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abdicable (16 points)
Capable of being renounced
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
aberrance (13 points)
Departure from the norm
Welsh mouth to Breton river? There's freakishness for you!
Lincoln rector originally managed church going in the wrong direction
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
abscissae (13 points)
Some Cartesian coordinates
Non-ordinate coordinates
'x' co-ordinates make BASIC essay wrong, not 'y'
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
abundance (14 points)
A bread roll twist perhaps is plenty
Plenty, but it isn't a cake-walk!
Lots of baking at the ball (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
acalephae (16 points)
""All cnidarians (jellyfishes) collectively, compare ACALEPH, ACALEPHAN, ACALEPHE""
A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
acaricide (14 points)
(Medicine / Pharmacology) any drug or formulation for killing acarids
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
acceptive (18 points)
Fit for acceptance.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
accidence (16 points)
That's to do with grammar, for a change, and not by chance, by the sound of it
The sound of the mishaps may get to grammar for a change like this
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
acclimate (15 points)
Get used to (Amer.)
Cool indoor conditions (wordplay)
Harden against PAin, etc.
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
accretive (16 points)
Gradually built up
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
accruable (15 points)
""ACCRUE to accumulate, also ACCREW""
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+U·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
acetamide (14 points)
Solvent used in lacquers
Chemical came with a diet specially formulated
Musty-smelling crystalline solid (chemistry), emaciated (anagram)
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
acetylate (14 points)
Receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
acetylene (14 points)
It's a gas!
A collection o' thin ones? Great gas!
Kind of torch
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
acidulate (12 points)
Make slightly sour.
Make slightly sour
That's enough to make you sour - and make you dead in the end
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acquiesce (22 points)
Agree bill and become silent
Accept without protest
Agree or accept without protest
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1 = 22 pts
acrophobe (18 points)
One who hates heights
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 18 pts
actualize (20 points)
Make a reality of
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
acuminate (13 points)
""Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc. as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.""
A·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
addictive (16 points)
Hard to give up
(Of drug) habit-forming
Habit-forming
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
adductive (16 points)
""Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.""
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
adherence (15 points)
Observant quality present in fluid dance
You'd be stuck with that
Sticking ability
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
adipocyte (17 points)
Biological word for a fat-storing cell
Fat cell
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
adjective (22 points)
The good in "good riddance"
Modifier of a noun
'Dead' or 'alive'
A·1+D·2+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 22 pts
advective (18 points)
ADVECT to transport by the flow of a fluid
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
aerospace (13 points)
Soaring business (wordplay)
Opera case (anagram)
One industry above the rest (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
affective (20 points)
Tending to affect; affecting.
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 20 pts
affluence (17 points)
Well, that gets one off
Well, it's got off this
A guard contracts sickness in profusion
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
affricate (17 points)
""A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.""
A·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
aftercare (14 points)
Road to recovery
Need for recovering patients
Support to customer following a purchase
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
aitchbone (16 points)
Wasted the bacon sandwiches I cut
HB1 around the rump
Cut of beef
A·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
alchemize (25 points)
To change by alchemy; to transmute.
A·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 25 pts
algaecide (13 points)
English word
A·1+L·1+G·2+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
allocable (13 points)
Like some funds
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
allowance (14 points)
Per diem, perhaps
Kid's payoff (wordplay)
Share in ball, now dance all topless!
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
altercate (11 points)
Argue with the girl to try to change her
Dispute heatedly ( 9 )
Argue with Catherine for a change
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
ambulance (15 points)
Road mender (wordplay)
Transport patiently awaited (wordplay)
What drives you to get better (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
ambuscade (16 points)
Lie in wait for (someone)
Breaking: Cuba's made surprise attack
Concealed military force.
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
amebocyte (18 points)
Variant of amoebocyte .
A·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
anchorage (15 points)
City at the head of Cook Inlet
Alaskan Air Force base.
Place for ships to stop
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
anchorite (14 points)
Religious recluse (hist.)
Hermit or religious recluse
Hermit as a result of her action, sadly
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
anglicise (12 points)
Express in English finding flying angels around here in France
A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
anglicize (21 points)
Convert Giovanni into John, for example
Make English, in form
Make Jorge George, for example
A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
annoyance (14 points)
Can anyone shift pest (wordplay)
Bug party for Oriental pest
Pebble in one's shoe, e.g
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
anticline (11 points)
Grotesque streak in fold of rock
Arch of stratified rock.
Lark calling beneath arched fold of rock
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
anticrime (13 points)
Against lawbreaking
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
apiculate (13 points)
APICULATE
A·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
appetence (15 points)
A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
appliance (15 points)
Washing machine or toaster, say
Machine (for use in the home)
Gift for a housewife.
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
arabicize (22 points)
ARABIC derived from gum arabic
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
arccosine (13 points)
Inverse trig function
A·1+R·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
archetype (19 points)
Standard - cheap tyre (anagram)
Teachers' pay rotten? Not seen as ideal!
Jaguar follows supreme original model
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 19 pts
arecoline (11 points)
English word
A·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
armistice (13 points)
Signature moment (wordplay)
I cite arms deal before truce occurs
It's a crime breaking ceasefire
A·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
arrogance (12 points)
A grocer with an outrageous conceit
Too much pride in exotic orange car
An "offspring of riches," to Twain
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
artichoke (18 points)
After 'Jerusalem' maybe choir take break
Plant with a heart (wordplay)
Take choir trip to Jerusalem, perhaps
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
ascensive (14 points)
""Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.""
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
ascorbate (13 points)
ASCORBATE
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
ascospore (13 points)
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.] Illust. of Ascus.]
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
associate (11 points)
Hang out (with)
Not yet a principal
Rub shoulders of teammate
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
assonance (11 points)
Resemblance of sound (in nearby words)
Can season (anagram)
Resemblance of sound
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
assurance (11 points)
Confidence (in abilities)
Uses car with an awful confidence
Freedom from doubt.
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
astrocyte (14 points)
Star-shaped glial cell
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
athrocyte (17 points)
English word
A·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
auriculae (11 points)
Pl. auriculas or auriculae (-l ) A central European primrose (Primula auricula) having large yellow flowers grouped in umbels. Also called bear's ear .
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 11 pts
autoclave (14 points)
Surgical instruments steriliser
Relative of a pressure cooker.
Kin of a pressure cooker
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
avalanche (17 points)
It's down-white dangerous (wordplay)
A descent that's very flaky (wordplay)
Alpine snowdrop (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 17 pts
avoidance (15 points)
The shunning (of something)
Dodger's goal
Dodger's aim
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts

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