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abduction (14 points)
Carrying off (of a person)
Taking badly (wordplay)
Alien encounter, some claim
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abjection (20 points)
Hopeless state of protest when leader's been replaced
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
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
abruption (13 points)
""A sudden, violent separation""
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
accession (13 points)
The act of becoming monarch
Pretender's dream.
Getting to the office
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
accordion (14 points)
Push my buttons!
Musical folder (wordplay)
Welk's instrument
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
accretion (13 points)
Collecting corps' soldiers during battle
Process of growth
Increase of carbon in explosive reaction
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
actuation (11 points)
Process of making operate
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·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
addiction (13 points)
Monkey on one's back ("Henry V")
I did act on (anagram)
Maybe this is inhabited
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
adduction (13 points)
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
admission (12 points)
Madison Avenue undertaking (wordplay)
Guilty plea, say
Commercial assignment (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
adoration (10 points)
Commercial speech (wordplay)
Love a fair helping of bother (wordplay)
Allowance of fuss and of love (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
advection (15 points)
ADVECT to transport by the flow of a fluid
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
affection (17 points)
Feeling of fondness
Feeling of strong liking
Admiration of affectation from the army
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 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
afternoon (12 points)
Perhaps I am never in time like this
On following no following amend, perhaps
Am finished before it starts (wordplay)
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
agitation (10 points)
State of unrest
Rabble-rouser's activity
Attack of the fidgets.
A·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
amphibian (18 points)
Swimmer able to do the crawl (wordplay)
A suitable vehicle for Kermit (wordplay)
Sea-going jeep
A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 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
anchorman (16 points)
Rather rank (wordplay)
One with breaking news
Jim Lehrer, for instance
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
anchormen (16 points)
Huntley and Brinkley, for example
Rather and Brokaw, for example
Rather and Jennings, for example
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
animation (11 points)
I'm in a race - go!
Paul's in a state - that's life!
Perhaps I'm A in a people for life
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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
anthemion (14 points)
A floral ornament. See Palmette Palmette
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
anthocyan (17 points)
Any of various water-soluble pigments that impart to flowers and other plant parts colors ranging from violet and blue to most shades of red.
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
anthozoan (21 points)
Pertaining to the Anthozoa.
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 21 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
antiauxin (16 points)
AUXIN a growth promoting substance
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+U·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
anticodon (12 points)
CODON a triplet of basic DNA components
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
antihuman (14 points)
HUMAN a {person=n}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
antimycin (16 points)
""One of several antibiotic substances produced by several species of Streptomyces, active against various fungi. They are used only experimentally, not in medicine. The two best-known antimycins are antimycin A1 (C28H40N2O9) and antimycin A3 (C26H36N2O9). They are notable for their mechanism of action, interference with the proton pumping mechanism of fungi.Streptomyces, active against various fungi. They are used only experimentally, not in medicine. The two best-known antimycins are antimycin A1 (C28H40N2O9) and antimycin A3 (C26H36N2O9). They are notable for their mechanism of action, interference with the proton pumping mechanism of fungi.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
antitoxin (16 points)
Shot in the arm, perhaps
Neutralizer of a sort
Substance that neutralises poison
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
antiunion (9 points)
Buster's stance, maybe
Wal-Mart, to many labor advocates
Unwilling to get organized
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
antiurban (11 points)
URBAN pertaining to a {city=n}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
antivenin (12 points)
Essential supply for an ophiologist
Solution to a snakebite
Substance that counteracts snake poison
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
antiwoman (14 points)
WOMAN to play the part of a woman
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
appertain (13 points)
Belong, relate (to)
Relate to an unusual pet pirana
Not the way 8 down would relate to
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
apportion (13 points)
Divide into shares
Distribute pro rata
Give it out that Father is up a bit
A·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 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
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
aspersion (11 points)
It's slander, like the old Iranian said
It's cast in a derogatory manner
This may be cast like one in one
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
assertion (9 points)
How silly to start to make such a claim!
Senator is about to make a statement
Claim first son has trouble in store
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
astrakhan (16 points)
Hark Satan (anagram)
Hark, Santa is in Russian wool
Fur - city on Volga
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
asyndeton (13 points)
I came, I saw, I conquered, for example
A·1+S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 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
attention (9 points)
Standing order (wordplay)
Notice a pressure in the ear (wordplay)
Mental concentration or awareness( 9)
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
attrition (9 points)
How wearing down here!
A wearing away
Wearing down, turning it into art
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
automaton (11 points)
Man of sorts.
