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aberrancy (16 points)
Wandering or straying state
It's just not normal
Deviance by nearby car is the subject of worry
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 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
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
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
abysmally (19 points)
In a bad way (wordplay)
In a wretched way
On your side at last in depth, to a great extent
A·1+B·3+Y·4+S·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
accessary (16 points)
""Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. Accessory.""
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
accessory (16 points)
Hat or handbag, say
John Oates, to Daryl Hall (wordplay)
Trapping criminal associate (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 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
accompany (20 points)
Escort to affirm (wordplay)
Play second fiddle to, in a way
Travel along with
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+N·1+Y·4 = 20 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
adamantly (15 points)
Without backing down
With no sign of caving
In manner unyielding
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 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
adjacency (24 points)
Contiguity.
A·1+D·2+J·8+A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 24 pts
adjunctly (22 points)
By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
adjutancy (22 points)
Assistant officer's role
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 22 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
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
adulatory (13 points)
Excessively flattering
When almost grown-up, a politician is flattering
Sycophantic
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 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
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
aetiology (13 points)
The science or philosophy of causation
A·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
affluency (20 points)
Affluence.
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 20 pts
agelessly (13 points)
For all time
A·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
agreeably (15 points)
In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly.
A·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
aimlessly (14 points)
Same silly nonsense without any purpose
Without apparent purpose
Without purpose or direction
A·1+I·1+M·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
airworthy (18 points)
Safe to fly
How rarity may be fit to fly
Ready to take off
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
aliteracy (14 points)
Able to read but not interested in reading. See Usage Note at literate .
A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
allegedly (14 points)
Said 2B (wordplay)
According to popular suspicion
By all accounts
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
allometry (14 points)
The study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole.
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
allopatry (14 points)
""Ecology Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Often used of populations of related organisms unable to crossbreed because of geographic separation.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
allostery (12 points)
Of or involving a change in the shape and activity of an enzyme that results from molecular binding with a regulatory substance at a site other than the enzymatically active one.
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
allotropy (14 points)
The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
allowably (17 points)
In an allowable manner.
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
allowedly (16 points)
By allowance; admittedly.
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
alterably (14 points)
In an alterable manner.
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
altimetry (14 points)
Boeing engineer's study
Avionics topic
A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 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
amazingly (24 points)
To everyone's surprise
Astoundingly
A vitality in language one's expressed in a stunning way
A·1+M·3+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
ambiguity (17 points)
Aspect of innuendo
Uncertainty of meaning
Double talker's aim
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
amorality (14 points)
Lack of a sense of right and wrong
Lack of right and wrong
Lack of concern for right or wrong
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
amorously (14 points)
Morals? You worry, in a loving way
How Casanovas make their moves
Morals you abandoned in passionate style
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
amphiboly (21 points)
Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
ampullary (16 points)
Resembling an ampulla.
A·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
amusingly (15 points)
In a funny way
Retiring person undressed alone, humorously
A·1+M·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
anciently (14 points)
Not in the modern manner
As of old for the client in any circumstances
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
ancientry (14 points)
Antiquity; what is ancient.
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
ancillary (14 points)
Of lesser importance
Romantically involved? - Not Tom in subsidiary!
Supporting, subsidiary
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
androgyny (17 points)
Subject explored in "The Crying Game"
Subject explored in 'The Crying Game'
Hermaphroditism
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
angularly (13 points)
Awkwardly.
A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
animality (14 points)
Beastly nature.
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
animately (14 points)
With life.
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
animosity (14 points)
Hate to say I'm in disarray
Is no amity (wordplay)
Timon, I say, is disposed to hate
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
anisogamy (15 points)
Reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size).
