber-colored viscous insecticide, C 19 H 26 O 3 , similar to pyrethrin.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
alpenhorn (14 points)
Swiss signaling instrument.
Swiss wind instrument
Instrument planner used round the house
A·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
amygdalin (16 points)
""A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.""
A·1+M·3+Y·4+G·2+D·2+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
amylopsin (16 points)
The diastase of the pancreatic juice.
A·1+M·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
annelidan (10 points)
Earthworm or leech
It's to do with worms that lady confused Daniel
Earthworm.
A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
anthelion (12 points)
Articles above Leo, seen opposite the sun
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
antialien (9 points)
ALIEN to transfer to another as property
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1 = 9 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
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
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
battalion (11 points)
HQ and two or more companies.
Taliban to become an army unit
Large body of troops
B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
bilirubin (13 points)
""A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment.""
B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+R·1+U·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
bromelain (13 points)
A proteolytic enzyme obtained from pineapples.
B·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
caecilian (13 points)
""Any of various legless, burrowing, wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona, of tropical regions.""
C·3+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
candlepin (14 points)
Small-ball bowling target
Target for some keglers
*Boston bowler's target
C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
carnelian (11 points)
Did Inca learn of this gem (wordplay)
Red cross member (wordplay)
Variety of quartz
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
castellan (11 points)
Governor of a fortress
Warden in a medieval stronghold.
For one running keep tin of beer (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cattleman (13 points)
Neat fellow on the ranch (wordplay)
Ben Cartwright, for one
Shepherd's nemesis, in many oaters
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cattlemen (13 points)
Characters in "Old Arizona."
The sound of their work may be heard
Prime factors in the meat situation.
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
celloidin (12 points)
A pure form of pyroxylin in which specimens for microscopic examination are embedded.
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
chalazion (23 points)
""A tumour of the eyelid, pl CHALAZIONS or CHALAZIA""
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
chalcogen (17 points)
""(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table [from chalco ( pyrite ) + -gen ]""
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chameleon (16 points)
Lizard hard for animal to eat (wild one)
Quick change artist (wordplay)
Lizard able to change its skin colour
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
charlatan (14 points)
Flamboyant deceiver, mountebank
Quack, fraud, a flamboyant deceiver
Cleaner's mostly slow, and an imposter
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chatelain (14 points)
The master of a castle; a castellan.
C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chelation (14 points)
The process of removing a heavy metal from a solution by means of a chelate;
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chelonian (14 points)
Hen Nicola chopped up for reptile
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chilblain (16 points)
A chap on foot (wordplay)
Painful swelling brought on by cold
Painful swelling in winter
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
ciliation (11 points)
CILIATE a class of protozoans
C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cisplatin (13 points)
""A platinum-containing chemotherapeutic drug, Cl 2 H 6 N 2 Pt, used in the treatment of metastatic ovarian or testicular cancers and advanced bladder cancer.""
C·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
clampdown (19 points)
Get a grip (wordplay)
Attempt at suppression
Attempt to suppress something
C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
clergyman (17 points)
Is he in a service industry (wordplay)
My clanger about the vicar (wordplay)
Person of the cloth
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
clergymen (17 points)
Cloth workers (wordplay)
Revs may have them in masses 99)
Spiritual leaders of a Christian Church
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
clinician (13 points)
Doctor treating patients
Doctor working directly with patients
Workshop giver
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
closedown (15 points)
Shut completely, perhaps a business
Near to getting depressed? Gets wind up!
Secretive and depressed, stop operating
C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
coalition (11 points)
Alliance to adopt fossil fuel, perhaps
The alliance of carbonisation, perhaps
Group of allies
C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cobalamin (15 points)
See vitamin B .
C·3+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
colcannon (13 points)
Irish cabbage, potato dish
Pass priest eating Northern Irish food
Cabbage mashed with potatoes
C·3+O·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
collation (11 points)
Making a meal of Lolita con (wordplay)
Fast food (wordplay)
Putting in sequence
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collegian (12 points)
Student pass many picked up
Fisk attendee, for example
Student makes Colorado member confront Scotsman
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
collision (11 points)
Violent meeting of objects
Course drivers should avoid
Course to avoid
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collodion (12 points)
""A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a containing for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
collusion (11 points)
Secret or illegal conspiracy to deceive
Secret cooperation
Secret deception
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cornelian (11 points)
Banal piece by essayist? It's a gem
Dull red stone; lone cairn (anagram)
July birthstone
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cotillion (11 points)
Lively French social dance
Deb's ball
C eighteen dance
C·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cotyledon (15 points)
NCO old, yet turned over a new leaf
C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cyclopean (18 points)
Vast empty city with no place to settle
Gigantic.
