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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
accentual (13 points)
About a nurse, overcome by real stress showing
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 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
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
acropetal (13 points)
Like certain flowers in a batch - dead, gone over
(Of leaves and flowers) developing upwards from the base or point of attachment
Like the arrangement of some flowers in a batch with others
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
acrosomal (13 points)
ACROSOME a thin sac at the head of the sperm
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 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
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
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
algicidal (13 points)
ALGICIDE a substance used to kill algae
A·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
altricial (11 points)
Born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial.precocial.
A·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
ambrosial (13 points)
Very delicious or fragrant
Fit for Olympian tastes.
Fit for the gods.
A·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
ancestral (11 points)
Of the family of Lancaster, perhaps
To do with forebears, say stately home
Like a family tree's roots (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
anecdotal (12 points)
Unreliable or hearsay (account)
Article located in ruins? That's hearsay
Based on hearsay
A·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
angelical (12 points)
Innocent-looking (var.)
Possessing heavenly qualities
Opposite of devilish
A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
antenatal (9 points)
Type of clinic or care
That's before we saw the light
Prior to birth
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
antidotal (10 points)
Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
antinodal (10 points)
NODAL of the nature of a node
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 10 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
antipapal (13 points)
Like Henry VIII, religiously
An inclination a friend has to be Protestant (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
antipodal (12 points)
Pertaining to the land down under.
At the other end of the world
On the other side of the earth.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+A·1+L·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
appraisal (13 points)
Evaluation - papal airs (anagram)
Opinion of pair as lap dancing
Artist is in shock from assessment
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
archangel (15 points)
Nag Rachel (anagram)
Might a R alter L in Heaven (wordplay)
Chilled port for Michael (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+L·1 = 15 pts
archducal (17 points)
Befitting a prince.
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+U·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
armigeral (12 points)
""ARMIGER one who carries the armor of a knight, also ARMIGERO""
A·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
arsenical (11 points)
Clean air's unlikely to be poisonous
Like some poisoning
In charge in club, liable to prove poisonous
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
artisanal (9 points)
Like some cheese
Made by traditional methods
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
ascetical (13 points)
Like the lifestyle of many a monk
Rigorously abstinent
Austere.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
aspectual (13 points)
ASPECT to look at
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
atemporal (13 points)
A secretary, vocal, unaffected by time
Without regard for time
Timeless ruins at Palermo
A·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
auctorial (11 points)
Our Altaic version of the author
Of, by or typical of an author
Pertaining to a writer
A·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
authorial (12 points)
A harlot, I suspect, stealing Waugh's heart as a novelist (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
autosomal (11 points)
AUTOSOME a type of chromosome
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
avifaunal (15 points)
Of the birds of a region.
A·1+V·4+I·1+F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
azimuthal (23 points)
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
A·1+Z·10+I·1+M·3+U·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 23 pts

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