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abdominal (14 points)
Muscles packed to take a punch!
Muscle pack (wordplay)
Like some six-packs
A·1+B·3+D·2+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
accentual (13 points)
About a nurse, overcome by real stress showing
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
acidophil (17 points)
Growing well in an acid medium: acidophilic bacteria.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1 = 17 pts
acquittal (20 points)
Clear indeed, a pound maybe sought by 17
Outcome of the Lizzie Borden trial
Verdict of Not Guilty
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 20 pts
acropetal (13 points)
Like certain flowers in a batch - dead, gone over
(Of leaves and flowers) developing upwards from the base or point of attachment
Like the arrangement of some flowers in a batch with others
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
acrosomal (13 points)
ACROSOME a thin sac at the head of the sperm
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
actuarial (11 points)
So to be working with figures is risky
Of life-expectancy calculation
Relating to statistical calculation
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
adenoidal (11 points)
Glandular upset ailed an old Democrat
Glandular trouble almost laid one out
Like glandular tissue at back of nose
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
adverbial (15 points)
Kind of clause
Of a class of words.
Type of phrase
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
algicidal (13 points)
ALGICIDE a substance used to kill algae
A·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
altricial (11 points)
Born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial.precocial.
A·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
ambrosial (13 points)
Very delicious or fragrant
Fit for Olympian tastes.
Fit for the gods.
A·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
ancestral (11 points)
Of the family of Lancaster, perhaps
To do with forebears, say stately home
Like a family tree's roots (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
anecdotal (12 points)
Unreliable or hearsay (account)
Article located in ruins? That's hearsay
Based on hearsay
A·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
angelical (12 points)
Innocent-looking (var.)
Possessing heavenly qualities
Opposite of devilish
A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
antenatal (9 points)
Type of clinic or care
That's before we saw the light
Prior to birth
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
antidotal (10 points)
Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
antinodal (10 points)
NODAL of the nature of a node
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
antinovel (12 points)
Unconventional literary form
Not in favour of new form of literature
Literary term popularized by Sartre
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
antipapal (13 points)
Like Henry VIII, religiously
An inclination a friend has to be Protestant (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
antipodal (12 points)
Pertaining to the land down under.
At the other end of the world
On the other side of the earth.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
antiviral (12 points)
Like AZT
Terrible liar with interminable vanity makes treatment for Aids
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
appraisal (13 points)
Evaluation - papal airs (anagram)
Opinion of pair as lap dancing
Artist is in shock from assessment
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
archangel (15 points)
Nag Rachel (anagram)
Might a R alter L in Heaven (wordplay)
Chilled port for Michael (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+L·1 = 15 pts
archducal (17 points)
Befitting a prince.
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+U·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
armigeral (12 points)
""ARMIGER one who carries the armor of a knight, also ARMIGERO""
A·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
arsenical (11 points)
Clean air's unlikely to be poisonous
Like some poisoning
In charge in club, liable to prove poisonous
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
artisanal (9 points)
Like some cheese
Made by traditional methods
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
ascetical (13 points)
Like the lifestyle of many a monk
Rigorously abstinent
Austere.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
aspectual (13 points)
ASPECT to look at
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
atemporal (13 points)
A secretary, vocal, unaffected by time
Without regard for time
Timeless ruins at Palermo
A·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
auctorial (11 points)
Our Altaic version of the author
Of, by or typical of an author
Pertaining to a writer
A·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
authorial (12 points)
A harlot, I suspect, stealing Waugh's heart as a novelist (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
autosomal (11 points)
AUTOSOME a type of chromosome
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
avifaunal (15 points)
Of the birds of a region.
