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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
concision (13 points)
Terseness
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
desertion (10 points)
That's leaving things in a barren state
Grounds for divorce.
Don Revie was accused of this
D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
diffusion (16 points)
I would back loud form of jazz spreading
Osmosis, for example
Dispersal
D·2+I·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
digestion (11 points)
Gut reaction (wordplay)
span>Fizzy gin and it
Process of assimilating food
D·2+I·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
dimension (12 points)
I'm done! Sin horrendous in magnitude!
Time, for one
Length or breadth, say
D·2+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
disburden (13 points)
Supply bride's undies, 50% off or free
Rubens did work for free
Underbids in order to offload
D·2+I·1+S·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
disproven (15 points)
Shown to be false.
Demonstrated to be false
Drips spilled on cooker shown to be a mistake
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
disseisin (10 points)
""SEISIN legal possession of land, also SEIZIN""
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
disseizin (19 points)
The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+I·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
diversion (13 points)
Little girl's type of entertainment
Bypass papers reviewed for adaptation
Category of many movies.
D·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
draftsman (15 points)
Bartender (wordplay)
One who draws up legal documents
Architect's aide
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
draftsmen (15 points)
Some architecture firm workers
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
dystopian (15 points)
"Hunger Games" descriptor
Like "The Hunger Games" society
Like 'The Hunger Games' society
D·2+Y·4+S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
egression (10 points)
Genesis or Kinks making an appearance
Leaving as green is so rough
Leaving
E·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
encrimson (13 points)
Incarnadine. Possibly for non-crimes
E·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
exciseman (20 points)
Duty collector (hist.)
'The de'il's away wi' him', said Burns
Old smuggler's foe
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
excisemen (20 points)
Duty officer? Remove him!
Smugglers are their quarry
British tax officers.
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 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
excursion (18 points)
Insure cox on pleasure trip
Outing curs, once it's charged
Sally's trip
E·1+X·8+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
expansion (18 points)
Sienna pox disorder is spreading
Increase in volume
Board game add-on
E·1+X·8+P·3+A·1+N·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
exsertion (16 points)
EXSERT to {protrude=v}
E·1+X·8+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
extension (16 points)
Annexe's relieved state (wordplay)
Anxiety no longer felt (wordplay)
Long to be more like this
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
extrusion (16 points)
Way of shaping metal.
Something squeezed out
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
eyestrain (12 points)
Result of computer overuse, maybe
Crammer's woe, perhaps
What a gricer does to get it (wordplay)
E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
firstborn (14 points)
The Number 1 seed (wordplay)
Heir to the throne, usually
Heir to a throne, typically
F·4+I·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
fisherman (17 points)
'Geezer' playing bass perhaps
West's compleatly shod angler (wordplay)
One making net gains (wordplay)
F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
fishermen (17 points)
Earners of net profits (wordplay)
Others with St. Nick's patronage
Catchers of sea creatures
F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
foreshown (18 points)
Foreshow
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
foresworn (15 points)
SWORN swear
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+R·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
gestation (10 points)
Joking, perhaps, in the womb
Development (in womb)
Carrying a child back, say, to terminal
G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
grantsman (12 points)
English word
G·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
grantsmen (12 points)
GRANTS grant
G·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
groomsman (14 points)
Member of the wedding
Male wedding attendant
Oliver Platt, to Stanley Tucci in 2012
G·2+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
groomsmen (14 points)
They're all for the best at the weddings
Bridesmaids' counterparts
Wedding attendants.
G·2+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
grosgrain (11 points)
Material son added to rum and water
Corded silk fabric
King George I dons sarong that's shot silk
G·2+R·1+O·1+S·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
guardsman (13 points)
Military protector
Royal protector
Reserve soldier
G·2+U·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
guardsmen (13 points)
Soldiers armed with guns on manoeuvres
State military volunteers
Beefeaters, e.g
G·2+U·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 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
gustation (10 points)
The act of tasting.
G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
hartshorn (15 points)
Deer's antler
Red-deer's antler
Heartless oriental deprived of smelling salts
H·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 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
historian (12 points)
Past master (wordplay)
Gibbon, for one
Scholar in thin air so flustered
H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
horsebean (14 points)
Fodder plant
H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
immersion (13 points)
Deep absorption (in a subject)
Involvement in memoirs is tricky
Dip? You might need such a heater
I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
impassion (13 points)
Fill with zeal
Excite
I·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 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
incursion (11 points)
Protecting love, suffer evil attack
Attack made into enemy territory
Arouse love to block evil hostile action
I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ingestion (10 points)
Act of swallowing
Swallowing of food, for example
Swallowing what's told jokingly over there
I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
insertion (9 points)
One that's never put out
Act of putting in
Placement of an ad.