Massive
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
cyclotron (16 points)
Physicist's accelerator
Particle-accelerating machine
Apparatus accelerating particles
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cytolysin (17 points)
""A substance, such as an antibody, capable of dissolving or destroying cells.""
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
dalmatian (12 points)
Croatian dog (wordplay)
A mad Latin (anagram)
Dog (from Croatia?)
D·2+A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
dandelion (11 points)
Leo's lawn invader (wordplay)
Your lawn guy (wordplay)
Leo's lawn invader?
D·2+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
dealation (10 points)
ALATION the state of having wings
D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
decathlon (15 points)
Latched on to jockey - it's eventful!
Ten out of ten for the all-rounder!
Summer Olympics event
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
decillion (12 points)
One followed by 33 zeros
1 followed by 33 zeros.
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
deflation (13 points)
A real let-down!
Decline in general price level
Loss of air
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
depletion (12 points)
Reduction in total value (of a resource)
Ozone layer issue
Reduction in quantity
D·2+E·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
digitalin (11 points)
Drug for fingernail treatment
Ailing, I'd start to take new drug
Approve of European cutting out a drug
D·2+I·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
doubleton (12 points)
Bridge suit holding
Two cards of a suit in a hand
Blonde out (anagram) - two cards
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
duralumin (12 points)
Metal found in mud deposit round Russian river
D·2+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
ealdorman (12 points)
An alderman.
E·1+A·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
ealdormen (12 points)
English word
E·1+A·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
effluxion (22 points)
The act of flowing out; effusion.
E·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
eledoisin (10 points)
English word
E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
elevation (12 points)
Height - a live note (anagram)
Piece of RICE (wordplay)
Face lift (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
elocution (11 points)
Speech in clue too complicated
The talking cure? That's a nice way of saying it!
The skill of clear and expressive speech
E·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
emulation (11 points)
Act of attempting to match or surpass
Effort to equal others
Wannabe's focus
E·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
enlighten (13 points)
Clue in brief (wordplay)
Show how to make it less heavy, perhaps
Impart knowledge to
E·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
epilation (11 points)
Removing hair, arrange into a pile
Hair removal finds Greek character overcome by joy
Religious, consumed by joy, shedding that which is superficial (wordplay)
E·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
euclidean (12 points)
Of an ancient system of geometry
Dutch uncle without a notion of geometry
Type of geometry
E·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
euclidian (12 points)
Geometry type
That's figuratively the hidden clue I had over the boy
E·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
evolution (12 points)
Change of life (wordplay)
Niche-finding process
Darwin's great theory
E·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
exclusion (18 points)
""The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.""
E·1+X·8+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
explosion (18 points)
Report rapid increase
Violent release of energy
Brisance causer
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
expulsion (18 points)
Removal, as from school
Action of forcing out
Dismissal
E·1+X·8+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
fellaheen (15 points)
Arab peasants
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
fellation (12 points)
FELLATIO oral stimulation of the penis
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
fellowman (17 points)
Kindred soul
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
fellowmen (17 points)
Brothers.
F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
filiation (12 points)
""The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.""
F·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
flagellin (13 points)
The chief protein component of bacterial flagella.
F·4+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
flotation (12 points)
If not a lot (anagram)
Company share issue may be not a lot if worked out
The offering of a company's shares for the first time
F·4+L·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
foliation (12 points)
Leaves like this
F·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
francolin (14 points)
Partridge old dictator left at home
How in France one might buy this bird with nothing and get nothing back
F·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
gentleman (12 points)
Word before, "Start you engines"
Polite, kind or upper-class fellow
(Upper-class) fellow
G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
gentlemen (12 points)
Well-bred softies (wordplay)
Third word of many speeches
Males with good manners
G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
gerfalcon (15 points)
Arctic bird of prey
G·2+E·1+R·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
gestalten (10 points)
Late gent's (anagram) - shapes, patterns, organised units
G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
grimalkin (16 points)
Cantankerous old woman.
Fiend which is cat, we hear
Old, unpleasant woman
G·2+R·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
guildsman (13 points)
Member of a medieval trade association
G·2+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
guildsmen (13 points)
GUILDS guild
G·2+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
gyrfalcon (18 points)
Fly, garcon (anagram)
Arctic bird of prey
NWT's official bird
G·2+Y·4+R·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
halogeton (13 points)
English word
H·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
handblown (18 points)
Formed or shaped with a hand-held blowpipe: handblown goblets.
H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
harlequin (21 points)
A stooped one (wordplay)
Clown in RU team, second to be dismissed
Commedia dell'arte buffoon
H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
heliozoan (21 points)
English word
H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
hemolysin (17 points)
English word
H·4+E·1+M·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
herculean (14 points)
Enormously demanding (task)
Strong as Poirot (wordplay)
Requiring very great effort
H·4+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
hifalutin (15 points)
Pompous, informally
Snooty, informally
Hoity-toity
H·4+I·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
hobgoblin (17 points)
Horror novel by John Coyne
Nemesis for Spiderman
Bugbear or bugaboo
H·4+O·1+B·3+G·2+O·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
implosion (13 points)
Sudden inward collapse
A bursting inward
A bursting inwards.