A·1+V·4+I·1+F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
azimuthal (23 points)
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
A·1+Z·10+I·1+M·3+U·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 23 pts
bacchanal (18 points)
Cold tea consumed by trite reveller
Wild and drunken celebration
Drunken party
B·3+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 18 pts
backpedal (20 points)
Reverse attitude - on bicycle (wordplay)
Modify one's opinion
Retreat in the ring
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+P·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 20 pts
bacterial (13 points)
Of unicellular micro-organisms
Like ptomaine poisoning
6 (anagram)
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
baptismal (15 points)
Of Christian ritual immersion
Type of certificate
Type of pool
B·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
baritonal (11 points)
""BARITONE a deep male voice, also BARYTONE""
B·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
barrelful (14 points)
Quantity of laughs (wordplay)
Quantity of monkeys or laughs
As much beer as can be put in one container (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
basipetal (13 points)
""Botany Of or relating to the development or maturation of tissues or organs or the movement of substances, such as hormones, from the apex downward toward the base.""
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
basketful (18 points)
Laundry load, typically
Laundry load
B·3+A·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 18 pts
beautiful (14 points)
Football, despite the scars (wordplay)
That's fine end for 2 down!
Narcissus' wedding song (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
betrothal (14 points)
Promise that makes both alter
Harbottle is thrown out by union
Promise to join criminal at brothel
B·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
bicameral (15 points)
Having two Houses (wordplay)
Like the United States legislature
Like Japan's national diet
B·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
bicipital (15 points)
""Having two heads or origins, as a muscle.""
B·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
bicoastal (13 points)
Like some long-distance relationships
Like the Atlantic bluefin tuna
Like a New York/Los Angeles romance
B·3+I·1+C·3+O·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
bigeminal (14 points)
GEMINAL having two matching substituted groups on the same atom
B·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
bilateral (11 points)
Two-faced (wordplay)
Like some treaties
Involving both sides
B·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
bilingual (12 points)
Shakira, for one
Able to code-switch, say
Fluent in double-talk (wordplay)
B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
biosocial (13 points)
Of or having to do with the interaction of biological and social forces: the biosocial aspects of disease.
B·3+I·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
blackball (19 points)
Karen and Lucille vote no (wordplay)
Shut out (of a group)
Something from a snooker room or bar
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 19 pts
blackmail (19 points)
Exact money (wordplay)
Motive for murder, perhaps
Film murder motive, perhaps
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 19 pts
blackpoll (19 points)
A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata). Dendroica striata).
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1 = 19 pts
blacktail (17 points)
Western mule deer
Mule deer
Deer.
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 17 pts
blastemal (13 points)
Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.
B·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
bombshell (18 points)
Stunner or shocker (wordplay)
Jaw-dropping news
Piece of devastating news
B·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 18 pts
bookstall (15 points)
Bibliophile's source
Reserves lofty retail outlet
Where the volume is not 30 across
B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
botanical (13 points)
Garden variety (wordplay)
Such gardens give trouble to Caliban
Derived from plants
B·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
bottleful (14 points)
The quantity contained in a bottle.
B·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
botulinal (11 points)
BOTULIN a nerve poison
B·3+O·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
bountiful (14 points)
Ample or generous (Lady!)
Generous lady of Farquahar (wordplay)
Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest's home in Utah.
B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
branchial (16 points)
Of or pertaining to branchi\'91 or gills.
B·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
bridewell (15 points)
Spouse quite possibly in prison
The Wife not in hospital? No, prison
Newly-wed rightly in prison
B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
broadtail (12 points)
Karakul pelt
B·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+D·2+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 12 pts
bronchial (16 points)
Kind of tube
Kind of anatomical tube
B·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
broomball (15 points)
Casual game akin to hockey
Sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates
B·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
bucketful (20 points)
Without opening blue KFC tub, in pieces how much chicken's there (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 20 pts
buckyball (22 points)
By luck, lab reconstituted molecule
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 22 pts
cacuminal (15 points)
""Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters. as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.""
C·3+A·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
cadastral (12 points)
Dealt a last card, showing value of holding
Public register's showing bounder among the stars
C·3+A·1+D·2+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
cadential (12 points)
CADENT having rhythm
C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
calcaneal (13 points)
""Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries. as, calcaneal arteries.""
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
canonical (13 points)
Required by secular law
Accepted as being authoritative
Like great works of art
C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
cantorial (11 points)
CANTOR a religious singer
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
captopril (15 points)
""A drug used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension and congestive heart failure, that functions by inhibiting the enzymes that activate angiotensin.""