Does this amount to a robot (wordplay)
Man of many parts, perhaps
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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
badminton (14 points)
Court trials (wordplay)
Venue for one sport or another
Glos estate doesn't show the best china!
B·3+A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
bandwagon (16 points)
1996 John Schultz film
Fred Astaire hit show.
What some politicians ride
B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
barbarian (13 points)
Conan, for one
Primitive rugby player (wordplay)
Brute, Scotsman, perhaps behind bars
B·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 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
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
bedridden (14 points)
Very ill, perhaps
Not up to being up
Laid up with an illness
B·3+E·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
bijection (20 points)
Mathematics A function that is both one-to-one and onto.
B·3+I·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 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
birdbrain (14 points)
Twittering twit (wordplay)
Silly person (with sparrow's mind?)
Silly fellow poked bard in rib
B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
bisection (13 points)
Division in half
B·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
boatswain (14 points)
Was I not AB? Wrong - I was!
Ship's officer sat in bow with a wound
Ship's officer
B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+S·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
bombardon (16 points)
Continue to attack such a music maker
Assail with many a blow on instrument
B·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
bondwoman (17 points)
Old slave's link with sultanate
B·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
bondwomen (17 points)
A woman bondservant.
B·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
boogerman (14 points)
English word
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
boogermen (14 points)
BOOGER a piece of snot
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
boogeyman (17 points)
Mr. Fright (wordplay)
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
boogeymen (17 points)
""BOOGEY to dance to rock music, also BOOGIE, BOOGY""
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
brannigan (12 points)
Melee
Squabble
B·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
breakdown (19 points)
Analyse sudden failure to work
Analysis of components
Lively shuffling dance.
B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
breakeven (18 points)
Point of no return (wordplay)
End with a zero balance
Show a zero balance
B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
bringdown (16 points)
Fetch a bit of fluff, appearing humble
Overthrow; humble
B·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 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
broomcorn (15 points)
""A variety of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) having a stiff, erect, much-branched flower cluster, the stalks of which are used to make brooms.""
B·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
buckthorn (20 points)
Prickly berried shrub
Prickly shrub with black berries
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 20 pts
cacodemon (16 points)
Shakespearean nightmare
Come and dance, keeping company with the devil
Running water stifles means of communication concerning evil spirit
C·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 16 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
caesarean (11 points)
Delivery for Julian (wordplay)
Surgical birth (Var.)
Like "Et tu, Brute?"
C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
caesarian (11 points)
Relating to Brutus' victim (Var.)
Pertaining to Gaius Julius
Re some Roman emperors
C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cameraman (15 points)
Snappy judge (wordplay)
TV station employee
Hollywood V. I. P.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cameramen (15 points)
Movie shooters (wordplay)
Photographers arrived with noodles
They ride the dolly.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 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
caparison (13 points)
Perhaps dressages for the horses
Read about a capital way to dress well
Rich cloth laid over a warhorse
C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
capsaicin (15 points)
""A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.""
C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carbanion (13 points)
An anion in which carbon carries a negative charge and an unshared pair of electrons.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
caretaken (15 points)
Caretake
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carnation (11 points)
America perhaps, after auto plant
What a blooming mechanical people!
Country estate perhaps first in bloom
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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
carrageen (12 points)
Mini modified genera of seaweed
Purplish-red, edible seaweed
Purplish-red North Atlantic seaweed
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
caseation (11 points)
A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·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
catamaran (13 points)
Boat for felines (wordplay)
America's Cup winner, perhaps
Feline boat (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cathepsin (16 points)
Any of various proteolytic enzymes found in animal tissue that catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides.
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 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
causation (11 points)
Reason why
Why one thing leads to another (wordplay)
Effect producer
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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
centurion (11 points)
Man of 18 (wordplay)
Roman army commander
Roman army officer
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cessation (11 points)
Stopping canoeists capsizing
Process of ending
The ending or being brought to an end
C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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
champaign (19 points)
University town in east central Illinois
Victor contrived gain in old country
Hospital used during manoeuvres in open country
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 19 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
charwoman (19 points)
Tea-lady appears daily
Office building cleaner
Cleaner nation under fish wife
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
charwomen (19 points)
Some cleaners
Cleaning ladies
Cleaners.
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 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
chawbacon (21 points)
'Half a dozen grinning -s watching him (Richard Jefferies, Green Ferne Farm)
C·3+H·4+A·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
checkrein (20 points)
A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; called also a bearing rein. bearing rein.
C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 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
chieftain (17 points)
Emir or raja
Leading man's changing it, if he can
One newt in file is the leader
C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 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
chinkapin (20 points)
Chestnut tree Var.
