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aardvarks (17 points)

Burrowing mammals

African anteaters

Ant eaters

A·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts

aasvogels (13 points)

South African vultures

A·1+A·1+S·1+V·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 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

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

absolvers (14 points)

They provide pardons, for instance, covering me, initially, then you

A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·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

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

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

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

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

acervulus (14 points)

Pl. acervuli (-l ) A tiny cushionlike or blisterlike structure produced by certain fungi on a plant host and consisting of a mass of hyphae-bearing asexually produced spores.

A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+U·1+S·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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

adjuvants (20 points)

Adjuvant

A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+V·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 20 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

advancers (15 points)

Advancer

A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 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

advantage (14 points)

Service commercial vehicle, say, at back

Edge of the tennis court (wordplay)

Head start, say

A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 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

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

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

adversary (16 points)

Antagonist or opponent

Satan (with "the").

One's not 4U

A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

adversely (16 points)

I write jingles

Harmfully notice poetry lay hollow

In a way, against advertising jingles

A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 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

advertent (13 points)

Attentive, heedful

The Reverend Father returns to his temporary quarters

A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 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

advisable (15 points)

To be recommended

Worthy of recommendation

Expedient to be recommended

A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts

advisably (18 points)

Adverb

A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

advisedly (17 points)

After careful consideration

Days lived surprisingly sensibly

After careful deliberation

A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

advocated (16 points)

Pled in support

Stood up for Dublin supporter from the start

Recommended

A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

advocates (15 points)

Recommends Scottish silks, perhaps

Goes to bat (for)

Promoters of Scottish silks

A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

advocator (15 points)

ADVOCATE to plead in favour of

A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts

advowsons (16 points)

Advowson

A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+W·4+S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 16 pts

aestivate (12 points)

Four in a car sleep when it's warm

I've a taste for change and will spend the summer in bed

A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 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

affidavit (19 points)

Written declaration made under oath

Written declaration on oath

Matter for a notary public

A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+D·2+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1 = 19 pts

agentives (13 points)

Agentive

A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 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

aggrieved (15 points)

Dig verge - a mistake - caused pain!

Distressed by old, confused giver-in

How a horse was rid about her for grouse

A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

aggrieves (14 points)

Rages give awful pains

Treats unjustly

Attorney-General mourns and causes distress

A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts

agitative (13 points)

Tending to stir up

A·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts

aliveness (12 points)

Existing quality in a vessel at sea

Vigour, vivacity

A·1+L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts

alleviate (12 points)

Make less severe, say suffering

Leave it out after Al displays temper

Take the edge off

A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts

alluvials (12 points)

Alluvial

A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts

alluvions (12 points)

Alluvion

A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts

alluviums (14 points)

Alluvium

A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts

almsgiver (15 points)

A giver of alms.

A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1+G·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

alveolars (12 points)

Alveolar

A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts

alveolate (12 points)

""Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.""

A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts

amadavats (15 points)

Amadavat

A·1+M·3+A·1+D·2+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts

amatively (17 points)

AMATIVE {amorous=adj}

A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

ambiverts (16 points)

Ones neither withdrawn nor outgoing

A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts

anchoveta (17 points)

Small Pacific fish used for bait

A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+A·1 = 17 pts

anchovies (17 points)

Tiny fishes for pizza

Unpopular pizza topping choice

Bagna c uda ingredient

A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts

anteverts (12 points)

Antevert

A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 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

antivenin (12 points)

Essential supply for an ophiologist

Solution to a snakebite

Substance that counteracts snake poison

A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·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

antivirus (12 points)

Type of protective software

Designed to prevent intrusion, in a way

Like much Norton software

A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts

anvilling (13 points)

Anvil

A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

anviltops (14 points)

Anviltop

A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 14 pts

approvals (16 points)

Yeses from bosses

Thumbs-ups

Favourable opinions

A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts

approvers (16 points)

Approver

A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts

approving (17 points)

Giving the OK

Sanctioning

Is he not staying in his parish? One is not objecting to that

A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts

arbovirus (14 points)

""Any of a large group of viruses transmitted by arthropods, such as mosquitoes and ticks, that include the causative agents of encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue.""

A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 14 pts

archiving (18 points)

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