C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+L·1 = 15 pts
carbachol (18 points)
English word
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1 = 18 pts
carrousel (11 points)
Merry-go-round
Renovated roundabout for Central Park.
Give someone a shout locally after vehicle takes left by roundabout
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 11 pts
cartwheel (17 points)
Is it your turn to do this (wordplay)
Handspring's kin
Part of a gymnastic routine
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 17 pts
carvacrol (16 points)
""A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui). C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).""
C·3+A·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+L·1 = 16 pts
catarrhal (14 points)
""Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.""
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
catchpoll (18 points)
A bailiff's assistant.
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1 = 18 pts
caterwaul (14 points)
Feline shriek - cult aware (anagram)
Queens on wall heard thus (wordplay)
Tempting appeal from the Queen's Mews!
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
cathedral (15 points)
Saint Paul's, for one
Winchester, for one
St Patrick's in Dublin, say
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
celestial (11 points)
Lets Alice refurbish? How divine!
How heavenly to have been so Chinese!
In grace, lest I allow heart's divine
C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
censorial (11 points)
Descriptive of a Watch-and-Warder.
C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
cercarial (13 points)
CERCARIA a parasitic worm
C·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
chanceful (19 points)
Hazardous.
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 19 pts
changeful (18 points)
Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 18 pts
chaparral (16 points)
Dense brushwood of the southwestern US
Thicket of shrubs.
Thicket of dense tangled brushwood
C·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
charbroil (16 points)
Way to cook steak
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+I·1+L·1 = 16 pts
choroidal (15 points)
Pertaining to the choroid coat.
C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
circuital (13 points)
CIRCUIT to move around
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
cisternal (11 points)
CISTERNA a fluid-containing sac
C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
cladodial (13 points)
CLADODE a leaflike part of a stem
C·3+L·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
clamshell (16 points)
The hinged door of a cargo aircraft
Cape Cod ashtray
Sea creature's protection
C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 16 pts
classical (13 points)
Of recognized excellence, music perhaps
Genre of music
Adhering to traditional forms.
C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
claustral (11 points)
Cloistral.
C·3+L·1+A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
cloistral (11 points)
""Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.""
C·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
closetful (14 points)
Amount of clothes, say
C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
coccygeal (19 points)
""Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebr\'91. as, the coccygeal vertebr\'91.""
C·3+O·1+C·3+C·3+Y·4+G·2+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 19 pts
cochineal (16 points)
Scarlet dye - in a cloche (anagram)
Red food dye (from beetles)
Said to be a dying insect (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
cockatiel (17 points)
Talking bird of Australia
Small crested Australian parrot
Australian parrot
C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 17 pts
cocounsel (13 points)
COUNSEL to {advise=v}
C·3+O·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts
coeternal (11 points)
Equally everlasting.
Olympian learnt about sharing immortality
It's characteristic of the Trinity to display tolerance
C·3+O·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
coitional (11 points)
""COITION sexual intercourse, also COITUS""
C·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
collegial (12 points)
Pertaining to, say, Eton
Among one's co-workers
Marked by sharing of authority
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
colloidal (12 points)
About a mixture
Like a gel jostling idol in refurbished local
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
colluvial (14 points)
COLLUVIA colluvium
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
colostral (11 points)
""The thin yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at the time of parturition that is rich in antibodies and minerals, and precedes the production of true milk. Also called foremilk .""
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
commensal (15 points)
One who eats at the same table.
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
committal (15 points)
Burial of a corpse
Act of consigning someone to prison
The pledge of confinement
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
conferral (14 points)
Honors ceremony
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
conformal (16 points)
CONFORM to {comply=v}
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
congenial (12 points)
A nice long break can be so pleasant!
Cosy conga (line dancing?)
Suited to one's taste
C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
connubial (13 points)
Of relationship between husband and wife
This bliss is of the married sort
Relating to marriage
C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
continual (11 points)
Occurring again and again
On and on.
