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accipiter (15 points)
A hawk
Hawk shows caprice flying - the thing must be caught
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
amplifier (16 points)
Device used to increase sound
Device to boost sound levels
Part of a plane detector.
A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
apparitor (13 points)
""Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.""
A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appetiser (13 points)
An early form of fuel (wordplay)
Cook prepares it right away, perhaps
Hors d'oeuvre
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appetizer (22 points)
Eats before dinner (wordplay)
Clams on the half shell, perhaps
Hors d'oeuvre
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
applauder (14 points)
One who applauds.
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
appraiser (13 points)
Vintage-vehicle valuation expert
Art expert, at times
Extoller of a news agency's virtues (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
aspirator (11 points)
Medical device removing fluid
Suction pump.
Suction pump
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
barkeeper (17 points)
Sam Malone, on "Cheers"
Happy hour server
Dog secures European record for host
B·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
beekeeper (17 points)
One with a honey bunch?
One with the hives (wordplay)
Sir Edmund Hillary, for one.
B·3+E·1+E·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
bespatter (13 points)
Soil of a resort in superior situation
Cover with slander
Spray with droplets
B·3+E·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
capacitor (15 points)
Device used to store an electric charge
Energy-storage device
Charge-storing device
C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
capitular (13 points)
Member of church order or chapter
Member of a religious chapter.
Member of a chapter, as of the Masonic order.
C·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 13 pts
carpenter (13 points)
One of Salinger's artisans (wordplay)
Fish becomes woodworker (wordplay)
Craftsman/river sign (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
carpooler (13 points)
Morning pick-me-up (wordplay)
H.O.V. lane user
HOV lane user
C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
cartopper (15 points)
CARTOP able to fit in top of a car
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
catnapper (15 points)
Grabber of winks or a lynx (wordplay)
Capable parent's not fit to flop around one dropping off
C·3+A·1+T·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
compacter (17 points)
Compact
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
compactor (17 points)
Trash-crushing appliance
Performer after free ticket? This can be crushing
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 17 pts
completer (15 points)
Dot's follower, safe fellow about fifty, gives help in solving crossword
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
complexer (22 points)
Complex
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
comprador (16 points)
A kind of steward or agent.
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
copartner (13 points)
Associate can report disruption
Equal business associate
Associate with equal share in a business
C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
copolymer (18 points)
Synthetic compound with molecules of more than one kind
C·3+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
corrupter (13 points)
Wicked one
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
corruptor (13 points)
Bad influence
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
cosponsor (13 points)
Jointly underwrite
C·3+O·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
crumplier (15 points)
Crumply
C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
cupbearer (15 points)
Ganymede's saucer (wordplay)
Wine server, to a king
Certain servant in a royal palace
C·3+U·1+P·3+B·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
curlpaper (15 points)
""(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl""
C·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
deepwater (15 points)
Type of Conrad's seamen.
Serious trouble, so to speak
Area of danger
D·2+E·1+E·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
depositor (12 points)
Saver made half the penniless sit inside
Bank account holder
One putting money into a bank account
D·2+E·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
depressor (12 points)
Doctor's instrument
Muscle of a certain kind.
Instrument for the tongue
D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
despairer (12 points)
Hopeless one.
D·2+E·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
despoiler (12 points)
Sherman at Atlanta
Thief.
Thief
D·2+E·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
developer (15 points)
One with lots to talk about
Photo lab chemical
Real estate speculator
D·2+E·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
disappear (14 points)
Said paper has to go (wordplay)
Sink from sight
Vanish from view
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
dispenser (12 points)
Paper-cup container for vending machines
Little girl meets poet in the chemist
It delivers if I press end roughly
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
disperser (12 points)
Scattering agent - rips reeds (anagram)
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
disrepair (12 points)
Sorry state of ruin (wordplay)
Duke is to retire in ruin
Dilapidated state is hell to put right
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 12 pts
disrupter (12 points)
Troublemaker.
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
distemper (14 points)
Complaint affecting setter (wordplay)
Confounding me, striped paint!
Fido's upset the paint!
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
dognapper (15 points)
Person who takes pointers from others (wordplay)
D·2+O·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
epicenter (13 points)
Earthquake origination point
Starting point of certain waves
Focal point, as of a quake
E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
epistoler (11 points)
Jeffrey Aspern's sort of writer
Church reader always carries a weapon
A man of letters
E·1+P·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
excerpter (20 points)
EXCERPT to select a passage from
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
excerptor (20 points)
One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 20 pts
expediter (19 points)
Dispatcher
Facilitator
E·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
expeditor (19 points)
One facilitating export almost died at sea
One dispatches journalist supporting one-time president
E·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
explainer (18 points)
Teacher, at times
He makes clear letter clearer
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
exploiter (18 points)
Old loaf cut by shop's end user
One who makes gain at another's expense
Oil - expert refiner can make it profitable
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
expositor (18 points)
Role of a news commentator.