I·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
intension (9 points)
Sounds as if it's meant to be in 28 across
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
intrusion (9 points)
Breach of privacy, perhaps
Buttinski's specialty
Interloping suitor's drunk inside pub
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
inversion (12 points)
Pals' account (wordplay)
Popular kind of atmospheric feature
Reversal of order in account
I·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 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
kinswoman (18 points)
Perhaps 10 winks stirred old chap
Niece or aunt
Grandmother, for example
K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
kinswomen (18 points)
Sisters and aunts, for example
Sisters and aunts, e.g
K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 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
magnesian (12 points)
""Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium.""
M·3+A·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
misbutton (13 points)
BUTTON to fasten with a small disk
M·3+I·1+S·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
misdriven (15 points)
Misdrive
M·3+I·1+S·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
misgovern (15 points)
Head wrong
Rule badly
Rule corruptly
M·3+I·1+S·1+G·2+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
misreckon (17 points)
To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate.
M·3+I·1+S·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
misshapen (16 points)
Distorted spin has me confused
Ugly in form
Unnaturally formed
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
misspoken (17 points)
Wrong, in a way
Not well-articulated
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
misthrown (17 points)
Misthrow
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 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
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
newswoman (17 points)
Murphy Brown for example
Murphy Brown for example
Murphy Brown was one
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
newswomen (17 points)
Connie Chung and Lesley Stahl
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
nonperson (11 points)
Celebrity now in obscurity
Man without a country
Enemy of the state, so to speak
N·1+O·1+N·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
oarswoman (14 points)
Female in crew, so man-o'-war goes crazy
Rebecca Romero, for example
She's involved in Samoan row
O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
oarswomen (14 points)
Females getting into row
People rowing creating chaos in a newsroom
Organised newsroom split by a group having a row
O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
obsession (11 points)
Sitting with old boy on hobby-horse
That's a thing one has
Fixed idea of old boy prior to meeting
O·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
obtrusion (11 points)
""The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world. as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.""
O·1+B·3+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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
offscreen (17 points)
Like many a Hollywood romance
Apt filmdom rhyme for "unseen"
In real life, to a movie actor
O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 17 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
ombudsman (16 points)
Official who hears complaints
*Official who hears complaints
Public-advocate official
O·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
ombudsmen (16 points)
Consumer advocates
O·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
onionskin (13 points)
Lily perhaps producing thin paper
Type of paper.
Kind of paper
O·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
outdesign (11 points)
Word with prefix out-
O·1+U·1+T·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 11 pts
outspoken (15 points)
Inclined to say exactly what one thinks
That's quite blunt
Frank has wrong number around radius
O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
oysterman (14 points)
Kin of a pearl diver (wordplay)
O·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
oystermen (14 points)
The Walrus and the Carpenter, by choice.
Mollusk chasers
O·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
pastedown (15 points)
Paper used to line a book's inside cover
Affix securely
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
penstemon (13 points)
Step on men, strangely, to get to the flower
P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
perfusion (14 points)
The act of perfusing.
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
persimmon (15 points)
Small orange fruit
Ebony family fruit
Fruit of the ebony family
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pervasion (14 points)
""The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phasedown (18 points)
A gradual reduction.
P·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
physician (19 points)
Licensed medical practitioner
Patience (wordplay)
Lifeguard (wordplay)
P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
pistareen (11 points)
An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.