I·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
impulsion (13 points)
Drive and change oil in sump
It drives mischief-maker and soul in play
Current slump needs correcting: Number 10 is fronting push
I·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
inclusion (11 points)
Incorporation
Admittance
I·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
inflation (12 points)
Cause of increase in damage (wordplay)
Increase in prices
Threat to post-war economy.
I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
inflexion (19 points)
Playing Nixon file for voice modulation
A change in the tone, pitch of the voice
In the wire there's one on the pitch variation
I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
interclan (11 points)
CLAN a group of families
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
isolation (9 points)
Sit in a loo perhaps hopefully in this
Word before tank or booth
Remote and lonely state
I·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
kilderkin (18 points)
A liquid measure of 18 gallons
Like drink? Somehow this should keep you going
Sounds as if one murdered 'er relations with a cask
K·5+I·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
lactation (11 points)
Dairy process
Play at this in the dairy with a lion around
Sounds as if one might lack this to a tin of milk
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
lamebrain (13 points)
Expert in ornamental fabrics (wordplay)
No genius he
Bozo or dodo
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
laminarin (11 points)
A polymer of glucose and mannitol that is the main form of food storage of brown algae.
L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
laudation (10 points)
Might P raise this (wordplay)
Praise
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
layperson (14 points)
Non-expert, say
Non-clergy type
No reply as affecting ordinary guy
L·1+A·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
letterman (11 points)
'Top Ten List' reader
Star seen late at night
Stupid Pet Tricks talk show host
L·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
lettermen (11 points)
Some college athletes
College athletes.
Students with outstanding character (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
leviathan (15 points)
Moby Dick, for example
Moby Dick, e.g
Massive thing lit a haven development
L·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
librarian (11 points)
Book keeper (wordplay)
Quieter in a school, maybe
Book overseer (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
libration (11 points)
Balancing small party quota
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
lineation (9 points)
Delineation; a line or lines.
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
liquation (18 points)
""The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.""
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
liveryman (17 points)
Guy covered with foie gras (wordplay)
Member of a City Company
Predecessor of a chauffeur.
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
liverymen (17 points)
Stable fellows (wordplay)
Are they irritable when dressed alike (wordplay)
Stable chaps, but apparently irritable ones
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
longicorn (12 points)
Beetle with a lengthy narrow body
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
luciferin (14 points)
""Any of several substances found in luminescent organisms (such as the firefly, Photinus pyralis) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light. It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence. See also firefly luciferinPhotinus pyralis) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light. It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence. See also firefly luciferin""
L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
lumberman (15 points)
Awful mumbler - a northern feller
Paul Bunyan's calling.
Paul Bunyan, for example
L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
lumbermen (15 points)
They deal in deal
L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
malathion (14 points)
Organic phosphate insecticide
M·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
mammalian (15 points)
Warm-blooded, say
Like bats, cats and rats
Like a sucker Mother gets it driven back
M·3+A·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
medaillon (12 points)
I'm all done cooking piece of meat
Cut of meat Irish house put into fruit
M·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
medallion (12 points)
Ornament of mine, a doll specially made
Meat cut from prize animal
Award hung on a chain or ribbon
M·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
melatonin (11 points)
Hormone that induces sleepiness
Pineal hormone secreted in the evening
Hormone in male not developed
M·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
mellotron (11 points)
→ Mellotron® nt MEREOLOGY (Philosophy / Logic) the formal study of the logical properties of the relation of part and whole [via French from Greek meros part + -logy ]
M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
melphalan (16 points)
English word
M·3+E·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
metheglin (15 points)
Spiced mead
M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
middleman (15 points)
Intermediary no extremist (wordplay)
Not an extremist Wholesaler (wordplay)
The Go-Between (wordplay)
M·3+I·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
middlemen (15 points)
Wheelers and dealers, often
There's no end of them
They're not extremely businesslike
M·3+I·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
modillion (12 points)
""The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.""
M·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
molluscan (13 points)
Of or pertaining to mollusks.
M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
molluskan (15 points)
; Variant of molluscan .
M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+K·5+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
multipion (13 points)
Word with prefix multi-
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
muskmelon (17 points)
Cantaloupe, for one
Cantaloupe or honeydew perhaps
Monk's mule (anagram) - eg honeydew
M·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+M·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
myoglobin (17 points)
""A single-chain, iron-containing protein found in muscle fibers, structurally similar to a single subunit of hemoglobin and having a higher affinity for oxygen than hemoglobin of the blood.""
