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abattises (11 points)
Abattis
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abattoirs (11 points)
Meat packing plants
Animal slaughterhouses
Slaughter-houses
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abbotcies (15 points)
Abbotcy
A·1+B·3+B·3+O·1+T·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
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
abdicated (15 points)
Rejected ruling (wordplay)
Without Kitty, Jack croaked and gave up
Resigned as a royal
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
abdicates (14 points)
Becomes unruly (wordplay)
Gives up an office from basic date
Resigns, at a high level
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abdicator (14 points)
Edward VIII in 1936
He's giving up
King Edward VIII, for example
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
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
abducting (15 points)
Taking by force
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
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
abhenries (14 points)
Abhenry
A·1+B·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abhorring (15 points)
Detesting
Loathing
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
abidances (14 points)
Abidance
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abidingly (16 points)
Everlastingly
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
abilities (11 points)
The powers to do
Abigail fibs about information technology skills
Could a Billy have the skills to tease them, by the sound of it
A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abiogenic (14 points)
Not biogenic; not produced by living organisms
A·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 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
ablations (11 points)
Ablation
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
ablatives (14 points)
One curiously vets bail cases
Words in a certain grammatical case.
Cases at last
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
ablutions (11 points)
The act of washing
Usain Bolt ordered washing
Usain Bolt, after injury, showers
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aboideaus (12 points)
Aboideau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
aboideaux (19 points)
Aboideau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+U·1+X·8 = 19 pts
aboiteaus (11 points)
Aboiteau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aboiteaux (18 points)
Aboiteau
A·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+X·8 = 18 pts
abolished (15 points)
Like poll taxes
Got rid of
Put an end to
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
abolisher (14 points)
Abraham Lincoln, notably
Lincoln, notably
A throwback by literary cameraman chopping wood - one wielding axe
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abolishes (14 points)
Does away with
Gets rid of
Does away with Basil's hoe design
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 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
abominate (13 points)
Hate to be a man, I suspect
Tottering in boat, Mae can't stand
Regard with disgust
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aborigine (12 points)
Earliest inhabitant of, say, Australia
Native of Australia
Inhabitant of country before colonists
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
abortions (11 points)
Abortion
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abounding (13 points)
Perhaps a spring in abundance
Rich one leaping
That's what a leap year won't be a-doing
A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
abrachias (16 points)
Abrachia
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 16 pts
abrasions (11 points)
Skin scrapes
Playground injuries
Wearing a metal jacket, one gets no back injuries
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abrasives (14 points)
No-nos for cleaning glass stovetops
Emery, et al.
They create a lot of friction
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
abridgers (13 points)
Workers on a digest
They'll make short work of things
They shorten game in topless bars
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abridging (14 points)
Contracting a sort of loan
Curtailing one type of loan
Reducing a sort of loan
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 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
abscising (14 points)
Shedding
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abscisins (13 points)
Abscisin
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+S·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
abscissas (13 points)
Distances from the y-axis on a graph
X-coordinates, in math
BASIC compiled two directions as co-ordinate values
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
abseiling (12 points)
Sailor at sea, some say, descending by rope
Seaman yachting, say, or coming down rope
Sailor navigating yacht, say, or coming down rope
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
absenting (12 points)
Making (oneself) scarce
Submitted in the bag but not for the present, perhaps
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
absinthes (14 points)
Liqueurs made with wormwood
A bishop's vice, these short potent drinks
Wormwoods
A·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
absolving (15 points)
Tar perhaps filling in this clearing
Holding blameless
Clearing.
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
absorbing (14 points)
Like a great book, perhaps
What 15 across sounds it's doing
Sucking up to this with a lot of interest
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
abstained (12 points)
Didn't vote, perhaps
Refrained from voting
Sailor getting damaged kept dry
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
abstainer (11 points)
Seat in bar maybe not his (wordplay)
No little 21 across for one
Who's abandoned seat in bar (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
abstinent (11 points)
Refraining from drinking alcohol
Showing self-restraint
Can - missing round - be sober
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
abstricts (13 points)
Abstrict
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
absurdism (14 points)
Belief that we live in an essentially meaningless world
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 14 pts
absurdist (12 points)
Beckett, for one
Like a Something Different puzzle
Beckett's revising suits Bard
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
absurdity (15 points)
It's ridiculous vandalising a dirty bus
A dirty bus crashed, stupid thing
What nonsense to make the bar tidy with us!
