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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
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
abradable (14 points)
Capable of being abraded (worn away by friction)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 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
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
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
addressee (11 points)
Letter-opener (wordplay)
Letter opener (wordplay)
A letter opener (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 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
admeasure (12 points)
This made a certain share
Will Father get back to me with a certain way to share this out (wordplay)
Can A get made certain to apportion this (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 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
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
adsorbate (12 points)
Substance taken up in a lab
A type of tree covered in fruit? It's only on the surface
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
adumbrate (14 points)
Foreshadow a silent tear, perhaps
Indicate a silent speed (wordplay)
Outline from an unintelligent judge
A·1+D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
adventure (13 points)
Commercial gamble (wordplay)
Per this perhaps it's exciting
New account on Madison Avenue (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 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
aerobrake (15 points)
The use of atmospheric drag rather than onboard thrusters to reduce the velocity of a satellite or spacecraft.
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
aerodrome (12 points)
Heathrow, for one
Bumper edition of The Waves (wordplay)
By the sound of it, a plain place
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
aeroplane (11 points)
Gatwick banker (wordplay)
The Spitfire, for one
British flyer (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 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
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
afterlife (15 points)
Medium access (wordplay)
Post-death existence
Heaven or hell., for example
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 15 pts
aftertime (14 points)
'That's of late, it seems (5,4)'
Future
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
aggravate (14 points)
Exasperate or exacerbate
Annoy, and make things worse
Make (problem) worse
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
aggregate (12 points)
Collective total - a great egg (anagram)
Greg is stone-faced, in sum (wordplay)
Get garage to fix heap (wordplay)
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
agreeable (12 points)
Nice to be able to say yes
Gee, that makes it 13 down and arable!
In harmony; pleasant
A·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
airmobile (13 points)
""Capable of being transported and deployed, usually by helicopter, to a combat zone or from one site to another within a theater of operations: an airmobile infantry regiment.""
A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aliterate (9 points)
Able but unwilling to read
Disinclined to read
A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
allotrope (11 points)
Grant painter graphite, perhaps
Distinct form of an element
One of two or more existing forms of an element
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 11 pts
alterable (11 points)
Unlike the past
Subject to modification
Subject to change
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 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
alternate (9 points)
Every other letter an A? Awkward!
How to shake up Etna (wordplay)
Perhaps change it to ante for a stand-in
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
ambrotype (18 points)
A doctor starts reminiscing over sort of early photograph
A·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+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
andradite (11 points)
""A green to brown or black calcium-iron garnet, Ca 3 Fe 2 (SiO 4 ) 3 .""
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
androgyne (14 points)
Hermaphroditic plant
Man or woman? Not black or white, but grey and no mistake
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
anhydride (17 points)
""An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.""
A·1+N·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 17 pts
anhydrite (16 points)
""A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).""
A·1+N·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
anorthite (12 points)
""A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar. Feldspar.""
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 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
antiglare (10 points)
Like sun visors
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
appraisee (13 points)
""(tr) to assess the worth, value, or quality of""
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 13 pts
approbate (15 points)
Sanction
Sanction.
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
aquarelle (18 points)
Watercolour is all a queer mishmash
Painting technique
Watercolor
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
arabesque (20 points)
Ballet position - sea barque (anagram)
A square be a ballet movement (wordplay)
Intertwined ornamental design
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 20 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
arabinose (11 points)
A sugar used as a culture medium in bacteriology
A sugar used as a culture medium for certain bacteria
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aragonite (10 points)
Mineral similar to calcite.
Calcium carbonate
A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
arbitrage (12 points)
Trading that exploits cost differences
Market dealer's activity
Simultaneous purchase and sale of assets
A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
arbitrate (11 points)
Be a middle man (wordplay)
Be a referee
Use a certain route in a dispute
A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 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
argentine (10 points)
Frondizi's country (with "the").
S. American region.
Native of Bahia Blanca.
A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
argentite (10 points)
Valuable silver ore
A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
argillite (10 points)
A formal procedure when sculptor's brought in rock
Sedimentary rock that does not split easily
A·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 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
aromatize (20 points)
Impart fragrance to
A·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
arrearage (10 points)
State of indebtedness
Something held in reserve.
Bookkeeping category.
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
arriviste (12 points)
A striver, I fancy (wordplay)
Ambitious and self-seeking person
Ambitious self-seeker
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 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
arteriole (9 points)
Small blood vessel
Very small blood vessel
Blood vessel connected to a capillary
A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 9 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
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
aspartame (13 points)
What NutraSweet is a brand of
After a dispute, subdue with sweetener
It's sweet to take me to a Greek city
A·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
aspartate (11 points)
ASPARTATE
A·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aspiratae (11 points)
Aspirata
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 11 pts
assertive (12 points)
A lock up? I have to be forceful
Bold and confident
Far from reticent.
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 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
astraddle (11 points)
With a leg on either side of (something)
Riding, in a way
On the fence.
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+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
astrodome (12 points)
Spot for celestial navigation
Stadium for almost 68,000
Park that opened in April 1965
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
astrolabe (11 points)
A sort able to produce old instrument
Sextant's predecessor
Predecessor of the sextant.
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+E·1 = 11 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
attribute (11 points)
... for a eulogist (wordplay)
Ascribe (to a cause)
Virtue by payment
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aubergine (12 points)
Purple and gold mixture of beer and gin
Deep purple colour
Fruit popular in French inn
A·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 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
authorise (12 points)
I share out (anagram)
Writer is going east to say it's okay
Sanction or establish officially
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
authorize (21 points)
John Irving's peepers (wordplay)
Give the go-ahead to
Give the green LIGHT to
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
autoroute (9 points)
An expressway in France and French-speaking countries.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
awardable (15 points)
Conferrable
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
azeotrope (20 points)
A liquid mixture of two or more substances that retains the same composition in the vapor state as in the liquid state when distilled or partially evaporated under a certain pressure.
A·1+Z·10+E·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 20 pts

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