P·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 11 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
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
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
preassign (12 points)
Designate in advance
Hand out in advance
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 12 pts
precisian (13 points)
""One who limits, or restrains.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
precision (13 points)
Digest is charged with accuracy
Summary I get on accuracy
Exactness on price is variable
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 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
prescreen (13 points)
SCREEN to provide with a concealing partition
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
preseason (11 points)
Add salt before the game (wordplay)
Training time for ballplayers
Like some exhibition games
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
prevision (14 points)
Glimpse of the future
Foresight shown in quiet homework
Power to see future change under leader of party
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
profusion (14 points)
Like Edward Teller (wordplay)
Riot for integration
Riot for union
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
progestin (12 points)
Birth control hormone
Hormone treatment for top singer
Stop finger becoming malformed with absence of female hormone
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 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
prosimian (13 points)
""Of or belonging to the Prosimii, a suborder of primates that includes the lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
protistan (11 points)
""Any of a group of eukaryotic organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista according to some widely used modern taxonomic systems. The protists include a variety of unicellular, coenocytic, colonial, and multicellular organisms, such as the protozoans, slime molds, brown algae, and red algae.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
provision (14 points)
Big leaguer's dream (wordplay)
Yes to eye exams!
NFLer's dream (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
recension (11 points)
Revision (of a text)
R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
recession (11 points)
Collapse of holiday - no one turned up!
Slack time for trade
Obama's challenge
R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·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
recursion (11 points)
The act of recurring; return.
R·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
refashion (15 points)
About the manner to design for the better
Make over
R·1+E·1+F·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
refreshen (15 points)
""FRESHEN to improve the condition of, also FRESH""
R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
remission (11 points)
Cancellation (of a debt)
Pardon granted for sins or crimes
Miser moves to holy city for forgiveness
R·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
remoisten (11 points)
Lick again, for example
R·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·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
resection (11 points)
Cutting away, are removing a part
A cutting or paring off.
R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
restriven (12 points)
Restrive
R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
reversion (12 points)
Getting back to about this account of it
One river's turbulent ebb
You get a return about this account
R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
revulsion (12 points)
Louvre's in mess with horror
Sudden and unpleasant violent reaction
Disgust
R·1+E·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
rhodopsin (15 points)
Retina pigment
Photosensitive pigment in the retina also called visual purple
R·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
roundsman (12 points)
Does he deliver the circulars (wordplay)
One who delivers goods
Daily deliverer of milk, papers, etc
R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
roundsmen (12 points)
Certain inspectors
R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
saccharin (16 points)
Sweet stuff made in a lab
It's cold tea at home with sweetener
With tea-bag first put in sweetener
S·1+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
sacristan (11 points)
A racist's upset new sexton
Church officer
Church official
S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
safetyman (17 points)
Football A safety.
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
safetymen (17 points)
""SAFETY to protect against failure, breakage or accident""
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
salaryman (14 points)
A Japanese corporate businessman.
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
salarymen (14 points)
SALARY to be paid periodically for non-manual labour
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
saltation (9 points)
Ballerina's forte
Dancing movement
That's bound to increase 12 across, it seems
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
salvarsan (12 points)
English word
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
salvation (12 points)
Army to the rescue (wordplay)
Deliverance (from sin)
Rescuing army (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
samaritan (11 points)
That's no passer-by. Good for him!
Helper of parable
Saviour sees Martina as 'troubled'
S·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
sannyasin (12 points)
Pl. sannyasis or sannyasins Hinduism A wandering mendicant and ascetic.
S·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
sapogenin (12 points)
A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
saskatoon (13 points)
City northwest of Regina
City of the Canadian plains
University city in Canada
S·1+A·1+S·1+K·5+A·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
satiation (9 points)
Surfeited condition
Overfullness
Surfeit.
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
saxitoxin (23 points)
A potent neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates that accumulates in shellfish feeding on these organisms and consequently causes food poisoning in humans who eat the shellfish.
S·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 23 pts
scarfskin (18 points)
See Epidermis. Epidermis.
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+F·4+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
schlieren (14 points)
SCHLIERE a small streak in an igneous rock
S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
schnecken (20 points)
Schnecke
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
schoolman (16 points)
Medieval university teacher
Church looms over an Abelard
Educator in the Middle Ages
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
schoolmen (16 points)
SCHOOLE a {sandbank=n}
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
sclerotin (11 points)
An insoluble protein that permeates the chitin in the cuticle of arthropods and becomes hardened and darkened by a natural tanning process.
S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
screwbean (16 points)
English word
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
scutcheon (16 points)
Shield displaying rabbit's tail - church has one, possibly
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
secession (11 points)
Anti-Union choice
Withdrawal of Nessie - Scotch half drunk
The leaving of a federation
S·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
seclusion (11 points)
One alone is in it
Cousin Les disturbed privacy
What Thoreau lived in at Walden Pond
S·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

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