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
abuilding (13 points)
Being {built=v}
A·1+B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
abusively (17 points)
In a harshly insulting way, say
Boatman displaces everyone, starting obliquely and cruelly
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
abutilons (11 points)
Abutilon
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
academias (14 points)
Academia
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
academics (16 points)
College professors, for example
Professors and such
Important section on college websites
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 16 pts
academies (14 points)
Schools whence ideas came (wordplay)
Places of study
I made case out for specialised schools
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
academism (16 points)
Adherence to formal rules in art or literature
Madame is upset about constant adherence to formal rules
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 16 pts
acariases (11 points)
ACARI acarus
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acariasis (11 points)
ACARI acarus
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 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
acaridans (12 points)
Acaridan
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
accenting (14 points)
A hundred cent gin with emphasis
With stress in a manner of speaking, perhaps
The way you might be talking if gin made it stronger
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
accepting (16 points)
That says one will
Being no refuse here, it seems
Save for the sound
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 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
accessing (14 points)
Retrieving (computer data)
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 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
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
accidents (14 points)
They happen, they say
They happen on the race track
Spills, falls, trips, etc.
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
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
acclaimed (16 points)
Gave a hand
Famous Latin academic has a breakdown
Publicly praised
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
acclaimer (15 points)
Applauder
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 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
acclivity (19 points)
Upward slope
Accountant before NYC, for one, admits Long Island five has its own slant
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
according (15 points)
Corresponding with Jennings (wordplay)
As reported or stated by
Allotting or granting
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 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
accosting (14 points)
Approaching and speaking to.
Policeman's activity, at times
Making a bold approach
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
accredits (14 points)
Certifies, as colleges
Certifies
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
accreting (14 points)
Growing together
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 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
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
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
acetamids (14 points)
Acetamid
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
acetified (15 points)
Soured star bound to accept condition
In a mess, if iced tea turned into vinegar
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
acetifies (14 points)
Acetify
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
achalasia (14 points)
""The failure of a ring of muscle fibers, such as a sphincter of the esophagus, to relax.""
A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+A·1 = 14 pts
achievers (17 points)
When they're high, they perform well
They have made the grade
People who get things done
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
achieving (18 points)
Bringing to a successful outcome
Gaining with effort
Getting a larcenous Conservative for leader ...
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
achilleas (14 points)
Achillea
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
aciculums (15 points)
Aciculum
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts
acidemias (14 points)
Acidemia
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
acidheads (16 points)
Frequent trip takers
They have a habit of tripping
Drug users as cover for chief of police (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
acidified (16 points)
Turned lemonade sour
Made into something turning litmus red
Soured
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
acidifier (15 points)
""A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.""
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acidifies (15 points)
Misconstrued sci-fi idea sours
Turns sour
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
acidities (12 points)
Acidity
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 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
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
acidulent (12 points)
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acidulous (12 points)
Sharp with asperity
Claudius prepared to eat duck and tart
U.C.L.A. duo is sarcastic
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acidurias (12 points)
Aciduria
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acierated (12 points)
Acierate
A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
acierates (11 points)
Turns into steel
A·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aconitums (13 points)
Aconitum
A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
acoustics (13 points)
Sound system (wordplay)
Stucco is a puzzle to science
Conductor's concern
A·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 13 pts
acquaints (20 points)
Bill, charming little son, keeps up to date
This makes one know what's so nice and old-fashioned in the sac
Lets one know how attractively old-fashioned this is in the sac
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 20 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
acquirers (20 points)
Acquirer
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 20 pts
acquiring (21 points)
Developing, as a skill
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 21 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
acquitted (21 points)
Found not guilty and discharged
All let off so a hundred went off
Having been let off, a hundred left
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 21 pts
acquitter (20 points)
One letting go
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
acridines (12 points)
Acridine
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acridness (12 points)
Extreme bitter taste
That's enough to make your eye smart
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
acritarch (16 points)
English word
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 16 pts
acrobatic (15 points)
Well-balanced, perhaps
Taking a tumble (wordplay)
Well-balanced (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
acroleins (11 points)
Acrolein
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
acroliths (14 points)
Wooden statues with stone extremities
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 14 pts
acronymic (18 points)
ACRONYM a word formed from initials
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 18 pts
acropolis (13 points)
Athens landmark arise (nonverbal)
Where the Parthenon was built.