One shows it in poor sex novel
Explainer of complicated ideas or theories
E·1+X·8+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
expounder (19 points)
Former boxer (wordplay)
Show sedated one giving details
Old money about to be taken up to interpreter
E·1+X·8+P·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
expresser (18 points)
Former ironer (wordplay)
Crowd replacing centre of Exeter, one might announce
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
eyepopper (18 points)
It's impressive
Real attention-getter
Spectacular specimen
E·1+Y·4+E·1+P·3+O·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
firepower (17 points)
Disposable weapons (wordplay)
What 1 across has in the 10 across way
*Military's capability
F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
fluorspar (14 points)
Mineral used in the manufacture of glass
F·4+L·1+U·1+O·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
gospeller (12 points)
Begone, witch, and spread the word!
Evangelist shot wizard (wordplay)
Preacher or evangelist
G·2+O·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
gunpowder (16 points)
Explosive mixture (of tea?)
It's used in gunnery and fireworks
Explosive magazine article
G·2+U·1+N·1+P·3+O·1+W·4+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
harpooner (14 points)
Queequeg, in "Moby-Dick"
Queequeg, for example
Captain Ahab, ultimately
H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
homopolar (16 points)
(Chemistry) Chem of uniform charge; not ionic; covalent a homopolar bond homopolarity   [ˌhəʊməʊpəʊˈlærɪtɪ ˌhɒm-] n
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 16 pts
imperator (13 points)
Roman title of honor
Title for Caesar
Monkey transformed to rear commander
I·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
implanter (13 points)
IMPLANT to plant firmly
I·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
imprinter (13 points)
Ink stamp, for one
Stamper.
I·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
innkeeper (15 points)
Highway man (wordplay)
One at the front desk, perhaps
Harry Bailly, in "The Canterbury Tales"
I·1+N·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
inspector (13 points)
One having good looks (wordplay)
Morse perhaps, stern cop I fancy
Yard worker (wordplay)
I·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
joypopper (25 points)
JOYPOP to use habit-forming drugs occasionally
J·8+O·1+Y·4+P·3+O·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
kidnapper (18 points)
Sleeping goat (wordplay)
Ransom-note writer
Child sent to head as criminal
K·5+I·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
lampooner (13 points)
Trump satirist Sarah Cooper, for example
Parodist performing in Palermo resort
Hit on river, one right for satirist
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
manipular (13 points)
""Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company.""
M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 13 pts
newspaper (16 points)
Snapper we employed here (wordplay)
Times for one
Extra, for one.
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
nitpicker (17 points)
Lice checker who's fussy (wordplay)
One overly concerned with details
Petty finder of errors
N·1+I·1+T·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
nonplanar (11 points)
PLANAR {flat=adj}
N·1+O·1+N·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
notepaper (13 points)
Some personalized sheets
Spot to jot
Writing material for sheet music
N·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
operagoer (12 points)
Carmen's patron (wordplay)
Met somebody (wordplay)
Met someone (wordplay)
O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
opercular (13 points)
Sorting out our place, right, in a bit of a flap (wordplay)
O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 13 pts
oppressor (13 points)
Proposers for one who persecutes
White Russian, to Lenin
In Tempest, Prospero's a tyrant
O·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
optimizer (22 points)
""OPTIMIZE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMISE""
O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
overpower (17 points)
Stage a coup? Balls might
Prove too strong for
Prove bad debtor's beat
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
pacemaker (19 points)
One in the lead.
Are pack, perhaps, keeping me back? Certainly not!
Producer of artificial rhythms
P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
paganizer (21 points)
""PAGANIZE to make irreligious, also PAGANISE""
P·3+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
palliator (11 points)
PALLIATE to cloak or disguise
P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
panickier (17 points)
Panicky
P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
paralyzer (23 points)
""PARALYZE to render incapable of movement, also PARALYSE""
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
parameter (13 points)
Factor defining limits
Variable disciple, a beast inside
Figure in a math function
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
passenger (12 points)
One on a train perhaps
15 across may have one
He's taken for a ride.
P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
patienter (11 points)
Patient
P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
patissier (11 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
patroller (11 points)
Cop on the beat
Guard Irishman's posh car
Mobile guard
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
paunchier (16 points)
Paunchy
P·3+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
paymaster (16 points)
Dispenser of wages
Dispenser of soldiers' salaries
Official dealing with wages
P·3+A·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
peculator (13 points)
Embezzler to clear up mess
Gambler decapitated thief
A thief, especially an embezzler
P·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
pedometer (14 points)
Tread a measure (wordplay)
Tom peered (anagram)
Gadget for walkers.