M·3+Y·4+O·1+G·2+L·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
myrobalan (16 points)
See cherry plum .
M·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
nonillion (9 points)
One followed by 30 zeros
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
occlusion (13 points)
Obstruction, blockage
Stopping up
O·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
octillion (11 points)
1 followed by 27 zeros
Thousand raised to the ninth power
Billion cubed
O·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
olecranon (11 points)
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
O·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
oleoresin (9 points)
Balm--of--Gilead, for one
Balsam fir or pine extract
Product from tropical trees.
O·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
olfaction (14 points)
Sense of smell
Act or function of smelling
O·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
ovalbumin (16 points)
The albumin of egg white.
O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+B·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
overblown (17 points)
Too blooming inflated
Past full bloom
Like many stump speeches
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts
overclean (14 points)
CLEAN to rid of stain
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
overflown (18 points)
Overfly
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
overladen (13 points)
Bearing excessive load
That's too much to have to bear
Under too great a load
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
overlearn (12 points)
Pursue studies unnecessarily.
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
ovulation (12 points)
Egg drop (wordplay)
Part of the menstrual cycle
Turn left amid cheers for release
O·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
oxacillin (18 points)
""A semisynthetic penicillin effective against penicillin-resistant infections, especially those of staphylococci.""
O·1+X·8+A·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
palanquin (20 points)
Shoulder-borne litter for one person
Box carried on poles
Scheme to kidnap adult one of five in litter
P·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
palmation (13 points)
""PALMATE resembling an open hand, also PALMATED""
P·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
palpation (13 points)
'Feeling' in a laptop programme
P·3+A·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
pantaloon (11 points)
Stock comic character
Man's sixth age
On to a plan about Columbine's father
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
parhelion (14 points)
One of Jilly Cooper's amendments (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
patrolman (13 points)
One keeping a beat (wordplay)
One who keeps a beat (wordplay)
Chap on the beat is an American cop
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
patrolmen (13 points)
Parking upset Montreal traffic police
Beat keepers
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
pellagrin (12 points)
One who is afficted with pellagra.
P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
peneplain (13 points)
Small enclosure on rough Alpine land surface that's denuded
P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
phellogen (15 points)
The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
phelonion (14 points)
Greek vestment to help out with tear-jerker
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
placation (13 points)
Appeasement
Act of making cool programme about jazz player I love
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
plainsman (13 points)
Flat dweller (wordplay)
Jimmy Carter, say, as a fellow on the level
Western ranger
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
plainsmen (13 points)
Nickname of Auburn's eleven
Conestoga wagon users.
Blackfoot or Arapaho tribes, for example
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
planarian (11 points)
Scheme laid down by heretic, a sort of worm
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
planation (11 points)
Geologic process of erosion
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
plantsman (13 points)
""One, such as a horticulturist, who collects or grows plants.""
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
plantsmen (13 points)
PLANTS plant
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
plication (13 points)
Fold.
P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
plutonian (11 points)
Plutonic.
P·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
policeman (15 points)
Member of the Garda, say
Male cop in bust (wordplay)
One keeping the beat (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
policemen (15 points)
Force units (wordplay)
Officers of the law
Guard them all by force
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pollution (11 points)
Smog, for example
12 across would have none of it
The 9 across of 25 down
P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
polymyxin (26 points)
Any of various mainly toxic antibiotics derived from strains of the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa and used to treat various infections with gram-negative bacteria.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+Y·4+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 26 pts
porcelain (13 points)
Aware of 8 down (wordplay)
Golden church in flatlands of China
Fine white ceramic
P·3+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
postilion (11 points)
Guide who rides a coach horse.
Rider of near-side coach horse
After one beast goes rider when there is no coachman
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
prelusion (11 points)
A prelude or introduction.
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
prolactin (13 points)
Platonic relationship initially producing this hormone
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
prolusion (11 points)
""A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
pulsation (11 points)
How a lion puts a throb like this
Regular throbbing
A throbbing
P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
pyroxylin (24 points)
""A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; called also pyroxyle. pyroxyle.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+X·8+Y·4+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 24 pts
rebellion (11 points)
Obstreperous feline (wordplay)
A wildcat rising (wordplay)
What a revolting, beastly king!
R·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
reclusion (11 points)
A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
R·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
reflation (12 points)
REFLATE to inflate again
R·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
reflexion (19 points)
See Reflection. Reflection.
R·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
reliction (11 points)
""A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.""
R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
repletion (11 points)
State of having had enough to eat
This has one full of peel in rot
Excessive fullness due to overeating
R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
reptilian (11 points)
Like a snake or lizard, eg
Loathsome agent returning to fix it
Contemptible and not to be trusted
R·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
repulsion (11 points)
Feeling of disgust
Feeling of intense distaste or disgust
Driving off US peril with no resolution
R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

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