Literally, "highest city"
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acrostics (13 points)
Initial readings (wordplay)
NEWS for the four directions, and others
Certain word puzzles
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 13 pts
acrotisms (13 points)
Acrotism
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
actinians (11 points)
Actinian
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
actinides (12 points)
Series of radioactive elements
Elements playin' a part on fateful day
Uranium and plutonium, for example
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
actinisms (13 points)
Actinism
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
actiniums (13 points)
Actinium
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
actinoids (12 points)
Actinoid
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
activated (15 points)
Made operative
Switched on
Fourth part of play a youth set in motion
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
activates (14 points)
Sets in motion.
Stimulates
Vitalizes.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
activator (14 points)
Turn-on (wordplay)
Chemical catalyst
Catalyst
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
activisms (16 points)
Activism
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts
activists (14 points)
Ones seeking change
They've got issues
Black Lives Matter demonstrators, for example
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
activized (24 points)
Activize
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 24 pts
activizes (23 points)
Activize
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 23 pts
actuality (14 points)
It's not a dream
Beingness or existence
State of real existence
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 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
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
actuaries (11 points)
Risk assessors sign, after a drastic cut
They calculate insurance risks
Insurance company employees
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
actuating (12 points)
Motivating
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 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
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
acyclovir (19 points)
""A synthetic purine nucleoside analog, C 8 H 10 N 5 O 3 , derived from guanine and used in the treatment of herpes simplex, herpes zoster, and varicella zoster virus infections.""
A·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+R·1 = 19 pts
acylating (15 points)
Acylate
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 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
adamsites (12 points)
Adamsite
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
adaptions (12 points)
Panda is to evolve in Darwinian processes
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
addicting (14 points)
Pusher's activity
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 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
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
additions (11 points)
New members of the family.
Extra rooms, for example
Extra publishings, by the sound of them
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
additives (14 points)
Coloring agents, for example
Substances blended with motor oil
Antiknocks, for example
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
adducting (14 points)
Adduct
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 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
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
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
adenosine (10 points)
The 'A' of ATP
The A in ATP
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
adhesions (13 points)
Abnormally united tissues
Firm attachments
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
adhesives (16 points)
Epoxy and others.
Sides have reconciled; they form bonds
Glue and rubber cement
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
adhibited (16 points)
Adhibit
A·1+D·2+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
adiabatic (14 points)
Maintaining the heat, key help to intercept agents from the south
Relating to process in which there is no transference of heat
A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 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
adiposity (15 points)
Idiot pays criminal for property of 6 23
Fatty nature
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 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
adjoining (18 points)
Do a jig in new building next door
A daughter doing woodwork? Touching
A daughter getting married next door
A·1+D·2+J·8+O·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
adjudging (20 points)
Adjudge
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 20 pts
adjusting (18 points)
Fine-tuning
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
adjustive (20 points)
Tending to adjust.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 20 pts
admirable (14 points)
Deserving respect and approval
Excellent as Barrie's butler
Deserving of esteem
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
admirably (17 points)
Liam Brady played like this
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
admiralty (15 points)
Main office (wordplay)
The main men (wordplay)
Headquarters of the British navy.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 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
admissive (15 points)
Allowing a girl to enter a sleazy place
Notice the formal letter allowing entry
Tending to concede.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
admitters (12 points)
Bouncers, at times
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
admitting (13 points)
Kind of department at a hospital
Accepting the truth of
Agreement to the truth of entrance
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
admixture (19 points)
Extraneous ingredient
Say nice things about new tux, creating bit of a stir (wordplay)
Ingredient.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+X·8+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 19 pts
adnations (10 points)
Adnation
A·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
adobelike (16 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
A·1+D·2+O·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
adoptions (12 points)
Humane Society successes
Social worker's concern.
Votes to accept commercial alternatives
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·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
adoringly (14 points)
In a worshipping manner
With much love.
One way to gaze
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
adroitest (10 points)
Most skilful at concealing steroid misuse
A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
adscripts (14 points)
Adscript
A·1+D·2+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
adsorbing (13 points)
Adsorb
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
adularias (10 points)
Adularia
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
adulating (11 points)
Dug around a Latin - praise be!
Worshipful
Lauding
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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
adultlike (14 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
advancing (16 points)
Lending is increasing
Moving forward like army
Moving forward, as troops
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
advecting (16 points)
Advect
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 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
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
adventive (16 points)
Accidental.
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 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
adversity (16 points)
State of misfortune or affliction
Something to rise above
(State of) misfortune
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
adverting (14 points)
Referring to incidentally
The Reverend Father is back for a little tea with gin
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
advertise (13 points)
Throw out pitches (wordplay)
Promote (a product)
Push kin (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
advertize (22 points)
{advertise=v}
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts

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