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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
assuasive (12 points)
Soothing
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
attentive (12 points)
Showing courtesy to another, or alert
At camp under canvas I have to be alert
As alert as the dutiful Pinafore crew
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 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
available (14 points)
Hides face say and able to be at hand
"At liberty," as in "Variety"
On offer in the transfer market
A·1+V·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+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
avifaunae (15 points)
Avifauna
A·1+V·4+I·1+F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
avoidable (15 points)
Unlike death and taxes (wordplay)
A useless fit can be prevented
Like careless mistakes
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 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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