A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
anonymity (17 points)
Witness protection plan (wordplay)
A negative over my tiny lack of a name
State of being unknown or nameless
A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
anthology (16 points)
Treasury of sorts
From Greece, a bouquet of verse, perhaps
Collection of poems
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 16 pts
antically (14 points)
One jerk and partner, in a zany fashion
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
antiparty (14 points)
PARTY to attend a social gathering
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
antipathy (17 points)
Hostility - hint at pay (anagram)
Feeling of deep aversion
Abhorrence of pain that varies, variable
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
antiphony (17 points)
For the real thing (wordplay)
Against bogus responses
Call-and-response singing
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
antiquary (21 points)
Dealer in or collector of old things
Specialist in old items
Expert in (or collector of) old artefacts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
antiquity (21 points)
Relic from hostile desert? Yes, maybe
The old days (wordplay)
Period before the Middle Ages
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
antistory (12 points)
STORY to relate an account of an event
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
anxiously (19 points)
In a tense way
With an uneasy feeling
With apprehension
A·1+N·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
appetency (18 points)
Strong desire
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
apriority (14 points)
State of being deductive.
A·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
arability (14 points)
""Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.""
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
arbitrary (14 points)
Without specific motive
Like a fiat
Based on random choice
A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
archduchy (23 points)
Sovereign prince's domain
River out of churchyard meandering into Austria, perhaps
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+U·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 23 pts
archenemy (19 points)
Cheery man can be greatest foe
Cheery man may be chief opponent
Number 1 on a hate list
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
arcuately (14 points)
In the form of a bow.
A·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
arduously (13 points)
With great effort
A·1+R·1+D·2+U·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
artillery (12 points)
Weapons in Welsh town, be gone!
Carney's cannons (wordplay)
Large guns for use on land
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
artlessly (12 points)
In a naive way
In a crude way
In an unsophisticated manner
A·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
asexually (19 points)
Vote dividing European Union in a journey that's without intimacy in partnership
A·1+S·1+E·1+X·8+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
ashamedly (18 points)
With a feeling of guilt
By way of being sheepish
No pride in it this way
A·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
asininely (12 points)
Idiotically fighting, I slay nine
In a stupid way
Like a moron
A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
asininity (12 points)
Is it in any way absurd (wordplay)
Foolishness as of donkey
As it has no limit, no end of folly
A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
assiduity (13 points)
""Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.""
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+U·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
assumably (16 points)
By way of assumption.
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
assuredly (13 points)
Without a doubt
Without a doubt.
With confidence
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
astrology (13 points)
Dixon line (wordplay)
How stars can make a fortune, perhaps
A house study (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
astronomy (14 points)
Celestial sphere (wordplay)
Roman toys (anagram)
Tory moans (anagram)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
asymmetry (19 points)
Imbalance between two sides
Feature of much modern architecture
Difference between two sides
A·1+S·1+Y·4+M·3+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
atonality (12 points)
Quality of Bartok's music
Feature of the 1925 opera "Wozzeck"
Lack of a key center, in music
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
audiology (14 points)
The measurement of hearing.
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 14 pts
austerely (12 points)
Planned a Yule rest with no frills
In a harsh or severe way
Simply gives us tea when out - depend on it!
A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
austerity (12 points)
British program of belt-tightening
Condition in post-war British economy.
Severeness of manner
A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
authority (15 points)
Hoyle, for one
Write on sex with variable confidence
Writer's got it - 'unknown power'
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
autocracy (16 points)
Absolute government by one person
Dictatorship, e.g
One-man rule.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
auxiliary (19 points)
Should say type of verb
Providing additional support
Functioning in a supporting capacity
A·1+U·1+X·8+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
availably (17 points)
""AVAILE to find benefit, also AVAIL""
A·1+V·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
averagely (16 points)
Typically maintain lady must be disheartened after maturity
Fairly.
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
avoidably (18 points)
AVOID to {evade=v}
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
awesomely (17 points)
So as to cause wonder
A·1+W·4+E·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
awkwardly (23 points)
With very little grace
In a clumsy manner
Betraying clumsiness
A·1+W·4+K·5+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 23 pts

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