Active material in a vaccine
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
convivial (17 points)
Jolly trick: small flask holding six
Sociable and lively
Cheerful and sociable
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
corporeal (13 points)
Bodily ingestion of drug by soldier
Substantial hole in reef's material
Bodily makeover for poor Clare
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
creatural (11 points)
Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature.
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
crossbill (13 points)
Angry on account of bird (wordplay)
Bird's exact heart (wordplay)
Flier's annoyed with demand for payment
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
cursorial (11 points)
""Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves. as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves.""
C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
curveball (16 points)
Pitch that fixes everything (wordplay)
It may cause a strike
Delivery that could lead to a strike
C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 16 pts
custodial (12 points)
Of confinement - aids clout (anagram)
A sentence to be penned (wordplay)
Relating to a guard or guardian
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
cycloidal (17 points)
""Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base. as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.""
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
dandiacal (13 points)
Adjective (-al)
D·2+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
daredevil (14 points)
Karl Wallenda, for one
Stunt performer, say
Evel Knievel for one
D·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+V·4+I·1+L·1 = 14 pts
deceitful (15 points)
Not to be trusted
Deft clue I misjudged? It's misleading
Cue lifted for swerving? False
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts
decennial (12 points)
Happening every tenth year
Lend a nice outfit every ten years
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
decontrol (12 points)
Remove restraints or official authority
Remove restrictions from
Make unregulated
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1 = 12 pts
deistical (12 points)
""Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.""
D·2+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
demential (12 points)
DEMENTIA a mental illness
D·2+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
demonical (14 points)
Fiendish
D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
denominal (12 points)
Formed from a noun
D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
dialectal (12 points)
Relating to regional speech
D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
diametral (12 points)
Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical.
D·2+I·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
diarrheal (13 points)
DIARRHEA looseness of the bowels
D·2+I·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
dictional (12 points)
DICTION manner of enunciation
D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
dicumarol (14 points)
English word
D·2+I·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+L·1 = 14 pts
dipperful (17 points)
DIPPER one that {dips=v}
D·2+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
disavowal (16 points)
Denial (of responsibility)
Query on the Wheel of Fortune set (wordplay)
Saying about 5-0 in face of contradiction
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
discoidal (13 points)
Diskshaped; discoid.
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
disentail (10 points)
To free from entailment.
D·2+I·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 10 pts
dismissal (12 points)
Release - marching orders!
Termination of employment
Permission to leave
D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
dispersal (12 points)
Opposite of aggregation
Distribution over a wide area
Spread Dianne's pearls around
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
dissocial (12 points)
""Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings. as, dissocial feelings.""
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
doctrinal (12 points)
Relating to beliefs
Like matters of orthodoxy
By dint of coral, can you get to anything so believable (wordplay)
D·2+O·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
dodgeball (14 points)
Phys ed game
Common game in a school gym
Frequently ruthless school gym sport
D·2+O·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
dominical (14 points)
The Lord's party, a small one, to call for curtailment
D·2+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
drawerful (16 points)
DRAWER one that {draws=v}
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 16 pts
dropsical (14 points)
Afflicted in Paris - cold, shivering
D·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
druidical (13 points)
""Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.""
D·2+R·1+U·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
dynamical (17 points)
Forceful young fellow holding 101 lots up
Backward boy, about first century, with a lot ... with a lot of energy
D·2+Y·4+N·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
ecclesial (13 points)
Goon upset some members of church assembly
E·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
editorial (10 points)
Leader's an idiot - real stupid!
Leader of opinion (wordplay)
Journalistic leader, perhaps
E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
effectual (17 points)
Producing the desired result
Sufficient to produce a result
Producing an intended result
E·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
effortful (18 points)
Strenuous discovery of truffle (wordplay)
E·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 18 pts
electoral (11 points)
Sort of roll, A-E, etc (wordplay)
College of voters (wordplay)
College of presidents (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
elegiacal (12 points)
1988's winning word: Mournful
Mournful Alice with a leg broken
Drunk Gaelic ale - becoming mournful
E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
elemental (11 points)
On the table (wordplay)
Basic Tears for Fears album (wordplay)
Basic and potent
E·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
embryonal (16 points)
""Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.""