Chestnut tree variable
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chromatin (16 points)
Order discovered in laboratory animal in feature which contains DNA
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
chromogen (17 points)
Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chthonian (17 points)
Of the underworld
C·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
churchman (21 points)
Ecclesiastic
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
churchmen (21 points)
CHURCH to bring to a building for Christian worship
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 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
circadian (14 points)
Of daily biological processes
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 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
cnidarian (12 points)
Box jellyfish or sea anemone, for example
C·3+N·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 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
cocaptain (15 points)
Continental title
C·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cognation (12 points)
Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cognition (12 points)
Knowledge - incognito (anagram)
Knowledge - no to icing (anagram)
Faculty of knowing while incognito
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 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
commotion (15 points)
Public disorder
Disorderly outburst
Conservative proposal about honour causing uproar
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
communion (15 points)
Act of participating in the Eucharist
Sharing of spiritual feelings
Mass consumption that's common around university
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
companion (15 points)
Mate (maybe of honour!)
Person who lives or travels with you
One of the gang
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
concision (13 points)
Terseness
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
condition (12 points)
Provision for one's health
Part of an agreement
State one's requirement
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
confusion (14 points)
Averse to an alliance (wordplay)
Study nuclear process in chaos
What a blow to the head might cause
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
connexion (18 points)
Relationship: Brit. sp
A relationship: Eng. spelling.
Relationship Brit. sp.
C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
constrain (11 points)
Hold back - non-racist (anagram)
Restrict scope of (an activity)
Prison conveyance (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
contagion (12 points)
Liquid coating on a virus maybe
It can go on spreading disease
Common epidemic factor
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contusion (11 points)
Blemish beneath skin of onions cut out
This brews, by the sound of it.
Discoloration of skin of onions cut in pieces
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·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
cornerman (13 points)
English word
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cornermen (13 points)
CORNER to gain control of
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
corrasion (11 points)
""The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.""
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
corrosion (11 points)
Something worn on a hood
Rust, for example
Chemical process of metal erosion
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·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
countdown (15 points)
Missile launching procedure.
New Year's Eve tally
Stop at nothing
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
courtesan (11 points)
She's seduced no curates (wordplay)
No curates get mixed up with her!
No curates should take her out
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cowritten (14 points)
Like many screenplays
Like Rodgers/Hart songs
Like Lennon/McCartney songs
C·3+O·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
crackdown (21 points)
Expert depressed by repressive measures
Repressive action taken
Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 21 pts
cracksman (19 points)
... joker that breaks in (wordplay)
The burglar works out on the island
Burglar jokes with servant
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cracksmen (19 points)
CRACKS crack
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
craftsman (16 points)
Boatyard worker (wordplay)
Skilled sailor (wordplay)
Expert shipwright (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
craftsmen (16 points)
Males with manual skills
Males with skill in the manual arts
Manual workers with great skill
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cremation (13 points)
Burning (of a body)
Disposal of last atom in life (wordplay)
A burning romance somehow holds it back
C·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
crenation (11 points)
A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
criterion (11 points)
Swimsuit competition for one
Swimsuit competition for one
Where to play Touchstone (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crosstown (14 points)
Traversing Waltham, say
EastWest in Manhattan.
East-West in Manhattan.
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 14 pts
custodian (12 points)
Protector/guardian (of something)
He takes care to get a discount, perhaps
Keeper of keys
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 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
cytokinin (18 points)
Any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and growth and delay the senescence of leaves.
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 18 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
cytotoxin (21 points)
A substance having a specific toxic effect on certain cells.
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 21 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
damnation (12 points)
To hell with such a matriarchal people!
Oh dear, it's a matriarchy!
Curses motherland (wordplay)
D·2+A·1+M·3+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·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
deathsman (15 points)
Old-time executioner.
D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
deathsmen (15 points)
DEATHS death
D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
decapodan (15 points)
Of or relating to the Decapoda or a decapod.
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+A·1+N·1 = 15 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
deception (14 points)
'Code' with inept resolution is cunning
For such trickery one must need cop it
Smoke, from a magician
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
decoction (14 points)
Nice doctor shortly produced a pharmacological essence
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
deduction (13 points)
Removal from gathering
That's not 25 down, and with reason
Points taken away in the ring
D·2+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
defection (15 points)
The Berlin Wall's purpose was largely to prevent this
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 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
dejection (19 points)
Low spirits of a number getting dismissal
Despondency
Sadness ... or, read another way, what five puzzle answers have in common
D·2+E·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
demission (12 points)
""The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection.""
D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts

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