P·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
penholder (15 points)
Receptacle on a desk, perhaps
Calligrapher's need
P·3+E·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
pensioner (11 points)
Perhaps one ripens as retiree (wordplay)
Late worker (wordplay)
Old Chelsea player, perhaps
P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
perceiver (16 points)
Seer, of a sort
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
perfecter (16 points)
Perfect
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
performer (16 points)
A retired actor (wordplay)
Salesman turns up with past actor
One putting on an act
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
perimeter (13 points)
Outer limits (wordplay)
Prime tree (anagram)
Place for a fence, perhaps
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
permitter (13 points)
One who permits.
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
persister (11 points)
PERSIST to continue resolutely
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
persuader (12 points)
One convincing; gun
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
perverter (14 points)
One who perverts (a person or thing).
P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pewholder (18 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+E·1+W·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
phalanger (15 points)
Lemur-like creature
Possum's Australian cousin
King Henry in pain over Queen, the beast!
P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
philander (15 points)
Royal couple to flirt (wordplay)
Royal couple make love (wordplay)
Risk scandal, in a way
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
phlegmier (17 points)
Phlegmy
P·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+G·2+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
picnicker (19 points)
Person eating a meal in the open-air
Type of celebrator on 7 Down
P·3+I·1+C·3+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
pinsetter (11 points)
Bowling alley machine.
Bowling alley apparatus
Bowling-alley machinery
P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
pistoleer (11 points)
Wild Bill Hickok, notably
P·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
planisher (14 points)
""One who, or that which, planishes.""
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
plasterer (11 points)
Art repels crude artisan
User of Keene's cement
Worker in stuccompany
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
playmaker (20 points)
Strategic team athlete
Point guard, for example
Point guard, e.g
P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
plunderer (12 points)
One who benefits from a sacking (wordplay)
At the place under the hospital he's fond of the sack
P·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
poetaster (11 points)
Bad versifier; operettas (anagram)
Operettas ruined by his dire lyrics
Writer of contemptible verse
P·3+O·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
polyester (14 points)
Suit material, perhaps
This material goes out to Presley
Tennis racket string material
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
polywater (17 points)
""WATER to sprinkle with a transparent, odourless, tasteless liquid""
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
pompadour (16 points)
Not for the catwalk, our hairstyle
18th century women's hairstyle
Display a grim hairstyle? Hardly
P·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 16 pts
porringer (12 points)
Child's bowl.
Child's bowl
Small dish for Spanish campanologist
P·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
portrayer (14 points)
Artist needs beer to have inner spark
Actor, for example
Artist wants Guinness maybe when eating fish
P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
positiver (14 points)
Positive
P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
possessor (11 points)
Might one have an alternative (wordplay)
One's one of the haves
One of the haves
P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
possibler (13 points)
Possible
P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
posterior (11 points)
Toward the back
Silly tries let in by inadequate back
Later in time.
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
postponer (13 points)
One who postpones.
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
potboiler (13 points)
Stoner's pulp fiction (wordplay)
Book hastily written for gain
Hack's novel
P·3+O·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
pothunter (14 points)
Person interested in winning prizes
Vainglorious competitor uses drug - horse (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
potometer (13 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an apparatus that measures the rate of water uptake by a plant or plant part [from Latin pōtāre to drink + -meter ]
P·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
poulterer (11 points)
He's game to supply you
Dealer in fowl
Leo and Rupert nobbled dealer in game
P·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
practicer (15 points)
""One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts.""
P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
prankster (15 points)
Practical joker Colloq.
Practical joker: Colloq.
Person playing tricks on people
P·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
preachier (16 points)
More tediously moralising
More self-righteous support stifles influence
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
precensor (13 points)
CENSOR to delete a word or passage
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
precentor (13 points)
Choir leader
Queen Anne died despite Johnson's 'most universal genius'
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
preceptor (15 points)
Teacher or principal
Teacher, of old
Teacher
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
precursor (13 points)
Before the computer age (wordplay)
Cusp error responsible for omen
Something going in advance of another
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
predictor (14 points)
Jeane Dixon, for one
Weather man's role.
Someone who foretells events
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
predinner (12 points)
Like an aperitif
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
preemptor (15 points)
PREEMPT to acquire by prior right
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
preferrer (14 points)
One who prefers.
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preheater (14 points)
HEATER an apparatus for heating
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
prejudger (20 points)
JUDGER one who {judges=v}
P·3+R·1+E·1+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
premerger (14 points)
MERGER the combining of two or more businesses into one
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
prenumber (15 points)
NUMBER to {count=v}
P·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
presbyter (16 points)
span>Minister from cabinet
Church elder
Church minister
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+B·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
presenter (11 points)
Awards show host, perhaps
Here she rules over us, the shower!