E·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
emotional (11 points)
Caught up in the moment, maybe
Rational converse (wordplay)
Too menial to get worked up!
E·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
empirical (15 points)
Pragmatic way to price mail (wordplay)
Mail price (anagram)
Based on observation or experience
E·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
endosteal (10 points)
Wind up with nothing to lift from inside bone
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
ensorcell (11 points)
Fascinate; roll scene (anagram)
Enchant, fascinate; con seller (anagram)
E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts
ephemeral (16 points)
Brief won't last long in anyone's books!
Lasting a short time
Lasting a very short time
E·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
epidermal (14 points)
Relating to skin surface
Of the outer layer of skin
Of the outer skin
E·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
epifaunal (14 points)
EPIFAUNA fauna living on a hard sea floor
E·1+P·3+I·1+F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
episcopal (15 points)
To do with bishop - maybe Pepsi-Cola
See is special op compromised (wordplay)
See nature (wordplay)
E·1+P·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
epitaxial (18 points)
""Pl. epitaxies The growth of the crystals of one mineral on the crystal face of another mineral, such that the crystalline substrates of both minerals have the same structural orientation.""
E·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 18 pts
equivocal (23 points)
Ambiguous,can be interpreted in two ways
Uncertain note on Queen single's sung
Of uncertain nature or significance
E·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 23 pts
eristical (11 points)
Controversial
Controversial
E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
erosional (9 points)
Affected by wind or water, say
Relating to a process of wearing away
Like wind and rain
E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
erratical (11 points)
Erratic.
E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
essential (9 points)
Tails seen, perhaps, as necessary
In Germany it 29 down a twisted tail
In Germany 19 across with a twisted tail
E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
estradiol (10 points)
""An estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 24 O 2 , produced by the ovaries and used in treating estrogen deficiency.""
E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+L·1 = 10 pts
estuarial (9 points)
Like an arm of the sea
Of large river mouths.
E·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
ethmoidal (15 points)
Like a sieve; cribriform.
E·1+T·1+H·4+M·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
factional (14 points)
Pertaining to a party split.
Fan, a clot I suspect that's liable to be disruptive
F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
factorial (14 points)
Mathematical product indicated by "!"
F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
faldstool (13 points)
""A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.""
F·4+A·1+L·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 13 pts
fanatical (14 points)
Extremist is crushed in a final act
Overenthusiastic facial tan going wrong
Over-zealous
F·4+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
fatidical (15 points)
""Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak. as, the fatidical oak.""
F·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
fenestral (12 points)
Pertaining to a window or to windows.
F·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
fiberfill (17 points)
""Lightweight synthetic fiber used as filling or insulation, as in comforters, pillows, and outerwear.""
F·4+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 17 pts
fibrefill (17 points)
""(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a synthetic fibre used as a filling for pillows, quilted materials, etc.""
F·4+I·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 17 pts
fictional (14 points)
Imaginary spillage of oil in fact
Describing imaginary happenings
Like Mr. Darcy
F·4+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
financial (14 points)
Dough-y (wordplay)
Number of spies in last money matters
To do with money
F·4+I·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
fissional (12 points)
FISSION to split into parts
F·4+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
flavorful (18 points)
Likely to evoke yums
Yummy
Tasty
F·4+L·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 18 pts
flowerful (18 points)
Abounding with flowers.
F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 18 pts
fluxional (19 points)
""Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant.""
F·4+L·1+U·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 19 pts
footstool (12 points)
Twelve-inch ottoman (wordplay)
Pays bill, say, for furniture
Twelve-inch ottoman?
F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 12 pts
foraminal (14 points)
FORAMINA foramen
F·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
forestall (12 points)
Gets in first with nothing but woodland!
Everybody would, say, first anticipate
Get ahead of.
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 12 pts
forestial (12 points)
FOREST to convert into a densely wooded area
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
forgetful (16 points)
Apt not to remember
Inclined not to remember
Absent-minded
F·4+O·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 16 pts
fossorial (12 points)
""Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal. as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.""
F·4+O·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

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