Perhaps do nor as one for the show
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
preserver (14 points)
Thing on a big boat (with "life")
He keeps quiet about the waiter
A keeper before a waiter
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pretender (12 points)
James Stuart, for one
Not a genuine claimant (wordplay)
Claimant (to a throne)
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
preventer (14 points)
What Smokey wants you to be, re forest fires
Obviator
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
previewer (17 points)
Online photo album feature
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
pricklier (17 points)
Prickly
P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
privateer (14 points)
Ship quietly corroded in stream
Vessel's solitary lug pronounced
Type of armed ship.
P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
processor (13 points)
Teacher, or friend of Gilligan
Issuer of legal writs.
Computer hardware item
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
professor (14 points)
Four-time role for Patrick Stewart
Member of an academic faculty
University department head
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
profiteer (14 points)
Will he make too much of it (wordplay)
Scalp tickets, for example
Charge too much
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
programer (14 points)
PROGRAM to arrange in a plan of proceedings
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
projector (20 points)
Plan alternative cinema equipment
Slide-showing device
Film-showing machine
P·3+R·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 20 pts
prolonger (12 points)
""One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
propeller (13 points)
Screw (on a boat)
Jack's screwdriver (wordplay)
Fit retaining 45-inch screw
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
propellor (13 points)
PROPEL to drive forward
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
propretor (13 points)
""A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
prosateur (11 points)
English word
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
prosector (13 points)
""One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
protector (13 points)
Expert + sleuth + peak
Knight, to a damsel
Guard for Commonwealth head of state
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
protester (11 points)
Person in a sit-in, say
Member of the mob (wordplay)
SAT administrator, by trade (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
protestor (11 points)
Placard carrier, maybe
Member of the mob (wordplay)
One who disagrees Var.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
protostar (11 points)
Concept in cosmology
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
provender (15 points)
Not an amateur food seller (wordplay)
Dry food for beasts
Supplies spin round seller in US
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
pterosaur (11 points)
Extinct winged "lizard"
Ground or pasture for old beast
Ancient flier on quiet Eurostar train
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
publisher (16 points)
Eg Jonathan Cape or Hamish Hamilton
Bookmaker in bar spilled relish
Budding author's pursuit
P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
puckerier (17 points)
Puckery
P·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
puppeteer (15 points)
He pulls the strings.
A dog always welcomes favourite
Burr Tillstrom, for example
P·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
purchaser (16 points)
Patron has ship's officer storing tea
Tea break for cashier and buyer
One who buys something
P·3+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
purloiner (11 points)
Cleaner hides meat from thief
Cleaner hiding joint she's stolen
P·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
pushchair (19 points)
Promote president to pram
Reportedly pedal president's buggy
Baby transport
P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 19 pts
pyrolyzer (26 points)
""PYROLYZE to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
pyrometer (16 points)
An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
ragpicker (18 points)
Worker who positively impacts an urban environment
R·1+A·1+G·2+P·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
ratepayer (14 points)
Customer of a public utility
One called upon to face a local charge
Contributor to local council funds
R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
replaster (11 points)
Fix up old walls
Patch a wall or ceiling.
R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
repleader (12 points)
""A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.""
R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
repressor (11 points)
PRESSOR a substance that raises blood pressure
R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
reprinter (11 points)
One who reprints.
R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
respecter (13 points)
Obeyer, as of laws
Person paying homage to sceptre representing the queen
R·1+E·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
responder (12 points)
One replying or reacting
Pen pal, at times
First one on the scene
R·1+E·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
saltpeter (11 points)
Naturally occurring potassium nitrate
Another name for potassium nitrate
Ingredient in fireworks
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sandpaper (14 points)
Alternative to a plane (wordplay)
Abrasive sheet (DIY)
Wood-smoothing aid
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sandpiper (14 points)
Desert musician (wordplay)
Snipe's cousin
Small wading bird
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sapsucker (17 points)
It might be yellow-bellied
Yellow-bellied bird
Seedy cakes spur woodpecker
S·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
scalloper (13 points)
Mollusk gatherer
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
scrappier (15 points)
More combative
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
scrimpier (15 points)
Scrimpy
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
separator (11 points)
Opera star (anagram)
What keeps things apart
It divides cream and milk
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sepulcher (16 points)
Burial chamber
S·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
shampooer (16 points)
Hairdresser finds spectacles in small basket
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
shapelier (14 points)
Heels, pair becoming more elegant
Evoking more "hubba-hubbas"
More likely to be watched
S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sharpener (14 points)
Device for making a point (wordplay)
Gadget on the cutting edge (wordplay)
It makes a point or edge
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
shipowner (17 points)
Onassis, perhaps, captive in the sun (wordplay)
Transport magnate's shown ripe bananas
At sea, person with less time to find big fish in the main (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
shrimpier (16 points)
Shrimpy
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
shunpiker (18 points)
SHUNPIKE to travel on sideroads to avoid expressways
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts

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